Degrees of Sound_Words Speak Louder Than Actions? (Writers Are Not Active)_Jesus Wore a Brown Jacket
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Degrees of Sound
There is no such thing as silence, only degrees of sound.When one imagines sound, or noise, they imagine loud things. Cities, concerts, car crashes. Sudden or prolonged high degrees of sound.When one imagines silence, they may picture many things. Empty woods, a nighttime street, a cemetery.When Ben made the decision to take a vacation in a small isolated house on the seaside in Maine, he had certainly imagined silence. Instead, there was just a different degree of noise.The world outside did not stay silent in the absence of humans. Instead, it raised its own volumes. A legion of crickets chi...
Words Speak Louder Than Actions? (Writers Are Not Active)
Twenty six years — I’ve heard plenty of things growing up. I’ve heard the voices in my head yelling at me for doing the right thing. I’ve heard my parents shouting at me for me doing the wrong thing. Unfortunately, my anger spoke the loudest and took me on a path that not even a poet could describe.I’ve always been a great listener. But it was who, or what myself chose to listen to that shifted my route — taking me on the expressway to hell. “Actions speak louder than words” is a very popular phrase that never fails to intrigue me. I say sometimes, it’s accurate. Sometimes, a person’s choice o...
Jesus Wore a Brown Jacket
Are you there, God? It’s me, Mallory. My momma is dying. I’m scared. I’ve never watched anyone die. I’ve never been without my momma either. Dear God, I know I’m grown, but I don’t feel so grown right now. On a cold, bitter January night at two in the morning, my sisters slept upstairs while I stayed downstairs with Momma. Taking care of Momma had become a twenty-four-hour job. We took shifts around the clock to take care of her, so everyone could get some rest. Momma’s diagnosis less than two months ago had been nothing less than a shock to our systems. One of the toughest women in the world,...
The Dream Doctor
“You’re listening to Z-102, and that was Dream Weaver, by Gary Wright. It’s 10pm, and that means you got the Dream Doctor in studio. Just like that dream weaver, I’m gonna get you through the night. The Ronnie Wawww.onedoor.cctkins Ford Studio Line is open, and you dreamers know how this works. You call in, tell me your dream, and I’ll tell you what it means. Lines are lighting up now, so we’ll get right to you, after The Eurythmics tell us what sweet dreams are made of. “Danny Traylor cut the mic as Annie Lennox took over, and he pulled his coffee mug within reach. He had been working the Dream Doctor bit ...