July 19th WSEIJM

IN THE LAND OF LIGHT AND STONE

In the Land

Of Light and Stone

Sun beats down

Cooking the Earth to the core.

A blistering cold

When in the depth

Of a cold white.

To the nonobservant

A desolate wasteland

And to the observant

Blooming with life

Soaring ashen mountains

Layered in reds and whites

Hold keys to the past

A time long gone

Uncovered inch by inch

By never ceasing winds

Over the past

Walk the creatures

Of the present

The strong will they hold

Carries them

Through long winters

Raging fires

And Summer’s heat

The Land of Light and Stone

Withholds for no man

As it barrels forward 

Towards a certain fate

As the ashen mountains fade

Into the meadows that surround them. 

The Land of Light and Stone

Speaks of the Earth’s power

How a single drop of water

A single gust of wind

Changes the land forever

How with time

Comes change

As the Earth spins

The world’s cycles 

Shift and Rotate

In to a new era of history

The Land of Light and Stone

Is more than it seems

It’s more than Light

And Stone.

~Snowie

July 18th WSEIJM

Trigger Point

Anger

Builds up

Inside me

Ready to go off

Like a gun.

Maiming, 

Killing

Everything

In it's path.

Woah there. So, a bunch of intense poems right in a row there, what's up with that? How about we lighten the mood with another book review.

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

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Insurgent was a very, very, very good book and I'm glad I picked it up the moment I saw it in the library. Insurgent is the sequel to Divergent, and both are dystopian novels. If you haven't read Divergent, I highly recommend you do before reading Insurgent. Also, if a long time has passed since reading Divergent, you might want to review what happened, otherwise Insurgent is a little confusing. For now I'll pretend you have read Divergent and just dive right in. 

Insurgent picks up where Divergent left off after the Erudite's simulation attack on the Abnegation. Tris and Tobias (Four) are on their way to Amity headquarters to take cover from the Erudite and figure out what they should do. With war on the horizon, secrets are about to be discovered and relationships are put to the test. Tris discovers that Marcus, Tobias's abusive father, and Johanna, an Amity leader, are privy to a secret that could change everything. It is the secret that caused Jeanine, the Erudite leader, to attack the Abnegation. Tris makes a choice to discover this secret no matter the cost. 

Roth's words and ideas are an effortless read. They seem to come right off the page and pull you into the story. It was really hard to put this book down. All of the characters had multiple layers and grew and changed throughout the book, and I love Tris's relationship with Tobias. I would recommend this book to anyone with a dystopian or fantasy obsession.

Happy Reading!

~Snowie

July 17th WSEIJM

Open

I wear my heart on my sleeve.

Or do I?

I'm smiling at most anything.

Or am I?

When I'm hurt, 

I cry. 

You can see if I'm mad

Just by my face. 

I smile to cover

Hate

Annoyance

Embarrassment

Truth it

I can't handle pain

And worry. 

The worry

Drives me insane. 

I'm like a clam

Closing myself

Hiding my true feelings

The true me

Placing an average shell

Around me

I'm the pearl inside

Waiting to be found

Someday, maybe

Just maybe

I'll open

Show the pearl I am.

I'll wear my heart on my sleeve. 

Someday I'll be

Me.

July 16th WSEIJM

Stronger

Here I go again

Overreacting as usual

Over you

I've tried to love you

I've tried to just be friends

But I can't

I can't just be friends

Not with you

Not when you're so...

So imperfectly perfect

And it's had to take it

All the pain, I mean

The pain of you

Falling out of love

With me

I can't just be friends

We have to be more

Or nothing at all.

Being stuck in the middle

In limbo

Hurts

Now, I think,

I can safely say

We're nothing at all

It was wrong

To even get my hopes up

I knew we would never

Ever

Work.

But I let myself believe

Believe that there was hope

For a you and me

A me and you

So I let you in

And everything burned. 

Now, I'm walking through the ashes

Picking up pieces of me

Destroying the pieces of you.

Slowly, but surely

Bit by bit

I'm deleting you.

I'm done with the pain.

I'm done with the drama.

I'm leaving you

In the ashes

Because I deserve more

I deserve so much better

I've realized that

I don't need you

With me.

I don't need you.

I only need me.

And the next time

I fall in love, 

No, the first time

I truly fall in love

Is when I learn

To love

Me. 

July 15th WSEIJM

I stand Alone

Here I stand alone

There used to be many of my kind

We weren't a grove

But one tree

All of them grew from me.

