The Alternatives

It is cold in here. Well, finally we approach a new year and in Texas, a new season...winter, which will last maybe up until March, but we are in Texas, so....sunny days?? How were your Holidays??? Ready to celebrate the new year? I am. I think we know that. You? This year will be to put our talking to the walking. School, job, attitude. All three that deserve, and are welcoming, the change you need. I know it can be scary to jump, but it will be the best thing you have done all year. You will land on a whole other cliff, which soon, you will have to leap from all over again. This life is about discovery and excitement. We can no longer find it when we stay in the same spot and realized we've visited the same corner countless times. I have been stuck in the same spot, and have been so damn scared to leave, to jump. But it is human nature to keep going, to keep your dreams alive. We can't be part of the world that lets dreams die, if we do, we let ourselves down, no

You guys, it has been a long ass time!!! Writing on a slow ass tablet....Thanks Verizon! Anyways, how are we doing, lovers?! How are the poems?! Speaking of, I passed my classes!!!! Journalism, watch out!!! Yaaaaasss, bitch!!! Wassup?!? Feels good to know that life moves forward and only on. I just asked for a raise and those sons of bitches let me down. So, I get to look for a new job...any suggestions? Or openings??? Weird, but I know I'm fine, and I'll find something even better!! Because we have to keep a good attitude. What a world! What a world..... I LITERALLY have been wanting to have a change, honestly, I have been dreaming and waiting for this moment for such a long time, and it is here. Time to move on to a new job, new life as A MARRIED WOMAN, and look forward to all the new and exciting changes. Remember, the only constant in your life should be change...if not, are you really living?? Merry Christmas, YA FILTHY ANIMAL!!!! MUAH, Barbie Lissette

The window was wiped clean this time, not even the stroke of the damp cloth that had skimmed its surface was visible. The light shone in through it without any bents or distortion. Just straight in like it always does. Beyond the window, the grass danced along to the rhythm of the wind. The dew on the grass made it seemed as if they naturally produced glitter, and the lake that ran alongside it, ebbed flawlessly. The fish jumped in and out of the water as if they danced along with the grass. In the distance, an owl, or maybe just a white bird, stares in through the window, I can’t really tell. As I sat down at my desk, I could feel my heart growing louder, even though, it barely moved. My thoughts were racing in my head, I could hardly contain myself. I sit here for what seems ever, yet, it ends before the fish can jump back out to dance. It all happens so quick, that I forget that it’s happened before: I walk in, take the pills, and sit down as I look out the window, the