February 5, 2010 at 12:55 am (Poetry, Thoughts)
Tags: Breathe Deep, Cherry Skies, Summer Times
Lost in sunset of cherry skies,
reminds me of the summer times.
Reconnecting to lost ties,
racing through scattered minds.
Open your hearts to melt the frigid air,
we all know that sometime life’s just unfair.
Relive the moments we felt naked and bare,
rapid beats make inconsistent dreams.
Run to those who keep us together at the seams.
Volumes of emotions fill these giant bottomless canyons,
And we are so worried bout these crazy man’s sons,
Breathe, just breath deep
heed these words, let em’ seep
down into your soul so bold.
the characteristics of old,
arise to bring new life
struggle in this battle we fight
and let your stories be told tonight.
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February 5, 2010 at 12:49 am (Poetry, Thoughts)
Tags: Humanity, Oppressed
What does the worker gain from his toil,
his hands covered in sweat and dirt from the soil.
“He has made everything beautiful in his own time”,
the patience I speak is through this rhyme.
There are moments we must all face,
each one at a difference pace.
I know that there is nothing better,
than to be happy and do good together.
Like the wise man, I saw the tears of the oppressed,
Soon to follow was that of my soul in such distress.
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January 29, 2010 at 8:40 pm (Thoughts)
Tags: Dependency, Individualistic
I’ve always said that my life impacts more people than just me. I knew that this individualistic view of life didn’t exist or work for me. I would say that it dose not work for anyone, but there are people who feel that they are better off alone and that is their right to feel that way. I say the first statement not out of egotistical feeling but its true my life impacts more than just me and recently it hit home.
This led me to think how important it is for us to live a life that is just and right, not only for ourselves, but also for others. Not only do we deserve the best of ourselves to be seen, but also the best of ourselves need to be seen by others. What I mean by this is that people, friends, family, and even complete strangers, need all of us to live the best lives that we can. Because in more than one way or another we all depend on each other.
People depend on each other in many ways. In the instances of children, they depend on their parents to provide for them. Provision more than just basic necessities, but also provision of being a role model, setting an example of how to live. For adults we depend on each other for common courtesy. I depend that those driving around me are not going to be psychotic drivers that don’t obey the laws of traffic. But we also depend on each other for moral support, for identity, for a job, for many things.
Because we depend on each other, we cannot be ignorant of the fact that what we do will impact everyone. If I choose to not go to work, it doesn’t just impact me, it impacts my boss, it impacts the customers, it impacts my co-workers, it impacts those people that I’ve never met. Now this may seem like a huge burden for people to take on, but if we all started to live this way, then maybe life as we know it would change into something we’ve always dreamed it could be.
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January 15, 2010 at 1:51 am (Poetry)
Tags: Seattle Days
I woke up in the morning, skies were gray.
My day began the usual Seattle way.
Seattle’s Best, fresh, brewin’ in the cup,
got my pad and pen, you know what’s up.
My days journey about to begin,
praying to my God that my car will start again.
Driving down the road every bump hit, reminding me,
of every little annoyance forgetting, but now I see,
once again depressed by the rain, all the same,
no color to remind of the beauty, all the rain gets my blame.
I try the optimistic side of things, but in honesty let be,
that the rain sucks and needs to go away!
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January 15, 2010 at 1:33 am (Thoughts)
Tags: How Fast is Fast?
How fast is fast? This may sound redundant but I feel its a fair question, how fast is fast? To the kids I coach, they are SUPER fast, even though to most people they are relatively slow. Technology is always advancing and our definition of fast is always changing. If it takes our computer 2 minutes to load a web page, then our computer is WAY to slow. But if it does it in less than a second, then it is super fast. If our cup of coffee takes longer the 5 minutes to make then it is to slow and maybe isn’t worth the money we pay. If our cup takes less the a minute then its the best 4 dollars we’ve spent on a cup of coffee.
Its interesting to think of our value in speed. If something is fast then it is valuable, if its slow then its not worth our time or money. Where did this value in fastness come from. What about a person’s faith? So often we expect quick results in our faith and when results don’t come quickly we get pissed. I remember when I rediscovered a Love for God I expected my attitude to change, I expected to spend my time differently, I expected life altering changes, but non of this happened quickly. I will admit that my life is different, that my attitude has changed and I do spend my time differently, but by no means was it a quick change, and by no means am I finished changing.
I feel that this issue will only become larger the more advanced humanity gets in technology. I write this wondering what is in store for humanity. I have no answers to this questions of how fast is fast, nor am I looking for an answer to how fast is fast, rather just a hypothetical musings.
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December 17, 2009 at 10:12 pm (Thoughts)
Tags: Restart
Often I get to this point, I get tired and bored with everything that I have written. I feel like I could do a better job with a blog; keeping up with posts, writing things that bend a warp the frame of peoples reality, things like that. But as I was about to completely delete my blog and start over, my mind drifted to video games. I am not a big gamer in the least, I have a xbox-360 which I mainly use for watching DVD’s, as it is I don’t have an actual DVD player. But on occasion I do enjoy getting lost in the world of gaming; escaping reality and starting over as someone new and when things got tough I could simply hit the restart button. But then reality sets back in and remember there is no simple round button that says restart.
