Tag: attention

  • Sundown

    When the sun went down  He tried to go into hiding  Instead he should have unwound  His plans were now sliding  If it wasn’t for your attention  He would have gotten clean away  When he made his decision  He knew he never could stay 

  • The Shoe

    When I found the shoe behind my car, I knew who it belonged to and why it was there.  It was Jake and he was trying to pull another prank over on me.  But this time, I wasn’t going to fall for it.  I steadfastly went on with my life and pushed Jake out of…

  • Media Attention

    “You didn’t want anyone to know?  Why wouldn’t you spread the word?  That was really impressive what you did.  You should be proud.”  “I didn’t want anyone to know because of this.”  I walked to the front windows and threw open the curtains.  The flash of the cameras lit up the living room as reporters…

  • Attention

    “His mere presence demands attention,” the woman next to me whispered.  I looked back to the robed man pacing on the stage and wondered what I had gotten myself into.  I had signed up for a youth retreat, but it seemed a little more like a brainwashing than a yoga retreat.  It was fascinating and I couldn’t get enough.  The…