Everyone begins as a butt-kicker in my mind. Then one by one they reveal themselves to be kicking their own butts. … This applies to myself as well. … I don’t mean this in a “watch my budding depression” kind of way. I mean it in a “way of life” kind of way. … As […]
(Verse) When you feel like you’re doin just fine, Then it visits you, It’s the angels of destruction themselves, Here to visit you, ….. When you find an ice cube where you thought, An ocean was, When you find an empty hole where you thought, The money was, Think only of the warmth that breathes […]
As a former prosecutor (note: not a former prosecutor), a former teacher (note: ok, that one’s fine), a lover of humanity (note: slightly more of a hater if we’re measuring accurately), a dad, a husband (note: neither a dad nor a husband), a proud American (note: ok, tone it down now), and a millennial […]
You’ve spent some time feeling broken, You’ve spent some time feeling lost. You’ve spent some time feeling alone, You’ve spent some time feeling numb. You’ve spent some time feeling helpless. Some time feeling anger. Some time feeling nostalgia. Some time feeling invisible. Some time feeling that these feelings will never end. Time in […]
You. made me. want to. write. So I wrote some words. And thought. about. laying them. down. by the fire: To. dry, To. burn, To. crackle, with life. To. buckle, when applied, To. a singular, glowing, ever-brightening crisp, That, When done, Were to be strung. together. on a Wire, up amongst. the fiery […]
I’ve walked away from a sinking ship. Twice. Each time, it felt good. It felt good, for a short night. But the saccharine taste turned bitter by the end of the week. And pastures that promised green revealed themselves – – as mere shades of the same old […]
To You, Today I write to you in clarity, not confusion. In gratitude, not in accusation. Without influence, both inside and out. I write it here, where it might not be appropriate, where it might be lost, not in hopes of views but in hopes that this might be the best way to you. I […]
– When Time is Free, – Thinking becomes a Luxury that demands Payment. – It’s an Account that requires Attention. – A Trial Period that has Expired. – A Notice on your Front Door that says – It has not been Forgotten.
That moment, When you First Tried Cookie Butter. You Paused. Your Eyes Widened. You Looked up at me and said, Baby! This is Genius! Pure joy.
It’s hidden. It’s embedded within. The small discoveries I must make, that inspire me to move on. I have to spark that interest, not agitate it. I have to nurture it, water it, think about it, and care for it. I have to cup it in my hands like the fragile flower it is; not […]
Kindling For A Fire 