March 2009
14 posts
A Lover's Prayer
Godspeed to you
May every dream be true to you
May you find a kiss
on which to build
a lover’s bliss
Left fulfilled
by nothing less
than the pain that you would feel
of a lover lost.
Godspeed to you
May every mouth be true to you
May you be kept
by an army of saints
Say you’ve slept
until the haze
of a morning new
says with delight
hello to you.
Godspeed to you
May every gift be...
A Fall Meditation
I sit here, pondering, in silence Yet frantic for reasons unknown It seems to be too difficult to simply remain motionless in utter reflection. Leaves rustle in the wind overhead. An innocent squirrel scratches the bark of a tree to my left staring at me, as if to read my very thoughts. Noises reverberate off of my eardrums. Every chuckle, footstep, yell, car, machine, conversation, everything. I...
Reconstruction of a Soul
I’ll sing you an anthem
Drown out the voice in your head.
Put your best shoes on
And take my hand.
I’ve something in store for you yet.
Discard your hatred
These bones have made you frail.
You’re a shadow in a smoke filled room.
A story with nothing left to tell.
Your passion is tasteless
And your heart is dry.
It’s been locked up.
Cut up.
And been left to die.
Apathy has weakened your...
Lykke Li—I’m Good, I’m Gone
A High School Reunion
Homecoming. Prom. Hallway passes. Spring break. Friday night football. Study hall. Inseparable cliques. Tenderloin Tuesdays. Pizza Fridays. Spirit week. Annoying cheerleaders. Hallway fights. Week long relationships. Swimming in gym.
Oh the joys of high school. You enter an immature freshman and leave a mature senior only to enter college as the immature freshman once again. Four...
A Love Manifesto.
a simple idea. a theory meant to erase confusion. we have, instead, become unsatisfied. thirsty. hungry for something more. no idea, no fraction of reality can be simplified like this. no concept can possibly be controlled. reduced. minimized into something so uncomplicated. basic. straightforward. out of the utter chaos and selfish absurdity of human nature and theory, we have stolen a gift so...
Man on Wire [2008] directed by James Marsh
“To me its so simple. life should be lived on the edge. you have to exercise rebellion. to refuse to taper yourself to rules. To refuse your own success. to refuse to repeat yourself. to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge and then you are going to live your life on the tightrope” —Phillipe
Top 5 Post Rock Discovery: My immersion into a...
Ok, so Post Rock may not be a new genre. Although Post Rock does not celebrate a yearly birthday of origin, the genre is believed to be around for nearly twenty years Despite it not being brand new, this form of music remains relatively new to my ears. My first introduction to this movement came through the world renowned Sigur Ros approximately four to five years ago. However, my love for the...
This WIll Destroy You—Freedom Blade
The Antlers—Kettering
Jesus Camp [2006]--Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
“A growing number of Evangelical Christians believe there is a revival underway in America that requires Christian youth to assume leadership roles in advocating the causes of religious movement. JESUS CAMP follows a group of young children to Pastor Becky Fischer’s “Kids on Fire Summer Camp,” where kids are taught to become dedicated Christian soldiers in God’s army and are schooled on how to...
February 2009
2 posts
Success.
Allow me to entertain this thought
For a moment.
Allow me to babble about notions
And dabble amongst philosophies
So my conscience can be appeased.
Motion. I am encompassed by
An astonishing motion.
I stand in the eye of this storm
Slowly rotating and attempting to
Gather some sense of this ever-revolving
Blur in my orbit.
Hands extend through the hazy edges
Inviting me to add my energy to the...
“Leaders who make a difference in life are those who are grounded in faith and...”
– —Unknown
January 2009
17 posts
Jon Foreman—Baptize My Mind
Here is your...
Daft Punk—High Life
I know I said I’m...
Delta Spirit—People C’mon
So i was...
Day of Birth.
Today is my birthday. I am 23 years old.
Bon Iver—Wisconsin
Watcha compilation of photos I took while in Kolkata, India. The speaking in the background is the famous “My King” by S.M. Lockridge set to a song by Sigur Ros.
..quality is a bit rough.
My Civil War.
My words are ammunition
Arming my conviction
I fight for liberation
From my captor’s persecution
Aim the gun, pull the trigger
Somewhat blind, no matter, I figure
Tears will fall
Blood will spill
My civil war
My free will
This pen is my freedom
My shelter
My weapon
Guarding thoughts and emotion
From near self-destruction
These thoughts strip me naked
I bear all to the reader
...
“…Love covers a multitude of sins.”
– 1 Peter 4:8
An Image of Me.
an image i see an image in front of me a body form a picture a piece of mind i watch it move i listen to it speak listen to it think watch it as it sinks imagine what it would be like to be yes to be that image the one in front of me i imagine i could see what it sees and experience what it feels i could take its thoughts and set them in motion i could i would if i weren’t watching this...
“Heartbeats” by Jose Gonzalez
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do...”
– Mark Twain
welcome.
welcome to me. hopefully i’ll keep this updated consistently. thank you calvin wayne ocasio for inspiring me.