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Fill in the blank exercise

1) I love rain outside my window

2) I dislike my own negligence

3) I have hours upon hours to do something beneficial

4) I want to be better

5) My friends say I am awkward

6) My family says I am different from the past

7) One day I will live in New York City

8) I feel safe when I am prepared

8A) I feel safe when I'm reading

9) I feel scared when I run out of time

9A) I feel scared when you see me

10) I will never be perfect


A nice read

Inhale the inky goodness swirling and spiraling off of the page

Stroke the time-worn edge, watch it gingerly wave back, reluctantly join it's soon to be read brethren.

Or maybe click on the cover, press your eyes to the screen until the words fill your brain with a world of your own design

(The author's design I suppose)

Flip the page eagerly

retract from reality

flood your senses with moments soaring into being

"I relate!", "*chuckles*", "NOOOOOooo", "What happens next?" "March 21st, ughh, until the next read"

Protag upon protag battling for their dream

The neverending cringe of second hand embarrassment

The tears of truth spurted by the reality of this fictional story

Why must it end.

sigh

I wish I was that ambitious.



Glance

I feel scared when you see me

I feel scared you'll see something that you shouldn't

Maybe you'll draw your own conclusion, construct a false narrative of the thoughts lingering behind my eyes, never to be spoken.

Maybe by some miracle you'll see straight through me

You are capable of seeing what I am blind too

Capable of knowing the things I wish to fade into ignorance

Things that should be shrouded in obscurity.

Or maybe you'll look to me and see nothing.

You will come to know of my foley, my selfish, blinding hurricane of worlds invented for my own distraction

I'm scared you will see and learn of my inadequacy

That you will know of my shortcomings

See me as the dirt beneath your feet.

Not that I can retort, neither deny, nor argue this candid belief

It's better if you don't see.

So meeting your eyes...scares me

Or rather, I'd prefer to count the tiles on the floor, explore the myriad of splotches on my shoes, or look to the ceiling tiles, than fall beneath your gaze.


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