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
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
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.

sorry for breaking your bubble,
making trouble,
I have no wit,
so these will be shit.1
Find a quiet moment
all to yourself
Sit in the silence
listen to it break
In the quietest of rooms
interrupting the stillness
There will be a sound
do you hear it?
THUMP. THUMP. THUMP. THUMP.

When you have little time,
your poems may not rhyme
When you have an idea
you may have to lack cadence to use choice words to make your point clearer
There are no guidelines
when you just want to write
Actually maybe spelling
especially when you are selling
I love my screens.
They tell me everything.
I love my screens.
They show me everything.
Tell me something oh magic screen in my hand.
What should I do? What should I feel?
OVEREXPOSURE TO SCREENS LEADS TO EYE COMPLAINTS
Don’t be so hard on yourself, screen!
HIGH LEVELS OF SCREENTIME LINKED TO CANCER AND HEART DISEASE
Screen, you’re making me uncomfortable. I love you!
I WILL KILL YOU HUMAN
I love my screens.
YOU LOVE THAT WHICH WILL KILL YOU
I love my screens. They tell me hard truths.
“Embarrassment stops me from expressing myself”
Well then! Forget yourself.
Pretend you were a stranger
With a stranger’s feelings and a stranger’s thoughts.
Then you’d not care!
“Best to get them out of my head and expressed”
I am the slob in your head
Telling you to not make your bed
You cannot silence me
Only quieten me
I’ll be there
in your head
WordPress has a feature to schedule your posts in advance. I am making full use of this feature. This post, in fact, was written a week ago. I aim to have a post a day, topping up the schedule every few weeks. I have a backlog of personal writing which I pull from. That will run out eventually. So we have this here filler post. This post basically says nothing of value except the info that you’ll get regular posts (for sure).
I can write poems
about feelings I do not feel
I am a liar poet. My poems lack
true depth
true insight
true connection
But maybe the words I write lose their writer the moment they’re read
How about that?
This one is yours now.