Flashing Lights

"One most sometimes escape to the company of strangers, to the liberation of the city in order to form a new version of oneself"

Respect

"I want young men and young women who are not alive today to know and see that these new privileges and opportunities did not come without somebody suffering and sacrificing for them".

Martin Luther King has always been one of my role models growing up. I can truly site him as someone who inspired me to be a better person by turning the other cheek and engaging in peaceful protest. It's great that we have a day off honoring him but, like most of out holidays, the meaning becomes lost in the need to take one extra day off to over indulge in over eating, shopping and drinking. I just wanted to take this time out to recognize King for what he did for ALL people oppressed by injustice.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

Thank you

What would happen if Dr. King somehow didn't die but was put in a coma only to wake up some 32 years later? Hmmm

Stuck On Repeat...

Construction Site

My life these past few years can be measured in the amount of IKEA furniture assembled



So what does that say about me?

El Abuelo

My grandfather never bought a lot of gifts
but he handed me a rod and he taught me how to fish

A Case of You

I remember that time you told me you said
"Love is touching souls"
Surely you touched mine
'Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time
Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet

Oh I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet

The Gold Rush

There is gold in them mountains and you hopped the bandwagon
Go forth young man! Treasure awaits!
Let no distance stop you, let no finances hold you back!
A richness awaits you out there in the wild, wild west
Yet you've jumped before for promises of fortune to be left with nothing but fool's gold
A promise no one made to you but still, you put all your heart into the journey with no certainty, no plan, just a young boys heart stuck inside a man searching for a fortune you could not define

The Truth About Love: Messages I Received About The Great Mystery

Overs

What was I taught about love?
I learned that love comes & goes and and leaves with no explanation
That love is hard to hold onto and is often slipping out of our grasp
Love can sprout up as soon as it can wither and die
Love does not speak to the other when it is hurt unless it is shouting because it feels neglected
Love can be selfish and love can be jealous
Love can come pounding on the door at 4:00AM when everyone else is asleep
kicking the door, demanding to be let in
Love is an illusion one thinks he or she possess when the liquor has done it's damage
It is also the gifts that come after when love feels remorse the next morning
Love pleads "I will change, I have changed, let me back in" when in fact it changes enough to pretend that it will never hurt me or you again
Love is deceitful and untrustworthy and if you have it hold onto it because generations have no idea what it is

Beginings

Love is quick to come and assures you "this time it will be different"
Love is a whirlwind of pleasure that feels as though it will last forever even when your heart tells you to approach with caution
Love is spending every second together regardless of ones "individual time"
Love sacrifices itself for the sake of maintaining love
Love makes you do crazy things