What Crosses My Mind

  • A Farewell Plea

    If the world turn suddenly brilliant with fire, what would be the response, a natural desire. if in armageddon we are selectively defined, what matters the moments where we wined.   While we imagine buildings collapse, lives lost in this magical spectacle of an embryonic frost, is the notions of survival even an able cause…

  • Outside My Head

    Dance in pummel of sordid thought, a barricade decries our pleasantry instead wreaks havoc selectively. Oh furrow inside a mindless dream, play the fool to hide the scream, a brain has energy of certain matter. We shadow our true identity in search of some promised land, yet, seek it alone, for is travesty. Only strength…

  • A Prayer For Meaning

      Today the battle won for the many, those lives that fill our hearts with meaning, the memories of laughter, filled the room, when so many others were left alone.   Today, we do recall our brothers and sisters, whose names we all know always forever, the lives of strong, courageous beings, went before our…

  • Wanting Discovery

    I am that person you see every day, in a coffee shop – caprice with friends, at the prom, nervous, in every crowd shot of each rite of passage, walking to school, waiting nearby, the one that popped out of a crowd with a smile, genuine and as easily drawn to cry as allow laughter.  …

  • Beyond Moments

    If in breath, a gasp, an eye glance, worlds interact with indifferent realities, only to provide expression, if only then might we understand. While a horizon away, a family struggles to recognize the wealth of their local dream, while on the other side, a smile. If during some compelling summer we all recognize theirs is…

  • When Society Chooses Self

    We do pronounce our selves in an elitist light, Always to suggest ours is the more important route, Forever drawn by goals to merit personal might We seem destined to burn, a wrath soon flames out.   When lives become the natural course of a purpose, Seems suddenly we chart a distance toward a freeing Way…

  • On Racism, Schools & Awareness

    Whenever an act of racism occurs in my community, or in the world around me, I never know quite how to respond. My natural reaction is to be appalled and disappointed, then fear settles in, then uneasiness, followed by confusion. My gut tells me I want to figure out who to blame first, and then…

  • Is This Really Liberal Thinking?

    Last night I had a conversation with two people I have tremendous respect for, the subject quickly turned to politics, and I openly expressed my dislike of our current state of affairs. I spoke of my dismay with our current POTUS’s views and motives, and the dialogue took an icy turn to defense and validation.…

  • On Bowling Green, Sweden and Massacres

      I read in the news today they’re rioting in Stockholm, days later, days beyond the triumphant ballast of an egomaniac struggling with air time, community, credibility, condescension, cowardice.   I suggested to a friend, ‘perhaps this is the plan’ that the idea was fed to the giant orange, and he spoke too soon, he…

  • Feed My Starving Ego

    I am that man, quiet exterior, turbulent insides that mock, the true nature of my kind, soft, demeanor. Give me something to chew on, I will respond, sustenance is my substance, of course, that’s what they tell me, I strive to organize my plate with all the resources available, give me strength, let me value…