You can almost feel the ocean.

I get to watch you sleep as time eases by slowly. Sometime in the future, will I think this all went by too fast. Remember that. But for now I can taste it, touch it, breathe it in. I can take in every second. There’s something special going on around here. I am lucky, peaceful, … Read more

I Want It to Be True

It’s only the same routine tomorrow that you did yesterday. And today you awake to a challenge of motivation. Potentially great. Potentially distant. Forgotten. Does anyone even watch the stoplights anymore? We just follow the car in front of us when it begins the process of motion. The process we struggle with. And could I … Read more

Seventeen

Isn’t the sky more beautiful with stars in it? Or maybe just the lights on the hill? It’s just cold enough on this late March night. The kind of cold that just feels good flowing through your hair, through your body. Just beautiful enough for me to be reminded of how lucky we are, How … Read more

New Orleans Square

And somewhere hidden behind the facades dance chimney sweeps atop the roofs. There’s something magical there if you keep going, But I cannot continue tonight. I can only admire what you hold the potential to be. Somewhere hidden. Goodbye beautiful facade, I’ll never know the beauty you possess. You were nothing more than a hope … Read more

Coastal Postal

Suddenly I hear nothing, And the rhythm joy enters my ear canals. It sings its way through my nervous system And exits into my brain as it explodes into tiny pieces of music. I am overcome with a vibrant sensation of notes and melody. Look how far we have come. We seem to never run … Read more

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Peace. Peace to you.Today is a good day.When millions have flocked because millions more have died.The hands of my fathers show 40 times more wear than mine.Yet we still struggle, but not for long.“Today could never happen. It’s just not happening.”That’s what they said.They were wrong.This day could never happen! Not with the arsenal in … Read more

From inside the cabin

What are you doing? Time to grow up. Go do something. Time to wake up. There’s nothing more frightening than seeing headlights on your side of the road. I’m cool like that, cooler than this. But where are we? What have we done? We’re so close to the water. I lost my sight for it, … Read more

The World

Sleep tonight. The lights shut off in honor of you. For a pillow and a dream. The day has ceased. So dream the night away. Look at you. In the glorious aftermath. Your eyes are heavy with history. You saw so much today. Take it all in and sleep softly. This is just one more … Read more

Window

Through this window I have seen many days start and many of them end. I have encountered rain and hail and heat and sunshine through this glass. The blinds and curtains change every few years, but, from this second story window, I’ve always been able to witness the same view: The hovering piece of a … Read more