The day came as it did the year before.
Music lifted throughout the air as friends and family gathered near. Continue reading
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Sing a Song of Praise
I will cry out to the Lord
For the blessings He has bestowed
To a wretched worm like me.
He had no obligations and I had no rights, Continue reading
Fictional Memoirs: The Prison You Call Home
The toughest prison to escape and the most contained estate, is not the penitentiary. It is not the secluded island or even the buried lock-box. Continue reading
Of Love and Apathy
I fear becoming apathetic and cold.
I feel I’ve found what I dread disguised as hate.
I’ve seen it ruin young and old,
And I hope I’ve not realized it too late.
Fictional Memoirs: Compassion
I feel sick.
The pit of my stomach is bothered. It’s not the pills that anguish me. I think it’s the hills. The constant journey, up then down, makes my strength wane and brings me to the ground. For a moment I feel bold, but the next I’m frozen, not from fear, but from insensibility.
Waiting, wishing, and wanting.
Do not compromise.
Do not give way to debauchery. Do you think you are the first to discover what you think is enlightenment? All you’ve done is accepted moral loopholes like others before you. Can you not see that it only leads to more emptiness? This is not the way to feel whole. There is an Absolute in which you can build, breath, and believe.
Live for more
Photo taken by Lucas Johnson during the 10th World Wide Instagram Meet in St. Louis.
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What good is it to live a lie as someone else,
Endlessly exhausting myself?
What good is it to play empty roles in a world that folds under itself?
Assorted Virtues 