Tag: anxiety

• No Security

  No security. Still don’t approach. Just trust me. Let us both live long.

  G. Pearson

  September 14, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, Micro Poetry, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, daily writing, life lessons, short story, warning, haiku, danger, security, drama

• Can You Release?

  Can you release me? Can you let me loose to fall? No life in a cage.

  G. Pearson

  September 12, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, caged bird, capture, creative nonfiction, daily writing, fear, Fiction, freedom, haiku, Micro Poetry, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, Writing

• Left On Read 2x

  Kick the feeling fast Kick it hard and close the door No room for lust now

  G. Pearson

  September 10, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, creative nonfiction, drinking, haiku, Hiatus, lust, memories, Poetry, romance, short story, stress, temptation, Writing

• Dodgeball Warmups

  ‘Where are all your friends?’ ‘Alpha wolves don’t need packs.’ ‘How’s that working out?’

  G. Pearson

  September 5, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, Daily Poetry, dodgeball, haiku, isolation, Poetry, sports poetry, sports writing, team building, Writing

• 9 to 5

  Back in the true trap The panopticon kills slow “Karen brought bagels!”

  G. Pearson

  September 2, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, company man, creative nonfiction, cubicle, Daily Poetry, daily writing, destress, escapism, faith, haiku, hell, life and death, life lessons, life of a writer, Micro Poetry, mood, office, pandemic, panopticon, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, return to work, short story, social distance, stress, voyeurism, Writing

• Father Playbook

  My daughter, your daughter too. They’ll cry. No matter why, breathe. Listen. Solve when asked.

  G. Pearson

  August 28, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, art, child rearing, childhood, Christian writing, daily haiku, Daily Poetry, daily writing, daughters, emotional, faith, fathers, fathers and daughters, haiku, inspiration, life lessons, male perspective, male POV, Micro Poetry, nature, parenting, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, problem solving, questions, stress, Writing

• If I Wanted To, I Would Have: Chapter 1

  Chapter 1: My Ex is Voldemort “Daisy never expected me to change.” Maybe I said Daisy’s name like a curse word or like ‘Voldemort’, but I knew it riled her up and I needed to hear her make a fuss about me one more time. It was starting to feel like she really didn’t want […]

  G. Pearson

  August 27, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, Arizona, Breakups, cause and effect, creative nonfiction, daily writing, Daisy, depression, distance, drinking, emotional, escapism, exes, forgiveness, grudges, Harry Potter, Hiatus, life lessons, life of a writer, loneliness, long distance, love letter, male perspective, male POV, manipulation, monsoon, mood, pandemic, questions, rainy days, relationship issues, relationships, romance, self-care, self-help, short story, silence, social distance, story, stress, temptation, Voldemort, Writing

• Fleeing Bird

  Fly far, return not Eagle so free, flies by me I’m tempted to leap

  G. Pearson

  August 25, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, bird, creative nonfiction, Daily Poetry, daily writing, eagle, emotional, escape, escapism, flee, fly, haiku, inspiration, jump, life and death, life of a writer, metaphor, Micro Poetry, mood, nelly furtado, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, questions, self-improvement, temptation, USA, Writing

• Atlantis

  Captain Jame-o balked An island undiscovered? More like ‘siren call’!

  G. Pearson

  August 23, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, Atlantis, captain, cause and effect, Daily Poetry, daily writing, danger, haiku, life and death, Micro Poetry, mood, mystery, nautical, navigation, ocean, pirate, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, romance, seafarer, seamen, ship, shipwreck, siren, temptation, undiscovered, Writing

• Oslo to Copenhagen

  Cutie Patootie Call me when you’re off the train Can’t wait to smooch you

  G. Pearson

  August 19, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, art, compromise, Copenhagen, Daily Poetry, daily writing, emotional, faith, haiku, loneliness, long distance, longing, love, love letter, memories, Micro Poetry, mood, Oslo, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, rail, relationships, romance, secret love, social distance, texts, train, Writing