LAISSE SÉPARÉ
©Matthew Custar
An abstract picture?
What do you see?
I see a man caught.
Caught in indecision.
The large ball,
far from him.
The small ball,
closer to his reach.
Indecision rules the world.
Don’t get caught.
INDECISION
stuck
GOING IN CIRCLES
niadil:
GOING IN CIRCLES
Caught in a vicious cycle.
No control over your own life.
Day in and day out.
Round and round you go.
Does it ever stop?
Can you get off?
Yes, you can.
If you step outside the circle.
And dare to be different.
FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS PART V
What a beautiful bird.
I’m lost inside the rainbow
with a white bird.
It’s flying around me.
Round and round.
Velvety pink petals are falling.
This place seems nice.
But so quiet.
The bird isn’t making a sound.
Just circling me.
Then it flies off.
Should I follow it?
It’s hovering in the distance,
as if it’s waiting for me.
Okay.
Here goes.
Let’s follow the bird.
I’m almost caught up to it.
Now, it’s leaving me.
So have the petals.
In their place
descends a darkness.
I could feel its thickness,
surrounding me.
I see a light ahead.
I see people from my past.
Like a dream.
Oh no.
More like a nightmare.
Tomorrow will tell the tale.
Don’t forget to return.
Or I may be stuck in here forever.
WEB OF LIES
Have you ever been caught
in a web of your own deceit?
A web of lies that grew
out of control.
One lie leading to the next.
So much easier to be truthful.
No lies to remember.
Easier on your brain and on others.
Stick to the truth or
be stuck in your own web.
FLY AWAY
Keeping you stuck in one place.
When you want to be free to find
new adventures and people.
When I feel this way, I want
to break free from the bars
holding me in place.
Let’s break these bars and
try something new—anything new
that we haven’t done before.
WHAT ARE FRIENDS FOR?
WHAT ARE FRIENDS FOR?
Are you stuck in a glass?
So am I.
Let’s plan our escape together.
How come you don’t talk?
What else are friends for?
Hello
I’m here.
And then I’m not.
I’m just in your imagination.
Your creepy imagination.
What else should we conjure up today?
IF TIME STOOD STILL
What if time stood still?
We wouldn’t get older.
We would look the same forever.
Would we be bored with life after awhile?
Would be less in a hurry to get things accomplished?
There would be no reason to do things right away.
We would just put off what we could do today for tomorrow.
Then tomorrow, we would procrastinate for the next day.
Let the clock move ahead.
It would be awful to be stuck in time.
KIND OF STUCK
HELP!
WE THOUGHT WE’D FIT.
NOW WE’RE STUCK.
GET US OUT OF HERE!
SUSANNE LEIST 