We're getting older every day, For free, For nothing, Just another sunrise-sunset melody. We're just us, Little world, Enormous, All it ever was. We dance to the beat of something else's drum, Until we realize, The tail's wagging this dog, And we're no one nowhere right now. Then, we learn that everything that matters, Can … Continue reading User Manual 2.019
The Head Hangs Heavy
Someday, in the distant tomorrow, you will see all of your present foibles and predicaments as grains of sand on a very distant shore with the tide inching out over them as you drift towards the shimmering horizon. But, today, the head hangs heavy with the heft of all that you are not and all … Continue reading The Head Hangs Heavy
It Will Rain
She will run the world. It's less prophesy and more weather forecast. Except that its profundity is akin to the former, not the latter. There's a countless number of silent battles being waged by invisible warriors every day. In theaters of battle called "the office" and "the administration" and "the board" and "the team" and … Continue reading It Will Rain
Terror Denied
I woke up sometime in 2018. And all I saw around me, amid the smiling family photos and quirky humor, nestled beneath the well-manicured lawns and the messy normalcy of children's playthings huddled by front doors, permeating the bliss of little boys and girls being taught and cared for by earnest, hardworking adults, was racial … Continue reading Terror Denied
You Must Go
You cannot control the tide, the winds, or the sea itself; The frigid water, the fiery sun; You do not choose your soul's passion; Yet, you must go. ~~~ You cannot dictate the contours, obstacles, and weather of the road; Fellow travelers, odd or kindred; You do not choose the gravity of your route; Yet, you … Continue reading You Must Go
Instruction Manual, Version 1
Listen. You're reading this so you're probably a person. A person with a mind, some questions, some kind of body, and some motivations. It's hard managing all this. Especially, because there are others out there and they tell you things, directly and indirectly and otherwise. They things they tell you, various kinds of commands, inform … Continue reading Instruction Manual, Version 1
The One-Year Look-Back
Well, it has been a year. How are you doing? Are you up to much these days? I miss you. It's strange. This sustained silence. I think of you often, but the memories are so different now. Every moment captured in brief clips. Little homemade videos in my mind. Shoddy editing, bad sound quality. You'd … Continue reading The One-Year Look-Back
