Dead Fred

One day I found my dear friend Fred, his crown atop a grave. His heart lay entombed, cold and dead. His expired wife, he craved.

Annie

There is a place they say you can go, when you never want to forget.

Clouded

You see the world, war torn and bruised, yet it can not stain you. Only the golden red sun may paint you with his hues. At times your tears, cool like serenity, fall and I drink them, wishing they would change me. Lift me up to your ethereal plane where I may befriend the stars...

Love of Mine

Dearest love of mine, we are as twin stars in the sky, shining with light so pure, even the heavens bask in our radiance. All I am and ever will be, I have found within your embrace, living an eternity in every kiss and dying each time we part. Righteously so, I have come to...

Ruminations on the Passing of Summer: 5:30 on a Sunday Afternoon, September 21st, 2014

Clouds hang in the summer sky, heavy and pregnant with nostalgia, of younger days, spent in blissful warm content. Wind blown trees rustle, calling out the change of the season. The death of summer. A final serenade to golden days passed. The chill in the air cuts, Slicing through wet heat, Bleeding out a season,...

Mirror, Mirror: A Close Reading of “The Nightingale” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The human mind is a vast uncharted ocean. Much like real oceans, it is full of wonders and beauty, as well as danger and darkness. We continually struggle to pull back the darkness, to understand the inner workings of our own mind. One way we can gain more insight into our own mental and emotional...

And Justice for All

The concept of justice under the law is one that is laid at the very foundations of every civil society existing both now and in the past. It is one of the core values that we uphold as a people and instill in the hearts and minds of every new born member of our world....

The Mob and the Crowd: How We Reshaped Society in the 60’s and 70’s

According to the Webster’s II New Riverside Dictionary, activism is defined as “the practice based on direct action to effect changes in social conditions, government, ect” (“Rape” def.1). But what is activism really? Activism is more than just the sum of its definition; Activism is the sword of the people. It is the way we...

All changes are…

"All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves." - Amelia Barr

Exist

And for all the precious memories Moments held dear within our hearts Time arrested in our minds eye We are still but grains of golden sand Collected on the vast shore of existence Witnessing the eons pass Buffeted by waves of reality From a sea of ever flowing dreams