An update to come –
Thoughts have been delayed by fog.
See booth for transfer.
Dreams Woken by Daylight
Slowly, the night fades,
And dreams woken by daylight
Disappear like stars.
Proximity
Successes too far past to count
Failures too close to forget
Goals like rainbows overhead:
Glowing hope and regret.
The Hot Air Man
I can only sit and sigh –
It seems the hot air man’s come by.
For all he talks of this and that,
It amazes me he isn’t flat.
The Little Girl & The Plane
LITTLE GIRL: Let go! [She strains to pull a toy plane off the ground.] Let go! It’s mine! [There’s no reply. She yanks on the plane, and suddenly, the plane moves across the floor away from her. Its sudden movement makes her fall backwards.] Ow! Mooo-oooom!
[We hear the sound of rushing footsteps as the little girl cries. The door bursts open, and a woman rushes in.]
MOM: What happened? Are you hurt? [She rushes to the little girl, and seeing no injuries, pulls her close.] What’s wrong, sweetie?
LITTLE GIRL: Mooom, she…[sniff] w-wouldn’t let…[sniff] m-me p-play with my…[sniff] my plaa-aa-aane!
MOM: What? Why not?
LITTLE GIRL: She… [sniff] she says girls [sniff] caaan’t.
MOM: Well, that’s not very smart. [The little girl jumps and stares up at her mom. Simultaneously, the plane moves with a hard thunk.] You can throw all the tantrums you want. It won’t change the fact that girls can play with planes just fine. [The plane clanks again, and the mom looks levelly at the air above it.] And anyone who steals a little girl’s toy is just plain mean. [There’s silence except for the girl’s sniffles. The mom gets up and easily picks up the plane.] Here you go, honey. Play all you want.
A New Goal
A new goal, I hope unsolicited,
For people I’ve recently visited.
The ambition goes something this way:
That their happiness when I arrive
Be bigger and less contrived
Than their joy when I go away.
Another Pause (Novel-Wise)
I can’t seem to go very long without writing something about sleep, can I? I’d say it was a sign I need more, but I already knew that – and knowing doesn’t seem to help.
But I didn’t interrupt your day to talk about that.
No, I just wanted to let people know that the novels are going to pause this week. It’s the same old story (hmmm. Let’s do a little more worldbuilding before posting again). I expect to be plotting this weekend. If I succeed at weeding out the time, they should be updated again next week.
Cross your fingers, and thanks for your patience!
twytte 