“My paths are branched, the more I walk
the more they multiply, like weeds…”

“social media is a slithering prospector
unearthing gilded treasures in dreams
to market you and your precious hopes…”

“while appearing to subsist in normality
encircled by lights of love and security—
not every shape of life we encounter
floats on calm mirrors of untainted waters…”

“Rivers relinquish power—

eroding into everlasting peace”

“My dreams drag shadows
gouging cold chasms—churning
with wild darkening…”

“Remembering youth
Angels saved me from myself…”

“Down the unlit alleyway
I have recklessly meandered for years
locked within a maze of my own making…”

“And Jesus said: Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God…”

“colors blend in alchemy
transforming my heart to gold…”

“If we were all made the same—
would we still find happiness?”

I suppose I should be grateful…

…but as you suppose—I am not!

“a silence within silence begins to bloom

into an action of uncompromising courage…”

“time slowly erodes my rocky pathways

of life—hobbling me in narrow meanders

and endless excruciating switchbacks…”

“Anger splits my soul
as fear powers dark machines…”

“…I hold all truth to be self-evident

All people are created equal

They are endowed by their Creator…”

“…I rediscover nature’s place inside of me
rather than my place inside of nature”

“…She nurtures our vast, growing tree
And I am her deep—endless river”

“Be the clear voice and purest grace
of an effervescent—babbling brook…”

“Imagine a wilderness trail that intertwines its story with the calm and soothing babble of a river’s youthful legacy…”

“When my fractured skies
rain sharp shards of azure glass…