Rosalie

...is hooked.

And I won't let go.

Like gum stuck to a shoe--

It's annoying and ugly.

But like a gold sticker stuck to a piece of paper--

It's also rewarding and inspiring.

I'm stuck and I don't mind.

So I won't even attempt to pry it off from the sides.

Light Switches

Why must people act like light switches?

One minute they are up, and the next they are down.

They go on and off in just a matter of seconds--

Not leaving us enough time for our eyes to adjust.

Why can't they be like those dials with a dimmer?

A gradual change, a pleasant ease from one extreme to the next--

Leaving our eyes plenty of time to adjust and prepare for what is to come.

But that would be too easy, a life full of dial-dimmers.

So there we have it, a life full of light switches.

They're on, they're off. They're up, they're down.

It's bright, then it's dark. With no time to prepare--

Because there's never a warning.

Our eyes ache at its consequence.

The Worst Kind Of Feeling

Anger, Sorrow, Fear, Disappointment, all of these I would much prefer...

than to be confused.

Confusion: lack of clearness or distinctness.

It is the worst kind of feeling.