Life's Little Lessons

Journey

Confusion, Despair, Conflict, Pure Hell seems to fit the best!

Stated simply
And without the help of Shakespeare or Baldwin.
There are two fools
Wanting, Seeking, and Hoping
To find the answer
To a certain riddle about life and love.

For the moment
The passage of time seems to be the key.
Hopefully we're
Never wavering (Too much)
Always sharing (Never too much)
And steadily giving (Always too much)

Answers and happiness are always found at the end of the tunnel of life.
Meet me at the beginning of our journey through this tunnel.
I'll be the fool with the flashlight.

Unfortunate Journey

Wakened by the sweet sounds of a joyous robin singing of
the anticipation of life's wonders.

Every sound coming from a place that could only be
blessed by the heavens above.

Passionately, I greet the new day like I've never done before
showering myself within it's essence.

Today I am filled with desire, hunger, and infatuation.

As the sun begins to set in the afternoon sky
I feel as one with the universe,
feeling complete and craving only you.

No one knew that with the passage of time,
lovers circumstance would change for the worst.

Our anticipation of wonder changed to feelings of anger and despair. 
no sooner had the sun rose
did it become cloaked in a veil of darkness.

More and more the darkness seized hold and
transformed my happiness to sadness.

Accusations, allegations, and anger became
the rule of expression as the darkness and I became
one.

Halfway through it all, we handed over our joy. 
we were guided only by the darkness we felt.  the
darkness of being lost.

someplace not so special

have you ever been someplace where you hated
well i have

it bored the hell out of me
i felt depressed
i even fantasized about being somewhere else

it's not fun being someplace not so special
it down right sucks

A lesson learned

throughout life years are spent learning
those things which may make us successful in time.
sometimes we're lucky enough to also learn
those things that will make us happy.

unfortunately, some of the most important lessons of life
are learned the hard way.

while growing up in the urban jungle, the rotten core
mom tried to correct me when i was wrong
and spank me when i was really wrong.

it's funny how these lessons are remembered
and only appreciated much later.

however, there appears to be a set of lessons i'm just beginning to learn.
how could i have believed that somehow i knew it all.

That must be a new york thang,
because everybody knows new yorkers know everything.

it's clear to me that i have much to learn.

so with difficulty and humility
i begin my most important lesson of
Giving, Sharing, and Loving