Unable to run,

We stood our ground

From a fiery, deathly sound.

The fires came,

The fires raged

And to this day their ashes stay

Here I stand alone

July 14th WSEIJM

Forgetting You

Forgetting you 

Isn't easy

It's one of the hardest things

In the entire world

Because it is not possible

I can never completely forget you

That's impossible

You have helped me

Change

And grow

So much

And I thank you

I wouldn't want it

Any other way

But now it's time

To throw away the pictures

To delete your number

It's time

To start forgetting you.

July 13th WSEIJM

Time Tells

When I see you

My stomach goes knotty

And I find it hard

To not stare

I can't help smiling

Especially when you smile

Because something

In your smile

Makes the world

Seem a whole lot brighter

One look at you

And I know

Exactly what you are thinking

You are unlike anyone 

Anyone I have ever known

Before you

I was alone

No one I knew was like me

No one thought

Wondered

Questioned

Believed like me

Until I meant you

Now, I can't stay

You're leaving

I'm stuck here

Surrounded by people

Who go everyday

Secretly, Unknowingly

Hating me. 

So, I keep moving

Breaking down barriers

Making the most of time

Moving forward

Moving away

Away from people

Who 

Don't believe by believing

Don't wonder in ignorance

Don't question the unquestionable

Sooner or Later

I'll have vanished

Far out of their sight

In a place I belong

Whether or not

You are there

Is something

Only time tells. 

July 12th WSEIJM

Broken Lips

Take a look at my hands

They are like dry clay

Brittle and crumbling

From pulling myself up

Off the floor

And my knees?

Please, don't look.

The skin is broken

Bloody and dirty

From falling to the floor.

My body is covered

In scars

And fresh cuts

Every time one heals

A deeper cut takes it's place

My lips

Are dry and cracked

From screaming

Screaming and begging

For the help

I so desperately need

But look at you

Your hands are soft

You haven't picked me up

Your knees are smooth

You haven't fallen with me

Your lips are whole

You haven't screamed

And your ears

Your delicate ears

Have not drunk

A thousand words

From my broken lips.

July 11th WSEIJM

Hidden Meanings

Just look back

And you will see

A deeper meaning

Inside of me

I'm not just words

On a page

I'm a thought

An idea

A want

A need

Words have power

You will find

So take a moment

To look at mine.

July 10th WSIEJM

The Journey

For much in every beginning 

There is to be had

But in the end

All we have is ourselves

And time

Time is relative

Something humans created

To make sense of the world

To keep track of themselves

Beginnings

And Endings

Are short

It is the middle

The longest

The hardest part

That matters most

Too often

The middle is forgotten

And lost

In the jumble of chaos

That surrounds it

Isn't the journey

More important

Than the destination?

July 9th WSEIJM

Stupid

Don't make me laugh

You with your lies,

Complaints and pains

You're a spoiled brat

You always get what you want

And,

On the small chance you don't,

You whine and cry so much

Even puppies want to kill you*

You're so stupid

And narrow-minded

The world revolves around you

You never shut up

The world you see

Is the one you want to see

Your eyes are closed

And you're always right. 

You never stop to consider

What do other people think?

You don't care- Screw Them!

It's all about you. 

You have the capacity of a fork

Why go further? Why try?

Stupid humans. 

Life is hard.

Get over yourselves

And move on.


*This line never fails to make me laugh. I have no idea why it does and I have no clue how I thought it up.

Also...

I felt that the blog needed a little refresher, so I changed up the template and the theme just a tad... Okay, so maybe I went overboard and maybe the blog looks a whole lot different, but I made a header that I love. 

Let us see... I have five book reviews that I would like to do. Ever since school got out and I have all of the time in the world, I have been a reading machine. Reading is good for the brain and my writing. 

Speaking of writing, I've read through Love By Text once, and then reread the first five chapters. I also started on what might turn out to be a little novella called The Day the Dogs Went Wild. More on that later. 

Thinking about doing some serious outlining this week, 

~Snowie

P.S. 

Here Are Some Titles I Thought Up For Love By Text. Feel free to comment your favorite!

• Love By Text
• Amelia
• Amelia Perfect
• To Love
• Loving Amelia Perfect
• Loving Amelia
• Perfect
• Perfectly Loved
• Imperfect Love
• Perfectly Imperfect
• Twenty Seconds of Courage

July 8th WSEIJM

Human Nature

Why bother? Why try?

