4In The Beginning A poem inspired by a suggestion in my Creative Writing class. This is about what I consider the negative aspects of religion, its effects, and uses. Please note that I do NOT believe that religion's impact is 100% negative-it's bad points are merely the t

3Time With a world such as ours, I believe less and less everyday in the possibility of a God. Maybe there is only time, untouched by any entity, and just eternally there.

2Eclipsing Liberty Second poem I wrote on the 4th of July. Also about feeling that liberty in this country is being eclipsed and undermined.

1Guilt's Ghosts Wrote this a couple of weeks back, after having a nightmare regarding a mistake I made several years back...I can never seem to shake guilt, even over things that so many would consider trivial...

The River Lethe Thinking about death for something else I was writing, and how one might feel in their last moments...

1The Battle of Good and Evil Alluding to Superman/Clark Kent and his battle with Lex Luthor...comparing it to the battle inside of myself-how I something feel there's this vicious angry person, constantly being battled by the good person I want to be.

4Forever A Jew Judaism transcends religious beliefs-it is a cultural too. Even if I am not a monotheist, I still consider myself a Jew by heritage, for I feel a connection there.

Breaking Feel like I'm breaking apart..I guess it kind of applies to one of my RPG characters too, but also to me-like I don't always want to show everyone my pain, but I somehow end up doing so anyway...

2Drowning In A Sea Of Ire And Grief My great-grandmother passed away last night, and I feel out of control with rage and sorrow.

6Why? Just trying to understand why on Earth God (if he exists) would give us free will not to believe in him and then send us to hell for using that free will. It's an idea I'm very, very frustrated with.