“the same blood that runs through my veins, ran for centuries before me, and will continue to live on after me, each generation passing down their stories, like a medicine to inspire growth. (that did, indeed, inspire growth.)“ –e.l. jayne This is an excerpt from my poem “Generations” on finding gratitude in our heritage. Did […]…
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albeit the waxes and wanes…
albeit the waxes and wanes, people don’t change.
Should you force yourself to write? A discussion. — Pointless Overthinking
Happy Sunday, folks, or Monday already depending on where and when you’re reading this. I know a lot of us in this community are also writers, so I thought I’d share a quote that resonated with me this week: “We may think that the book we will write will be bad. Even worse will be […]…
{projection}
{projection} you sit across from me and merrily paint your own picture of me, instead of seeking my soul. you interpret me as you please. does anybody actively embody the person they see themselves as? give me more selflessness because life is nothing… –e.l. jayne
Subtle Changes — Pointless Overthinking
Creamy clouds dissipate to reveal sparkling waves. Makeshift linen dresses. Vineyard horizons. Tangerine colored terraces overlook the marble sand. Salty hair. Fresh strawberries. Sun-spotted hands. And we pause for a moment. If you stare at the sand for a while, tiny grains of sand fall from their mounds. Out of nowhere there’s a change—unnoticeable to […]…
{seaside reverie}
{seaside reverie} creamy clouds, dissipate to reveal sparkling waves, tangerine colored terraces, poise over the marble sand. vineyard horizons, salty hair, and makeshift linen dresses, our freckled hands intertwine; you can’t live your life for moments like these, but once you get a taste… it’s hard not to. –e.l. jayne
Why don’t we ask the tough questions? — Pointless Overthinking
By E.L. Jayne Why do we wait to ask the tough questions until someone is on their deathbed, until it’s the last time we’ll see someone, or before we go our separate ways? Why don’t we ask the tough questions? — Pointless Overthinking
‘wanting to have it all and all be beautiful only’
‘illusions die, expectations die, wanting to have it all and all be beautiful only… all this dies.’
‘actual sensations less intensely than the sensation itself’
“I have always experienced actual sensations less intensely than the sensation of having those sensations. I have always found my awareness of suffering more painful than the suffering itself.” Fernando Pessoa
‘to speak is to show too much consideration for others’
“To speak is to show too much consideration for others. The fish and Oscar Wilde both died by the mouth.” Fernando Pessoa
Poems & Prose 