wishful thinking
I dream of easy affection when I can celebrate you without you analyzing my motives and finding me lacking. I dream of easy affection when I can trust you not to rip apart my offerings with cruel and...
View Articlepoem- planning
Ponder the options think for awhile jot down the image consider and smile. Take steps, even small ones, stay out of the holes, and before you know it you’ll reach your goal. Tagged: dream, effort,...
View Articlepoem-tired
I need new pyjamas. The effort of hunting through stores hurts my head. I have fabric, thread, pattern and machines. It’d only take an hour to make, But just taking the serger out of the box seems too...
View Articlequotation- save yourself
“You mustn’t wait for someone to rescue you. A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself. Even with the means, she’ll find her courage wanting. Don’t be like that… You must find your...
View ArticleNapowrimo- $
Last year, between his job and his side business he pulled in one point four million. A satisfying tax return for the kid who lived on oatmeal and bathed in the creek before school, who hunted down...
View Articlequote-Jim Butcher on magic
Magic is all in your head, all about two things, imagination and will. You have to focus on your desired outcome and you have to have the will to make it happen. ~Jim Butcher in Dresden Files, Welcome...
View Articlepoem- whether
It couldn’t be, he said, that you are unwilling? A shrug was the reply. Do you feel unable? Another shrug. You know, he said, it’s always a choice; if you are willing, eventually, you are able. Tagged:...
View Articlepoem-pick axe
I am a pick axe. I grimly focus on the patch of ground in front of me, and chip, chip, chip away at the rocks that block my way. I will wear down this mountain day by day. I will find a seam and...
View Articlepoem-dull
Your wits are dull Your eyes are glazed Your ambitions are low You are dull There is nowhere for you to go. Tagged: addiction, ambition, effort, hope, hopelessness, poem, poetry, teen, vision, youth
View Articlepoem- trust me
It’s not in the wishes. It’s in the moments. The reality. The day to day. It’s in consistency. Trust me. Tagged: consistency, effort, faith, poem, poetry
View Articlepoem- exasperation
Your desperation leads me to exasperation How many times do I tell you? How many times did I tell you? How many times will I tell you? Too many. Once more. If you do it when you’re asked Begin when...
View Articlepoem-lingers
It’s all just possibility, isn’t it? The hopes The dreams The wishes. What ifs that linger about us orbiting like electrons, protons, neutrons Actively giving us possibilities if only we can combine...
View Articlepoem- planning
Tomorrow I’m going to… Tomorrow I was going to… Today I must do… Tagged: effort, planning, poem, poetry, procrastination
View Articlepoem-earnest
She’s earnest in all the best ways. Plasters on that quivering smile faces the crowd does her best, but her best is not good enough. Earnestness is not enough. But I tried! is not enough. She needs to...
View Articlepoem-ten
ten years ago dream in pocket breathless learning to pitch a book awed by everyone talent knowledge. Wishing. Today, I pull a bin to my own author table. I am awed at everything. It’s just ten years....
View Articlepoem- the end
such a long time in the making. planned so long ago. waiting. injury healing tiny steps tiny steps tiny steps make the journey so long but here we are at the end. . . . August 2018 Nikolette Jones and...
View Articlepoem-He probably drives a sports car, too
Envy and bitterness leaching through messages Attacking success, perseverence, achievement. Pick them apart. Minimize them to maximize you? Hey dude, Are you compensating? Facing ‘if such unremarkable...
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