How to Regret

1.Fall in love with something/someone.

2.Have a dream, set a goal.
3.Dedicate your time, your energy, your LIFE.

4.Stop.
5.Keep loving that person/thing.
6.Keep reminders.
7.Randomly check up.  Because you still love too much to move on.
8.Don't do anything about it.
9.Always keep a dream in your head of what should have been.

10.Be too scared to fix it.

11.Watch your dream come true for someone else. 
12.Hate yourself for giving up.

By now regret should be setting in.  
**In the case of no regret repeat steps 5-12.

100%

We talk about how real we are, but this whole time we have been hiding who we are.  People are fake with real names.  This semester we have been real with fake names.  It's time to be real with real names.  

Thank you for the reveal Nelson.  This last month of class is going to be 100% real, and I CAN'T WAIT.

--Charlie L. Rose
Quincie 

Worn and Faded

Oh Yes

Oh Yes--Charles Bukowski

there are worse things than

being alone

but it often takes decades

to realize this

and most often

when you do

it's too late

and there's nothing worse

than 

too late.

The simplicity and truthfulness of this poem is so beautiful to me.  

We have all been alone, but for some reason it terrifies so many of us.  We are preoccupied with the worry of being alone.  Worrying about something that can be beautiful.  We take so long to learn that being alone we can capture the beauty of the silence and emptiness that surrounds us.

The time we take to finally embrace being alone we lose the most valuable thing we have.  Time.  Time is limited.  Moments cannot be returned.  We have to enjoy the time we have before it is gone, before we are too late.  There's nothing worse than too late.

Unplugged

You've caused a power outage in my heart, and it's creeping into my soul.  I know you're upset.  You keep telling me it's too cold and dark in here.  You say my heart is cold and my soul is growing to be a darker and darker shade of black.

Please help me find a new light.  I've been looking just like you told me to, but it's hard.  It's hard to find light when I'm blindfolded and tied to this place. 

So, I hope you understand why I've given up.  

I'm sorry for giving up.  I'm sorry for not telling you.  I'm sorry that you found out.  I'm sorry you feel distanced.  I'm sorry you feel lied to.  I'm so sorry.  I take complete responsibility for that part.

I just hope you remember what started all of this.  

I hope you remember that you pulled the plug.