Hypnagogic Myoclonic Twitch*

I'm falling, plummeting,

I tipped off a cloud.

Falling from towering berth,

My insides curl.

It's a brutal drop, and as my chest is thrust down

A cringe runs through me like a wave.

Waiting to smash through damp earth and boiling mantle,

I slam backwards and teeter oddly.

Eyes fly open.

Slightly spinning head,
Glancing left and right,
Tracing arms,
Assessing damage.
Covered in sheets I'm perfectly centered,
In my beautifully grounded bed.
3:00 AM.

*That strange falling sensation.

Portraits

I can finally show you my Christmas gift to dearest Mom and Dad!  I took the fam up to the top of the hill near our house and took some pictures of my siblings... smiling!  I may have even captured a couple chuckles from the anti-photo himself- baby Stan.  With a little help from Sam's Club ( WV doesn't seem to sport Costco's), I had a few printed, framed, and tucked under the Christmas tree.

Colbie Caillat Wrote My Twenty Ten Resolution

Tied Down (With my additions or deletions in italics)

Ohhh I, don't know what to say

And I, have told you lately

That I'm tired of talking about the same old reasons my life has changed

Just taking it easy not worrying about my mistakes

Because I'm keeping it cool, now thinking about you, sticking around and if I should pay

Tied down,looking around and I know what I want so life won't hold me down

Oh I, I don't play games

And I, I have been learning

To just to let it all go and speak when I feel quiet

My mind done whatever it is I need to make clear and just say

That I'm keeping it cool, now thinking about you, sticking around and if I should pay

Tied down, I'm looking around and I know what I want so life won't hold me down...

Down....

Down....

2010

Don't you hold me down