I sat in the end, on the bed with my friend. I only sought for it, not, to end. I offered my heart, And a potential new start. in an effort to truly, mend. But I was greeted with lies, and no compromise, just a persistence, to rend. And I’m left, With a hole in […]
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Letting the Outside In
Occasionally, I go to the gym. The reason it’s occasionally, and not frequently, is that going to the gym to work out has become something I have to deliberately decide on, and plan out. Going to the gym used to be automatic. I would wake up, have breakfast, wait forty-five minutes, and out the door I […]
You Write Something With Substance If You Don’t Like It
Everyday, most hours, and often into the night, we are surrounded by other people. We are neighbors whose lawns share an invisible, yet, dividing line. We are two panes of glass and eight feet apart as we crawl through traffic. We bump shoulders as I enter a store and you brush past with your […]
Creativity, Productivity, Madness
Have you heard of the latest trend in entertainment? Or, maybe it was a trend in stress relief? Actually, I’ve heard it referred to as a creative outlet, maybe that is what it is? This trend would be that of adult coloring books. Wait, hold on, am I referring to a coloring book filled with […]
Touch, feel, real.
Paris tried. He yearned, deep in his heart and soul, to love the light. He wanted the warmth, comfort, and radiance of its touch. He longed to shine upon his fellow man, and wished that he could emanate a halo of uplifting positivity upon his world. He tried to infuse it into his clothing. He took […]
Say Goodnight….
Of all the dreams I have when I’m awake, The best are about finding sleep. I’ll yearn not for currency and wealth, Sustenance and supplement, acceptance and embrace, death and dying, Futures and frivolities, power and politics, gods and deities, Passion and pain, Fear and failure, happiness, catharsis, coitus, or when I will rest. I […]
For the Bulld
So often its said about life, that it’s for the bold. Is that what life is really about, being bold? Could it also be about being smart, tactful, passionate, or even generous? Of course its said of all of these things, and inclusive of many other pursuits. But we seem to view and appreciate the wild, gripping […]
Sign here. The Star Ship __________ awaits.
It takes a massive, and mostly unknowingly, collaborative effort to put a rocket to the sky. There are the miners who produce the ore that, once smelted, will become the aluminum and steel forming, basic, structural pieces of the rocket. These miners produce the gold and copper needed for electronic circuitry and fittings in the […]
NINJAS! SNIPERS! UNICORNS!
Which is more deadly? Is it the Ninja who kills with sharp medieval weaponry and who can vanish in a puff of smoke? Is it the Sniper who is never seen, and wields his rifle with lethal precision, ghosting his mark from great distances, and then vanishing without a trace? Or is it the Unicorn who […]
Bending ego
Please think upon our insignificance in the grand expanse of the universe, and how the slightest considerate gesture might make us feel wonder and adoration, like our appreciation of the stars upon which we gaze. Humbly yours, J