A forest of sleeping angles
Hazy halos of gold
Velvet rose
Soft purple
And rich blends of each
The air is brisk
And the wind harsh
But my heart is warmed
By the sight of glory
Hanging on the edge of the earth
Dazzling spectacles of light
Dancing on the icy pond
Frost sparkles on the tips of grass
Everything is still
No one of God's creatures
So much as whistles a tune
No bird chirps
No hounds howl
No cat purrs
Only peace whispers
Through the trees
Not Just Plain Words
"I'm in repair. I'm not together, but I'm getting there."
March 28, 2016
March 1, 2016
Electricity
Winding through an untraceable maze
Trolling through rubber halls
Being suffocated
By the very walls that surround me
Know not of what lies beyond them
A point of uncertainty
Is my destination
A place where I go unnoticed
I am not seen
But I help light the dark rooms
I am not heard
But I play the most beautiful melodies
I can not be felt
But my heat warms your bodies
I am not admired
Until I am lost
I am something you need
Something you must own
But nobody owns me
No one can take my power
Because I am power
Trolling through rubber halls
Being suffocated
By the very walls that surround me
Know not of what lies beyond them
A point of uncertainty
Is my destination
A place where I go unnoticed
I am not seen
But I help light the dark rooms
I am not heard
But I play the most beautiful melodies
I can not be felt
But my heat warms your bodies
I am not admired
Until I am lost
I am something you need
Something you must own
But nobody owns me
No one can take my power
Because I am power
February 3, 2016
The Intersection
On the road more so traveled
I find myself at an intersection
One that can lead me anywhere
Lead me to more intersections
To more lights
Signs
And cars
To more people
Pedestrians
And possibilities
Then from there to even more intersections
Ones that tell me to stop
Yield
And go
Some that tell me to turn
Went to walk
And when to not
Now I am at one
One with infinite outcomes
One with infinite outputs
With so many variables
More than just x’s and y’s
More than just what equals the sum of 83
More than the area of a circle
And the first 20 numbers in pi
More than a spreadsheet on the table
It is so much more than a ticker number
Or a 500 word article that ends up on page 7
It is more than what lies before me at a desk
In the middle of a cubicle
In the center of a bullpen
On the 20th floor of an office building
On the street that no one cares to name
I am at an intersection
Full of wonders
Hopes
And dreams
I am at an intersection full of lanes
And I cannot choose one
I am caught in the median without a guide
Then I see them
Through the timid light of dawn
And the shadows that mimic and mock
All that I see is a little being
Standing in the middle of the street
Alone and impatient
Standing there and waiting
For someone to come
Driving down this parkway
Down this Lane
Down this Boulevard
Driving down without attention
Looking someplace else
Being someplace else
Not see them standing here
Not see them till they are gone
Far from here
And far beyond
I swerve but to no avail
There is a crash without a burn
There is a body without a life
They are gone and I am left
Left to clean up a mess that I did not make
This is what my intersection brought to me
This is what came of each choice
This is what has become of me
I will never be the same as I was
Before the intersection
December 25, 2015
Another Single Ladies' Xmas
Going on four months relationship sober I can say that this Xmas is defiantly different. Now with all the happy holiday hoopla you can feel the pressure and maybe a little bit of loneliness. If you are like me you want someone to sit with you on the couch all cuddled up under a blanket while drinking hot coco. You imagine what it would be like to have someone for the holidays so that feeling doesn't haunt you like the ghost of Christmas past. I remember just last year, when I was in my own relationship, I didn't want my boyfriend to get me a gift and that I was just happy to have him. Instead, he showed up at my door with a little gift in hand. Just seeing him there (even thought he had given me a heads up before that he would stop by) made me the happiest person in the world. Now I sit alone in my room writing this because yes I am single, and probably will be for a while due to my quirky personality, but I am still having a very merry Christmas. So chin up and have a little more eggnog...
Yours truly,
Riley Scout
"Last Christmas" by Wham
Yours truly,
Riley Scout
September 15, 2015
Three years and counting...
This is one of the happiest days for me because today marks the three years I have been posting my free handed writing on this blog. It has been the longest standing commitment I have ever made and will ever make. This little site is one that I cherish and hold close to me because it is more than just a blog to me. It is something that has kept me doing the thing that I love the most. Writing. Never have I felt more passion toward one thing that I do towards me writing. It has helped me through a lot and I am greatful for every piece that I come up with. So thank you for reading this blog and supporting me and what I do.
