"and all the flowers that you gave me..."

"...are just about to die."

"despair is when the devil tricks a living person into thinking their overflowing cup of hope is empty."

online shopping. classes. ministry. work. video games. facebook. tumblr. youtube. shoes. silence. boredom. guilt. lashing out. quiet. patience. blame. blame. blame. more silence. bitterness. hope--more bitterness. neglect. movies. keeping the peace. self righteousness. gossip. anger. envy. what if's. i should'ves. if only's. never's--lots of them. cynicism. wisdom. wisdom disguised as cynicism.....cynicism disguised as wisdom. exercise. strive. stress. achieve. sleep. worry. plan. plan. plan. fail. succeed. fail. fail. "fail." give up. laugh. cry. lie. lie. lie. believe--betray, be betrayed--...lie.

it seems
unarguably
true

that everyone
seems
to be
running.

...we're quite clever at the ways we do so.

but we're cowards, nonetheless.