My latest painting…

Art has always been a big part of my life, but over the past few years, I haven’t taken the time to draw or paint much of anything. Nevertheless, the other day I got the urge to start back up again, so this is my first piece of art in years. 

As i sit here stressing over how much work I have to do among other things, I can’t help but think of how selfish i have become. Its crazy to stress over so many small things when people are battling cancer, foreclosures, and wondering where their next meal will come from. Of course some things could be better, but in the grand scope of things, life is much better than it could be. Sometimes we have to put things into perspective and look at where our lives are versus where they could be. If my biggest stress right now is writing a paper, then I say life is pretty good… 

What motivates a person who has everything to work as hard as those who have nothing?

Its described as a spontaneous flow of words

used to express one’s thoughts

through a weird rhythmic melody  

or word vomit that can try to be

avoided but the motivations

behind its origination

are never determined until

its too late

Then a point is reached

when a certain blankness

dawns the mind and words are loss

and suddenly this thing called poetry 

ceases until the mind returns

to its secret place 

Sadly the depth that was once reached in the mind 

is reached no more

and the message that you try

to convey gets frozen in time

but you take a deep breath

and somehow try to release

the words

that your mind once embraced