virtue

qualities can seem invented

elegance is
the persistence of this

he was beyond doubt
a master
in reputation

a prayer

a monster i just can't outrun

forgive me




You create beauty
from a heart

help my mind
most of all.

had to talk sometime

i sat alone with dread.

i listened a little longer.
after all these years, it was time.

realized i didn't know.
"help me understand."

"i've been f***d" she said.



"how?"

the journal, the journey

waiting...
story

i was disappointed
lonely
i was disappointed
pissed off
who's there?

terribly lonely

constant pain
problem
i once ignored people in pain

everything is very painful alone

answers
anxiety
silence
the answer is no better

issues
abuse
tough
follow the evidence

struggling
suffer
struggling
stressors
suffer
for anyone who is concerned

the storm descended
extra weight
break
tender leaf killed

cutting
watch the impact
cut more

emphasis on the impact
possibility
purusing
cost of pursuing
possibility

i could see through the facade
disappointment surrounded by promises

can i judge them?
i don't know.

holding out alone
commmunication never happens at random

talks started efforts to turn around

a lot have gone through a similar thing

finally had a winning mistake
it takes time
don't discourage

radical solution to long developing problems
drastic change

friendships have a result
people

trust has been a battle.
live.

attempt to win battles.
denied
battle back
victory

fighting not as easy
possible to live

trying to heal the pain
the shared universe of sorrow

confronting the pain
hope
hope is real
can i have one more hug?

protected
innocent and unnoticed

genuine heartbreak
personal

breaking point
identity
you are under the surface

redeem innocence

live
be bold
love

focused on recovery
part of something more

saved her
hope
not alone
recovery

original
beautiful
be surprised

we decided together to show people the beginning.

30 here we are now...

why do we value talent?

money crisis
arts education
nearing extinction

audiences looking for entertainment
that's not why the arts are important
the arts teach us all.

29 training

glass case full of trophies
one spot remains
that void will be filled
won by the slimmest of margins

28 the written word

influenced me
of passions and aspirations
words have had impressions
poets won't ever know
how words and images taught

taught to think
beyond me

a writer's legacy:
died penniless
depression
emotional distress

their work would leave lasting impressions
he killed death for decades
he felt like
he was no longer needed

i am not a novelist
i am not a political journalist
i am not a poet
i am just a writer.