So I have decided to push through and ignore the urge to hit the ‘delete’ button and start over. Now this may seem like a weird thing to blog about, but then how many of us wish we could restart our lives and do it over again, only this time better. I have been there, I have thought these thoughts, I have tried countless times to change and control situations in my life. I have tried to change friends, jobs, even life ambitions; all to get make my life seem more interesting. But all these things are followed up by “if only I could go back”. Its not that I hate my life, I thoroughly enjoy my life, granted there are some things I wish I could have done better, but for the most part I am happy in life.
But I feel there is this unquenchable thirst for discovery, for adventure, and to live a great story. It doesn’t help at all when, like me, your reading books such as Wild at Heart or A Million Miles In A Thousand Years, where the purpose of these books are to reclaim the adventurous spirit and to live a great story. At times it seems like it would be easier to start life over again, reclaiming the heart of a warrior, and being unattainable to the grasp of manners. But unfortunately we don’t have those cute restart buttons that you can press and life is how you want it to be, unfortunately we have to remember our choices, whether good or bad, have consequences. It would be nice to ignore the simple fact that daily we are shaping and impacting the world around us. We can’t just simply restart, we have to push on, ignore the urge to want to restart, and start choosing to live the adventure, creating a great story, and inviting others on the same journey of discovery.
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November 20, 2009 at 11:55 pm (Thoughts)
Tags: Restless Mind
I look into these pages filled with words and all i can see is nothing but the day a head of me. Like a wide spread disease I am plagued with thoughts of tomorrow, thoughts of yesterday, and thoughts of later today. I cannot focus on the family, or cohabitation, or even divorce. My mind is rattled by this anemia of not enough thought. All I can do is let it take its course and hope that by injecting enough lyrical medicine into my veins, hopefully my thought will come back to me. I don’t know what caused this ongoing plague. Maybe the fact of to much to do, not enough time. But lets face it time is relative and a crappy excuse. Where there is a will there is a way, and I say, there is always a way.
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October 5, 2009 at 10:35 pm (Poetry)
Tags: Lyrical Superman
I am a lyrical superman and ignorance is my kryptonite.
When I’m around it I can’t function right.
I’ve got X-ray vision ears that can see through the lies in your verbs and nouns.
I’ve got super strength adjectives, they can break down socially constructed walls and leap over capital buildings.
I’ve got verbs faster than a speeding bulilt.
If Einstein is right, then my word can go back in time, just at my words taking flight.
But I’ve never tried because of that movie “Back to the Future”, where Marty goes back in time and almost makes out with his mom.
That is a risk I’m not willing to take!
I can us my imagery to make ya’ll fall in love with me, but seriously that’s not cool.
I know the responsibility that comes with these powers.
They are meant for good and fighting things like poverty and modern day slavery.
I can turn invisible by the silence of my words, sneaking pas your comfort boundaries, flying under the radar. exposing the inner most being and their feelings.
I am the caped crusader, only I have no mask because when you got powers like mine, there is no one to fear.
So I live my life in the open with these similes in my pocket and to some, like those with dyslexia, they look like smiles.
And that just makes you laugh.
A true emotion you’ve never experienced before without the coping mechanisms.
But unfortunately my kryptonite is ignorance.
And unfortunately there is so much ignorance opressing so many souls.
Unfortunately I can’t function right.
So my parting words are simply these;
Goodnight.
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October 2, 2009 at 6:05 pm (Poetry)
Tags: Lyrical Ninja
I am a freaking lyrical Ninja! These words are my weapons, these words are my hiding places, these words consume the people within my grasp. My verbs are like ninja stars and these nouns are my victims. I can be peaceful and honorable, I can be brutal and barbaric. I can strike quicker than a cobra and my venom is more lethal.
Yes I am a freaking lyrical Ninja, don’t piss me off unless you want a blitz of verbal ninja stars aimed at your face. Sorry that was a little harsh but it is true. I can sit quietly waiting for the moment to strike, I can keep my poise longer than the Statue of Liberty. I am a defender of peace and justice, I am a fighter of love and hope, I am as strong as my surroundings and I will never reveal my weakness, yes I am a freaking lyrical Ninja.
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July 4, 2009 at 4:19 am (Poetry)
souls sold are so cold
look into their eyes
you’ll see no one inside
its no surprise as to why
you can’t see life anymore
it was taken from them at the door
the score undecided who wins and who dies
and they call this modern day slavery
And I say that to remind us of this
there is always some better off than us
but we have it better than some
who are on the worlds poverty list
Now listen don’t be mistaken my words
their not nouns but verbs
calling us all to stand and speak
for the meek will seek for freedom
if you got it, then offer it to a daughter and son
those who got none will appreciate the sun
seeing the light as a gift not a misfit
And I say that to remind us of this
there is always some better off than us
but we have it better than some
who are on the worlds poverty list
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