The Ardent Axiom
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Self-Reflection: To End A Cold, Damp Day
September 18, 2011 Self-Reflection: To End A Cold, Damp Day If ever there was something that I could call my own, something that I could say was my niche in life, this would be it. What I’m doing right now, this act is the… Continue Reading “Self-Reflection: To End A Cold, Damp Day”
The Man In The Mirror
July 17, 2011 “The man who never learns to face himself, will never know what it means to be free.” The Man In The Mirror I ask myself why it bothers me so much that there are groups of people who take a strong… Continue Reading “The Man In The Mirror”
Keep You: Part Two
March 19, 2011 You are so shy and so quiet, never wanting to be noticed. Painfully introverted, you carry out entire conversations in your head, conversations you will probably never honestly have. Your lips moving, but the sounds never come out. I watch and… Continue Reading “Keep You: Part Two”
Keep You: Part One
February 27, 2011 You grew up out in a rural part of the state of Missouri. You consider yourself a small town guy, you know a lot of people, but you hold onto a few close friends. Most of the people you know now that you… Continue Reading “Keep You: Part One”
The Demon In Me
January 2, 2011 The Demon In Me Everything is black, save the sparks of sanity within; the buzz in my head, a melody of self-deprivation or rather the hum of degradation. I look around and the darkness prevails, always the melancholy thought, but dammit I… Continue Reading “The Demon In Me”
A River of Undying Flames
December 31, 2010 A River of Undying Flames It is with personal feeling that I write this. Without it, none of these words would ever mean as much as they do. I once wrote that as a writer it is not my purpose to change… Continue Reading “A River of Undying Flames”
Autumn Calls You Home
September 30, 2010 Autumn Calls You Home Summer has ended. Autumn has arrived. The change in the weather can’t be ignored. The wind blows colder and the mornings feel damp and brisk. The leaves are already beginning to change, the grass is starting to… Continue Reading “Autumn Calls You Home”
These Walls, That Shadow, Those Memories and This Soul
September 10, 2010 These Walls, that Shadow, those Memories, and this Soul How do you heal a man who’s pain is inside his head, a pain that transcends flesh and bone? Behind these walls of distrust and shame, hidden so far deep inside of… Continue Reading “These Walls, That Shadow, Those Memories and This Soul”
Meditation
An Outline of a Course in the Art of Meditation: The Awareness of Thought An Introduction I once told myself how rediculous meditation must be. I thought that to be void of thought was perhaps the most terrible state in which to exist. To… Continue Reading “Meditation”
A Portal to My Mind
October 12, 2009 A Portal To My Mind I ask, “What is the meaning of life?” We live among so much meaninglessness, material things of a false value. Possessions of emptiness. We are but beings wandering paved roads, trying to justify ourselves and our… Continue Reading “A Portal to My Mind”
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