define life to me
there's a misunderstanding
define me to life

perpetuation
implanting reality
our garden of choice

I'm seeing Red...with a capital R!

Let me tell you what you can do with those rose colored glasses
I'm seeing Red!

Life has copped an attitude
that I don't need
Got anything else to dump on me?
Bring it on...let's get it over with!

Since when is trying to do the right thing
just not good enough for you?
Give me a break
I mean, really ... I - need - a - break!

Yeah...heard it all before
Life isn't fair

But maybe it is...
maybe we do get what we give
and maybe virtue is its own reward
It just doesn't feel that way now!

So you can keep your platitudes to yourself
silver linings, lemonade, rainbows, open doors
The only inspiration I'm getting
is where they might neatly fit

I'm seeing Red!

Yeah...heard it all before
This, too, shall pass

Really?...then make it fast because I'm not sure
how much more of this I can take
And you can keep your kitchen sink
things are going down the drain fast enough

Chill out! I'm not going to stop following my heart
While I may not know exactly what I want from life
I do know the kind of person I want to be
It's just that right now...

I'm seeing Red...with a big fat capital R!

su·per·cal·i·frag
i·lis·tic·ex·pi·al·i
do·cious...three sounds short!* :(

nova, draw from me
burn brightly...never burn out
fusion is super

sweet dog in sunlight
not a care in the known world
transcendental soul

illuminating
a nostalgic sentiment
immeasurable

publish or perish
an expression of ego
sharing or showing

calling through her streets
only Hollywood answers
such a lonely town

lost weight recently
but found it in the freezer
some Girl Scout Thin Mints

my silence means naught
please don't interpret my heart
it has its own voice

a fresh existence
appears with little warning
there's only one cure

solo jungle life
patiently lying in wait
pouncing on my prey

if nothing exists
then nothing cannot exist
our brains colliding

Am I really as good as I think I am?
maybe not
Am I as good as I think others are?
probably not
Am I really as good as others think I am?
definitely not
I'm only as good as I think I am
*confidence can be elusive

a vicious cycle
ephemeral confidence
validation sought

need a cold shower
then things get a bit too hot
inseminate drain* :)

appropriate song
melancholy tune, bright words
season of contrasts

measurement of time
all of the days, weeks, months, years
that one did not live

lit a warming fire
left untended might burn out
need to return home

projecting outward
there's so much wisdom elsewhere
projecting inward

on the Middle Path
everything is in balance
oh, so Yin and Yang!

i'd like doing this
happy doing that as well
your choice, s'il vous plaît

angry with yourself
start self-defense mechanism
angry at the world

the point of it all
is not a means to an end
the point is it all

forever with me
so interoceptively
i sense your spirit

i want to love you
the way you want to be loved
from afar, she sighed

...figuratively...
there's no time like the present
...literally so...

as with good red wine
life is best only half full
we need room to breathe