Human connection,

what we desire mosteach of us has our ownthoughts,insights,love,we find comfort incamaraderiehope infellowship Human connectionwhat we fear mosteach of us, with ourfears,insecurities,guilt,we find vexation inmiscommunication,sorrow inloss Human connectionwhat sometimes seems impossibleeach of us is composed ofindividualitybeliefssecretswe are solitary inour mindswhich causes fear inour hearts

I hope the world looks different

with you by my sideagain.For right now,I can’t seem to see in color.Days comprised ofsloppily composedpetty to-doshalf assed attemptsto check offthese arbitrary tasksendeavors fruitlesscontentment unobtainablehappiness impalpable.Don’t get me wrong,I’m doing fine.Waiting is just hardfor a skeptic.I taught myself not to hope.I surrendered my faithin the search for truthand here I amwaitingand hopingtrying to find faithin […]

This morning I saw a picture

of a child the size ofa grain of riceIt was growing inmy friend.Her strength is whatwe, her friends,respect,love,But this morningshe was sickand I saw the worryand she has cause for concern.And while it is hers aloneto carrywe must let her know,we all have cause for concernand we would all loveto lighten the loadHer best friend […]

There is a light

Shining forthFrom RomeI feel it’s raysTrans-continental beamsBeckoningHopeGoodnessLoveI struggle inThe warmth of the sunI am a skyGreyAnd dense with fogYou shine your lightAmidst, throughoutA rainbow of colorOn an overcast dayRain or shineYou’ll still be mineThrough calms and stormsI’ll still be yoursThrough droughts and showersThe world will still be ours

When words come slowly practice your handwriting

ink on the pageis an actor on stagebut words aren’t always truelike a guitar slightly out of tunemetaphors and analogiespainting with imagerycan we createor only imitatereduplicate?is choice an illusionbecause everything is determinedor am I just lost in confusion man instills meaning and valuebut what does value mean?are we all aloneor are we a team?what have […]

no faith maybe hope

There you are,a single entitycomprised of infiniteconstituents:A pastthat has brought you to thispresent,all of which will dictateyour future,while I lay in bedreviewing,processing,analyzing,wondering,losing focus ofthe present,caught up in a search—a maddening desire—to understandthe infinite.I refuse to havefaith,but I will try to retain somehope.

Tonight, Life was Hope/Love

Take my hand,And walk with meFor the sake of life.We will walkThrough the shining beams of light,The stretches of darkness.Tonight, we deem destination unnecessary,For our ends lie within our selves.Take my hand,And speak to meFor the sake of life.We can talkOf anything we want,Or nothing at all.Tonight, the subject is us,For we long to share.Take […]

how to use:

as common as carbon is a poetic stream of consciousness.
there are 3 categories of “poems”:

(i) heteroglossic synesthesia (complete poems)
(ii) hobonyms (words with no homes)
(iii) mind jerky (thoughts to chew on)

after reading a poem you have 3 options to “turn the page”

“RANDOM” – takes you to a random poetic expression
#hastags – take you to another random poem with the same theme or motif
#category – takes you to a random poem in the same category

“no one can step in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and they are not the same person” – possibly Heraclitus

just as no one can step in the same river twice, no one can have the same experience of “as common as carbon” twice