: About Me

I am a father or two, a boy and a girl, which is where most of my writing comes from. I have been married to my lovely wife for 10 years and have been a baptist minister for the last 9 years.

Currently I am finishing my college degree to be a high school English teacher and then I would like to go on to obtain my master's and doctorate to teach at the University level.

I write mostly poetry but am dipping into fiction writing as of late. I have had several poems published in anthologies.

My passion is ...

God

I know too much about ...

nothing

My parents always told me ...

I was their horse if I never won a race.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a musician

My favorite memory ...

the birth of both of my children

Why I write ...

sheer enjoyment

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

always trying to read anything by Louis Lamour

My first job ...

hand sorting mail

My best moment ...

I believe is yet to come

My inspiration ...

my children

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Finding yourself

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I have spent years looking for myself, lost in a world of confusion and loneliness. Like a blind man on the edge of a cliff, I step away from eternity not knowing which way to go. My mind tormented, internal pain is today's special, served cold and hard, forced down my throat by the world's inquisition: "Who are you?" Searching the hallowed halls of education, I sit quietly at the back of the class. I have nothing to say; I am unsure of any knowledge I've obtained. Perhaps, it has slipped away. Alone and unseen, no one shakes my hand. No one asks: "What's up?" No one wants to know me. I fe...

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