Dear H, “We must travel in the direction of our fear”. John Berryman For years I lived in fear, sunk deep under numerous waves of fear and I let them take charge of my life.In a way, my fears varied and ultimately came to determine how I lived. As a young boy my most intense…
Good company
I Sit through those movies everyday,Feed you cookies and watch you try to resist,grin in confidence that as always you’ll eat them,In between movie scenes, I listen to those stories,About cousin Debbie who makes pizza every other Easter,hear about Joel’s new job at the hospital I pat your hair and chase mosquitoes,your woes float in…
Stories for H: The One with the G-nut Paste and the Girl.
For the next two month I’ll be writing Stories to H, a series of pieces written from my past to my daughters to tell the stories of my life!!
Stories Addressed to H:
February is here and with it my return to blogging sixty-two days later from my last blog post, It’s been a great two months of planning my return to Blogging, spent some good time procrastinating about it too and putting it off until I opted for February since it would give me enough time to…
No Redemption for Sinners
Took a dip in the river,Washed up clean and turned a new page,Found a new purpose,Thought I would give me redemption,But you were always a good shot,Always shot to kill,evaded the layers of kevlar,Went for skin, grazed an artery,And now you got me bleeding. Thought I would get away with an apology,But I guess it…
The One Where I Self-Destruct
Threw a fist at the wall,Saw the impact tear my skin,felt a shot of pain go through my hand,Saw the blood drip,saw that red mix with the dark of my skin,It wasn’t my best work of art,but it was genuine and I didn’t mean to scare you,But It’s the only way I know to feel…
The One Where I Trip:
And yeah I get panicky, freak out,And the world closes in on me,the edge where am often comfy,gets rattled and am violently cast out if it,thrust right in the middle;right there with the brightest flames,where am devoured by my fears. My heart races and my chest fails to keep up,struggle to breathe, and choke,I get…
The One Where I fulfill My Promises:
“Love is hard, but I know we learning, nothing’s perfect but this is worth it” (Back to you- Ivan B) Hi, hope you’re all doing great, so I haven’t been consistent with em stories for a while so here’s to hoping I do better. So I’m a big fan of a rapper Ivan B, who…