‘Peek-a-boo’
I don’t often get to see my brothers. When I do, I find myself surprised that they’re older, wiser, and more mature. I can’t help but remember when they were toddlers, and I reminisce often about that time period. We had so much fun. Sometimes I struggle to connect with them now. I hate that. I am glad when I get to see them now, though. I love them.
‘Self-portrait’
Wrapped in her arms, I feel the love. All my prayers have been finally answered. I get to call her my fiancée within the next two weeks. Life has been so sweet since she agreed to date me. I can’t see life without her and I’m confident in our trust for each other.
‘Pneumonia’
I visited this place twice, only for them to tell me to go to the emergency room. I was sick for two weeks before I was finally diagnosed with pneumonia. I was miserable. I wonder what hospitals used to be like before all this advanced technology? Were skeletons more common because of small sicknesses?
‘Bootin’
I never had time to sit down and relax. I tend to keep myself busy, filling my time with things I feel like I need to do, rather than have to do. However, I do own a hammock. I’ve used it maybe twice since I’ve been at college. Sit and swing, sit and swing. I ought to put it up and lay down for a while.
‘Directions’
My future is coming. Or is it going? I can barely decide.
I don’t know what’s next. To be honest, I kind of appreciate the unknown. It makes room for faith. I trust that God will carry me through. My only question is what will he take me through?
I don’t know what’s next. To be honest, I kind of appreciate the unknown. It makes room for faith. I trust that God will carry me through. My only question is what will he take me through?
‘Slivers’
The speed of light intrigues me. I feel almost as if I can sit and watch the shadows change in one sitting. Days go up, days come down. Never slowing, always speeding. Synonymous with humanity, synchronous with longevity.
‘Out of place’
I’m about to graduate college and I still feel adolescent. I was told recently that you leave college feeling old, and you enter the workplace feeling really young. I haven’t stopped feeling young. I wonder if it’s humility or immaturity that makes me think that. Maybe I just have the wrong idea.
‘Manipulated’
It seems there’s a pattern. I’ve been walked on most of my life. Only recently have I begun to see a problem with it. I like to help people, to the point of being taken advantage of. I never truly learned to stand up for myself. I still see it happening some days. Hopefully the growth I had these past four years will be useful now.
‘Royalty’
It’s fun to play dress-up until you realize that the masks come off at one point. I think that’s why I’ve fallen so hard for the superhero fantasies. They don’t take the mask off until the struggle calls for it, where we don’t put the mask on until the struggle calls for it. Seems a little ironic to me. I try my best to not wear any masks, but sometimes situations call for the masked hero.
‘Irony’
Life hits hard when it hits. It is my understanding that people take their chances with their choices, although that makes me think about the morality of the moral compass. Is it subjective? Do we all think the same way and are we just afraid to show it? Am I the outlier? I wonder if we’ll go through life to never find the answers. My moral compass is seeped in truth. But then again, isn’t everyone’s?
‘Under construction’
This year I’ve developed a love for traveling the outdoors. After visiting new places, the world has become much more beautiful. I realize my love for the outdoors has been building on itself since my childhood, when I was brought to places I didn’t want to go.
‘Consolace’
I often want to tell the younger generation things I’ve learned. My reflections often don’t mean much in the bigger picture, but they form who I am. If any one of my lessons I learned could help someone else, I would be happy. It sometimes makes me think about what life would be like if I had an older brother.