©Beautiful Nightmare by Karma

Teetering along the edge of pain

Smiling eyes peer 

into lost emotions

Paranoia creeps in

so I feel safer on the darker side of the fence

where shadows are familiar

and villains serenade me

with whispers of sweet nothings

 ...sweet dreams...

smoke screens and smoking mirrors

and then the fog clears

and everyone seems to be

hiding behind the identity 

they pretend to be

misery loves company

so she keeps calling me

someone please wake me

from this beautiful nightmare

- contributed to "Word Connections" a @johnlacarbiere Anthology benefiting Proceeds benefit Wordplay NO a nonprofit organization

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"I Give Thanks" by Karma

I give thanks for the little things 

Both big and small

I give thanks for the have and have not’s

It’s that I live, that I have them at all

I give thanks for the love surrounding me

And being kept in God’s good grace

It’s that I realize I’m blessed

That I can stop and smell the roses

And give thanks for living another day

Happy Holidays! - Pixel Office

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Lesson Learned: My Rant

Reality Check: My Rant

A Lesson Learned:  Not everyone will be as supportive as you would have anticipated.  There may even come a time where you would have always been their biggest supporter, but they seem to “not be available” when it’s you who needs support.

Try your best not to take it personally.  They may not be creative enough to understand where you’re coming from.  If your thinking is unorthodox or even a little unconventional and you are brave enough to take a risk and do the things that people say “you can’t” do, I APPLAUD YOU!!!!  Not enough people willingly choose to go against the grain or even continue to walk down that lonely path when it starts to head in the direction opposite of the rest of the herd.

I assume that you are already Your Own Motivator but if you needed it, this was a little

“Rah Rah!!!”    for you.  ;)