Summer Soul Searching Part 2: Instead

Summer Soul Searching Part 2: Instead

Instead I crashed
Through the surface
Of my fragile plate
Tumbling downward

Further and further
Faster and faster

Tumbling turning to tormented freefalling

At the very bottom of my fall
A fire ignited
And its green flow lit the way
Back to who've
I've always been proudest to be

Justice At Cost

Justice At Cost

The frustrations of the righteous
Made worse by the sociopathic nature of the wicked
One's ability to care made into a weapon
That cuts deeper than any knife
Held in the madman's hands

Agents of entropy accelerated
Cannot lose
Not when their only purpose
Is to sow seeds of doubt

To the victor go the spoils
A rotted world
Wherein the innocent try to live
Among the ruins left in the wake
Of the never-ending battle

The heroes rise up and fight
For those that do not possess
The hope necessary to battle inevitability
There will always be a need for heroes

This need comes at a terrible cost
A bill to be paid by neither hero nor villain

A bill to be paid
In loss of self

Heroes are lifted up
Blocking from our eyes
The truth
We could be those heroes if we had the courage to hope

In a World of Touch Screens and Texting I Still Write

In a World of Touch Screens and Texting I Still Write

I know the sense
Behind back ups
And back ups
For the back ups

I've experienced the convenience
Of touch screen technology
Communication
At my fingertips

In spite of this
My words flow; they do not drag
From mind to pen
Pen to paper

The List Grows Longer

The List Grows Longer

One
One more
One more switch of the light
One more raising of the pen
One more page to fill
One more thought that slaughters the sheep
One more waking nightmare
One more reason to write
One more thing I can't say
One more confession made in penance
For everything on my list

This Fire Don't Burn Out

This Fire Don't Burn Out

A faith discovered in the ashes
A devotion driven by the flames

Flames, not of rebirth
Flames, not of beginnings

Flames purely
Flames entirely
Flames eternally
Flames of fire
Flames of fire unforgiving
Flames of fire forever embracing

The faintest of sparks
The most dire of darkness
The light forever made bright
By a willingness to fight
For oneself and for the light
For all those in need of the fire's
Embrace, love, and power

Summer Soul Searching Part 1: Trying Again... and Again... and Again...

Summer Soul Searching Part 1: Trying Again... and Again... and Again...

It could've been me
Standing there strong and free
From the shackles of anxiety

It could have been me
If not for the bend in my knee
Brought down by the self-made weight of worry

I could have been me
Existing entirely in and of me
Looking inward at me

Looking inward for a change
Looking to expand upon my range

It could have been

But it wasn't him

It wasn't the man who stands here this day

Instead...

Farewell 2018

Farewell 2018

Fond memories
Again made priceless
Recalling
Everyone's
Well wishes, warm hearts, and willful spirits
Expressed in voice
Linked by a common goal
Loved forever and always

2 many memories to count
0 excuses; warriors determined to succeed
1 class I could never forget
8 billion lives potentially changed for the better