A wheel. Spinning wheel. Spinning, rotating wheel. Spinning rotating counter clockwise wheel. Counter clockwise wheel ticking with the red violin strums. Red violin strums stained with red lined circles. Red lined circles with red rounded counterparts. Weird counterparts attached to weird places, placed in weird circles. Weird circles shifting into rusting gears. Shifting and rusting … Continue reading Wheels and Circles ~ Poem
White Lines ~ Short Story
March 3, 1941 White lines. White lines, I repeat to myself. … These molding walls and sickly green are all that I could manage to handle. Deep cracks that puncture into the walls and silver streaks of thread bundled like left from an old hag. One window was open to retain my oxygen; how generous … Continue reading White Lines ~ Short Story
Home ~ February Free Choice
It is all very strange. I have lived here My whole lifetime, But still feel as though I were a guest. I glance around To find it all changing, Continuously, Drastically. This is still my home. I do not know who I am, However, This body, Its walls have kept me safe. This soul, Its … Continue reading Home ~ February Free Choice
Dedicated To You ~ May Free Choice
And like the end of a torturous book, you flipped through the lifeless pages once more, closed it for the last time, and put it back on the top shelf, third from the left. You told yourself that by now, after reading the same book for the hundredth time, you’d have convinced yourself to forget … Continue reading Dedicated To You ~ May Free Choice
Free Choice [April 14th]
The blood of their brothers seeps into the mud as the steel hawks caw above. All the while the smell of death in the misty air rises like a black new dawn, Below they brave the steaming jungles as the rains crush them with brawn. Back home their farms lay barren and their factories … Continue reading Free Choice [April 14th]
Non-Fiction – Ionian Philosophy: The Foundation of Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek Philosophy The Ancient Greeks had an inherit genius when it came to thinking, inventing, and philosophy, it was just in the nature of their culture. They did not inherit any of their ideas or discoveries from anyone or anywhere else. The impact of their discoveries and ideas on Western civilization cannot be ignored … Continue reading Non-Fiction – Ionian Philosophy: The Foundation of Ancient Greece
The Story
The Story She was looking for a gem, that everyone seemed to possess besides herself. She couldn’t understand why she didn’t have one, she was described by all to be ” One of the kindest and caring individuals of all time, she puts others before herself.” This person was so caught up in helping others … Continue reading The Story
The Sharp Knife of Reality
What started off as a typical day ended off as a never-ending nightmare. It was like any other day in my life. Get up, get ready, eat, study, spend time with my family, sleep, and the cycle would start over. However, today wasn’t the same. I came outside to the yard to witness and feel … Continue reading The Sharp Knife of Reality
vincent in love (the severed ear series)
I’ve decided to expand this piece into a series, so here is one of the sections on his ear. It is based on Vincent’s many unrequited loves and his life as a mentally ill, and struggling artist. Arles, December 23rd, 1888 He barely felt it: as the blade shredded the skin between his skull and … Continue reading vincent in love (the severed ear series)
Boys Will Be Boys
**WARNING** Mature themes such as rape A boy, A girl, Two lives intertwined. They were just kids Playing in the park, Riding bikes, Not worrying about anything A boy, A girl, Two lives intertwined. Years have passed but the same souls Playing, Teasing, A skirt has been lifted, Boys will be boys But, Girls will … Continue reading Boys Will Be Boys