My Journey

Month: May 2025

  • 20 Seconds Of Courage

    You walk in, my breath runs out20 seconds of courage, i tell myself I stand up, vision darkens, please don’t pass out19 seconds of courage, i tell myselfI can do this, you’re just another person18 seconds of courage, i tell myself Just remember, we’ve been practicing this17 seconds of courage, i tell myself Left foot…

  • The Power of Words

    I’ve written about getting seriously into poetry earlier this year and it all started with a book by Iain S. Thomas called Everything You Cannot Say. I randomly picked up this book at a new local bookstore called Blackbird Coffee and Books and before I knew it I was over halfway through it and had…

  • Rough Month

    May isn’t my favorite month. Between Mother’s Day, mom’s birthday and then dad’s birthday a few days later I tend to withdraw and kind of shutdown, or that’s what I’ve done the last 2 years. This year is different though. The sadness is still there but I’ve learned to acknowledge it and to sit with…

  • Mother’s Day

    This will be the 2nd Mother’s Day since mom died. She wasn’t the biggest fan of the holiday, or so she said, but the few times I forgot I could tell it affected her. From then on I did my best to at least get her a card and/or a plant even when I wasn’t…

  • On Being Emotional

    I’m an emotional guy and I was a very emotional child because I didn’t know how to handle my emotions and the adults around me growing up didn’t always know how to handle me feeling things. So I turned off my emotions and kept them off for a very long time. This impacted every relationship…