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The Return

1 Apr 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Diomedes

            They made camp for three days and began going through each structure together, Jonathan telling them what to look for.  In the houses there were cans of food and many pens and pencils and all sorts of interesting items which they couldn’...

Close calls

1 Apr 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Diomedes

  In July I took an eighteen day trip to the East coast with Lindsey, (in our changed but cordial relationship) to visit her parents, my friends in Boston and my family in N.F. She’d been calling me at Louie’s place in June and we agreed on the adve...

Worthless Hustle

1 Apr 2023 1 minute read 1 comment The Virtual Idealist

In the pursuit of wealth, we often forget, That life is fleeting, and time is our debt. We hustle and grind, to make some cash, But in the end, it all turns to ash. We work day and night, without any rest, Thinking money will bring us happiness. But...

The Consequence's of Glory

31 Mar 2023 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

In the pursuit of glory, We often lose our way, Forgetting who we are, In the heat of the fray.   We chase after success, And the admiration it brings, But in the process we forget, The little things.   We lose ourselves in the chase, And forget what...

Sahur and half a kilo of rice

31 Mar 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Alther

Life is like a wheel without anyone knowing when it is above and when it is below. Crashed one day and knocked over many times. Saying pain is painful. And is said to no longer have a heart, it feels appropriate to say that. Sahur and half a kilo of...

Buried treasures

31 Mar 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Diomedes

            In the morning when the youths awoke, they stepped out of their tents to find Jonathan sitting over the hole and going through a large stack of books, heaped up beside the open coffin.  Simon was the first to approach, and as he did Jona...

The Value of Connection

31 Mar 2023 3 minute read 1 comment The Virtual Idealist

There was once a person who had a habit of pushing people away. Whenever someone got too close or tried to form a deeper connection, they would become distant and aloof. Over time, the person found themselves alone and isolated. At first, the...

The Cathedral of self-esteem

31 Mar 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Diomedes

  I’ve never had friends I would have to pander to or go out of my way to please or put a mask on when they came by. Some say you have to work at friendship to make it good. I believe just the opposite. If it doesn’t come naturally and without any e...

Book Hunt

31 Mar 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Diomedes

            His most valuable deposit, he remembered, was the first one he made behind his old home near White Oaks at the start of the revolution.  But he knew that area had been razed and the landscape so changed that he’d never be able to find it...

The Vast Expanse

31 Mar 2023 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

The vast expanse of space, so dark and deep, A place where only a select few may leap, To see the Earth from high above, A sight that fills the heart with love.   The feeling of weightlessness, so strange and new, A sensation that feels like a dream...