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Fun House Mirrors

Posted onNovember 26, 2011September 10, 2016Leave a comment

The image we see in the mirror is a pure reflection of our physical appearance, ‘Fun House’ mirrors are good for a laugh because they can make us tall, short, or any other distortion that gets a laugh. The image we see of our selves in the mirror isn’t so clear and is all too often distorted through our own internal filters. Read More …

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You thought

Posted onNovember 1, 2011September 10, 20161 Comment

Be advised, to some of my more timid viewers there's some pretty harsh stuff coming, you may want to skip this one.   [dropcap]A[/dropcap] very foolish venture on your part.  You thought that I'd just Read More …

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Sin begets sin

Posted onNovember 1, 2011September 10, 2016Leave a comment

  [dropcap]A[/dropcap] little white lie is told.  Then another lie to cover that one.  Still another falsehood spills from our lips to cover the previous lie.  Murderers kill, then kill again to silence the witnesses. Read More …

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Leave me Alone

Posted onNovember 1, 2011September 10, 2016Leave a comment

  [dropcap]W[/dropcap]hy won't you go away?  Leave me alone, can't you see how much this hurts?!?  The ghosts, the memories of our past come back to haunt us.  Always there, always picking the wound.  Reminding Read More …

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Hope

Posted onNovember 1, 2011September 10, 2016Leave a comment

  [dropcap]I[/dropcap]t is this thing I had, at one time or another, but now its gone. What be the need of it. A thing to be crushed, a thing to lose Why have that which Read More …

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Ice

Posted onOctober 31, 2011September 10, 2016Leave a comment

  [dropcap]C[/dropcap]old, frozen in my shell.  I lower the bars of my prison around myself.  Locking in the pain, the hurt, the loss forever.  Keeping out loved ones, those I trust and who trust me. Read More …

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Irony

Posted onOctober 30, 2011September 10, 2016Leave a comment

[dropcap]I[/dropcap] felt the blade press against my neck.  Its coolness sent chills through my body.  Goose bumps popped up on y neck just before the blade was drawn across.  Shocked at the immense pain as Read More …

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Darkness

Posted onOctober 30, 2011September 10, 2016Leave a comment

I walk into the darkness and      wrap myself in its love. No one cares about me,      no one understands. Read my open heart,      learn my secrets now. Cut me Read More …

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It’s just a mug . . .

Posted onDecember 29, 2010September 10, 2016Leave a comment

It’s just a mug isn’t it?  Glass, maybe ceramic, heated and blown into the shape of a cup. Then a handle, carefully crafted and affixed to the side of the cup ever so gently.  Moments Read More …

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Cold,

Posted onDecember 28, 2010September 10, 2016Leave a comment

an unloving hand no emotion burns behind the flesh steel, molded in heat filled with springs and pins a machine, an instrument just as the pianists emotion filled hands give life to the piano, so Read More …

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