Technical Writing & Random Thoughts

 

Old (& not particularly good) Poetry


The Brutality of Youth - The First Words :1991-1994
Vanity - Product of a Public Education :1995-1998
The Resident Muse - The Coffeehouse Era :1999-2000
Post Education - The Hardcore Haze :2001-2002
Overworked - Reflections On A Lesser Existence :2003-2006
Daily Missives - The Poem of the Day Collection :2005-2007
Sweet Dreams And Other Fictions :2008-

 

27 Reasons to Quit Smiling

We fight every night before we go to bed... 
our personal struggles mean nothing when we are together... 
every ounce of strength is devoted to our battles.
At the end of it all, we sit down, 
never to count our wins, 
those will fit on a single hand... 
No, we sit to count losses...

We sit and wonder what ever ripped us apart
when things were best, then shoved us back together
when things were at their worst.

What drives us?
What keeps us in this perpetual motion, 
this almost machinated thing.

It isn't instinct, plain as the black night, 
it isn't lusting after or desire... 
It couldn't be love... 
or hate, so vile, so moving... 

What is this thing, 
this shadow that waits on the doorstep of tomorrow?
It isn't goodbye... 
It must be forever.





Before I Do
A Place With Shade
A World Without Glitter
Adam, Eve, and an Ill Fated Apple
Aftermath
All of Our Words
At Least I Still Have The Phone Numbers
Bad Drug
Being Infinite
Better Than This
Cold
Comprehensive
Conspiracy
A Farewell To Firesigns
Don't Tell Me How I'm Supposed to Fall
Down The 3rd Step to the Basement
Drive
Forget About Being Cool
Isn't It Obvious?
Different Than Mine
We Weren't Meant to Fly
I Am Only An Architect
Cotillion
I Know This Now
I Take This All
One Half Hour
Fatal Miscalculation
Mail-Order Life
fallacy
More Than I Deserve
My House
My World
One Girl Left Standing
Playing to Die
Please Stop Pushing Now
Recycled
Ritual
Soap Opera Life
From One, To The Other
Something Else Inspiring
From Far Away Places
Spitting Fire
Intersection
The Real Me
The Roomie
Waking Alone
Unforsaken
This, In Itself
Expectation
Underscore_Hate_Underscore
This One Is Untitled
Urbanized
... Is Fullness