Monthly Archives: August 2017

787 [09 September 2006]

Through these eyes, you are there in your many incarnations. From how I first met the man who drank like a fish to how I know you now. Life is change and there is nothing I would willingly change about … Continue reading

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786 [08 September 2006]

Any more, I dislike this feeling that someone could become everything to me. At best it is deceptive, leading me along a path, strapping me into an emotional rollercoaster. Yet still it grips me, holds me there, daring me to … Continue reading

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785 [08 September 2006]

It lies within. That truth I hold so dear. If I could but seek its crystal-clear song among the noise of my life. © Johanna Fugitt 2017

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784 [07 September 2006]

Little things. Little glances, little smiles, all impart great things to this lonely heart. Please stop. Please refrain from whatever it is you do. Hold back, extend to arm’s length, keep far from this soul any offer unspoken. Do not … Continue reading

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783 Depth [07 September 2006]

This ability lies dormant waiting, long forgotten, long ignored, terrified of its meaning shoved far into nothing. The beholder withheld its promise dropped into a lake of self-loathing, sunken, buried deep under the waves of self-awareness. Tested, prodded, cut into … Continue reading

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782 This Is [11 August 2006]

This is who I am: rundown, tired, alone. I fear tomorrow, afraid that my mistakes will catch up. Where is my defining moment? Where is that awakening I was sure I was supposed to have? © Johanna Fugitt 2017

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781 Slide [11 August 2006]

This hunger is my pain. This pain is my hunger. If the slide of skin be nonexistent, does death come searching for the lonely? © Johanna Fugitt 2017

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780 See [11 August 2006]

See? No one cares. No one ever will. © Johanna Fugitt 2017

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779 If Only Once [11 August 2006]

If only once. . . I could do something right. If only once. . . I could know what love feels like. If only once. . . Could I return to the past and change things. If only once. . … Continue reading

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778 [27 July 2006]

Lost in a great sea, I’m trying. Lost in the great winds, I’m dying. The heart makes foolish wishes, hanging upon a desire that waits endlessly for an absolution. Reach out your hand, reach out your smile, find me where … Continue reading

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