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Ice in the veins, sun on my face and a hewn-stone resolve to do something, nothing, everything. My fingers are packed full of cold water and there is a rock in my head that makes me want to lay down and rest, like frozen mud, hard, dark and without heat. Clouds are on the horizon,... Read More
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Like yesterday’s soup the rain came down not cold, but cool, turning the fluffy powder into deceptive bowls of slush that leapt at every pant leg and dry sock. Morning never actually came; night had its eerie grip on the entire day, penciling everything with monochromes. Even sleep tugged at my limbs and lids much... Read More
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Apathy, Hypocrisy and Other Pop Character Traits
It seems like this week more than any in a long while I have been inundated with people who say one thing and live another. I have students who say they believe in and worship God but give no visible indication to the reality of those claims. I hear people speak their religion as if... Read More
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Had this strange dream last night that I was on the steps of the Supreme Court building and this gigantic pig walked up on his hind legs and began to harass my two friends. I could only take it so long. I leapt onto his back and began to wrestle with him, all the while... Read More
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Alright… I spent more time than I wanted on this site update, but at least it’s done. I removed the educational links that didn’t work (adding some jazzy buttons I might add), updated the quote (which is quite brilliant) and put a link to this blog on the main page. I did a few other... Read More
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Well here we are in what was once the future, and I’ve gone and done it. I had an awful notion to start a weblog where instead of scratching furiously at my journal I can pound mercilessly at my keyboard. Now the sneaking eyes are not the only ones to read my rants; now the... Read More
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The Tower of Babel: The Extended Edition
After Noah’s flood (which has been recorded in various ways in other sources such as the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh), God commanded those who survived to “be fruitful and multiply” and “bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.” (Gen. 9:7) Mankind then proceeded to move south east from Mount Arrarat where the ark... Read More
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I thrust my hands to the heavens to embrace God and all that He has for me, but I must not lose sight of those in need around me. It is very easy to reach for someone who cannot be touched with these hands; the real test is reaching out to those who can be... Read More
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Down the corridor of time Into the spacious halls of rhyme Where waits the morning’s golden glow And sunlight pauses here as though The binding spell, now mystery, Will soon recapture history. A landscape on the farther wall– The treasure of this aging hall– Invites my dreams to visit hence, To leap across the golden... Read More
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Like a child standing, gazing At the verigated flames As they lick their pyre-tongue, Play their deadly pyre-games. Inner-person smothered Underneath the rosy blaze; The mind at rest in ashes With the eyes a distant glaze. Awake, you inner-vagrant, Recognize your living claim; Life consists of so much more Than just hiding in the flames.
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A new leaf or an old leaf, they are all leaves; and as leaves in their due time they will curl at the edges and fall into great piles that will in turn give themselves over to the dust and the only memory of their existence will be the dark earthy scent that lingers on... Read More
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I awoke one season in life to find that my feet were shackled together and my back was laden with a burden heavy beyond imagining. My mind raced. Why was I burdened and bound? Why this load? How long could I endure? There must be some means of relief. So in a feeble search for... Read More
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The heavens cried, the teardrops fell And spattered on the streets of hell. A smoky haze entombed the town, Devoured souls without a sound. Each ghostly form, devoid of life Cut here and there – a piercing knife Now thrust into a weeping form As sorrow haunts him, black and warm; And never-spoken fears arrest... Read More
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Struggling With An Atrophied Brain
Why does it seem that life is so difficult? A breath of fresh air today really is a breath of fresh air. Nature – from my tainted vantage point – has still retained its simplicity and innocence. The world of us still runs unthrottled around it, but the grass still dances in long October sunlight,... Read More
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A Pleasant Evening With a Thief
There is a thief in my living room, and he is entertaining me. Pouring out his theoretic heart, baring his nonexistent soul, yet never passing up a joke or an exciting comment – he’s been there for me through it all. Despite loss or pain, his words always cover my woes and captivates my attention.... Read More
Hello, I’m Jesse.
