Gave me a compliment

What’s the kindest thing someone has ever done for you? A lot of my life has been spent living in emotional pain from loneliness. In high school an English teacher I wasn’t even in class with would stop me in the hall and tell me I was doing a good job and to keep my…

Reds Army

I found this cool concept of creating a cast of characters while studying other cartoonist.

No Title, just a bit of fun with words

Lit, lit, lit, Sip, sip, lit, lit, Can’t wait, here I am, I am me, Here I stand, come at me like a man, Battles they come seeking me, Here I stand, come at me like a man, Come and say to me, What you fear, is me angry, Don’t have to fear tho, Left…

In the Shallow Ditch He Hides

(Inspired by Washington Irving’s Headless Horseman, one of my favorite American authors.) In the dark hallow he rests, In and out goes his breath, There is the beat, Chu, chump, chu, chump, The hooves pound the earth, His heart beats, Waiting to see, If tonight is his fate, To fade away into the dark sky,…

Life, A Little Less Fun

The term adulting became popular later in my life, this is a soft play on my experiences and how I would describe them as ‘adulting’. A little later on, Lights already on, Writing out hooks, Plotting out crooks, Payments a lot overdue, Landlords pocket wet like dew, A.M. burning the candle at both ends, Working…

Survival

Break free of the chains, That bind me, Into eternity, Surviving the fire, Surviving the desire,, Survive, Survival, Survival, Of the fitest, Break free of the chains, The chains that hold you, Break free, break free, Break free of those chains. A slave to the man, The mysterious figure, The one behind the curtians, That…

Life

I see It in the rearview mirror, It stands shrouded in past memories, Its attire laughing at my soul, Its ravaged life, Its savage strife, Its destructive nature, its hollowed persona, Its staring at me, Its staring into my soul, Its desire to conquer me, Its horrible strategy, It cannot stand, I won’t bear defeat,…

Mental Health & Self-Worth

The morning I woke I up, And saw my worth, Looking in the mirror, Middle-aged & baggy-eyed, Staring back at the shaggy man, Reflection of sand and time, In the mirror staring back, The lad of nine I used to know, In the mirror staring back, The young man humping sandy dunes, In the mirror…

Poppy

The poppy seed child, Lay her seed, There she lay, Under mid-afternoon sun, Water can in hand, Sun hat a drift on the breeze, Blowing her seed across the field, To lay and land and grow. As she grew older, The pavers came, Laying brick upon brick, Of yellow solid gold, Leading to the far…