Daily Musings

Written From the Palms of Your Soul

Writing from Remembrance-What stories are in your hands? I've always been fascinated with the lines and stories in people's hands. When you look at your palms what stories do they hold? What have your hands built?

Well I don't know if you mean in an author's stance or life, so I'll explain both.

I've written so many short stories, most of them dramatic and I believe all of them fiction. I've written many of them for my 10th grade English class and I wrote an unpublished novel from one of them. And I've also written a children's book I hope to get published one day. I've also written poetry based on how I was feeling when I wrote them.

Two examples:

I lie awake,
Not sure when the next pain will take,
My body and mind.
Only a few days painless, and the rest, a struggle.
Sometimes physical, sometimes mental.
So many hospital visits,
For little things,
My anxiety has taken over.
Blood draws and IVs,
Painful injections,
All over something so minor.
Anxiety,
Depression,
Why must you take over my life?



Always about
Money, never
Equality.
Rich ones are
In and poor ones get the
Can.
All for one is what it's about,
Never being shared with the ones who need it most.

Each and every mouth spews
Lies and hatred,
Eliciting anger and fear. Our
Country needs help, not hindrance,
To be the land of the free.
Ignorance and arrogance don't help.
Own up to your faults, and
Never promise your citizens something you won't do.

Many of my stories and poetry are inspired by events in my life or just the emotions I've felt. Many of them pretty dark. It's therapeutic to me. Does it mean if I write about murder or suicide that I'm contemplating them? No. It just means I've dealt with something that has triggered those feelings and the story line. Anyway, I digress.

The first poem was from the emotion and a few events from the mental hospital. Writing about it makes me feel better even now it's been...about 3 years since it happened. It's still fresh in my mind, and I feel I can use it to my advantage in writing. You can't just expect someone to just forget about something traumatic. And for me, getting it on paper whether virtual or physical is one way I can cope. That's what I got from the prompt so I hope you enjoy.