Month: June 2015

There’s a post that circulates around tumblr. Everyone does a version of it, myself included. It’s about writing women as real people. Here’s mine.

Lately, I’ve been thinking about complicated women. Namely two, from TV. Yes, another TV post. You can learn a lot from it.

First, we’re going back to Once Upon a Time. When I started to watch it, Emma and Ruby were my favorite characters. But then something happened during the second season. Regina started to grow on me. By season three, she was becoming my favorite character.

By season four, I was a full blown Evil Regal.

Why Regina? Lots of reasons, if I think about it. In season 2, Regina is quite the underdog. She’s reviled by the town, her son rejects her and she is framed for murder by her own mother. I love the underdog.

But it’s more than that. She’s been…

Know to let go

when your comforts start to feel

uncomfortable

Since I am not sleeping, I thought I would post an old insomnia poem of mine for you. I wrote this one several months ago.

Near faint from exhaustion
Vision is blurred
Body craving sleep
Covers disturbed

Obsessive, compulsive
Anxious, depressed
Pick one, any one
I’ve had no success

Insomnia like a virus
Attacking my cells
Brain cells depleting
Self-loathing swells

How did it happen
I can’t recall when
I used to be normal
Like regular men

Torment of brain storm
Strangling health
Desperation burning
Trembling hell

Sleep will come find me
It knows where I hide
Alone in my torment
Imprisoned in my mind