"Life is short, break the rules. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably and never regret ANYTHING that makes you smile."  ~Mark Twain

"What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning!"

- Charlie Chaplin

Top Of The World by Rider Strong

You don’t know it, but

Sometimes, I go to a hill that overlooks
the landscape’s mask of city lights
For a sip of momentary grace.
On this brink of everything I know, I can gain
An eyeful of the lost Atlantis in the human soul,
And a breath that fills my lungs with the air between two stars.

If right now, you
Were to capture this elation
In the framework of your mind,
Or find transcendence through these words,
Then at most you would know
Nothing
Of the beauty your existence throws to me.
For mine is a love no experience,
No thought, no measure, no words
Could ever degrade into reality by virtue of degree.

The Perfect Storm

Thunder
The world's drumbeat.
Striking fear into your frozen body, while your heart pounds uncontrollably and the thoughts race.
The tension forces your mind into a narrow pathway between the norm and the magnificent. 
It keeps you alert, all the while wishing you into a corner of a different time. 
The deadly flashes of lightning reflect throughout your world, everything about it makes you feel so small.
Then, in a blink of an eye, it all disappears as if you dreamed a nightmare.
Was it real?
You open your eyes for what feels like the first time and clarity awakens your soul.
Every sense feels raw....
Every Lie unraveled....
Every clock ticks a new era....
Suddenly, you stand taller and breathe deeper.
For just a brief moment, the tightrope you walk daily between the past and future, fantasy and reality, no longer exists.
*You've made it through the storm*
The hunger for life begins again.
You're more alive then you've ever been.


"Nothing in this wicked world lasts forever, not even our troubles."


                                                                                 ~Charlie Chaplin