Monthly Archives: October 2003

In my life, I have had the pleasure of encountering a great many paradoxes. The list of things that I have seen and heard of that are true, but simply should not, is a long and winding list. I've seen … Continue reading →

Are we simply living to die, or are we dying to live? That is the question. Life itself is but a limbo, a transition between the trauma of birth and the trauma of death. But within that transition is a … Continue reading →

People like to think that I'm just bitter, that the scowl I carry upon my lips is a sign of some general disgust that I hold for the world. But those who know me best, know me better. They know … Continue reading →

It's been said that money makes the world go around, it's been said that money is the root of all evil, it's also been said that money isn't important unless you don't have it and it's even been said that … Continue reading →

It's hard for me to watch television anymore. I know that it's all about overpaid actors, million-dollar sets and carefully crafted storylines. I know that no matter how real the show may look or how true to life it might … Continue reading →

Wouldn't it be great to be a king? To sit upon a golden throne and command the subjects with a mighty fist. Wouldn't it be great to rule a country? To be a God among men, to be one of … Continue reading →

It's only natural, for the human mind, in it's infinite quest to make things simple, to try to reduce complex and intricate problems into black and white issues. But the truth remains, as hard as it is to swallow that … Continue reading →

There was once a child who went for a long walk down a busy beach. That child must have walked for miles because he passed stirngs of sea-side shops, a huge amusement park, a dozen or so lemonade stands and … Continue reading →

The uncertainty of it all is maddening. The stepping from a dense forest in which all was dark and heavy and walking into a long flowing plain with rolling hills and a thick morning fog coating the ground, hiding the … Continue reading →

There is an old adage about a blind man groping in the darkness for a light switch that simply isn't there. It's how the answers we seek are typically no answers at all. How the way we attack a problem … Continue reading →

What do we have if not ourselves? Of all the people on the planet the only person we are each obligated to spend the rest of our lives with is indeed ourselves. While others may die or leave unexpectedly, we … Continue reading →

It amazes me how the world works. I've often stared in awe at how society rewards it's members. People who toil mercilessly and break their backs in hard jobs are barely able to survive while stockbrokers, who have lifted nothing … Continue reading →

As one walks around the streets of any large city in any country of the world, it becomes obvious that people are going to great lengths to blend in with those around them. It's as if nature's laws of hiding … Continue reading →

How many tragedies have occurred because people were simply following the law? How many people are dead because the law couldn't protect them? How many times will the words, "I was just following orders" or "I was doing everything by … Continue reading →

It's been said that the key to perfection is imperfection and that is very much the truth. The only thing that is perfect on this planet is life and life itself is riddled with mistakes, hills, valleys, times of joy … Continue reading →

There was once a small sparrow whose goal was to drain the ocean. He would fly over the great sea, scoop up a beak full of water and dump it many miles inland. He would fly back and forthing taking … Continue reading →

It must truly be wonderful to be a bird. The freedom to go wherever, do whatever and be whoever, whenever you please must be an incredible thrill. I often wonder how much birds really understand about our rat-race lives. How … Continue reading →

It's popular in our world to say that someone is on the cutting edge of this or that, someone is at the forefront of this movement or that one or that someone or something is groundbreaking in some way. Where … Continue reading →

(Note: on the date 5-5-2000 a unique planetary alignment will occur causing all of the other planets to be on the opposite side of the sun to the earth. Many doomsayers are calling this the end of the world.) The … Continue reading →

You and I are connected already. I wrote this piece and you've read it so we share a connection. We also share a connection with all the people who have read this work. We share a connection with the countless … Continue reading →

Time is perhaps the strangest element in our world. No one can touch it, you can't see it, hold it or hear it but yet it controls every aspect of our lives. We have no ability to tame it, though … Continue reading →

I pity those who don't play chess. It's a game that's centuries old but as timeless as a good love poem. It's a game of intellect and emotion, strategy and tactics, offense and defense and of speed and patience. But … Continue reading →

Life is full of contradictions, perhaps too full. However, good and evil is the truest contradiction on the planet and any view that does not allow for an opposing view is far too simplistic.That is why, in truth, while everyone … Continue reading →

Fear has gotten a bad name. To say that one is afraid is like admitting a guilty pleasure, to dare succumb to fear is admit that one is of a lesser order than those who don't. Fear is seen as … Continue reading →