August 13, 2015
Strung out
What if I held a string
What if I were that string
Would I pull it tight
Or let it suspend in air
Would I stay on a planned path
Or see where everything takes me
July 24, 2015
A Gift
The doorbell rings at an approach
The wiggling handle moves the most
How your drum beats study in your ear
How you hold back a fearful tear
Then you open was such a surprise
Two boxes and a note
"One is a gift that opens your mind,
Another a curse to bring you to your demise"
I am Paint
I am smeared on I canvas
Raped by other colors
Thinned
And stabbed by hairy bristles
I stained clothes and carpet
I am wash down the drain
Unwanted till made into perfection
Which only the beholder can pronounce
I am oil
Acrylic
Water
I am at the will of one
One that is many
An artist
A visual musician
I am the liquid clay they mold
Holding my shape and design
On a paper
Canvas
Or wall
I am paint
Oh Captain of Wedding
Oh bride and groom
Your fearful planning is done
The dress has been found
The tux has been worn
And the rings you now adorn
Oh bridesmaid and groomsmen
Your loyalt, worthwhile
To see them beam and smile
Out with the old and in with the new
All for the "I do"
Oh father of the bride
You stand tall and proud
As you walk her down
And now you stand
For the other man
Your fearful planning is done
The dress has been found
The tux has been worn
And the rings you now adorn
Oh bridesmaid and groomsmen
Your loyalt, worthwhile
To see them beam and smile
Out with the old and in with the new
All for the "I do"
Oh father of the bride
You stand tall and proud
As you walk her down
And now you stand
For the other man
May 30, 2015
Civil Rights Thourgh History
“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”
- Nelson Mandela
I believe that Nelson Mandela summed up rights, liberties, and freedom in this quote. It is true that if you take away someone’s, or anyones’, rights you are challenging them and they will bite back. Humans are intelligent animals for the most part and we will find away around you to get what we want. Weather it be stomping our feet on the ground screaming or doing something in return. Mandela, along with others, lead a revolution that did both very successfully with formal statements, processions, international government action, alternative government institutions, boycotts, and strikes.
In the 1820s women began to want not to be trapped in a small box of freedom while men had a house. They wanted to have the same rights and they were willing to fight. During this time women were making the headlines and speaking their minds. All over the nation women were lecturing, writing, marching, lobbying, and practicing civil disobedience. Most of the time, when protesting, they were arrested and imprisoned.
Susan B. Anthoney,committed to equality and a strong feminist, played a major role in women’s suffrage. She and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the New York Women’s State Temperance Society in 1852. They later founded the Women’s Loyal National League which created the largest petition drive in the nation up to that time with nearly 400,000 signatures. Proving that human rights progression was possible and that there were also plenty of men who thought that sex had nothing to do with voting. In 1921, the 19th Amendment was passed by congress stating “The right of citizens of the United States shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”
In 1652, the dutch began colonizing South Africa and capturing the natives, which they would sell into slavery. After decades of the “Superior Whites” ruling over them, the natives decided that they wanted a change. In 1948, an all white-election was established however this of course did not please the South Africans because they could not vote due to there skin color. *cough cough* America *cough*. So a South African apartheid regime was created. The first falling domino for a national movement.
The time between 1948 to 1994, when Mandela was elected president, many things worked their way into the news and made the Dutch rule come to an end. Formal statements were made, like in 1952 the ANC (African National Congress) asked for the support of the citizens of South Africa, all races, to end the “unjust and discriminatory laws.” There were also processions like in July 1961 were about 18,000 black supported came and marched in front of parliament despite the government’s threats. “Mini-governments” were set up in black townships to provide alternative government institutions. These townships supported their own judicial system and serves such as police, street cleaning, health care, and garbage removal. This movement also used international government action, boycotts, and strikes.
After the Civil War there was a LOT of racial tension in the south. This created even more problems for African Americans to face, even in the 60s. During this time segregation was the norm and everyone was use to it, but quite a few did not enjoy it. Rosa Parks was one who was tired after work and refused to move when a White man needed a place to sit even though she was seated in the back of the bus where blacks would sit. However now it's a fight to sit in the back on the school buss. She was arrested of course. Martin Luther King Jr. was another major person in the Civil Rights Movement. He helped organize sit-ins, boycotts, marches, civil disobedience, etc… He was also arrested and later killed. ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/heuYBYYdt3XSWOjd5_8yetlnOccAfcvfaykksDNto0ifigt48ri1XFxIzJeFSVm9k62CsTFUWyuKwXngS0EPt5dtNbWVdz3YFjJ4QU2rluGRnLR-hsnY_erSU7Xis308IRfdwyI)
This was a time of change. Many families had tvs in their homes, news reporters were at the protests, so everyone saw what was happening. People were being hosed down in the streets, attacked while being peaceful, and like Emmett Till were killed for illegitimate reasons. The Civil Rights Movement is one of the most well known movements in American history. This is a time that set the stage for another movement that continues on today.
This movement is the LGBT movement. LGBT stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender. This movement started back in the 50s with just coming out about the whole thing. Most people did not understand it and could not imagine the thought of a same sex couple. LGBT used and continues to protest and use legal action in order to get to its goal of same sex marriage and deeper awareness of homosexuals and other alike.
