now what, sobriety


*I wrote this soon after I got sober but some things still ring true* . . . Emptiness fills the gaps betweeen The open doorway and the window Where the cold comes in through the cracks Of the frame. A breeze chimes in making the hot Days a little more bearable. Sitting with the blame…

personal resonance


I never really understood the true meaning of this term until today. Now mind you these were the words that were spoken from the judge’s lips when I was bailed out of jail at a zero monetary cost. Personal resonance means “a quality that makes something or someone feel personally meaningful or important to ones…

Vacation is over


Well, to say I was on vacation is a bold-faced lie. I was on a medical absence for my thoracic sprain in my back and shoulder. Has it gotten better with R&R, ice, and some muscle relaxers I found prescribed to me among my many possessions? No. It feels slightly better with ice on my…