• Sleep

    Sleep is great when you’re in it
    horrible when you resist it
    and annoying when you want to stay up all night writing non-poems and reading and you end up holding sleep in contempt why do we reply on it and why do I never feel ready for it until 5am can you just not why is there not a sleep pill that regenerates your mind maybe sleep is a conspiracy to keep us from knowing the real issues no I tried not sleeping and I went clinically insane lets not do that again but why oh god I should be asleep but sleep sleep go away

  • You & I

    things you

    control

    is you

    the part of you that is

    unchanging

    is you

    what you are is

    separate

    from others

    what if it is all

    uncontrollable
    changing
    interconnected

    then there’s no you

    and there’s no me

  • My writing is not good

    I’d like to just make a point clear. I am under no illusion that my writing is of any value or good. Although I would put that it’s all subjective and there may be someone who absolutely adores everything I produce. Anyway! I feel this point should be made because I have made this site to make some of my writing practice public. I want to have a record of my writing and how it has improved over time. Perhaps some of my work may be interesting to others? Who knows.

    I find writing fun and I don’t particularly think too hard over everything I publish here. I don’t refine for ages. Each post you read is probably written quickly within a day and double checked once.

    The title of the site (at the moment), is Thought Vacations. It is where I can just send my idle thoughts and writings to live and hang out. Or another way to look at it, is that I can take a Thought Vacation and roam free to write whatever I want.

    I don’t care that this post is self depreciating or shows lack of confidence. It is what it is. And you may feel it’s honesty shows a certain bravery. Or realism.

    I am interested in following other novice writers, so please comment if you are one, and I’ll follow you on WordPress if I like your style.

Hello! I’m Tom (he/him), based in London, UK. I write prose & poetry, also some small reflections I want to share. Enjoy 🙂

I have a Youtube channel where I post creative things sometimes.