What Crosses My Mind

  • I Tried

    I tried to understand, while waves of despair enveloped my mind, tossing me, slapping me, a ruthless affair. ~ My hands were locked inside a pattern everyone else excluded me from knowledge, that reality of pain. ~ When on occasion, a happier time, we could reflect upon the insanity … well such is rare. ~…

  • Fan Duel & Draft Kings – Gambling Facade

    I love the game of football. I used to play fantasy football many years ago. Back then, it was fun to put together a team with your friends and see who might outdo the next guy or girl in the league. Back then, we only threw a couple of dollars into a pot, and there…

  • When I Was A Child

    I remember I could believe in magical things, the diamonds we cherished in wedding rings On a sunny day, I could imagine I’d see forever when rainbows appeared, I would run until never. ~ When I was a child I recall all of my scary dreams were mysterious inventions of my fears it seems. While happiness,…

  • When Pain Is Real

    No longer is a possibility an afterthought No deeper can our hearts be further fraught No more, no more, We cannot circumvent our cursory passion. ~ When pain is real, oft consequence the lesser Paralytic feature while truths shield the confessor The breathing banter Escapes with certainty, a frightening fashion. ~ While judgment acts svelte in…

  • Real People

    Those that speak, believe, feel Those that cry, question, deal Those that travel deep inside a fear might discover there’s nothing there. ~ I once knew a friend, a true compadre she would tell me when I was having an odd day. ~ Last year I became resolute I learned how to play the flute…

  • Death In the Family

    We knew in his eyes a fear he wouldn’t ever reveal to anyone he smiled, we cried, we knew he would wander boiling pressure every glance seemed agenda, hadn’t quite known youth; a soccer field was his life then, but how quickly we move beyond who we are, where we belong. we knew, he would…

  • Confusion in Normalcy

    We do seek it, in our every day, wake up, stare into the sunlight, recognize a world begins today what we do forever then might ~ hold a key to our solemn vow to be true to our singular heart without realizing we cannot allow our lives to become torn apart. ~ For I do…

  • I Want More

    ask you only with a dime in hand could you play for me hopeful melody that sort we might recall is memory sweep the mind in nostalgic tones we land ~ While watch personality wreak havoc might soulful dreams explode – become one to canvas territories when felt undone, we climb outside a valley, peak…

  • Why Again

    Why do I find this way, the acceptable manner again the hours long, the time is as brief as any other moment lost. While the world around decides upon their day, for me it is the dawn and setting of the moon, throughout the sky, I’ve watched as now, I’m looking the other way, still…

  • 3rd Desk From The Wall

    I sit down alone here, my desk, my refuge for the hour, no one can touch me here oh there might be eyes, occasional grunts, perhaps even a wad of paper, beyond that I have a teacher knows I sit here I sit in the 3rd desk from the wall every day until yesterday. ~…