<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786556745811279957</id><updated>2025-08-05T06:57:23.187-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Miscellaney of Soliloquies</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5786556745811279957/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bobbi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02509227453406829214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QmGUaqgvzsDFPFniDK1ZOZswcs3Nxz0vqCxuTMur4aJ5r3A6WJbJLt9rfUxnt4e1UfgZTmaDlVaN2bvRMpdXBa6j-X1MVNz8AZytKe1h1xRH3e7f1-tN5VqoQK8M/s220/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786556745811279957.post-8629792183222067639</id><published>2024-12-07T23:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2024-12-07T23:47:16.793-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Forbidden Surrender</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Shadows
play,&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;A dance of
surrender&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;They cradle
the soul&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;In quiet
understanding.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;It’s the
silence that lingers,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;An echo of
longing&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Just beneath
the surface&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Pulling—craving—falling&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;A whispered
name&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;In the
depths of surrender &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Our spirits
collide&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;And the shadows
play&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/feeds/8629792183222067639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/2024/12/forbidden-surrender.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5786556745811279957/posts/default/8629792183222067639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5786556745811279957/posts/default/8629792183222067639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/2024/12/forbidden-surrender.html' title='Forbidden Surrender'/><author><name>Bobbi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02509227453406829214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QmGUaqgvzsDFPFniDK1ZOZswcs3Nxz0vqCxuTMur4aJ5r3A6WJbJLt9rfUxnt4e1UfgZTmaDlVaN2bvRMpdXBa6j-X1MVNz8AZytKe1h1xRH3e7f1-tN5VqoQK8M/s220/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786556745811279957.post-7509190546725105567</id><published>2011-09-29T22:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-29T22:17:10.908-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Untitled 2</title><content type='html'>One phrase&lt;br /&gt;
Two words&lt;br /&gt;
Seven letters&lt;br /&gt;
They say a multitude of things: &lt;br /&gt;
I hate the way you look at me and only see the past.  &lt;br /&gt;
The way you think you know me and yet only you can grasp&lt;br /&gt;
What you knew, who you were, and who you were with.&lt;br /&gt;
Well guess what?  I was just the kid. &lt;br /&gt;
An unofficial byproduct, a zygote of the genes&lt;br /&gt;
I was just the reason for the two of you to deem&lt;br /&gt;
Expendable, bendable, malleable and a means&lt;br /&gt;
To an end, to the end, to the achievement of your dreams&lt;br /&gt;
Only guess what?  Your dreams were different&lt;br /&gt;
They were built upon lies.  Built upon the reasons why&lt;br /&gt;
She wanted you and then she wanted him. &lt;br /&gt;
You wanted the freedom to fly at your whims.  &lt;br /&gt;
She couldn’t reason the twisting of her mind&lt;br /&gt;
You didn’t care, were just looking for a dime-&lt;br /&gt;
Bag of mischief, of fantasy, of dare&lt;br /&gt;
The only truth you witnessed was of what you were aware &lt;br /&gt;
Of nothing, that’s how the story goes.  A choice was made &lt;br /&gt;
Two paths were taken.  If you think that sign says u-turn&lt;br /&gt;
You are sadly mistaken.  &lt;br /&gt;
Why?  If only you would ask.&lt;br /&gt;
I am standing at those crossroads.  I am living those two lives.  &lt;br /&gt;
Both of them are dreary.  Both of them are lies.  &lt;br /&gt;
One I know the truth.  It’s blurry and it’s grim. &lt;br /&gt;
Two thinks I’m witless and don’t know the half of it&lt;br /&gt;
But I’m standing at these crossroads. &lt;br /&gt;
I’m holding tightly to that sign.  &lt;br /&gt;
I’m screaming for existence.&lt;br /&gt;
I’m making it mine.&lt;br /&gt;
My fingers clench this sign post.&lt;br /&gt;
My message should ring true.&lt;br /&gt;
One phrase&lt;br /&gt;
Two words &lt;br /&gt;
Seven letters&lt;br /&gt;
Fuck you.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/feeds/7509190546725105567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/2011/09/untitled-2.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5786556745811279957/posts/default/7509190546725105567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5786556745811279957/posts/default/7509190546725105567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/2011/09/untitled-2.html' title='Untitled 2'/><author><name>Bobbi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02509227453406829214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QmGUaqgvzsDFPFniDK1ZOZswcs3Nxz0vqCxuTMur4aJ5r3A6WJbJLt9rfUxnt4e1UfgZTmaDlVaN2bvRMpdXBa6j-X1MVNz8AZytKe1h1xRH3e7f1-tN5VqoQK8M/s220/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786556745811279957.post-4288430671119696005</id><published>2011-09-29T22:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-29T22:16:11.841-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Silent Epiphany</title><content type='html'>She sat&lt;br /&gt;
Her back turned&lt;br /&gt;
Her movements muted.&lt;br /&gt;
