PART I CHAPTER 1 I didn’t even know I was dead. It felt sudden and quick—probably hit by a truck or something. Pretty standard as far as deaths go. I figured that was it, the end. Unfortunately for me, a new job opened up upon my passing, and I woke up as Death incarnate. Or colloquially, the Grim Reaper. Sucks, right? No training, other than those useless onboarding videos. Oh, and the sudden realization that I would have to watch everyone I know and love pass away. That was hard. The infinite knowledge of all existence was tough to swallow, too. It was all a bit overwhelming. Other than that, it’s a job. Since I no longer have my mortal coil, I don't need to sleep. Or eat. Or anything, really. I am the optimal employee, considering it’s now been so long that I don’t remember any of my hopes and dreams, wants, needs, name, bank information, or my sexual preferences. I’m never late, because, well, I only had to clock in once. That was as soon as I died. I was late for that, thoug...
Poets don’t need Paper Or Pens to write Or phones or tech to Create the thoughts that Pour from their Skulls These words Mean Nothing But they do to you Time idly watches While I Scribble these Symbols So that Someone will read them And wonder what they're worth I still don’t know, and I’m the one spending them But I know I’m sure you do
Our memories (and how we interpret them) shape the perception of ourselves, maybe even skew them. Feelings of the profound come often, usually with no time to decipher what it means, to have a general understanding of what exactly it is I'm recalling, or what my psyche is attempting to reveal to my current self. I'm 25 years old, living in Los Angeles, California, approximately 1,969 miles away from where I grew up. Now, working a full time job at an Art Museum, reading a book, I was slapped with a feeling from childhood. I think most children are told and believe that they can change the world. Most people, however, lose that chore at some point or forget about it, due to the boring normalcy's that life has to offer: jobs, kids, taxes, family, all of those things make them forget that superfluous idea that we have the power to change the world. And what exactly does that mean? How can one measure an individuals impact on changing the world? All of us do it. I wa...