The Middle Ages — A Brief Summary In Dialogue Form
A: I slept like an angel last night. B: Angels don’t sleep. A: How do you know that? B: Because it says so in the Bible. A: Where in the Bible does it say that? B: In the beginning of the New Testament. A: Where in the beginning of the New Testament? A: In the [...]
A Rainstorm Late At Night
May my tears in God’s dissolve And He thus my sins absolve.
Self-Confidence
She was the sort of woman whose external character centered upon an overshowing of self-confidence so powerful one suspected it was either a front or a piece of stupidity (or a mixture of both), but beyond any doubt it was a sign that she did not question herself enough to be capable of personal development.
Starcrossed
When starcrossed becomes doublecrossed…
To Have Scaled A Thousand Hours
To have scaled a thousand hours and found only torn flesh, To have grasped for stars and won only hands full of air – This is horror; This is despair.
Frankincense
There solemn truths are burnt like frankincense, Scattering crystalline thoughts into the air like dust. If only I could write poetry that elegant that actually meant something.
Out Of What One Reads
A: He seems to get so much out of what he reads. B: Perhaps he puts so much into what he reads.
Yesterday’s Vows And Today’s Actions
The discord of yesterday’s vows and today’s actions is deafening.
Someone Remind Me
Someone remind me what it is that we are fighting for, because right now all I see are the dead bodies of friends I’ve lost piled up beside me.
Scattered Bits
Our past joys burn like sulfur vents on the floors of Hell — scattered bits of flaming rage amidst darkness and ash. You walk forward perforce, though the horizon is always the same distance ahead of you and never changes and you have no reason to believe that the future will be any better than [...]