The line of strength spoke from the curve of her spine.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I watched&lt;br /&gt;
Emboldened by the silence&lt;br /&gt;
Comforted by anonymity&lt;br /&gt;
Should I reach out with my hand?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
One touch&lt;br /&gt;
A single moment&lt;br /&gt;
I would ask no more.&lt;br /&gt;
The epiphany kept me silent, kept me still.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She turns&lt;br /&gt;
Does she know?&lt;br /&gt;
My sleep is feigned&lt;br /&gt;
But the need for her to keep looking is real.&amp;nbsp;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/feeds/4288430671119696005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/2011/09/silent-epiphany.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5786556745811279957/posts/default/4288430671119696005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5786556745811279957/posts/default/4288430671119696005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/2011/09/silent-epiphany.html' title='Silent Epiphany'/><author><name>Bobbi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02509227453406829214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QmGUaqgvzsDFPFniDK1ZOZswcs3Nxz0vqCxuTMur4aJ5r3A6WJbJLt9rfUxnt4e1UfgZTmaDlVaN2bvRMpdXBa6j-X1MVNz8AZytKe1h1xRH3e7f1-tN5VqoQK8M/s220/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786556745811279957.post-1977657801153046923</id><published>2011-09-29T22:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-29T22:15:14.905-07:00</updated><title type='text'>-reve a la vanille-</title><content type='html'>On days like these-&lt;br /&gt;
Grey days, rainy days, these days of blur and honey&lt;br /&gt;
Sit down to your porcelain altar of vanilla sweetness&lt;br /&gt;
And dip within, spoon then hand, to savor your cream and ice.&lt;br /&gt;
Silver within white-&lt;br /&gt;
A mixing of emotions, with friction, heat and zen-ness&lt;br /&gt;
It’s always best when you can melt it with your patience&lt;br /&gt;
Feel the submission through the pads of your finger tips.&lt;br /&gt;
Feel the pleasure-&lt;br /&gt;
The control, the time,&amp;nbsp; the distance between spoon and tongue&lt;br /&gt;
Just let it fall to pieces within the contours of your mouth&lt;br /&gt;
Close your eyes and exalt the taste dripping down your throat&lt;br /&gt;
Exacerbate the rhythm-&lt;br /&gt;
Spoon, bowl, cream, taste, repeat until you cannot take&lt;br /&gt;
A single ounce more to sit warm within your soul&lt;br /&gt;
Look out that window-stroke your fingers around that bowl&lt;br /&gt;
Skin to tongue-&lt;br /&gt;
Waste not, want not, leave no crevice left abandoned&lt;br /&gt;
No remnant of this beauty left upon even the tip of your thumb&lt;br /&gt;
Skin to tongue, taste gently the flavor, intermingled the salt of sweat.&lt;br /&gt;
And when nothing is left to be given-taken-swallow.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/feeds/1977657801153046923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/2011/09/reve-la-vanille.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5786556745811279957/posts/default/1977657801153046923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5786556745811279957/posts/default/1977657801153046923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/2011/09/reve-la-vanille.html' title='-reve a la vanille-'/><author><name>Bobbi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02509227453406829214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QmGUaqgvzsDFPFniDK1ZOZswcs3Nxz0vqCxuTMur4aJ5r3A6WJbJLt9rfUxnt4e1UfgZTmaDlVaN2bvRMpdXBa6j-X1MVNz8AZytKe1h1xRH3e7f1-tN5VqoQK8M/s220/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786556745811279957.post-1405467800704988804</id><published>2011-09-29T22:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-29T22:14:18.438-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Untitled</title><content type='html'>When the reflection staring back at her becomes too familiar&lt;br /&gt;
Every flaw constrasted in stark assurance that she is&lt;br /&gt;
mediocre, trivial, plain&lt;br /&gt;
The weight of ineptitude becomes crushing.&lt;br /&gt;
When the face in the mirror begins a mocking tyrade&lt;br /&gt;
Of all that she once thought she was&lt;br /&gt;
Smart, pretty, lovable&lt;br /&gt;
The fear of loss becomes unbearable.&lt;br /&gt;
And then it begins, the dreams, the waking nightmares&lt;br /&gt;
The featurless face lauging from the shadows with&lt;br /&gt;
threats, promises, names&lt;br /&gt;
The need to cling becomes overwhelming.&lt;br /&gt;
But she can&#39;t.&lt;br /&gt;
Her fear wins.&lt;br /&gt;
Because.&lt;br /&gt;
When she reaches out to touch or hold or kiss&lt;br /&gt;
Even if just for a second to express&lt;br /&gt;
love, affection, desire&lt;br /&gt;
The fear of rejection crumbles her.&lt;br /&gt;
And she stands back in front of that mirror&lt;br /&gt;
With eyes of regret, tears of weakness, trembling hands&lt;br /&gt;
She can only wait and hope&lt;br /&gt;
For some sort of redemption.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/feeds/1405467800704988804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/2011/09/untitled.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5786556745811279957/posts/default/1405467800704988804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5786556745811279957/posts/default/1405467800704988804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://amiscellaneyofsoliloquies.blogspot.com/2011/09/untitled.html' title='Untitled'/><author><name>Bobbi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02509227453406829214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QmGUaqgvzsDFPFniDK1ZOZswcs3Nxz0vqCxuTMur4aJ5r3A6WJbJLt9rfUxnt4e1UfgZTmaDlVaN2bvRMpdXBa6j-X1MVNz8AZytKe1h1xRH3e7f1-tN5VqoQK8M/s220/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>