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The Train Perspective

The problem with internet debates is that we all bring a caravan of personal experiences in tow yet only ever make visible one point. It’s like trying to judge the length of a train head-on. All it takes is a small shift in perspective to see that the train is either just an engine orContinue reading “The Train Perspective”

Me2

The systemic and pervasive indoctrination of the male entitled mindset into the collective is one of the greatest failures of modern society. The flagrant disregard for half of our population under the auspice of male entitlement is beyond infuriating. It speaks to an evolutionary aberration where minds capable of empathy and reason came to beContinue reading “Me2”

Face The Sun

Light yawns slowly awakePalm trees gently swayMorning chokes the hazeDampness burns away Eastern thermals churnBreezes chase the coldWarmness eases inInvigorates the bold Dormant creatures stirNature sighs awakeNight shrugs off its mantleMoonlight flees the lake Sound replaces silenceStillness goes astrayDark dissolves to sunriseBlackness bleeds to gray One final gasp of nightExhales and dawn is doneRadiance awaitsContinue reading “Face The Sun”

Kill Code

Every time someone takes their life they leave in their wake questioning masses left to wonder why they hadn’t seen it coming. We rationalize ourselves ragged about what we could have done, what we might have seen, what we could have said and what possibly could have been done to prevent this tragedy because SURELYContinue reading “Kill Code”

Apoplexia

Perhaps soon we’ll just become numb to this. Maybe one day my grandchildren will be brought up to just expect murder and mayhem of this magnitude. Be shocked when a school doesn’t get shot up. Stories of the safety and comfort of the past will fade into lore and be regarded with detached indifference likeContinue reading “Apoplexia”

On Parenthood

Parenthood is but a series of finish lines, each giving way to the next. First steps beget first words. First day of school, first crush. First heartbreak, first car. First degree, first rest of their lives. All we can do is provide our recipe for happiness and hope its enough. In the end I’ll haveContinue reading “On Parenthood”

Ephemera

So it’s not breaking news that my baby just turned 18, and as the progression of time insists on marching arrogantly on, so to does my status as “parent of children” shift. I’ve seen this coming for some time and like the weatherman unable to prevent it, I’m now staring down the eye of aContinue reading “Ephemera”

Music Love

Music appreciation is like falling in love. It starts with the song. The song is that girl you spot across the room. The rhythm is the appeal of her appearance from afar. The melody, the fall of her hair on bare shoulders. The guitar the sway of her hips under the the dim light andContinue reading “Music Love”

Wonderment

‘Tis the season for unbridled nostalgia and mirth. Each year we revisit our youth through the honoring of sacred traditions and reliving precious childhood memories. Through this exercise of annual reverie we are reminded of a magical time of childhood wonderment, a wonderment it seems, we are never quite capable of recapturing. I’ve often reflectedContinue reading “Wonderment”

A Broken Hallelujah

Last night I wandered into the basement of my mind and found it full of long forgotten furnishings from the past. Couches, love seats, arm chairs and ottomans. An old wooden magazine rack, a pair of cut glass lamps, a black and white TV and through the door on the far side, a dining roomContinue reading “A Broken Hallelujah”