moods

May 162011
 

*Black Dog!

To you I shall never surrender.

I mistakenly assumed that you’d been tamed.

You proved me wrong.

My guard was down

When you turned with a growl,

Feral and furious and ferocious.

But I AM wild and wily, too;

And I choose

Mastery over you.

So heel!

Back off and back down!

*The term Black Dog is a metaphor for depression.

Mar 212011
 

Shattered and battered’s how I feel today

Simply can’t sort myself out

Black dog and doom set up camp on my chest

My ere-conquered demons pound out

Blue and dismayed at not one thing at all,

I AM feeling not nearly myself

Anxious and edgy, so tired I might fall,

Must release this,

Must sit down and write.

Jan 052011
 

I try to be zen and centered and balanced and cool.

I pride myself on being accepting and, if not attached, then nonjudgmental.

But sometimes I fail. The truth is, I have not developed appreciation for a number of things.

Here is the list, in no particular order:

  1. Rosacea
  2. The sound of my neighbor’s motorcycle droning through my peaceful, rural, wildlife-filled neighborhood
  3. The fact that beans cause flatulence
  4. Music played too loudly
  5. “Morning after” cigar breath
  6. The physical affects of too much red wine (can’t I just drink it without getting drunk?)
  7. Bigotry
  8. Hunting for sport (way different than hunting for sustenance)
  9. Hormone-driven mood changes
  10. Haggis

Leave me a comment or a link to your post with your 10 things.

Oooh…. This could be fun!

Feb 022010
 

 

Blue.

I know you.

Intimately.

Ours

Was my first

Long-term

Relationship.

With you,

I spent

Too many

Pacing late nights

and

Anxious, wee-hour mornings.

Blue.

Me and you

In the kitchen, stewing

On bent knees, pleading

On the interchange, scheming

Dreaming.

For years

You held court,

Torturously

Twisting the past,

Plaiting the present

and

Tainting my tomorrows.

Blue

I fought you.

With intellect, through sheer neglect

Using prayer and mantra

Swear and tantra

Battling long

And strong

Until finally, I knew

What to do

To vanquish you,

Blue.

~

It was so simple.

Add yellow.