http://www.ravensrants.com Gothic Poetry and More Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:07:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Psychiatrists tell us that, of all the human needs, the need for safety is the greatest. It is the need that concerns us before worry about anything else. Without safety, they say, we can not be happy, fulfilled or content. But safety is an unusual need in that it is based ... http://www.ravensrants.com/safety/ For the last three nights, Crystal and I have been woken up at odd hours in the morning, including once at four o'clock, by a 125 decibel montage of horns honking, sirens wailing and whistles blowing. However, instead of being treated to an impromptu concert from a bad techno band, we're ... http://www.ravensrants.com/car-alarms/ We traveled the world on separate paths stealing glances between the trees and sharing moments from afar Though our voices could call out in comfort our hands could never touch and no matter how dear or true our hearts might have been they could never beat as one As we moved along two lives in parallel we swapped stories on ... http://www.ravensrants.com/friends-or-lovers/ You broke a thousand hearts on your way to mine you tore through a thousand lonely souls and shattered a thousand dreams before a twist of fate brought you to my door Now you've moved on following the scent of loneliness down a trail of desperation to another victim one who smiles unaware just like I did in the months ... http://www.ravensrants.com/frail-destiny/ As we travel through life, we are moving without the benefit of signs, maps or a guide. Like wonderers lost in a giant wood, we know where the paths are, the directions they head and, perhaps, where we want to go, but we know nothing about where the paths may ... http://www.ravensrants.com/paths/ You see them everywhere you go. The people that blaze through four way stops, the jerks that cut in line at the movie theater, the morons that intentionally take up two parking spaces at the mall and the fools who thrash around their lives without a care for what impact ... http://www.ravensrants.com/better-than-you/ When President Bush stood in Jackson Square and promised a sweeping recovery, the city of New Orleans cheered. It was a touching moment where politics were pushed aside, hope was restored in a city without a future and, if but for a fleeting second, New Orleans breathed again. Now that promise ... http://www.ravensrants.com/rebuilding-new-orleans/ As human beings, when we fall into love, we search endlessly for symbols of it. We turn to the time-honored traditions thereof, roses, diamonds, candies and cards in an endless bid to find something, anything, that can fully express what we feel. We hope that, even if but for a ... http://www.ravensrants.com/symbols-of-love/ How can I show you that you are beautiful when you always look the other way Finding imperfections with every living breath feeding yourself deceit every night as you lie in bed How can I show you that you are beautiful when you see only flaws in the diamond and not the sparkle that it holds You judge yourself with consequence tearing ... http://www.ravensrants.com/beautiful/ The Theory of Evolution has flaws. It is not perfect and no real scientist will claim that it is. Despite this, it has been a very useful scientific tool for analyzing and observing what is going on in our world. Also, thousands of scientists all over the world are working ... http://www.ravensrants.com/unintelligent-design/