Random Awesomeness

Announcements, rants, affirmations and all else that doesn’t quite fit into the other categories are posted here. From poetry that probably won’t be made into a song, to in-the-moment expressions of thoughts and feelings that probably won’t make it into a story. I will share here, whatever comes to mind and heart. Occasionally, I also may take creative writing pieces from my past, revise and revive them to post here.

Can’t Find the Pain

the doctor said well honestlythere’s nothing where you’re telling methat all my tests could possibly explain at least not within my expertisebut you can have some small reliefso here’s some pills to really fog your brain cause we can’t find the painno we can’t find the painof course it’s therebut exactly wheremust be lost in [...]

By |2025-11-12T13:51:00-06:00November 11th, 2025|Random Awesomeness|0 Comments

A Time for Change

with every breathethe real and present challengesof choicemarch before me legions of decisionsurround my every turnthey storm the ramparts of my mindand drive me inward no more timeno more pandering this fickle heart of mineonly consequences remain to let go of the pettythat which serves only my naive need for external affirmationand my juvenile desire [...]

By |2025-11-10T17:37:13-06:00November 9th, 2025|Random Awesomeness|0 Comments

My Left Sock

another strugglea change in positiontoo long in repose the pain is unevenwithout specific locationa dull vibration never herealways there being upright is easy nowi supposea recent clarityhas won the day with the joy of a freed prisoneranother dawn ritualand another trepidatious movementinto hope to address the next stepand finally againto feel almost fully clothed yet [...]

By |2025-11-09T08:11:17-06:00November 8th, 2025|Random Awesomeness|0 Comments

Inevitability

did i do thisor is it happeningto me how much agencycan there possibly be was my fate bakedinto an ill-fated cake or will its flavor dependon some as yet unrealized dream curiousthese questions the gravity is stunningis it any wonder so many of us are caught running but i suppose the precise poseis of little [...]

By |2025-11-07T23:06:30-06:00November 6th, 2025|Random Awesomeness|0 Comments

Hope

it’s all i can dowith yet another dawnto seethere are so many waysto blind me i can refuse to even looki can close my eyesi can stare into the voidwith only fearand compromise thoughts that panicrecall the painand a grinding angerthat tormentsmy fear-addled brain but for hopethis morning before mebrings yet another new dayand a [...]

By |2025-11-05T07:01:52-06:00November 5th, 2025|Random Awesomeness|0 Comments

The Greatest Adventure

the greatest adventurecan not be knowuntil it’s shownand even then it will not be clear it’s an on-going ever-morphingmanifestation of mighty physical forcesand spiritually significant sourcesmigrating from all possible directionsexcept for this oneright here for here is where it goesas that greatest of adventuresalways hits our troubled travelersmack dab in the nose the greatest adventurebecomes [...]

By |2025-11-08T06:35:22-06:00November 4th, 2025|Random Awesomeness|0 Comments

In The Mix

yea i’m a freeformword birdfixin’ for some clicks a ramblin’ bardin your backyardjust kickin’ stuff that sticks take a ganderas i meanderin between your tossed-off bricks i’m unafraid of soyi’m cancer boyand i’m jumping in the mix so please excusemy muddled musea fumblin’ from my head i’ve been too long from songsthat bang a gongand [...]

By |2025-11-03T05:02:21-06:00November 3rd, 2025|Random Awesomeness|0 Comments

Triage

looklistenpay attention to the signs be there with the othersthose in needthose who may very well sufferand bleed when the rubber hits the roadbefore a crisis is the codeall hands on deckbecomes the order to cross that linebreach that borderheed the call to action but pleaseapply some rulesof satisfaction to servedo you have the nerve [...]

By |2025-11-03T04:58:47-06:00November 2nd, 2025|Random Awesomeness|0 Comments

The Empty Box

there it hangslike the redacted imageof a particularly vile pagein american history empty nowas it should bebut not dead it’s evil sits dormantlurkingwaiting for the chance to come aliveand confirm every notiondeep within my existential dread the power of this boxcurrentlywithout currentbut dare i thinkit’s safe could i possibly lower my guardand riskthat fucking unholy [...]

By |2025-11-04T09:39:17-06:00November 2nd, 2025|Random Awesomeness|0 Comments