Eron shot through the rippling water. He kicked and propelled himself downward. The sun above beaming thinning tendril rays towards him through the water as he dove towards the floor. The pressure built in his ears and nostrils, the air in his lungs seeming to gain weight as he approached the blue sand. As he […]
By action
Of what consequence are shattered dreams? If they never left your head and your heart, then they were never acted upon, and thus never took tangible form. How do we feel pain from ideas that were never forged? How can we be injured by failed goals which were never acted upon? How can we feel […]
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For what would your trade the next years hours? For what have you traded the sum of your years? What is the meaning of your days? How much more will you pay, until you stop giving it away?
Tend to your flame
White, black, graying flakes lie at the center of the enclosure made up of stone. Half consumed branches jut from the ash. The ring surrounding the remnants of wood, is circular, and constructed of nearby chunks of granite. The granite ring is flecked with black, scorched by a once vibrant flame. An unexpected breeze sends […]
Dreams and goals
Dreams, dreams are aloft. Like clouds they float, out of reach, visible, but not tangible. Goals, goals are grounded. Like blazes on trees they mark the destinations for our feet, and our energies. Dreams, they satisfy our imagination, but goals, they satiate our souls. Humbly yours, J
T.H.I.N.G.S
The heavy items never gratifying souls Humbly yours, J
Oxygen, Hydrogen, Carbon, Calcium, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, Magnesium
Of all the dreams we dreams, hopes we depend on, and challenges met, we don’t reach peaks of capability, intellect, dexterity, nor physical prowess of the potential we have at birth. So do we waste our most precious of resources. Second by second do we choose against a mastery of our elements.
Timecard
When we find ourselves lacking, we often find ourselves very critical. Whether we criticize our lack of self development, a failure to execute a particular task, or many tasks, or any number of perpetual procrastinations, we often try to find a way to rationalize. We come up with a myriad of reasons why we acquiescence […]
A map without a legend
Have you seen me, recently? I can’t seem to find my way. I went looking for my purpose. I yearned to feel complete. Have you seen me, lately? I looked far, far and wide. I climbed high, high then dug low. I searched inside, inside and out. Have you seen me, today? I went searching […]
Decimate
‘‘Twas a trillion to one Your parents would meet. and a billion to one, chance they’d conceive. A million to one in this timeline hundred thousand to one you’d actually survive. There was a thousand to one chance you’d excel and a hundred to one chance youd just do well. a ten to one chance […]