Thursday, June 23, 2016

A Poem - House at the end of Main Street - First Draft

House at the end of Main street
I walked a long way,
Something was pulling me along that day,
Hearing only the sounds of my feet,
I looked up and saw a house, at the end of Main Street.
I had never seen the house before,
With its locked old wooden front door,
Through the yard I did creep,
Around the house, at the end of Main Street,
Noises came from the deep inside,
My heart pleaded to run and hide,
But deep in my mind my curiosity was deep,
What is in the house, at the end of Main Street?


I came around to the backyard door,
The door was open, was it before?
Into the house my mind did leap,
This house that shouldn't be, at the end of Main Street.


That is when I saw the stairs,
Covered with green and purple squares,
Into the basement it did greet,
Into the heart of the home at the end of Main Street.


The basement filled the entire zone,
This is when I realized I was not alone,
The creature turned and I felt its heat,
The lord of the house, at the end of Main Street.


“Greetings to you young robber,
I'm afraid there is no treasure to bother,
Stay here with me so that I may eat,
A soul here, in my home on Main Street.”


My mind came to me quick as a spark,
I turned and ran back out of the dark,
A deep laugh chuckled, and I did weep,
In the house, at the end of Main street.


I ran back home as fast as I could,
I must tell my parents, I knew that I should.
My story sounds like something from sleep,
Would they believe the house, at the end of Main Street?


I ran into their comforting embrace,
They saw the look of death on my face,
“Tell us what happened, this secret don’t keep.”
“I went to the house, at the end of Main Street.”


They both were quiet for a time,
Then my father whispered the following rhyme,
Of what you saw, say not a peep,
In the house that shouldn't be there, at the end of Main Street.

A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow

For Christmas my wife got me a framed picture of the phrase "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow, shining at the end of everyday". I really love it but I never hung it up. Recently it seems like I have been making plans, big plans, small plans, medium plans, and I haven't been able to actually get them started OR I get them started and some crazy thing happens that pulls me away causing me to put it down.

Today I hung the picture up, because there's a great big beautiful tomorrow shining at the end of everyday and I believe it.

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Turbo Kid

I was sick on the couch yesterday afternoon and decided to catch up on some movies. I finally got to see Turbo Kid on Netflix. Its an 80's kid adventure movie made in 2015. So good. A little too bloody (blood for show including a scene where the main character uses an umbrella to block the blood rain), and a bit to vulgar (lots of F-bombs) to watch with James, but I really liked it.

Props to the RAD opening (which included a bike riding montage with a song from RAD).

Monday, June 6, 2016

Litany of the Blade

Excerpt taken from the “Litany of the Blade”


You are the blade. As the blade you must hold your edge, without and edge a blade has no use. If you wish to dull yourself, you will sit unused. Keep your edge, continue to be useful.

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Working

Working on a few new Short stories.

1. Cityland
2. Demon Saga

Will post when  I at least have a first pass of them finished.