Easier on Paper (verse 2)

All the doors closed, everything sold.
As we’re limping with pride.
But if only, all the lonely[ness]
Would keep staying the tide.
There’s a newsflash, ’bout a car crash,
No survivors to save.
You seem leery, of your theories,
‘Cause they won’t fit the page.
Chasing words so fleeting now,
Tell me what can I do.
I spent it all on destiny’s ride,
But I can’t [...]

I wish this was a joke

There are over 2 million facebook users who actively use this app each month. Is there ANYONE  among them who doesn’t take lightly the concept of selling human beings (yes–even completely innocuously and virtually)? If you’re reading this and happen to use the app, I don’t want to make you feel like you’re the worst [...]

Easier on Paper

Here is a new song in the works, lyrics unfinished. It’s called Easier on Paper. See below for the first verse and chorus:
We kiss swords,
in our discord.
Jamming sticks in the spokes.
There’s no turning,
but the burning,
Tickles under your throat.
Heavy hearts crunch,
Bitter words punch,
As hope is taking her bow.
Swooners clapping,
Children napping,
They never woke to the sound.
Chasing your [...]

Break the Day

So many wasted dreams,
Are breaking at the seams.
She’s sold for pleasure,
But what’s the measure?
Of a single life,
Who’s only seen the night?
With the watchmen we['ll] wait,
To seize the daybreak.
Grind your sorrows into sand.
Let the flash-fears fall from your shaking hands.
The accusers’ words grow deafening,
As the lowly spirits of revolution sing.
…
A hand to help and hold,
As [...]

Paideia

Wikipedia describes paideia in its original Greek-historical context as:” …training for liberty (freedom) and nobility (the beautiful).” Cornel West defines paideia as the “cultivation of an active, informed citizenry” (Democracy Matters, p. 41). It’s my hope that in my blog and in conversations with peers and friends, I can cultivate a little patch of paideia. [...]

Can I be ashamed of US consumerism, please?

This just turns my stomach sour.

Let it Happen

Talk, talking a lot, but it’s still talk
Gotta love how it’s somehow all on me
All the petty scenes
And all the pretty things
Say whatever you want
‘Cause I can laugh it off.
I can laugh it off.

present

unsettling sense,
who gently shakes
the preconceived.
turn, now, here?
to hint with flesh.
more can be done there,
no? yes.
affirm that which
was always there.
there, where smiles abound.
where the Presence
is there, in spite of the Absence.
present yourself, there.
sense it fast.
don’t absent yourself.
you know you’re right.
the true sense lingers,
rubs your shoulder.
conceives anew.

worse before better

And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. -Matthew 24:12
Children, it is the last hour. -1 John 2:18

just lost?

i usually try to be coherent in my posts, but if i was it wouldn’t be reflective of my current state (whatever that is).
Come and see
I swear by now I’m playing time against my troubles
I’m coming slow but speeding…
Do you wish for a dance and while I’m in the front
My play on time is won
Oh, [...]