The barred doors of the cell of the past and the misunderstood assumptions present in the ones close to the heart insure the cell of the future is to be a sentence of life; For the crimes of memory and resentment is a prison and offers no escape and no parole, And the key is... Continue Reading →
My Current Adversity
I'm up against the wall of working in a school where we have COVID with students who are aggressive and behaviorally unable to control themselves. They can and do attack, scratch, claw, bite, and hit because they have no other way to communicate what they need. They are just as trapped as we are and... Continue Reading →
The Daily Insomniac Volume 4
I figured that since I can't sleep anyway, I might as well be up writing as opposed to just laying there thinking of things to be writing. This has been a brutal week. The work itself has been constant stress and waiting for the next shoe to drop, especially with one student who gets so... Continue Reading →
Rubbish: A rant
I call anything From now on That makes me afraid, That keeps me awake at night, That makes me want to quit my Life’s work or worse, my life’s meaning.... Rubbish. I name thee Demon, And thy name is rubbish. You came close this time, Oh so very close, But you failed because I return... Continue Reading →
It’s not even 1:00am yet; people—Insomnia has to go
You’ve got to be kidding. Nope. Cartoon mouse is up and pulling eyelids open now AGAIN and it’s not even 1:00am. I mean, really?? Is there some great purpose from On High that I have to perform to keep waking up this way night after night after night? My mind is already careening around looking... Continue Reading →
Insomnia: A zzzzz Haiku:
1:17am... My eyes burn...My thoughts race like turbo engines, All throttles stuck, All Balls to the Wall, Fire and flame from the exhaust of my ears.. Clock staring at me like a wounded Cyclops. Can't get up --too early; Can't stay here; too wired.... Like a spring being tightened tighter and tighter and faster and... Continue Reading →
3:36am: More Ramblings from the Roaring Mind (Teaching, Falling down a lot, and getting back up)
Good morning dear reader. The engine doth roar again, and the eyes doth pop wide open with ideas on new and interesting things I just have to write...and right now. I can see two things now very clearly; When you stop one habit, you pick up another that takes its place and that can, when... Continue Reading →
RAGE: The Monster in the Closet
I come through the door and slam it with such force that the dogs run for cover and my wife stiffens knowing what is coming. The fucking day was fucking awful. I’m home now dammit and I’m GOING TO HAVE SOME TIME! LEAVE ME ALONE! But then questions come… and without any warning I EXPLODE... Continue Reading →
Unite The Seven: A Short Intro
Good morning dear readers, As many of you know, I am currently dealing with struggles and challenges (as truly many of us are in these blighted times), with stress, anxiety, addiction, and panic. I'm a teacher. A teacher of students who have profound Special Needs. These students are loving and truly beautiful children who deserve... Continue Reading →