We all end up in the sky. 

Or the ground. 

That's okay

I'm afraid of heights. 

July 7th WSEIJM

I Love You

I'll never forget

Last time we kissed

Over a year ago

The very day you left

Even now

Years later,

Our love is 

Unfailing.

July 6th WSEIJM

Blood Sisters

My words sting

I do know that.

Yours aren't much different

We are troubled souls,

Lost and looking for answers.

Some we can provide for each other

Others we help each other find

You're the closest I've ever been

To another person.

I know more about you

Than you do yourself.

And I'm pretty sure

You know more about me

Than you would ever like to.

We're so different

Yet so much the same.

My life is whole,

To whole for me

Still, your life is shattering

I'd like to help you rebuild it

Piece by piece

And you are welcome

To take a hammer to mine

I had no choice but to be protected

You made yourself bulletproof by choice

But your guard came crashing down

When I came. 

You always say

I see too much

But, maybe, 

I see too little. 

July 5th WSEIJM

Lost

What can you do

If your friend is

In trouble?

You don't know how to help

But you know you must try.

What do you do

When you try to help

But your friend won't listen?

They say they've tried

Or that won't work.

They push you out. 

Push you away. 

They're trying to protect you.

They've seen too much pain.

They can't see more,

What if you need to help?

You want to help

Because you're hurt too. 

But they push harder. 

Saying "I shouldn't have told you

You shouldn't be hurting."

What do they do when you say

"What hurts you, hurts me."

Or

"Too late. I'm in too deep."

"I can't back down.

Not for me. 

Never for you."

July 4th WSEIJM

Choosing Happiness

Today I choose happiness
I choose to smile
Because I have freedoms
And rights and protection
I smile because I am thankful
Because millions of people
Have lives that are far more worse
Than mine
And I am not one of them
I choose to smile
To make today the best today
Because my todays are running out
Today I choose happiness
Because I deserve to be happy
I will not let the bad things
Take over my life
I will not fall in a pit of putty
I deserve more than that
And I respect myself far too much
For that to happen.
And most importantly
If you are the cause
For my unhappiness
I will leave
Because I deserve
To have someone
Who can always make me happy.

July 3rd WSEIJM

The Wonders of A Bird

With every turn and twist
Your stomach jumps
Your heart stops
Your breath freezes
With every dive and swoop
Your eyes water
Your muscles burn
Your legs ache
With every start and stop
Your wings flap
Your feathers shift
Your head swivels
Oh, the wonders of a bird

July 2nd WSEIJM

Pollution Will Fall

The thunder rolls
The animals quake
The tide flows
The humans wake

We don't think
We don't listen
And, with a wink,
It has risen

If there's no cause
There's no effect
We can't pause
And hit reset

Pollution is killing
Take a stand
We are willing
We've delt our first hand

Pollution will fall
We will rise
We took the call
Now meet your demise

An Overabundance Of Words

Welcome to July! June was full of awesome and overflowing with words. In fact, there were so many words in June that some spilled over into July. July, I have decided, is Write Something Everyday In July Month (WSEIJM... Oh, yeah. Acronyms!). I will try my absolute hardest to post one piece of writing a day even if it kills me. I think this sounds like a really good challenge. I have a feeling that 90% of the posts will be poems. Don't click away now! There might be a short story or two in there somewhere.

And, to kick off WSEIJM (Pronounced Weh-Cee-Gym), here is a little poem written by yours truly, Snowfire.

Stay Still

If I stay still long enough
I can feel the world spin
Everything seems to stop
Be still.
The birds stop singing
All the sound drifts away
And, for a moment,
The wind stops blowing.
It's almost as if
The whole wide word hesitates
... Then gasps
Time slows down
Making moments into hours
The only thing I hear
Is my heart
Thudding slowing
Beating in time
With the rest of the world
If I stay still


~Snowfire

Its Valentine's Day! And Poem I wrote for it.

If you are like me and aren't into all that boyfriend girlfriend crap just yet, then you really don't care about today. And being the artsy-fartsy girl I am, I wrote a slightly good poem dishonoring the day. I mean no offense to St. Valentine or anyone else, but I really wanted to put it up.

Its Valentine's Day
Smoochy, Smoochy
Lovey-Dovey
Its just a day 
Get over it. 


Beautiful, I know, right? Anyways have a good day and to see more of my artsy-fartsy stuff go to the LINK!