MY OLD FRIEND

“Hello darkness, my old friend.” I thought you were gone. I have done everything within my power to force you to leave. Each time I take a deep breath and think I am clear of your influence, I realize that you are still lurking in the shadows of my present...

PEACE OF SUMMERTIME

It was only a short time ago when the insanity of violence shattered the calm of my neighboring city of Dallas. It was hard to wrap any logic around the killing of five police officers. It is times like these when my spirit searches for peace. I commonly go for long...

DALLAS SHOOTINGS

I have pondered and contemplated how to address the shootings in Dallas. I still don’t know that I have figured it out. So I figured I would do a stream of consciousness writing and see where it goes… To the African American people.. I understand that you...

One Man’s Trash

“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” I saw this quote posted on a refrigerator in someone’s house. The house was dilapidated and didn’t even have an air conditioner. There was hardly any furniture in the house and bugs had...

“I knew something was wrong.”

“I just knew something was wrong. I could feel it. I started praying for you, really hard. I just knew something was wrong.” These were the words that a dear friend of mine said to me several weeks ago. She is actually a patient of mine and I was supposed...

LOSING FRIENDS

I like making new friends. I like having men as friends and also women. The problem is that my male friends always want to be more than just a friend. Recently I met a new guy and boy did we hit it off. We talked for hours on end and I thought there was a chance that...