It was never fair to you Everything I was Everything I said All that I wished Tattered and worn But you never wanted more You only wanted me Scars and all Each revelation maddening Every truth revealing The real me It was never fair to you How I wooed you from the start Somehow capturing … Continue reading Seeming Fair
5. Monopoly Ah, the classic game of boardwalk domination, with real places, fake money, and the ultimate in real estate development. Didn’t you just adore those little green houses and red hotels on your properties, and abhor the ones on your competitors’ properties? And you know it always added up when you had two utilities … Continue reading Sam’s Friday Top 5: Board Games
“A dream is a collection of words unwritten.” “The perfect trap is designed by fools, victorious over the supposed wise, and avoided by animals.” “You are truly free when it costs nothing to be your friend.” “A pattern which never repeats is not a pattern after all.” “Tomorrow is just yesterday, waiting to happen.” “To … Continue reading Theodicus Sayings, Part 3
I am a tourist in the Forbidden City. It is 1958 and my father doesn’t speak Chinese on the weekends. They banned him from the country but forgot to take his passport. I returned it to him after the journey in a Ziploc bag. My Chinese is a bit rusty, like the wheels on my … Continue reading From My Previous Journals (27 April 2002)
This too shall pass A keening in my soul Flagrantly imprecise Yet bold as ice Transfixed by nature The cycle unchanged As fluid as a fire Raging in my savage soul But failing all this A work of art Splashed on the page In black and white Grey intoxicants Cruel inhalation Haggard and dry Broken … Continue reading The Somber Sea
Unlike a lot of other religions, in the Seventh-Day Adventist church you aren’t baptized as an infant. The premise is that each soul needs to make his own decision to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior, that giving yourself over to Christ is your personal choice, secure in the knowledge that you’ve gained through … Continue reading Growing Up Seventh-Day Adventist: Getting Baptized
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