Tag Archives: 2006

I wish that life was simple, in that i would have been that girl in high school who met the one and although he really wasn’t the one, was married and was busy raising a family. Then, at least, I … Continue reading →

I am who I am, and always will be. When promise turns to doing, escaping is all I think of. When friendship requires closeness, I move further away. Fear is all that reigns, deep inside my heart, scared that those … Continue reading →

It’s unforgiving, this life terrible in its retribution, terrifying in its ability to encompass you whole. All try to rise above the basic drive of our humanity, but still we are driven hard. © Johanna Fugitt 2017

Like twilight slides slowly towards night, so too does this understanding come upon me. I am the silent oak, changing little by little, staying the same while everything around me changes with such a fierce speed that I cannot keep … Continue reading →

I taste it, tongue darting out, flowing down my cheek. My insubstantial testament to the sorrow I feel inside. I didn’t mean to fall. I didn’t want to mess up your life and mine, but that doesn’t change anything. I … Continue reading →

This tempest yields to none, breaking through endless barriers, tearing through this heart of mine. Will the end ever come to embrace me in cold darkness or shall the daylight torment me with visions of exactly what I wish for … Continue reading →

I slide under the covers, body tired from the day, heart-weary and lonely. Is it infatuation that makes me reach out holding the pillow tightly, as if it was you? As I embrace it close to me I languidly drift … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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