Unlike what many people think it is not wrong to love. Loving is a thing that we all do and love is a thing that like rights we all deserve. The LGBT mission quote is “love can’t wait” which I agree with. If you had two people who loved each other and wanted to get married for all the right reasons would you? The Supreme Court will decide on the matter next month.
In conclusion, with all that has been said, I do believe that history repeats itself in some way shape or form due to the fact that we are all human and humans have habits. Just remember that if you take away our rights we will fight. You try to take away what we believe we will tell you the truth of the matter. You can knock us down, but we will get right back up again. No matter the obstacle.
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May 8, 2015
Things That...
Oh many a thing can amaze
Oh many a thing can amuse
But with many agaze
And with many to choose
Such things shall escape
Oh many a thing can amuse
But with many agaze
And with many to choose
Such things shall escape
Candle Light
Now upon such a light
With little fading will
Nothing may burn so bright
Just until
A whispering breath may blow
With little fading will
Nothing may burn so bright
Just until
A whispering breath may blow
No Punctuation
A world so stygian and bleak sence is nothing and all is gloomy there is no stopping or calm there is no comma or break no end will you find to breathe you must not stop you can not stop the space between these words is the closest you will ever get
now you breathe
now you stopnow is your break
g e t r e a d y
g e t s e t
Now you run once again no stopping to no end will your path cease time will never standstill space will only grow smaller nothing is ever e n o u g h no where is ever -> near
ready
s e t
stop
February 27, 2015
Tall Tale
Such a tall story
Without any glory
The tale of a man
Who discovered a great land
To with no avil
He was swallow whole by a whale
Without any glory
The tale of a man
Who discovered a great land
To with no avil
He was swallow whole by a whale
Color Schemes
There are 50 shades of grey
And 100 are blue
There are 44 shades of white
And which some are new
There are 78 themes of black
Oh what ever shall we do
There are a million... BILLION colors
But I just named 262
And 100 are blue
There are 44 shades of white
And which some are new
There are 78 themes of black
Oh what ever shall we do
There are a million... BILLION colors
But I just named 262
Across: this outrageous notion
Hop on a plane
And fly across the ocean
I know it sound insane
About this outrageous notion
But believe me
When I say
You will see
When you come my way
Come one or many
Come all
Or any
You shall tell a tale so tall
And fly across the ocean
I know it sound insane
About this outrageous notion
But believe me
When I say
You will see
When you come my way
Come one or many
Come all
Or any
You shall tell a tale so tall
February 26, 2015
End of All Days
This is the time that will be remembered forever. This is when everyone will look back in either disgust of in sweet pleasure. I don't know which for I will relish life in sweet neutrality. When we shall fade and blow away into oblivion and see the blinding light of our diminishing, everlasting sun. When we shall no longer have books for they will become warmth when all the power fails for its final time. An eternal blackout. Everyone expects violence and panic, but most are too scared to leave their homes in fear of what is in their own heads.
A Fading Friend
First you feet go cold
Then your fingers and toes
Just as you were told
Just as your child grows
Then everything becomes clear
You begin to fray and fade
You will soon be an old tear
Just as soon as you were made
No one saw you to begin with
But that makes no difference
You were your child's myth
Now you become pass tense
Then your fingers and toes
Just as you were told
Just as your child grows
Then everything becomes clear
You begin to fray and fade
You will soon be an old tear
Just as soon as you were made
No one saw you to begin with
But that makes no difference
You were your child's myth
Now you become pass tense
Dream Catcher
I hang in your window
Above your bed
Above your head
You sleep and I swing
Filtering your dreams
Through my lovely seams
I catch the unwanted
The nightmares and fears
To save you from tears
And when I am filled
To the brim and back
You shake me out like a dirty sack
Then I go to my place
Above your bed
Above your head
Above your bed
Above your head
You sleep and I swing
Filtering your dreams
Through my lovely seams
I catch the unwanted
The nightmares and fears
To save you from tears
And when I am filled
To the brim and back
You shake me out like a dirty sack
Then I go to my place
Above your bed
Above your head
The Wishing Ages
When you're seven
You wish you were five
When you're eleven
You wish you were nine
When you're freshman
You want to be junior
When you're senior
You wish you were done sooner
Now that you're older
And the work day is longer
You wish you were seven
So you could wish to be five
You wish you were five
When you're eleven
You wish you were nine
When you're freshman
You want to be junior
When you're senior
You wish you were done sooner
Now that you're older
And the work day is longer
You wish you were seven
So you could wish to be five
February 14, 2015
Valentines Day
Okay now this year I am not a single lady for this little spectacle of a holiday, but I can at least give my take on it all. Now I may sound a little cynical, but please remember that this is the first time someone will "be my Valentine."
