| Purgatorial Ponderings | 
| Purgatorial Ponderings
On the edge of fire's glowlooking outwardtowards inviting darknesswhere lies another life
But fire corrodes my soul,even though I've turned my backit burns small holeswith charr... Posted by  on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:29:00 GMT
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| Dreaming of Dreams:  A Life Unseen | 
| Dreaming of Dreams:  A Life Unseen
Helplesstrappedcaught behind the mirrored glassthat once sparkled so brightlythat I just had to seethe shining light that beckoned metowards fields of greener g... Posted by  on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:49:00 GMT
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| Beginning of New Play | 
| The following is the opening lines to a new play that I'm working on.  It's FAR from over, but here we go:
It is a cycle of darkness - 
our existence.
A light fated by the guiding hand
to be swal... Posted by  on Thu, 29 May 2008 22:08:00 GMT
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| Between the Headlines:  2/29/2008 | 
| Between the Headlines:  2/29/2008
 
Model's dead in a river's bed,
one hand waves "Goodbye",
while toxic ricin's on the rise.
a tear forms in my eye,
People explode in funerals
the helpless... Posted by  on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:47:00 GMT
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| Between the Lines | 
| Between the Lines
 
Sweet bird singing,
handle with care
on top of the tree,
little bird dares
praising something,
crying to air
that's well beyond me,
a cold dark stare
 
Sun shining brig... Posted by  on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:15:00 GMT
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| A Monarch’s Butterfly | 
| A Monarch's Butterfly
 
Clipped of wings,
it's meadows burned,
enslavened by the beast,
she drudge's forth,
painstakingly
searching for the least
 
conspicuous obscenity
to make a cross to b... Posted by  on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:46:00 GMT
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| Guantanamo | 
| ... Posted by  on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:54:00 GMT
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| Just Say "No" | 
| Just Say "No"
 
I refuse to just say "no"
 
to laughter hanging in the air,
in front of lips, right under stares
that follow me in sleep.
Dare those eyes that stare to find
the sorrow hidden... Posted by  on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:34:00 GMT
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| Top 25 Essays on This I Believe | 
| Top 25 Viewed Essays A couple of years ago, I submitted an essay to the This I Believeproject.  I pretty much forgot about it.  Well, a friend of mine recently pointed out that it's in... Posted by  on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:57:00 GMT
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| That Time | 
| That Time
"Cheese" we screamed before the flash
that froze us all in time  
We were so happy, don't you think?
OF COURSE WE WERE  that time.
 
that time
 
-    &nbs... Posted by  on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:09:00 GMT
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