Author Archives: Raven

Life is full of contradictions, perhaps too full. However, good and evil is the truest contradiction on the planet and any view that does not allow for an opposing view is far too simplistic.That is why, in truth, while everyone … Continue reading →

Fear has gotten a bad name. To say that one is afraid is like admitting a guilty pleasure, to dare succumb to fear is admit that one is of a lesser order than those who don't. Fear is seen as … Continue reading →

Quoth the Raven, "nevermore!" The famous line by Poe. It is a powerful line, it has many meanings and many different uses. It's been misquoted, misinterpreted and even misread but the meaning has survived. Or rather, meanings. One can easily … Continue reading →

Logic, we all love it, we all use it. It's rational, it's practical and it's the thing we all turn at some point each day. It's a great tool, it breaks down life's complexities into a simple mathematical equation. It … Continue reading →

I love history. I love being able to open a book and read about events that happened hundreds, even thousands of years ago. I love being able to close my eyes and pretend that I'm there. My imagination can place … Continue reading →

I despise trying to go to sleep at night. Every time I go to shut my eyes and doze into the world of dreams my mind is flooded with millions of questions. Questions of love and hate, God and hell, … Continue reading →

It's only now that I notice a new era overtaking the heart of my being. Where once there was nothing but pain I feel a new fire that burns deep within. A fire mixed with hate and love, of desire … Continue reading →

The Declaration of Independence of this great nation says that we are all as human beings entitled to "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Back then, the word "pursuit" meant the furtherment and the betterment of something. However, the … Continue reading →

It's interesting to watch a herd go by. To see many men or ladies dressed the same, talking the same and acting the same. It's interesting to watch as their mannerisms are mimicked by each other and they strive to … Continue reading →

In the year of 1980, the year of my birth, Diamondhead recorded a song that asked a question that lingers to this day. It's a question we all have to stop and ask ourselves at some point, the question is… … Continue reading →

Pride: Five letters, infinite meanings, two shades. It's one of those tricky words in the English language that has countless meanings and can be either good or bad. You can have good pride: Pride in your nation, pride in your … Continue reading →

It seems that everything I see brings forth a kind of disgust inside of me. Every empty smile I see on the street and every blade of grass in a field make me choke with spite. It seems that every … Continue reading →

There was once a time when I could not look deep into someone's eyes. If my eyes happened to meet someone else's across a crowded room or in a casual conversation, my eyes would fall to the floor in an … Continue reading →

Whenever we walk this cold planet we call earth we wear some form of disguise. We hide what we truly feel and think by wearing our faces differently than our mind tells us too. It's a sad state of this … Continue reading →

I awaken each morning to find that something else inside of me has died. Some part of my world or very being has passed deep into the night and left nothing but emptiness in it's wake. I often try to … Continue reading →

The stream of humanity marches by averting their eyes from mine so not to see who I am. They glance just once to see if I block their path and again look forward when they see that I am not. … Continue reading →

Imagine the feelings a traveler must have as he approaches the edge of the black forest. The thoughts and fears that he must feel about heading into the vast unknown that towers before him like a wall of wood and … Continue reading →

All over this planet there are the living dead. The souls that roam this planet and though they breathe, they do not live. The souls that do not feel anything but trapped in the sick routines that they call life … Continue reading →

The one thing that everyone associates with poets all across the world is that they speak the truth, that they see things as they are. However, if you ask most people what they think of poetry they will use words … Continue reading →

We all seek some point of light, some distant beacon to tell us that we are heading in the right direction and to give some meaning to our lives. We all want a sense of direction in our lives, without … Continue reading →

Those ignorant few. The few who claim to have all of the answers to man and life but know less than you or I. The ignorant few who, with their hands held up high, offer everything you may have wanted … Continue reading →

I am the loner among the lonely, the misfit among misfits, the outcast among outcasts. I am the one who even in the cradled arm of the rejected, the hated, the abused, can not find a sense of comfort every … Continue reading →

I see the faces flash across my eyes, young faces, smiling faces. Their eyes have dreams and hopes for the future, but not now my friend. They are casualties in a war that does not exist, a turf war, in … Continue reading →

I am the hated one, the one when the castle is burning and the seas are rising the peasants point to. I am the hated one. I am the one who asks the questions that should not be asked, the … Continue reading →

The world is run by the ignorant. Or so it has been said. Our world is growing in diversity and every ounce of prejudice is amplified many times over in this new age. With the black man and the white … Continue reading →

Look around the black and white world and the people in it. You see them fighting but they know not why. People hate each other because of the Gods they pray to, the color of their skin and the country … Continue reading →

As the camera bulbs flash announcing the arrival of royals, many wonder, "who are these people?" These people who smile for no reason, wave at the cameras that stalk their every move. Wave to the millions who know their name … Continue reading →

For many a walk in the woods is a trip to nature, a return to peace. I also walk in the woods to return to peace, to cover the fire within. The sweet sounds for the forest bounce in my … Continue reading →

Reality is but a figure of speech we use to represent all things real. However, reality is a great trickster waiting for a chance to sneak up behind you and say, "Gotcha!" Far too often the truths we hold to … Continue reading →

At some point in our lives we all look back and tally up the events in our all-too-short existence. Have we led a good life, have we led a bad one, or have we just gotten by. We engage in … Continue reading →

In every crowd big or small there is always a person sitting alone in a corner not engaging in conversation. This person surrounded by peers, yet isolated, listens to the murmurs of the conversation around him. They call him a … Continue reading →