religion
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Take From Me
In the low hum of my home, I hear footsteps. I watch the crack of my door for roaches and crickets. I stare at the dark parts of the house when I move past them. I…
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Starry Lasses
Here’s to the ne’er easy ladies of Aries,Fires of Sheratan, never to cull-Gone is the mate who had sought ‘em to sate:When they got to rammin’ he went through the hull! Here’s to the chorus of…
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On Shark-Fins
I have this feeling like I am on the cusp of some greater understanding, and that I need an extended period of rumination to bring it forth. I have collected the story of Christ as it…
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A Personal God
Hands to the sun, Held aloft by one wrist. An invisible thread leading into the sky. A lonely stone idol in a beautiful forest clearing, with cold water running nearby. White cloth and gold trim, a…
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A Chance Encounter
We spoke of things which I knew, and I knew everything that we discussed. Only the perspective was new. Yet afterward it was as though I understood the depth of what I knew. The ground opened…
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Grey Hairs
One should refrain from practicing philosophy until one has grey hairs. By the same nature as evolution, self-importance, acceptance of fate, self-delusion and valuation of the status quo are the tenets of worthless old men, all…
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The Death of Hope
From 11/27/23 – On The Internet “I want to collect milestones in my personal growth, but I don’t want to face the embarrassment at having held an opinion that I’ve since grown from. I want to…
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Damned to Hell the Man Who Lives in Fear
Damned to Hell the man who lives in fear, the heart of whose fear is the core of himself, and whose primacy reigns to lash out at the source of his fear, sources drawn from a…
Sanctity and Constraint 