What happened to the world was gradual. I've forgotten what it actually was, but I have faint, fetal memories of what it was like. A smoldering dread that never really caught fire till there wasn't much left to burn. Each sequential step surprised us. Then one day we woke up, and everything was gone.

Isaac Marion

Categorized in : Memories Fire One Day

In my mind I am eloquent; I can climb intricate scaffolds of words to reach the highest cathedral ceilings and paint my thoughts. But when I open my mouth, everything collapses.

ceilings mouths mind

Music? Music is life! It’s physical emotion - you can touch it! It’s neon ecto-energy sucked out of spirits and switched into sound waves for your ears to swallow. Are you telling me, what, that it’s boring? You don’t have time for it?

neon ears sound

I would like my life to be a movie so I could cut to a montage. by Isaac Marion

I would like my life to be a movie so I could cut to a montage.

cutting

My friend "M" says the irony of being a zombie is that everything is funny, but you can't smile, because your lips have rotted off.

irony zombie lips

I notice faint scars on her wrists and forearms, thin lines too s... by Isaac Marion

I notice faint scars on her wrists and forearms, thin lines too symmetrical to be accidents.

wrists scar lines

The past is made out of facts...I guess the future is just hope. by Isaac Marion

The past is made out of facts...I guess the future is just hope.

made facts past

I want to change my punctuation. I long for exclamation marks, bu... by Isaac Marion

I want to change my punctuation. I long for exclamation marks, but I'm drowning in ellipses.

exclamation-marks punctuation-marks long

We're fumbling in the dark, but at least we're in motion. by Isaac Marion

We're fumbling in the dark, but at least we're in motion.

dark

Here it comes. My inevitable death, ignoring me all those years when I wished for it daily, arriving only after I've decided I want to live forever.

inevitable-death forever years

But it does make me sad that we've forgotten our names. Out of everything, this seems to me the most tragic. I miss my own and I mourn for everyone else's, because I'd like to love them, but I don't know who they are.

missing names doe

...wanting change is step one, but step two is taking it. by Isaac Marion

...wanting change is step one, but step two is taking it.

steps two

I want a new past,new memories, a new first handshake with love. I want to start over in every possible way.

starting-over memories past

You should always be taking pictures, if not with a camera then with your mind. Memories you capture on purpose are always more vivid than the ones you pick up by accident.

purpose mind memories

We are where we are, however we got here. What matters is where w... by Isaac Marion

We are where we are, however we got here. What matters is where we go next.

next what-matters matter

I wonder how well she sleeps at night, and what kind of dreams she has. I wish I could step into them like she steps into mine.

dream sleep night

Every experience, good or bad, is a priceless collector's item. by Isaac Marion

Every experience, good or bad, is a priceless collector's item.

collectors items priceless

Deep under our feet the Earth holds its molten breath, while the bones of countless generations watch us and wait.

waiting feet watches

We smile, because this is how we save the world. by Isaac Marion

We smile, because this is how we save the world.

smile-because save-the-world world

That's why we have memory. And the opposite of memory— hope. So things that are gone can still matter. So we can built off our pasts and make future.

opposites memories past

It's a strange feeling, being so utterly surrounded by her. Her life scent is on everything. She's on me and under me and next to me. It's as if the entire room is made out of her.

scent feelings rooms