Anniversary

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Today is our third anniversary, so this is for us, B-Money.

Two people – separate and whole -

Go their entire lives without knowing each other.

Until one day, their paths cross.

Their brains dance as the neurons fire.

Something clicks.

Chomsky, Pinker, and Tannen: her mind is engaged.

Shakespeare, Fforde, and Faulkner: he listens to her ramble.

Sparks fly.

Two people – separate and whole -

One day begin their journey together.

Their individual paths forever altered.

Something clicks.

Logic, databases, and games: he challenges her.

Love, understanding, and patience: he teaches her.

Sparks fly.

Two people – separate and whole -

Move through life together.

As a team, they are better, smarter, and stronger.

Wondering, Wandering

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Thoughts swirling.

Words flitting.

Mind racing.

As I wander through

The winding labyrinth,

I wonder:

Is it worth the exertion?

Voices trilling.

Computers dinging.

Ship sinking.

Wondering and wandering,

The question lingers:

Do we go down with the ship

Or jump while near dry land?

Silence sighing.

Light dimming.

Engines stuttering.

Still working

To escape the maze,

I see a bright flash ahead:

This must be the end.

Darkness lifting.

Waves crashing.

Land receding.

At long last,

I take a leap

Of faith and pray:

Let me land alive and whole.

True Truth and Reality

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Half-remembered truths and whole-remembered lies,

Whether intentionally or mistakenly,

Create a reality I no longer recognize as my own.

Stuck in this fabricated reality, I yearn for a simpler time.

A time when I could tell fact from fiction, good from evil.

I ask myself:

What is reality if not a fabrication of the mind?

Yes, I know,

Reality is a culmination of the ways in which

Our minds make sense of our world.

Your reality is not necessarily my reality.

And our reality is dictated by what see and learn

From mass media, each other, and our ideologies.

Half-told truths and wholly-spoken lies:

That’s what we get from you-know-who.

The reality is that many will never know true truth or reality.

If we connect through our partially-whole truths and realities,

We will never be alone.

Only then will we know the whole.

Truth does not have sides.

It is not a cube.

Truth is flat, one-sided.

Anything different is a lie.

DOH Monday: On Creativity

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It’s funny how creativity works. It seems to come along when you least expect it – sometimes it sticks around and sometimes it doesn’t. These words came to me while I was putting on my makeup this morning, and I didn’t have anything to write with at the time. So, I pushed the words to the side of my mind and nearly forgot about them until a few minutes ago. Apparently, a poem wanted to escape, so I let it.

My Monday Happy is surprise creativity.

This episode of the TED Radio Hour from NPR on creativity is really interesting. I recommend it if you have a few.

Stream of Consciousness Sunday: Going Home

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Today’s (totally optional) prompt: Going Home – Stream of Consciousness Sunday

I have never truly felt at home anywhere, except for my parents’ house – I know I will always have a place there.

I never felt at home when I went off to Baylor freshman year. UT Tyler wasn’t home. UT Dallas was closer to home, but something was still missing. UNT is the closest feeling to home I’ve had at an academic institution – in a physical space not my parents’ home.

I’m trying to figure out where else might actually feel like home, but nothing is surfacing.

What does that say about me and/or how I think and feel about the concept of home?

If home is where the heart is, then…well…I don’t think home is a physical space, at least not for me.

All of my loved ones have a piece of my heart, and so, wherever they are is home for me. Home is that sense of community, love, security, support, and comfort you get when you are “at home.” The concept of home encompasses a sense of belonging and fitting somewhere like a puzzle piece.

My “going home” is when I have dinner with my family or drinks with my friends. It happens whenever we get together and catch up or have a video chat via Google+.

Home doesn’t have to be a physical space. For me, that is often not the case.