“Me” — My urgent spirit yearns to make sense of life and I think writing, music, and film offer the most perspectives , quickly, to elucidate the Hydra of societal knowledge. Sometimes I’m giving my earned experiences and thoughts at the end of long dark nights and existential crisis. Okay. What I…

What do you mean “what can you rap about? A colonoscopy?” — Dear 3000, There is nothing wrong with the flute. I think you want to move to nonverbal communication, which some argue is music, then I say make that statement. To rap is to talk. I submit if you still have emotions you can rap. You are still making music, so…

How to Keep Darkness in Your Life. — “Let’s say there was a little girl, and from the time she could understand, she was taught to fear… let’s say she was taught to fear daylight. She was taught that it was her enemy, that it would hurt her. And then one sunny day, you ask her to go…

poem of balance — To make a sellable diamond, you need the heart and the head. You need the pressure pushing down, squeezing centuries into earth beds. The original rock born comes out is uneven and raw. Then, sliced and cut with precision, determines it’s value when bought. There once was a girl so…

The Tears of a Clown — Legendary Robin Williams is to comedy, like a millionaire is to a billionaire, or being in the NBA to being Michael Jordan, or being a Grammy winner to being Michael Jackson. Knowing a comedian is sad is like realizing there is no Santa Claus clause. …

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Poetic empathy for a feline —

On the Separation of Church and State — Abstract Throughout history, the inclusion of religion in government, is replete with terror and violence (Cavanaugh, 2007). Over 90% of people worldwide believe in some form of a higher power (Statista, 2022). God can’t be taken out of mankind; however, the interpretation of God and worship is personal, and subjective. Enforcing…