Tagged: confidence

don’t let the way

don’t let the way
they see you
wrap around the
way you see
yourself – words
wriggle with pleasure
into serpents, and
shriveled things
are just that
.
20120509:0845
y

every day, we grow

every day, we grow
more comfortable with ourselves
but there are still Springs
when we rather stay in bed
Winters when we turn timid
.
20111222:1313
y

we talk about the

we talk about the
weather, and how
sunlight cuts
into the past, bearing
down on history
without as much
accuracy as blinding
confidence. and so,
in this way,
we tend to stick
to the weather
.
20111127:1120
y

youth should be

youth should be
made with ample
confidence, a
dash of salt, two
shakes of sugar,
a sprig of
summer,
and plenty of
time
.
20110610:1855
y

there is a fine line

there is a fine line
between truth
and lie when first taken
into confidence –
polished
words are often
particularly
slippery
.
20110524:0806
y

we lean our ears

we lean our ears
against the fences of
fear, as if we could
judge the depth
of our own
confidence by
what is built
underneath and
in between. the
harder we laugh,
the more certain
we are that
something
is changing
.
20100627:1221
y