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I'm a 28 year old divorced man living near Cleveland.I work as a cook in the restaurant business. I enjoy, music, movies, and spending time with friends and family. I mostly write poetry, but I also write short fiction and some essays. I hope you all enjoy

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Growing up: 2 of 98
Blossoming Frail little flower, the only one around, slowly rising up from the ground, pale lily white petals push upward, showing its solemn beauty so awkward. Among a garden of roses it grows, soaking up the sunlight it knows, that warm soothing touch of love and light, feeling alive under a mother so bright. Life exists i... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Not knowing: 1 of 33
The Page Staring out into the star scattered night, looking past the horizon for a distant life, creeping closer as the routines begin to break, working away my soul and paying for old mistakes, Knowing in the heart that things will work out fine, blissfully ignorant to all the crossed lines, finding faith in something di... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Losing your first love: 6 of 81
When the Weather Changes Once and long ago when the sun still shone, through a blue and pristine sky above, green grass danced in the summer breeze, alive in a paradise when we believed in love. How that golden light caressed your pale face, radiating the edges of that simple smile, eyes as clear as the seas and full of th... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Mother: 16 of 213
When the Candle Flickers Dearest one, she whose vessel gave way to his being, honest one whose heart lies shadowed in suffering, she whose burden to bring him up uncompromised and fair, giving onto him the blessing of her eternal care. A slivered smile draws a tear as she starts to slip away, opening his mouth unable to fin... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Positivity: 1 of 12
Optimism Hold your head up high, keep your dreams in the sky, drifting like shrouded clouds of confusion, shifting shapes like a silhouette illusion. Envision a future you want to see, set your course, make it your destiny, believe in yourself, and the rest will come, face adversity with a smile, never run. Moments made in... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Insanity: 10 of 92
The Patient Staring out the frost covered window, Sarah Davenport watched the first snowfall of the year. Slivers of snowflakes littered the hospital courtyard. Some clinched to the skeletal fingers of the tree branches. Others danced through the night air only to dissolve against the cold glass. She sipped her warm coffe... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Reflecting on your life: 30 of 195
Party Tap into the pulse of the party, walk in the room and know everybody, blast the music, get into the groove, find that certain someone and make your move. She's getting closer, intentions are clear, kill the inhibitions with another beer, open up, show what's inside, just relax and go for the ride. Connection in a singl... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Sin: 22 of 142
Father of Sin From the depths darker than the heart of men, concealed to the shadows forever condemned, lies the instinct the intentions behind their eyes, to consume and devour with fake smiles and lies. The beast is burden buried deep in strong surviving minds, shackled to society's standards forbidden to cross certain li... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Addiction: 55 of 329
Nowhereland Delve into a world no one has found, buried deeper than time or ground, vast yet empty in the eyes of society, darker than the blurred edges of reality. Lay back and take me with you, don't be afraid to step on through, close your eyes and see with the heart, things that influence beauty and inspire art. Break ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: An enriched life: 3 of 16
The Path Living like a lemming lost on its way to the sea, wondering if this was the path that was meant for me, seeing the waves crash against the crest of rocks below, witness to the end of friends falling, for something they'll never know. Experiences and memories mix as my eyes play tricks, of that shimmering mirage o... More..