This is a poem about depression, and how sometimes we need help or a different perspective in order to rise above the pain which continually haunts us. Thunderstorms of thought crackle through the midnight skies of my subconscious as the cold biting rain of emotion rushes toward the horizons of…

A poem about the tumultuousness of the heart, and its sometimes complicated relationship with those that it takes a romantic interest in. Realism bleeds into technicolor daydreams. Dizzying spectrums of color and light beautify the most conventional of atmospheres. Surreal emotion interweaves itself into the fabric of our moment, suggesting…

In 1906 German physician Alois Alzheimer forever changed the course of medical history when he became the first person in history to see the brain of an Alzheimers patient. Upon looking at the brain, Mr. Alzheimer noticed that a dramatic shrinkage in its size had taken place (as with abnormal…

“Know the truth and the truth will set you free” is a famous phrase from John 8:32 in the Bible which captures the point that truth can free you from walking down the same flawed road that your father has walked down before you. Fredrick Nietzsche’s (a German philosopher) perspective…

The quote, “Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error” was uttered by Thomas Jefferson as a rationale for why freedom of speech is important. It was correctly believed at the time that if the mouth’s of men were silenced, faulty idea’s and lines of thought couldn’t…

In 2009 during the height of the financial crisis, a mysterious alias by the name of Satoshi Nakamato invented Bitcoin and released it to the public for the first time ever. Fast forward 12 years later, and this asset has severely disrupted our financial system and now has a market…

For months, the last man on earth has been living in a mansion that (for the most part) has remained in a pretty decent condition. In the daytime he scavenges the city of Charlotte for supplies, while at night he writes poetry or philosophizes to himself about why he wasn’t…

“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either — but right through every human heart — and through all human hearts”. This quote was published in Aleksandrs Solzhenitsyn’s novel titled, “The Gulag Archipelago”. This quote is profound since it captures…

This is a poem about the painful fallout of infidelity. 9:00pm. Tuesday. September 12th. Shadows dance across the living room as our ceiling fan cuts through the heaviness of the moonlight rays, filtering in from the unforgiving sky above. As I sit in the living room alone, I hear muffled…