Blog Update for the Exciting Summer Ahead! I’ve finally finished my semester, and am very excited about future plans for my blog. As of now, I’m planning to post something new about “The Wolf Gift” in the next couple of days. Also, I’ll be working hard to read and review books that many awesome people…

  Until May 3rd, I’m going to be frantically busy because I’ll be trying to  finishing all my college assignments in time. That has been the trend for my entire semester, and it’s one of the reasons that this blog has been updated infrequently. I’m aware that I made a calendar approximately two months ago…

                                    Mysterious Shadow                                                                       …

Death’s Passion Innumerable bodiesFlayed, Desiccated, and ViolatedFloating gracefullyDown the RiverWhispered in the depthsOf the Cold, fast-pacedWaters of this Somber River The waves are death’s snareTaking those in misery captiveWithout forewarning, the arms of the riverGrabbed ahold of their corpse-like body andDragged their sorrowAlong the pebbled sandWould they ever awaken from their mournful slumber? As I…

        The Dark Night of the Soul                       A troubling thought                                           What has been wrought?            …

The “Oxymoron” of Love Love is burdensomeA heavy weight upon the soulIt can exude an unremitting coldnessWithin the soul orexcruciatingly burn us When a friend of ours departs from our lives,The world seems abuzz with soothing liesOn each side of the unplanned conflictEach person on opposing side actsUnreservedly, out of love for anotherUnder the guise…

Cosmic Redemption My heart was ablaze With an inextinguishable fire I loved my enemy so deeply that It torched the contents of my heart Just to cling to the hope of forgiveness Why is forgiveness so impossible? Every single person that I’ve known  In this transient life Are sprinkled like stars  Across the expanse of the universe…

Blog Update My reading list is literally a smorgasbord of fascinating reads. For example, I’m reading an unconventional zombie romance that is a surprising departure from the  literal “brainless” zombie stories. Its called Warm Bodies, and I hope to have a detailed review sometime during the first week of March. With college depriving me of…

Jacob’s Shadow Was it my brother seeking to Wrestle me into oblivion?Or was this me?Holding this formidable figure- A shadow of myself Trying to do me in With a powerful punch, The figure’s boulder-like fist Impacted my hip-bone Leaving with with a deep impression Of unassailable imbalance My sight felt dizzying While the enigmatic figureFell…

Alchemical Love My self, a sizable metal Of great densityCannot be transmuted Into gleaming gold For the pleasure of others Outside this metal,Lies my symbolic dream Storming through the small vial Where they are kept,Later to be admixed with my melted metalInto an intoxicating concoctionWhich hardly resembles gold Is it your hands grasping my vial,…

Who am I?My reflective skin Mirrors your perception of me Four or five people perceptions Fuse together,Muddling that clear sense of self Whomever I encounter,my voice becomes modulated That self,The one wearing the guise of my “self”Becomes indistinguishableFrom the other persona thatOthers perceiveAm I a man, a woman, or just human?Why does my self become…

“The Wolf Gift” Poetry Contest Winner announcement.       After much thought and consideration, the poem that I felt was the winning poem happens to be Tom Arnone’s “Ode to a Weary Wolf.” It took a lot of careful thought to ultimately choose this as a winner because each of the poems I received contained…