Monthly Archives: July 2014

A toast

Thank you Chuck Palahniuk. For teaching me how to feel. Thank you Albert Camus. For teaching me that suicide is unjustifiable. Thank you Truman Capote. For teaching how to be fabulous. Thank you Alan Watts. For centering me when I lose control. Thank you Ernest Hemingway. For teaching me the value of losing myself. Thank […]

Life in Transition

My life is approaching a standstill where routine is trump. I’m running out of new friends and conversation topics. Everything is bland and uninteresting. I feel my creativity stalling and the words I write less meaningful. To be frank, I’m bored, and the only cure is somewhere foreign. A new adventure, a new storyline, and […]

Distance

Truth be told I’m lost Like a leaf moved by currents Floating and waiting Knowledge and understanding Seeking creates an absence

Everything else is trivial

I sat motionless next to my grandfather on his deathbed. His paper thin, scaly skin, swelled arms, and toothless grin laid shaking. His unintelligible sounds and writhing, anguished gesticulations made us aware that his Oxycontin was wearing off. My grandmother, with a smile, was talking to him through it all. “Do you want something to […]

End of an Evening

Always parting ways The red dawn draws people home Head down, barely there An idle brain runs rampant The eyes, the neck, the soul, hang

Law

Laws are intended to bridge the void which the juxtaposition of egotistic individuals and the civilization critical to their survival creates. Law gives structure to and defines the culture of the society it governs. Behavior is learned, and the law is lopsided. Those in power attempt to remain in power by orchestrating and manipulating the […]

Just Breathe

A day is just a day. There is nothing profound in a day; simply the musings of evolving characters and their autobiographies. It’s hard not to get lost. Dreaming intensifies desire. It provides purpose and a reason to fight. Page follows page, chapter follows chapter, and in the end, if days are lived with vigor […]

Spectrum

Between two abysses Time frames a fluid moment A realization Defines how we move along Energy flows forever

Hollow

It’s the same old shit Monotanously painful A thorn in my soul Inches deeper with each step Life is a line we follow

Indecision

My self is centered My life is out of control My self is suspect Progress is necessary Courage is untameable