: About Me

My passion is ...

Living each day as if its my last

I know too much about ...

Very little

My parents always told me ...

Stay in school

My childhood ambition ...

Becoming a treasure hunter

My favorite memory ...

Christmas as a child

Why I write ...

To discover what's in there

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

Bellow, Hesse, Conrad

My first job ...

A book store - I got fired and never asked why

My best moment ...

Getting published - it's already happened in my head

My inspiration ...

Searching for heaven on earth

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Aging

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I am simultaneously old and young - the hard lines that divide youth from age have vanished, leaving opposing concepts to crash head on. Idealism battles with sensibility, muscles fight with loose skin. Torn calendar pages litter the floor of memory, scattering wild-west days rich with lost places and faces into a confused stream that drips as clock-ticks into forgetfulness. I struggle to grasp onto something indefinable that is slipping away, unwillingly freed from the trappings of youth. The hazy signposts to another day of impracticality and recklessness flies by in a blur, and ever-so-...

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