This compass guides me, when I’m alone I need no map, I need no phone It tells me where my future lies In that direction, I cast my eyes Forging forward, no looking back I have my dog, I have my pack There is naught else that I shall need And we shall find our … More This Compass
FOUR SCORE! And seven years ago Hoover was the mover but there was Roosevelt, you know They were cool and strings were pulled Making a United States They had their fun and once ‘twas done They decided all your caps and rates Then they locked you into things they promised they could own up, right? … More The Pettysburg Address
Can it be that I can read a little that’s too late? Did all my thought forget what’s taught and seek out things to satiate? This isn’t me, I say to thee, my name was never on that line I say my soul will never roll with anyone that’s on that sign Stars can talk, … More Matthew 7:1
We want it then we own it Then we flaunt it and dispose it Nothing matters just as long as we can get through this one day I look about your trials And your small prescription vials I’m just lost in this big world and I can never find my way Please just give me … More Gray Areas
Hey men up there We do not care For all the things you buy and flaunt Hey men up there Are you aware? That no one cares bout things you want All the toys And little boys Honestly, you’re kinda weird All the boats And hanging coats No wonder it’s you that they’ve feared Cut … More Hey Men Up There
If you lived inside a padded tower and held all of the people’s power never sweating on your brow What would you do? Would you make the people cower, would you make them serve somehow, would you make the people bow? Or do you think that you would prove? Prove what? I’m glad you asked, … More Moonstruck
Recognize where my intentions lie by looking deep into my eyes, you will find I don’t disguise the things that others try to hide – I hate the lies, I hear the cries of all the lives they criticize while all they do is formalize and advertise how we should live and demonize the ones … More Morgan Le Fey
You ask me, why spend life so bottled in? Why not go out, enjoy the world? I’ll tell you love, here, come right in But first let me untie what’s curled Sometimes we want to get away Forgetting what we saw Others, they just prance and play Not knowing how we’ll someday fall What year … More Brothers in Arms
Come here, close, but please be kind As I let you tiptoe through my mind I’ll show you all the things I hide In places that you’d never find These shelves aren’t empty Stocked with care They hold my burdens Weight I bear Hidden hallways, secret doors This palace has so many floors Thoughts live … More Proverbs 23:7
All these people, all these poses Looking through a lens of roses Spinning, swirling, they’re all dancing It’s their minds they are romancing We all go out, play the game At night we know we’re all the same Doing things we say we don’t And then pretend and say we won’t Yet you and I … More Sinless Stone
All these thoughts that hide inside are more than just things in our mind, they’re things that we all can confide and they deserve to be defined. Living in this world we’ve clayed has made us rotten, so decayed, that no one seems to know the answer to “how is a smile made?” Nothing matters … More My Plea
Some things are just not meant to be Even though the Looking Tree Might help us, save us, spare our time And calm us down as we unwind It is so peaceful, yes it’s so For if you wonder how it glows It gets its magic from the faith Of all who banished wicked wraith … More The Looking Tree
The outcome’s not what you intended You were sincere, yet they’re offended As if your points had all been bended At the speech you gave tonight Careful now, who you’ve befriended That party, of which you attended Played their games, as they pretended They were behind you in this fight By now, for sure you’ve … More Writing Wrongs
If only the hands Of this clock would move slow More open, it’d be This frozen window So brief is the moment Shall we go left or go right? Our life is so riddled Each choice is a plight We look back with regret We look forward with hope We decide every day How to … More Decisions
Put my whistle to the wind, there’s naught another ‘round Divided is the road I’m on, my choice shall prove profound “Go left,” says he, “Go right!” says she The demons, they’ve misled I ask “which way?” “That way!” They say And so I point my sled Every choice we make is a decision in … More King in all but Name
Queen Jocasta – Sovereign Ruler of the West Lies. They plague our souls, causing us to act in ways of which we never believed ourselves capable. Yet we often cling to these falsities; desiring the reality we’ve fabricated over the painful truth that is life. Ignorance is bliss, they say. Perhaps there is some validity … More On the Eve: 10
Antony – Commander of Queen Jocasta’s Army I am conflicted. Queen Jocasta has recalled our armies to Clarmont. All of them. Each and every weary, exhausted regiment is to report to this tiny speck of a village in an attempt to regroup and finish what we began. My conflict stems not from my duty to … More On the Eve: 8
“Hey guys! Has anyone seen my jar of annoying whispering wisps?” Approaching the Lenghornian village’s central meeting area, Dustin the Determined asks his co-workers where his pets might be. “Oh yeah, we actually threw them out.” Chris the Comical tells him. “They all died. Did you not feed them?” His quizzical stare slowly fading into … More The Revolt Returns: 9
Millennials Making a Difference: Brock Keckler What is a general description and title of what you do? I am the Marketing Director for the Edwards Porter Group Wealth Management. We do financial planning, investment strategies, retirement, 401k plans, life insurance, and estate planning. My job is to help my firm be the premier financial institution … More Brock Keckler: Full Interview
