Tom

Ode to an Old Friend

I shouldn’t be doing this.  I have so much to do, and I just don’t have the time to sit and write right now. Yet, like some obsessed creature of habit, I have no choice. […]

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A Pure and Holy Selfishness (An Introduction)

Yes, Eve, it is possible to revisit the Garden of Eden, but first you need to wake up from your nightmare.

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Novel, Day One (The Wanderer)

Here, I stand and do not falter, and sing with a voice that does not crack. Here, I dream the perfect sunrise, the cool crisp air in yet another morning that I’ve survived to see. […]

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I wish…

I just long to make it all meaningful and worthwhile. I wish to honor the loss with a great discovery. I wish to find the truth in the midst of the great lie. I wish to know the wisdom in the throes of my own ignorance. I no longer wish to read your book but rather write my own.

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Perhaps, I Am Your Son {A Poem}

How did you discard me so easily? Leave me by the curb, On the other side of the dunes, When all I wanted to do was swim with you in the sea? How was I […]

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What If {A Poem}

What if… What if I gently caressed you awake, Brought you into the morning light, Pointed you toward the Sunrise, While never moving beyond the place we embraced? What if I kissed you into heaven, […]

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