Sometimes it feels as though i've spent my life conveying messages through poetry never understood. As I write, the wailing of a train whistle not far from my house causes me to reflect on what that sound used to mean to me--what it means to me, now. As a boy growing, there were nights spent dwelling in sadness I could have only known then, and ( Read more... )

Favorite shade of night, when the sky is just light enough to make out the shadowed silhouettes of the houses outside the open window, the kind of view you wonder if someone else notices and appreciates. My nerves have been shot the last few days, drawing out each night with the feeling of anxiety. For having to live such an inactive life as of ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving Day. For the first time in nigh two months, I felt well enough to spruce up before leaving the house. It felt nostalgic, even the sprits of cologne which took little more than a second, something I haven't done since the end of September. Even the clothes I wore made me feel my old self again, empowering my inner-hope that there is ( Read more... )

After two long weeks of being pinned to a hospital bed, i'm home. So much has transpired since i've last written, I don't know where to begin. As it turns out, i've been diagnosed with Henoch-Schönlein Purpura. HSP is an immune system disorder more commonly found in children, in fact, the percentage of adults infected is roughly around 2 out of ( Read more... )

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My recent departure to Dallas, Texas, was spurred by the decision to take a breath of fresh air and reflect on the goings on in my life. My sendoff wasn't particularly what I wished it to be, but such is life. David and I never really had the chance to bond like father and son, and at this point, I doubt we ever will. On the road with David, we ( Read more... )

My world is upside down. Uncertainty threatens to snip the strings of my heart worn so proudly on my sleeve. I've always said love was the quintessential aspiration of my life, but I don't know why. My day began like any other, awakening to a bright day with my face nestled against a pillow. I hadn't spoken with her for nigh two days, and the ( Read more... )

After an expeditious cleansing I spruced myself up with a sprits of cologne, attempting to put style in the dandelion fluff that my hair has become with but a dab of gel, hopping around on one sock-covered foot as I dressed and made myself presentable to the outside world. I hadn't seen my girlfriend for more than fifteen minutes for what seemed ( Read more... )

I've noticed this summer has somewhat a disoriented feel to it. Friends i've known to be avid partygoers really haven't been, well, partying. Change is in the air, for many people it means the start of a whole new chapter in their lives, brand new schooling with a new environment. Put simply; everyone seems to be growing up. Funny how much has ( Read more... )

Recently I beheld the sight of a setting sun, yielding to a clouded sky and sinking below the belt of the horizon. I had almost forgotten the simplistic beauty of nature amidst my own introverted angst. Ever look in the mirror at your own reflection after cleansing and find yourself feeling just a bit different? Sprucing up for no particular ( Read more... )