Quoth the Raven, "nevermore!" The famous line by Poe. It is a powerful line, it has many meanings and many different uses. It's been misquoted, misinterpreted and even misread but the meaning has survived. Or rather, meanings. One can easily … Continue reading →

Logic, we all love it, we all use it. It's rational, it's practical and it's the thing we all turn at some point each day. It's a great tool, it breaks down life's complexities into a simple mathematical equation. It … Continue reading →

I love history. I love being able to open a book and read about events that happened hundreds, even thousands of years ago. I love being able to close my eyes and pretend that I'm there. My imagination can place … Continue reading →

I despise trying to go to sleep at night. Every time I go to shut my eyes and doze into the world of dreams my mind is flooded with millions of questions. Questions of love and hate, God and hell, … Continue reading →

It's only now that I notice a new era overtaking the heart of my being. Where once there was nothing but pain I feel a new fire that burns deep within. A fire mixed with hate and love, of desire … Continue reading →

The Declaration of Independence of this great nation says that we are all as human beings entitled to "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Back then, the word "pursuit" meant the furtherment and the betterment of something. However, the … Continue reading →

It's interesting to watch a herd go by. To see many men or ladies dressed the same, talking the same and acting the same. It's interesting to watch as their mannerisms are mimicked by each other and they strive to … Continue reading →

In the year of 1980, the year of my birth, Diamondhead recorded a song that asked a question that lingers to this day. It's a question we all have to stop and ask ourselves at some point, the question is… … Continue reading →

Pride: Five letters, infinite meanings, two shades. It's one of those tricky words in the English language that has countless meanings and can be either good or bad. You can have good pride: Pride in your nation, pride in your … Continue reading →

It seems that everything I see brings forth a kind of disgust inside of me. Every empty smile I see on the street and every blade of grass in a field make me choke with spite. It seems that every … Continue reading →

There was once a time when I could not look deep into someone's eyes. If my eyes happened to meet someone else's across a crowded room or in a casual conversation, my eyes would fall to the floor in an … Continue reading →

Whenever we walk this cold planet we call earth we wear some form of disguise. We hide what we truly feel and think by wearing our faces differently than our mind tells us too. It's a sad state of this … Continue reading →

I awaken each morning to find that something else inside of me has died. Some part of my world or very being has passed deep into the night and left nothing but emptiness in it's wake. I often try to … Continue reading →

The stream of humanity marches by averting their eyes from mine so not to see who I am. They glance just once to see if I block their path and again look forward when they see that I am not. … Continue reading →

Imagine the feelings a traveler must have as he approaches the edge of the black forest. The thoughts and fears that he must feel about heading into the vast unknown that towers before him like a wall of wood and … Continue reading →

All over this planet there are the living dead. The souls that roam this planet and though they breathe, they do not live. The souls that do not feel anything but trapped in the sick routines that they call life … Continue reading →

The one thing that everyone associates with poets all across the world is that they speak the truth, that they see things as they are. However, if you ask most people what they think of poetry they will use words … Continue reading →

We all seek some point of light, some distant beacon to tell us that we are heading in the right direction and to give some meaning to our lives. We all want a sense of direction in our lives, without … Continue reading →

Those ignorant few. The few who claim to have all of the answers to man and life but know less than you or I. The ignorant few who, with their hands held up high, offer everything you may have wanted … Continue reading →

I am the loner among the lonely, the misfit among misfits, the outcast among outcasts. I am the one who even in the cradled arm of the rejected, the hated, the abused, can not find a sense of comfort every … Continue reading →

I see the faces flash across my eyes, young faces, smiling faces. Their eyes have dreams and hopes for the future, but not now my friend. They are casualties in a war that does not exist, a turf war, in … Continue reading →

I am the hated one, the one when the castle is burning and the seas are rising the peasants point to. I am the hated one. I am the one who asks the questions that should not be asked, the … Continue reading →

The world is run by the ignorant. Or so it has been said. Our world is growing in diversity and every ounce of prejudice is amplified many times over in this new age. With the black man and the white … Continue reading →

Look around the black and white world and the people in it. You see them fighting but they know not why. People hate each other because of the Gods they pray to, the color of their skin and the country … Continue reading →

As the camera bulbs flash announcing the arrival of royals, many wonder, "who are these people?" These people who smile for no reason, wave at the cameras that stalk their every move. Wave to the millions who know their name … Continue reading →

For many a walk in the woods is a trip to nature, a return to peace. I also walk in the woods to return to peace, to cover the fire within. The sweet sounds for the forest bounce in my … Continue reading →