Cheeky Chatty

On Christmas morning a single mother by the name of   Donna Fountain , was killed in a hit and run.  In her pocket, was found a handwritten list of dreams...that she carried everywhere, and everyday.  The story is heartbreaking, and makes you realize how each day is a gift.  After reading the story, I  began to analyze my decisions, my life, and everything leading up to now.  If I died tomorrow, what would I want my children to know?  What would I want my last words to be?  Silly enough, I came up with the poem below. Monarch Latching on to the first breath of life, to begin feeding off the milkweed, To what seemed forever, in a robotic state of mind spanning 18 years. Hidden within a chrysalis, anticipating rebirth and uncertain of transformation, I lain dormant until the walls chipped off by time and forces of nature. Climbing to new heights, and floating through the winds, Omnidirectional to decisions, but gravitating towards persona...

Have you ever attempted to look at your thoughts from the outside in?  Staring gazed, bewildered, confused, and thought, "Where the hell have I been?" Perhaps these thoughts are just an exaggeration of what would come; over stimulating my mind, and turning possibilities into realities are all welcomed. Just perhaps they're tales to cover up what's true.  What I refuse to see and accept that somethings will never be, and I'll just have to make do. Sometimes, I just like to escape into the delusional me, and for a brief moment in time...just let my mind wonder free. 

70 years ago, President Roosevelt delivered his " Day of Infamy " speech, following the attack of Pearl Harbor.  70 years today, you can still visually see the sunken USS Arizona, with the same oil floating in the water, still capturing the bodies of some sailors. About 8 hours west of the Pearl Harbor monument, you will find the Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots,  in Japan, and in between you can see the destruction of war.   66 years later you can still see the effects of the atom bombs dropped over Nagasaki and Hiroshima, where about 200,000 people died as a the result of the attack. Prior to the atom bombs, about 200,000 people were killed in the Battle of Okinawa , and about 20,000 died in the Battle of Guam . Caught in the middle, and always in between are people that have no voice in neither decisions, nor the outcome.  Just like civilians caught in between war and civil battles; daily,  weekly,  or monthly,  you will find children.....