Tag Archives: poetry
I Hold No Hope in Democracy
November is quickly approaching and the political atmosphere seems to be looming over everything. I don’t enjoy politics, but as George Orwell says, “In our age there is no such thing, as ‘keeping out of politics’. All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.” I […]
Black Ink and Living Water
I recently had my tattoo finished. It’s a full sleeve, which makes it pretty conspicuous and often sparks inquiries from people, like, “what does it mean?” Despite the depth of meaning that I’ve put into the sprawling design I often stutter over a quick answer to that question. I never really feel as if I […]
Slaying Leviathan
You know those days, or months, or long seasons of life that are just hard? Each moment feels exhausting, to choose to begin each day anew, perhaps starting out with a secret hope that today will be better, but it takes just a word or thought and instead it reaches the same climax of desperate […]
Can I Plead With You?
A fifth video dropped today, revealing more of the corruption in Planned Parenthood that goes on funded by our government and supported by many of our citizens. And if you still feel the need to defend this, for whatever reason, can I plead with you to see that your own soul withers with the weight […]
No Life is Too Small
Wake up you sleepy nation Skulls are being crushed Your children’s screams catch in their throats Restrain yourself wicked nation Your great-grandchildren will be appalled by you If you will allow them breath They will look at you with those eyes Those eyes you claim have no soul They will haunt you And those who narrowly […]
Oceans Never Fill 