From 11743e3ae8807c5df18dd0e20aed0b67040942f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: graphiteisaac Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:44:31 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] add new posts --- priv/posts/divide.md | 60 +++++++++++------------------------------- priv/posts/overpass.md | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ priv/posts/security.md | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-) create mode 100644 priv/posts/overpass.md create mode 100644 priv/posts/security.md diff --git a/priv/posts/divide.md b/priv/posts/divide.md index 810b163..45bcb28 100644 --- a/priv/posts/divide.md +++ b/priv/posts/divide.md @@ -1,49 +1,21 @@ --- -title: Security -week: 4 -date: 2024-01-22 +title: Divide +week: 5 +date: 2024-02-05 --- -a blanket of warmth,\ -comfort on all sides\ -out there are monsters,\ -beneath I must hide +cut up into pieces,\ +split the halves into two\ +that's quarters, or fourths,\ +whichever you like to do -when darkness creeps in,\ -security squandered\ -towards evil and horror,\ -my mind has wandered +numerator, at the top,\ +tells how many you have got\ +cupcakes, pies, or bicycles,\ +maybe planes or big big yachts -please, tuck me in,\ -as snug as a bug\ -lest I fall victim,\ -to ungodly hug - -the hours are ticking,\ -time slips away\ -up rises sun's safety,\ -to begin a new day - -from goblins and ghouls,\ -at once I am free\ -to wish that tonight,\ -they will hear my plea +denominator, down the bottom,\ +divvying up the parts\ +now you know division,\ +they call you doctor smarts +++ -A place I know is mine\ -Soft cushioned for retreat\ -Where I can self enshrine\ -Until refresh complete - -This sanctuary changed\ -As my mind developed\ -Now finding myself drained\ -When by dark enveloped - -If it were but a beast\ -A monster to be slain\ -A hopeless fight at least\ -Would comfort, though in vain - -Instead it's my own wit\ -Besieged by thoughts that swarm\ -To slip in endless pit\ -Caught by this mental storm +awaiting compleition... diff --git a/priv/posts/overpass.md b/priv/posts/overpass.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4e12ee4 --- /dev/null +++ b/priv/posts/overpass.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +--- +title: Overpass +week: 6 +date: 2024-02-09 +--- +'Meet me at the overpass,' I wrote. 'When the day comes.' I wanted to know so badly where I would end up. Would I be funny, pretty, sweet? Would my time be well spent? Would I make it out of this mess? Of course, I knew it was impossible. I'm only 17. I would have to wait like the rest of us. + +Just in case, I went. Down my well-trodden path, in this city of bustle. Grey buildings domineered, I looked up to them, fraught. There wasn't much to see here, unchanging day to day. I walked to the centre, heavy legs dangling as busy cars rushed over black nowhere roads. Alone, I was startled - a kind woman tapped my shoulder. + +'Pick yourself up,' she said, 'and dust yourself off. You'll be okay.'\ +'How can you know?' I crumbled by her side.\ +'I've been here before, things look up, I promise. Do you want to talk about it?'\ +'No thanks, I'm alright.' My overfull skin tightened. 'I trust myself to find the way.'\ +'I believe in you, she assured, her twinkling eyes gleaming. + +I got up, smoothed my clothes, beginning the trek home. Warm leaves danced around me, brand new in the spring. I saw a butterfly, blue, fresh from cocoon's comfort. Black and white buildings seemed endless with possibility. I finished my journal entry: 'You weren't there, but I was. I will find my way.' ++++ +A stroll taken under deceptive sky\ +How quickly it moved beyond overcast\ +I'm glad it did, as it's the reason why\ +I met you there, under the overpass + +I wake and want to see you every day\ +Even though I fear this is but a farce\ +Yet still joy and smiles it brings when I say\ +I'll see you there, under the overpass + +We had a spark that at first seemed concrete\ +Yet our time together has become sparce\ +I have to hold hope, that again we'll meet\ +If await you, under the overpass + +Sorry I was blind, I now see the sign\ +It seems that it's cues I struggle to parse\ +I'll work to be better should stars align\ +Meeting again, under the overpass diff --git a/priv/posts/security.md b/priv/posts/security.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a5addb --- /dev/null +++ b/priv/posts/security.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +--- +title: Security +week: 4 +date: 2024-01-28 +--- +a blanket of warmth,\ +comfort on all sides\ +out there are monsters,\ +beneath I must hide + +when darkness creeps in,\ +security squandered\ +towards evil and horror,\ +my mind has wandered + +please, tuck me in,\ +as snug as a bug\ +lest I fall victim,\ +to ungodly hug + +the hours are ticking,\ +time slips away\ +up rises sun's safety,\ +to begin a new day + +from goblins and ghouls,\ +at once I am free\ +to wish that tonight,\ +they will hear my plea ++++ +A place I know is mine\ +Soft cushioned for retreat\ +Where I can self enshrine\ +Until refresh complete\ + +This sanctuary changed\ +As my mind developed\ +Now finding myself drained\ +When by dark enveloped + +If it were but a beast\ +A monster to be slain\ +A hopeless fight at least\ +Would comfort, though in vain + +Instead it's my own wit\ +Besieged by thoughts that swarm\ +To slip in endless pit\ +Caught by this mental storm