What a Novel Idea!

So as fate would have it, I am finally working on my first novel. It’s been a dream of mine for a while and I have just never had the motivation or inspiration to do so.  I am making amazing headway and am extremely excited to see where it goes.  Release will likely be cheap in ebook format and hopefully hardcopy as well.  I have plans to write several more books in the series and I just hope that I can take off as an author.  Were I to make a living writing words that others enjoy, I would truly count myself among the blessed.

The Letter Black

The Letter Black

To Be Love

The sky grows dark… The sun is veiled from my eyes.  Hope?  I give it freely to others but forget to save any for myself.  The sunlight has been stolen, whisked away to a distant land, a land I cannot reach.  I will reach it someday, and dance in bare-foot in an apple orchard.  I will bask in the sunlight.  And love every mark upon the clock.  But not today.

My tears are cast to the wind with my thoughts.  A moment of love to a chasm of sorrow.  But love is worth it.  

Love is a paper dove, a wisp of cloud, a cool morning breeze; as precious as it is fleeting, and as beautiful as it is fragile…

Novus Annus (A New Year)

A new year has come, a new day dawned.  It is alive with all the promise of a blank slate, a fresh canvas, and a silent instrument. Make of this new year something beautiful…and as always…cherish those around you.  For all too soon they may be lost to you…

The Glass is Cast, The Hourglass Spent

A few hours ago my life came to a crashing halt…Someone I loved very much was ripped from my life by a careless individual. Like glass being hurdled against a stone, so was her life, my life, and the lives of everyone she knew.  One careless act brought the world of countless individuals crashing down like a sandcastle caught in a tsunami.

Oh how fragile life is that it may fracture with the smallest force. Setting in motion an earth-shaking movement which rends destruction further than any can imagine.

I love her.  For whatever it is worth I love her. I refuse to say “loved” because she will always to a part of me, and her memory will stay alive until the foundations of the world come crashing down. My very soul aches with a pain only known to those who have felt it themselves, for it cannot be imagined, cannot be thought-up. It must be experienced. I wish no one else to ever experience this pain, but know sadly that most, if not all, will feel it at some time in their journey.

Truly I say she lives on in my heart. I love her.

The World Around Us

Today I was reminded of two interesting questions, and I thought I would share my answers here. I was asked what I ultimately wanted in this life, and what the meaning of the universe was.

The first question I answered something like this:

What I want out of life is to inspire people to lead a better life, to cherish those around them, and to be kind to everyone. I want my art with words, music, and other mediums to be appreciated and enjoyed by many.  On the selfish side I want to find a woman I can love and who loves me in return. To lay beside at night, work beside in the day, and sit together watching life’s sunset, madly in love till the day we die.

I answered the second question, about the meaning of the universe, in a bit more ambiguous terms:

The universe in and of itself has no meaning. It is plain matter, and only when touched by the hand of an artist can anything have meaning.  Even then art is often left to interpretation.  It is up to the eyes of the viewer to select what meaning he takes from a piece of art, and the physical world around us is no different.  I believe it is touched by the hand of the Divine Artist, though even if you do not, I am sure you can appreciate it’s beauty nonetheless.  The world around us is a blank slate, take it, and make something beautiful.

Friends

Friends are a blessing, never forget that.  I was reminded today just how special friendship is.  When you are with a friend you are truly free to be whatever you wish.  Cherish your friends today and let them know just how special they are to you.  For with our friends we are truly free to live, laugh, and love!  So go on, be silly, they can handle it!

Rain

Your memory lingers with me
I miss you very much
Your courage inspires me
Even to this day
I miss you my friend
And I likely always will
Until my time here end
And I see you once again

I cried today when I thought of you
Tears both joyous and sad
I wish you could have lingered
But I remember the times we had
How short they were back then
We both knew it well
But smiled and played anyway
Until the evening fell…

 

 

 

R.I.P Wesley Pedrosa

To Live Forever.

I am immortal. I sit for endless generations watching friend after friend fade into memory, and still I must be joyous. I must teach those around me to love each other and to cherish the time they have.

They wish they could change places with me.

I desire the same.

Even now I love my friends like they were a part of me for indeed they are, but I dread the day I will watch them too fade away. I wish to fade with them. To follow them on their journey into the next life. But my body keep me here, chained to my duty forever.

Neigh…

I am immortal…

Tides of Time

Seasons come, seasons go, people come, people go, friends come, friends go, love comes, love goes.

Time rolls on like endless waves 
To weather it we must be brave
The tides they come and the tides they go
But what they leave no one knows
They leave their secrets along the shore
Waiting for someone to explore
So sink your toes into the sand
And sink your fingers into my hand
Then hand in hand we’ll walk these shores
Leaving our secrets as we explore
But the footprints we leave will be washed away
When the tide comes in and goes out again
For time rolls on in endless waves
To weather it we must be brave