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Life Update... Sort Of

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     I haven't written a Life Update blog in quite awhile, matter-of-fact, the last time I did I'm pretty sure it was a downer and my words got erased in post. This time will be different. Sure, my mind has frolicked in the rolling hills of sadness since last we spoke, but whose hasn't? Overall, I am really happy, though, and have been for a steady 3.5 months. So much has changed in such a short amount of time, for example: I drink very little now, I no longer smoke, my bad dreams have diminished, I use my gym membership frequently, I'm eating healthier (and even growing veggies in a garden), I'm back to work full-time, I have a motorcycle now and that's just fun, period. That being said, some of those things have produced other changes, for example: poetry doesn't stir within me anymore and I've said goodbye (via silence) to that slice of my life (for now). Will I ever write poetry again? I really don't know. For me, poetry has always been the armo

The Big Break (short story)

Edgar woke and leaned over to pull up the blanket that had been kicked down while sleeping. Judging from the chilly temperature inside the room, he could only assume it was going to be another frigid day. The sliver of morning sun pierced brightly through a horizontal rip in the pull down shade covering his bedroom window. A faint chorus of songbirds could be heard outside accompanied by the garbled, but much louder, sounds of a Spanish conversation taking place in the adjacent room. He lay there for a moment listening, as the mixture of indecipherable voices gave way to lively Latin music laced with energetic beats peppering the wall. There was no point in trying to tackle more sleep. Edgar rolled out of bed and threw on his sea green terrycloth robe and grabbed a beanie off the nightstand for his morning hair. He walked over to the closet and slipped his left foot into a flip-flop, turned and scanned the room for the other one. After chalking it up as a lost cause, he removed t