2010 goals.

when i grew up my dad would make me write down my goals for the next year, 5 years, 10 years... i hated that. but it's basically like new years resolutions. and goals are just goals... something you work for, and towards... i feel like the word resolution is so... negative.. so here are my goals for 2010:

1) write more poetry. i love writing poetry and i did a lot in college... i really want to continue my 'portfolio' if you will. i'll also post them when finished... i only posted about 3 last year of my previous poems and will continue to post them throughout this year.

2) learn to use my camera. i have a canon rebel. a really nice camera that i don't know how to use beyond the point and click. i'd love to start using it and learning to take really nice pictures. if you want to  teach me... i'd love it.

3) and of course... work out. apparently metabolism slows down when you graduate and get married. i hate working out. so this is going to be hard.

i think 3 is good... considering #3 is laughable. but to get #1 on a role... here is a poem from my college years:

Breathless

My heart weighs
down my entire body
I suffocate.

Your hand grasps
Shooting pain down my spine
Chaining my legs to the floor
As a river of red engulfs me

The air of you has forced itself
Into my lungs
again
It surrounds me
Leaving me with no other option

I breathe you in.

And choke.
My lips grasp for breath
But no clean air exists.

My eyes go black
And I give into you.

Falling to the ground
with the only sound
a crash of chains
and bleeding.
[nicole w.]



so that was a downer. i began posting my poems in May of 2009 if you want to start with one not so depressing. and by began posting... i posted 3. this is the 4th. more to come in the future. thanks for indulging me.