Just a guy with bona fide life experiences trying to give others some of the same grace that was given to me through my own dark times that led me to where I am today basking in the sunshine.
Though it may feel like you are a square going through this in a world full of circles; you are far from alone. It does not matter your income, race, sex, faith or geographic borders. This pandemic is reaching across our invisible lines.
The United States makes up 4.4% of the world’s population, and consumes over 80% of the world’s opioids.
By: Carl The Muse I would tell you thank you for all you have done, you were the most wonderful kind of mother and though you aren’t here to tell me. I know how proud you are that I am your son. I try my best to make you proud even though you aren’t around….
Sleepless nights creep up on you in life, they come at the hardest times when your legs can’t possibly move fast enough to keep up with your mind. It’s been one of the most trying times of my life spinning all day and tossing all night. Trying to live in the new reality is easier…
It’s been harder lately to write because so many changes have occurred in my life. I have been stuck in a rut as days simply turn into nights. I lost my mother and my big brother weeks apart both sudden and unexpected. My soul had been shocked and I was rocked to my core,…
I miss my mom It’s a truth I cannot run from I miss her smile I miss her voice I miss the way she always muted my noise I miss the way she made me feel I miss everything To say this and not say that I would be lying But forever is how long…
I am better because I am better than I ever was I am better now then I was then I am better because of love From my mother My brother My friends I am better because of my wife I am better because I understand the meaning of life I have lived through death I…
Memories are created, I have learned that over time. I used to get irritated as my mother snapped away with her camera recording every moment of my life that she could both big and small. I did not understand then what I understand now as a father and a married man. I thought my…
In the next life I will do everything right I will never get mad I will never raise my voice to my wife I will never ever be too busy for my kids I will never regret anything I ever did I will be proud of every moment and every second I have lived I…
I am my mothers son I am an example of how a boy becomes a man I am the example of how a woman can teach a boy to become one I started speaking at a young age I was just in middle school the first time I took the stage I did it because…
I became a man When I learned how to control my rage I became a man When I knew not only what to say I knew how to say it I became a man When I stopped thinking of myself I no longer cared about material things as much I no longer cared as much…
I spend too much time thinking writing and not sharing these bits that I am not paid for Many are unaware of how this writing has blessed my life not just in a monetary sense but in every way this writing has been a release a way to say one of the million things at…
Every time you open your eyes in the morning, you have won. Because the lord has blessed you with more time to enjoy life and to feel the warmth of the sun. Someone Lost And You Have Gained So Celebrate Every Moment Of Sunshine Before You Experience Rain The Sun Rises And Sets Things Always…
Lately I have had trouble sleeping, I want to be awake all night, I am too excited or too content whatever you want to call it, I have been too excited to close my eyes at night and so I have been spending most of my hours the same way day or night, I am…
I lost my mother and brother two months apart And I wondered what will give out first My soul Or My heart People would tell me how strong I am But I felt like I was falling apart But I seem to just keep sailing on So If survival is a skill I guess I…
I have been writing in poetry form on this site since its inception but this was not the way I wrote. Not until life brought me down to my knees, not until the water showed me what I meant to me. From the water in my body to the ones that eventually rolled down my…
A new time has arrived The ones around me have fallen Passed on They have died Right before my eyes It changed Life, Gone Never again to be the same The reign is over But the monuments remain They will always live on I carry them in my veins Our connection is so much deeper…
What’s next? 2013 Has been a year I will never forget Lost my mother what seems like Just the other day And now three months later My big brother Has passed away He has left this place And again My family is on record pace I admit At first, I broke down and cried…
Never to be replaced No one and nothing Can take your place But I am aware That someone can help fill that empty space And I know that you would want it that way And though I am struggling now I look forward to that day Your love taught me faith And I am ready…
I was called out of the darkness when I was just a young man I had been given the right directions but at the time I just could not understand I thought I had a better master plan And as a result, I just ended up suffering I did in my youth what many lost…
I sit and I ponder I have faith but my mind wanders I admit I worry sometimes I think too much I get lost in my mind Because I have a pain that will not heal with time My mother has fallen And made her rise And now my brother is in a fight for…
A few words of encouragement. 