100 trees

After an accident last week in which a 50 foot Eucalyptus tree on Irvine Avenue fell out of nowhere onto a car and killed a twenty nine year old women, the trees have been deemed unsafe and are being cut down outside my house as I write this. All 104 trees along Irvine Ave are being cut down.

cleanning

It's the smallest thing that derail the fastest thoughts. In the midst of all this running and changing there are glittering moments of tomorrow. She tried picking up all the everything that had been left around the apartment from neglecting her life in the last few weeks. They say your surroundings are a reflection of your inner self. She was determined to leave it shinning before the sun had set. Some things take time and other things deserve to be hung on the wall and polished for what they were, not what they are. She was trying to clean all the ghosts from the closets and the stains from the rugs but her heartbeat was dragging her down.

fell

This happens many places. It doesn't happen here, but a girl can dream. Right?

unsung

Sometimes when I think of a good first line, a feeling, or a moment that must be elaborated upon it escapes me before I can get to the pen. Someone stops me to ask where the restroom is or if the linguine is spicy. In a split second I've lost the rhythm, the tone, the voice, the words all together. By the time I am done speaking it's all evaporated and I stand there for a few moments fishing in my head, trying to catch the tail end of whatever it was I had. Then when I cannot I start to wonder where they all go. Some unknown land of unsung lyrics.

see... it's science

love him like science

fall

It was hard to tell when Fall came in, so I left the door open and just waited, wide eyed with hot tea and fewer questions than ever. I wanted Fall to come in and wash over me, change the colors of what this summer had brought me, make everything settle and fall from their tall trees. It's hard here in California to receive the same affect of seasons as they come and go. It's hard to know clearly when one thing ends so something else can begin. A lot of the time I'm left there standing and wondering what just happened. So this time around I'm keeping my eyes open, I'm listening to everything she has to say, and when she does arrive, I'll invite her in for tea.

been down..

i'm still sorry.