Who would love you if every irrational thought, desire, ill word, lie, mistake and regret were known? If nothing could be hidden from another… who would love you? A potent and bitter medicine to swallow. “They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they…

When did our ancestors realize the jubilation of song? All of the pride it brought the tribe to sing as a community of voices… All of the joy it brought the individual to sing as a tribe… This discovery of cathartic release may be one of the most treasured means…

The Birth of Realism in War Literature — One of the most under-appreciated gifts given to us by the World War I & World War II generations was the birth of realism in war literature. By the tips of their pens, they debunked their predecessors’ romanticism of war and divorced the idea that violence and patriotism were mutually…

The man once despised and rejected by his own is the same man filled with love and acceptance for his own. Therefore, it is not surprising that his fundamental gospel remains dormant in his self-proclaimed followers to this day. — Forgiveness — The gospel is a straightforward antidote to the…

There was a long silence between us that day… In life, I’ve observed three principal silences. The first silence is akin to sitting on black asphalt during a summer day beneath a hanging garish sun. Every molecule of moisture spreads upon the blushed skin and weighs densely upon the fatigued…

A Conversation A rhythm of guttural noises reverberates into the air. A silent companion listens with steady-eyed patience to the sounds produced within the chaos of nature’s melodic cacophony. A genuine focus follows each sharp intonation, trailing pause, rapid movement, and flowing passion of a friend. A personal cache of memories loosely…

Life is the endless potential, the limitless possibility that is dissected, amputated, and reproduced from the primordial organism of Chaos… A marriage of merging elements collapsed tightly into a tremendous density that ignited and spewed its new elements, new inhabitants eternally into an ever-expanding ring of stars and galaxies on…

The sun began to submerge itself behind a mountainous range of cumulus clouds — floating delicately above the horizon. The autumn day celebrated its end with a reposeful chill of fresh air that cleaned their lungs from the soot and smog of combusting gases. In front of their eyes between…