Carissa Galow's Blog (149)

Stubborn

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Paranoid

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Life is short and the total truth of it is, none of us knows just how short. Some live to be 100, sure....though given how time flies, what is a 100 years even? Whether we live to be 5 or 85, I find that we often waste so much time bickering, complaining, & worrying. I mean, we already spend so much time sleeping, bathing, eating, etc. During our time when we're awake and able to do things & interact with others, why aren't we spending that time more wisely? I am a huge culprit of…

This is love calling

Can you hear me?

I'm trying to get your attention

But your back has been turned

I know you have been through a lot

This world has been cruel

Do you see that girl crying over there?…

The snow falls gently upon the ground

It's nestled upon the branches of the trees

Winter can be so beautiful

While much of nature is asleep

It grows and gathers its strength

For the upcoming Spring

Kicking the snow with my feet

I let out a laugh

A childlike sound

Shoveling & driving in the snow isn't my cup of tea

But I do like to go outside now and then

To play, like I once used…

Dear Me,

I know this will seem a bit odd, but I'm you from the future with some words of advice. First of all, Happy 18th Birthday! Secondly, Randy is going to show up. Maybe you should wear a better outfit. ;) Enjoy your party at the house tonight. But, after that, it's time to start getting down to business. You're just about done with your G.E.D., good for you. But, I think you need to get the ball rolling on your college applications. The way things stand right now,…

A woman wakes up at 2:03am

Rolls over to wake her husband

"You need to get up,

We need to get you to the airport"

Grudgingly, the man slowly sits up

They get ready in silence

Sleepily, they drink their coffee…

I wake up from the strangest dream

Only to have music stuck in my head

I know it's late because it's still dark

I turn to look at the clock

It's nearly 3:30A.M.

Part of me wants to go back to sleep

But upon a sudden…

I haven't really looked at these in awhile and only felt like looking at the first page ha ha, and this spoke to me. So, let's see what pours forth....

My dad isn't the sort of man that took you out to ball games, went to your choir performances, or any other such thing. He's more of the sit at home, read, watch old t.v., watch the news & get mad at the world, watch sports and expect everyone to stay quiet, drink his beer, hunt deer, and just basically do his own thing…

Walking hand in hand

Silently, but for the sound of our footsteps on the ground

The leaves crunch underneath our weight

Brilliant yellows, oranges, & reds

The air is beginning to cool

It feels nice after the long warm September day

 …

If you look closely

Through every tear

There is a memory

Some good, some bad

But for each tear I cry

A part of me is there for you to see

The same is true for every smile

Every time I…

When you look into my eyes

Do you see the tears I shed for you?

The eyes are the windows to the soul

Or so I'm told

So if you look into mine

What do you see?

I am bad with direct eye contact…

5:04 P.M.

Says the clock on the wall

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

My calendar lets me know

So why are you still thinking about all of those yesterdays?

If I could find the sands of time

And take back what once was…

I reach out my hand to you

You take it and smile that lazy smile

Each time you look at me

I find my breath taken away

It's amazing the power your look & touch have over me

Things started out so strong

With so much promise and hope for a wonderful future

The feelings we have for one another have…

You broke down my walls

The ones I tried so hard to keep built up

I wanted to love

But I was afraid to give my heart to someone again

Searching, but keeping people at arms length

Desiring to be loved

Wanting to be touched

Physically, emotionally, & spiritually

Praying that you'd find me…

I remember it as if it were yesterday, or was it perhaps just then? It was around this very time at night and unseasonably cold, much like now. Ah, deja vu, it appears to have found me! But this is neither here nor there. I have a tale to tell and so I shall tell it.

I'd been tossing and turning all night, as I tend to do, when I heard a sound that sounded like nails lightly scraping my window. At first, I dismissed it as a branch from our old tree blowing in the wind. But,…

When love takes flight

Where are you?

Are you watching it fly away?

Sighing that regretful sigh

Because you let it get away

Did you hold on too tightly?

Were you trying to keep it in a mason jar?

Thinking if you hold on for dear life

That it'd never leave

Feeling smothered, it ran for dear life

Did you push it away?

Did you build up a wall to keep it out?

Perhaps the past got the best of…

On my way to work, my mind was on the go, go, go! I'm a person thatbelieves in signs, if you will. Sometimes, these signs are shown to meon actual signs. I spend a lot of time reading, even when driving; I'mreading the signs/billboards along the way and then playing letter/wordgames, it keeps my mind occupied....especially because I haven't had aworking radio in my car for years now lol. I digress, so anyway...Idon't see hidden messages on every sign I read, if I did...my mindwould explode…

Thoughts spill from my mind

But my mind is still overflowing

There's no room inside my head

I'm trying to sort things out

Just trying to make sense of it all

I look to the left

I look to the right

I can't tell which direction I'm supposed to go

I thought I knew where my life was headed

And then…

There's a song within all of us

Many try to quiet the tune

Keeping it to themselves

And others let it be heard by anyone willing to listen

Proclaiming who they are and how they feel

When people let their songs be played together

It can create a symphony

Melodies and harmonies working together

To create the…

It's midnight

I'm outside, alone

Looking at the stars

Talking to them as if they were long lost friends

Whispering secrets

Knowing they won't tell a soul

Laying on the ground

Making snow angels

Like I'm five years old again

No one can bring me down tonight

It's just me, the stars, and my dreams

The rest of the world has disappeared

Though my nose is cold

And my feet are numb

I…