Good Morning

Life is a staircase and you’re trying to climb it. You miss a step and you think you slide all the way back down. Your knees are bruised. Your elbows hurt. You raise your head and try to see the top but it’s too far away. Why would you try again? It hurts, it hurts, …

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Glory Words

His name is the song of nations, His word is the straight path and bread, His love is our hope and portion, His truth is the scarlet he bled. We call to him in times of need. We sing glory words to the sky, For where we fail, he will succeed. He is our one …

Voted Most Likely Tag

Presennntiiiing the Voted Most Likely tag whichIshamelesslystole! Rule One: thank the blogger who tagged you! Rule Two: Include this link — phoebeamorryce.wordpress.com/2018/10/15/voted-most-likely — in your post. (That’s the original tag, I think.) Rule Three: Use your OWN original characters for the tag! Don’t use a friend’s characters or the characters from your favorite fandoms. Your …

Prologue – A New World

A/N:  As a bit of background, this isn't a standalone, but is my current (unedited) prologue for my NaNoWriMo story. It didn’t start in the dead of the night.  None of them knew when it started, but they all were very sure it had ended in that swell of darkness.  It was a completely different …

Chromatic Explosion

I know I cried yesterday, And you were ready to be done yesterday. The whole world was so tired yesterday. We weren’t sure if anybody cared if the world went on yesterday. It was like so many of the yesterdays of yesterday. I thought maybe today would be like yesterday. Should I look forward to …

Somewhere Else

Quick disclaimer - I don't, of course, believe that literally nobody listens.  I just think such people are rare.  And this poem also isn't just about my personal experiences, I think many people have trouble feeling as if they're heard. My head aches with every word That falls from my lethargic mouth I’m learning to …

When I Loved You

Before you feared for yourself That’s when I loved you. Before you guarded yourself Like you were the most beautiful Thing you could ever have To hold. When you thought that I was lovely And you told me so. When you let me matter more To you Than you did. That’s when you knew how …