Black Sands

  Where am I? I see the world around me, the people rushing to places where they are no longer who they are, but become ghosts of themselves. Their truth enslaved by an eight-hour master that drains them of all they are until the next day. Weary of this entrapment I wander off, drifting far …

The Death Of Pierre

"Pierre died last night. They called and told me he passed away.......I told him I'd see him for Christmas, I was frustrated with him and the landlord situation." The voice on the phone began to quiver as she mentioned his name and all the stuff he left behind, which wasn't much but 800 dollars and …

Ten Dollar Bill

"You never told me to bring anything.", my friend proclaimed this in front of a small group of people I actually like who were all by this point inebriated and a few were high as well. I took a pull of the small bong packed with some unknown strain of weed and smiled to my …

The Scientist

In that instant I had become the black Einstein, contemplating the atoms of the universe and how I connected to all the matter around me, from my friends who sat among me, part-taking of this drug induced experience now that I was showing signs of controlling the wild blood cells that coursed through my veins like …

God Manifest

  The gun spoke in the voice of God. It trembled and groaned like the sky covered by the grayest clouds of a storm. I could feel every bit of the fear that gripped the soul behind the eyes of who stared into the barrel of this 9mm; a gun so common that one could …

Time Well Spent

The blaring sound of my alarm shook me out of my sleep as it does every morning. The sun crashed through the windows as a confirmation to the time of day, but was deceptive since it was still winter and the building heat was still making its way from the boiler. I commenced my daily …