A Heartfelt Message

08 October 2008
I like shout outs.

They make the person of interest happy,
often anyone who notices will do the same.
Especially in writing, where the shout will live,
announcing to the world of this person.

That's why this one is for you.
I miss your reassuring consultations,
the way we would play soccer after school;
our intellectual discussions.

Raise your hands and clap.
She's a mentor and a scholar.
Some say she drove an element.
Her name is Aubrey Brennan.

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Not to be a downer, but there is more to miss.
6 months ago, I too embarked on a journey;
it would change me, open my eyes;
there's a world out there, more than Coto.

Spain.

All around, people to listen to;
culture to soak in, the wonders of the world, 
still unfolding to me. I can't imagine it;
a place where I learn, every moment I live.

I thrive off of learning.
Be it how to add vectors,
or how another person lives their life.
I want to know. And I've got a long way.

There are cities without number,
cultures without description,
and me without knowledge.
I want to see the world, like I once did.

Spain was just the start.
I have 193 countries to go.
In them, many, many more people to meet.
And it all began from my trip to Spain.

Maybe it isn't at all that I miss Spain,
though I know that I do.
More than that, I miss what happened.
I miss the experience, the learning.

Don't fret TBrown, you'll be back.

Paper & Pen

29 September 2008
This one's for you, mjm, thanks for reminding me of blogger, my emotional stress release.

I'm burning my candle on both ends.
Staying up late, and waking for seminary;
It can only last so long.
To this, can I attribute my lack of posts?
No time to sleep, certainly no time to write.
But there is one;
One who has reminded my why I do this.
It is for you, my imaginary audience,
And you, those who actually read.
I've thought up so many brilliant ideas;
To speak of my onset of schizophrenia,
The way I live my life at school,
My recent re-affiliation with a part of my life,
But today, it is of old fashioned ink and paper.
With no time to write, there is no time to type.
I've found a solution.
Instead of being the fancy-pants typist I am, 
I've switched to something more fun:
Writing.
Here it is; I lay down the tip of my pen to the paper,
And my thoughts are immortalized.
There is no "ctrl+z" in this world,
This world is of squiggles and lines.
It reminds me, none of this blogging is perfect.
Not only this, but I can write in class.
I'm sitting in stats, pretending to take notes.
Before I was in Lit. "listening" to a discussion.
In physics now.
By the way, I went to maybe 1/2 of my classes last week.
Oh well, I'm a senior.