On February the 14th there will be many spectacles of "love" that is translated diversely over the community. Now of the couples you will have many different things like gift giving to flowers to (cough) romantic evenings...
Yes Valentines day is National Sex Day (sorry had to say it, kind of a line I've been wanting to use). So yes bring out your inner E L James.
Now for the single ladies well... they will just go see the movie.
On February the 14th there will be many spectacles of "love" that is translated diversely over the community. Now of the couples you will have many different things like gift giving to flowers to (cough) romantic evenings...
Yes Valentines day is National Sex Day (sorry had to say it, kind of a line I've been wanting to use). So yes bring out your inner E L James.
Now for the single ladies well... they will just go see the movie.
February 3, 2015
Dead as a Deer
I lay there in the grass
My eyes wide
As I look out at the road
My ribs have been shattered
My heart beats one more time
Then my little watch stops
My lungs inflate then collapse
Under the weight of my limp nimble body
I use to dance in the forest's the ballet
Now I lie dead on the curb
Now I slowly rot
Now my ribs are exposed
Now I am exposed
February 2, 2015
Insomnia
Oh how soft and swiftly the night may come
Oh how steady your heart beats like a drum
In the dead of night when all lie asleep
You lay alive and count your ghostly sheep
All sound hits like a clap of thunder
All shadows grow to a fifty foot wonder
Your eyes peel back with the amazement and fright
While you lie in the dead of night
Oh how steady your heart beats like a drum
In the dead of night when all lie asleep
You lay alive and count your ghostly sheep
All sound hits like a clap of thunder
All shadows grow to a fifty foot wonder
Your eyes peel back with the amazement and fright
While you lie in the dead of night
December 12, 2014
It's Nothing But a Monster
I hear the creaking of the steps
I hear the voices inside my head
You ask me what scares me
It is the pitch black in the night
The boogie man under my bed
The claw marks on the walls
And torn up carpet on the floor
A thick smell of whisky in the air
And you ask why I'm scared
The fighting and the yelling
The verbal war that has now begun
And in the midnight hour
When men become monsters
When the talons of hell come reaching up
You ask me what scares me
But I assure you
It's nothing
I hear the voices inside my head
You ask me what scares me
It is the pitch black in the night
The boogie man under my bed
The claw marks on the walls
And torn up carpet on the floor
A thick smell of whisky in the air
And you ask why I'm scared
The fighting and the yelling
The verbal war that has now begun
And in the midnight hour
When men become monsters
When the talons of hell come reaching up
You ask me what scares me
But I assure you
It's nothing
The Phonics of Life
B is for the bell
That I sometimes don't hear
D is for the door
That has come so near
P is for pavement
That I walk of everyday
K is for the kindness
That warms my tender heart
Y is for the yelling
That rings in my ears
W is for why things happen
In which I do not know
That I sometimes don't hear
D is for the door
That has come so near
P is for pavement
That I walk of everyday
K is for the kindness
That warms my tender heart
Y is for the yelling
That rings in my ears
W is for why things happen
In which I do not know
Walking the Halls
I walk down the halls, following each tile, so simply laid out. I walk to the place were destiny awaits. Where my fate rest in the hands of a man who, some unknown way hates me. That despicable face, I will forever loath the day I first met him and forever love the day when I leave. I walk to the room that will forever haunt me. I walk down the endless hall to seek out my forever ending fat. It is judgement day. It is the hour, minute, moment, second, when I shall arrive and see the smirk ripped of his He will tell me to leave and never come back, but I will remind him of who I am. I will tell the truth of his unlawful prejudice and speak it to the world. He wants to tell me that I cannot leave without my pride, but I shall stay with my head held much higher than before. Even if the fates don't allow I shall fight and forever walk there hells, No more torture, ridicule, or pain. No amount of torment could ever keep me away. When all is said , and all is done, I shall walk back down this hell. I will not run.
Unlock the Lavender Door
A little gold key
A grand lavender door
More than just an entrance
It's an escape
But to what
To what should this lead
To what should we call such a pleasure
If it is one at all
Put in the key
Turn till the...
Click!
Unlocked
Grip the stony brass knob
And turn
Push and release
A grand lavender door
More than just an entrance
It's an escape
But to what
To what should this lead
To what should we call such a pleasure
If it is one at all
Put in the key
Turn till the...
Click!
Unlocked
Grip the stony brass knob
And turn
Push and release
November 29, 2014
I Will Not Watch
Watching can be the most painful thing you can do
Actions.
They speak louder than words
But what is the action of not acting at all
What do you do?
When everyone tells you there is nothing you can do
Where is the forbidden line?
That is never to be crossed
Well I have found that line
I will not stand back any more
I will stand up and shout
I will no longer wither
I will no longer wait
I will no longer watch
I will act
I will do
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