Showing posts with label abandonment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label abandonment. Show all posts

Friday, June 17, 2011

My Nightmare Side of Life Quotes

The Nightmare Side of Life Quotes
17/06/11Why take the drugs when you can live here & have a bad trip anytime you like? The only side effects are insanity with a bad attitude. No boredom, but it comes with a big price tag - you'll never know what is reality ever was... if there even IS a reality, one that seems never to go away. Welcome to the nightmare time. ~ Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw
15/09/10Do we ever in this life know why things turn out as they do? Some of what we think of as our worst flaws saves us much grief while some of our best strengths don't help when we think they should. Still, all works together for us in ways we don't always see. Nothing is as it appears. So, I say relax more, enjoy, & work with whatever happens. Might as well smile, too. It's free. ~ Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw
21/01/11Brave smiles to hide the tears ripping a living heart asunder. Such sad eyes. Why can I not reach you with my hands? You are so far. But, I can reach you with my heart. Can I move mountains to love you? Will it be enough? So many mountains need a very big heart. I can & I must try. Love & Life demand it. ~ Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw
22/01/11Decades later she still heard the terrified screams, smelt the blood. The words "she talked" burned, locked her in an extreme-still silence. No visible sign of emotion was safe. Ultra-sweet compliance was her defiance & survival. ~ Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw, Baby Tears
25/01/11Moment by moment I am training myself to respect all of me as a whole & worthwhile person. I am learning to turn scared into sacred. I am learning that I really am who I am, & who I am is exactly who I was meant to be. I am learning this is the same for all my relations in creation. AND, it is a joy. ~ Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw
26/01/11I hated my body until I realized it was how I heard, saw, tasted, felt, smelt, & experienced life. Without my humble body functioning despite all it goes thru, I would not be here. I could not love, laugh, think, or enjoy all I have so far. So, I am learning to love & bless my body. It's about time. ~ Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw
12/03/11So, are we all to live in The City of Embers as surviving mutant ninja humans, considering all the radiation from so many sources upon us? Dr. Strangelove had it easy, you know. We have to stop worrying & learn to love the meltdown. *macabre humor for disaster management* ~ Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw
15/03/11Japanese people are NOT the enemy or to be hated, vilified, or shown condemnation for the horrors they are facing now. They do NOT deserve this disaster. They need compassion, help, & support from the rest of us who also inhabit this planet. We are ALL human. All of us need kindness. None of us are truly "righteous." We are in this together, folk. ~ Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw
15/03/11The people, dead or surviving, of the many disasters - from "natural" or war-made causes - do not deserve the horrors or our condemnation. Folk, smugness does not protect us from horror(s) happening to us, too. We are human on this planet together. We need each other badly.. always have... maybe now we will learn this in reality please. ~ Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw
01/04/11Radiation is safe. Toxic sludge is good for you. Poisoned primal ooze on your beach is clean. I'm from the gov't., & I'm here to help you. I think I hear Orwell rolling in his grave with envy on these slogans somehow. ~ Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw
10/05/11Weeping inwardly while outwardly unsually still. Big eyes, sad. Laughing, loving, but mostly silent. Drawing. Writing. Music. Books. Smiling. Except the eyes. Watching. Knowing. Secrets, dark, deep. Silent. ~ Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw
09/06/11So often wannabes, charlatans, frauds of all kinds do hitch onto a cause to make a name, money, power, etc. It is one of the despicable things about our species. Trouble is... too many of our species will fall for the fake "messiahs" without much thinking or checking involved. :( ~ Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw
© 2010, 2011, Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

A Homeless Man in Baltimore

A Homeless Man in Baltimore

I used to have a home, a wife, some kids,
A job, even the occasional friend.
Then I was downsized—
A fancy word for canned…now I live from cans—
   To eat, to sleep, and tonight to stay warm.
It’s so cold in this city this winter.
God, I’m numbed out of my mind.
All I want to do is stay alive.
ã28 December 1996, Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Love’s Crumbs

Love’s Crumbs

She runs as if from danger,
Running with no time to spare.
She’s running as from a stranger fate than she has found there

In her isolated little room
Where her phone is her only source
Of life ouside her lonely tomb…
Draining of life force…

She’s too sad to sit and weep;
She’s too numb to feel;
She’d prefer to eat and sleep…
Upon her lips a seal—

You don’t miss what you’ve never had, do you?
She wonders.
She’s not had much share of joy…
She sighs, thinks she’s bad…
Her eyes are sad yet full
Of life…
She’d give her all for a crumb of love
And swear it’s the best she’d ever had…

She walks through life not knowing
Her own beauty or her power
Has a lovely way of showing
Her as a rare and beautiful flower.
ã12 November 1998, Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Please Don’t Leave Me Here All Alone

Please Don’t Leave Me Here All Alone

Away you go on a trip of which I cannot join,
And I am afraid.
Afraid you’ll go never to return;
Afraid you’ll die;
Frightened I’ll never see you alive again;
Frightened I’ll be alone
Forever…
Left behind…
Forgotten and unloved…
Unclaimed.
Unwanted forever.
ã19 December 1993, Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw.