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William [never surrenders]

Everest, Everest...

About Me

Mortality burst forth in air expended. I am soon to be forgotten, nameless in the Ocean's bed of sleepers. Until death, the hope for redemption pulses my frantic veins. Scramble and speak, for time is numbered above our heads. Waste not the hours upon sleep. Hearts are left for the harvest!

My Interests

Photography, music, writing, and creating thingsHowever, dodgeball will suffice in place of any of the aforementioned activities...

I'd like to meet:

My Sunset

Music:

Ludovico Einaudi Ennio Morricone Dogwood The Dingees Calibretto 13 Payable on Death Blindside Officer Negative Life in Your Way A Perfect Kiss Owners Manual Selfmindead Flatfoot 56 MeWithoutYou Brevada This Endearing (Gate City) dc Talk Dismissed Forgotten Arrival My Epic Hopesfall Dolphin Striker This Runs Through Giants Tracer AMC Red Sparowes Explosions in the Sky Saints Never Surrender!

Movies:

too many to list...

Television:

Rescue Me, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Lost, Prison Break,

Books:

Bible Screwtape Letters All Quiet On the Western Front Poetry from World War I

Heroes:

My hero is dead but very much alive.

My Blog

Faith, Love, and the Tornado

I hid myself in the bathroom floor and murmured, "This too shall pass."  So long has it been since I have tasted the warm flavor of the sun on my feeble skin that I feel more fear than anticipati...
Posted by William [never surrenders] on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:25:00 PST

Arise and Wait, Daybreak!

Have I now found the source of warmth in winter's lonely months?  What is this madness that drives the hearts of men?  Unable to rest, the heart is parading wildly in my breaking body....
Posted by William [never surrenders] on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:37:00 PST

Amor Amor No More

Amor Amor No MoreFairest Temptress of my soul, though the velvet sails of your shipshave disappeared into the horizon,your memory lies with me still. To be tortured by your ghostand have your...
Posted by William [never surrenders] on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:17:00 PST

Dearest Pocketwatch

I wrote this for my Creative Writing: Poetry class at my college.  Give me your thoughts, should you afford them to me... I never saw the thief that...
Posted by William [never surrenders] on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:54:00 PST

Looking Back Upon the World

It has been some time nowSince I have seen her run offWith that young boy.I can smell that perfume that stole her awayAnd in madness and youth renounce our ties.Alone, I mumble to myself, "Everything ...
Posted by William [never surrenders] on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:28:00 PST

Your Promise...

What petal must I have plucked for her to hate me so?! It's a pity how she would overlook her love for me and replace it with disgust in the utmost. A woman is the perfect war machine! She has besiege...
Posted by William [never surrenders] on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:20:00 PST

Widows and anchors are essentially the same thing.

I left love alone some time ago. Several decades have been swallowed without sharing my heart with another. Yes, I am alone.  I am very alone, but content. Love is a tourist attraction attended b...
Posted by William [never surrenders] on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:33:00 PST

My Sailor's Soul

A fierce horizon awaits my sailor's soul. Monstrous regret wanders somewhere in the vast ocean. If I were told to guess, I would guess that it dwells near me. Have I brought this down upon myself? "Me...
Posted by William [never surrenders] on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:18:00 PST

To Whom it may concern...

Years have passed upon my weathered shell, with the weight of the ocean bearing down upon me.Many years have passed since I've tested its protection, yet still my heart is pained with sharp regret.Wha...
Posted by William [never surrenders] on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:43:00 PST

16,000 Feet Closer to Heaven's Gates

Shot out of the sky, the smoke and flames blew past me whilst this raging wind tore at my skin. The color of the flames were slightly out of place from the once shimmering beauty of my winged angel. I...
Posted by William [never surrenders] on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:08:00 PST