A Freestyle Piece: You - 11/30 (from 11/29)

"You...you are a beacon...a shining ray of hope...the lighthouse to the choppy seas of my outlook on love...whenever I should feel as though I am lost or that I am falling prey to a tempest, I look to you...you are the impetus behind my behavior...giving me hope that what I do is not in vain...a validation for my lifestyle...most could not appreciate you properly, but I do...strictly from afar."

-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Shallow - 11/30 (from 11/27)

"I could call you beautiful, but you already know that...I want to see the real you, but you refuse to show that...instead you act smug, as though Jesus bequeathed your body and face to my eyes...I guess when it comes to you, in plain sight is where the surface lies. You're just a material girl that knows no better...all you do is want and buy, using every guy with the mindset to 'go get her'...the pain of the past is a stain that will last, and unless you change fast, the pain will become chains clasped. By the time enough time has passed for you to realize that you need to let the past pass, time will have passed you by, with Mr. Right as a frequent passerby. Your scars are open and deep...however, you do not see this future...instead of allowing time to run it's seaming course, you force your vanity into being the suture. An upward nose and pedicured toes cannot begin to hold what your attitude sews. But rather than heal the pain, you make other men feel the pain...no man can seal the pain so they are all forced to reel in pain; but that's not the only thing that hurts. They dig deep within you, trying to get past the cover of the proverbial book, and viciously smack into the floor, realizing there's nothing deeper than your looks."

-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Victim of Winter - 11/30 (from 11/19)

"Peacoat, skully, leaves falling...the flash of street lights passed are like memories of the past; frozen in time, frozen in mind...the bone-chilling wind rips through clothes like the gales of regret rip through those...those with weak constitutions that allow hindsight to create convolutions...creating mixed...and often confusing feelings while one is left kneeling...a victim of winter."

-A. Lewis

A Philosophy: The Cyclic Nature of Life - 11/30 (from 11/15)

"Life is cyclic. This is why we hear 'If we don't learn from history, we're bound to repeat it.' And even when we realize that, we hardly ever take action to break the cycles we're stuck in. Life may be unforgiving, but it isn't unrelenting; epiphanies are nothing more than life breaking you out of a cycle that you didn't break yourself out of. Here's the caveat though: epiphanies usually come either right before or right after the 'point of no return.' This is never more apparent than with relationships. For men, it's usually the cycle of hurting women; sleep around and sleep around until they've done it all, just to realize that they passed up Ms. Right just to go sleep with Ms. Right now. For women, it's that trail of scorn; get hurt by one man just to make the rest pay...then, down the road, realize that they've wasted time and missed good men just because a fairytale (that was never going to come true) didn't come true. Speaking of fairytales, this is the reason why we love them: they show pleasant breaks from the cycles of life,free from all of the obstacles presented in the day-to-day flow of things. The telltale sign of life's cyclic nature though, is in the difference between movement and progress. To be stuck in a cycle means that you are indeed moving, but you are not progressing; you are simply going through same situations over and over, rather than moving forward toward newer and better things. I now implore you to take a good look at your life, especially young ladies. If something is continually happening, it is time that you take action to stop it. If you want a 'good man,' take steps to stop finding/attracting/dating bad ones. The future is the future, because life is always subject to change. Take control, and break some cycles!"

-A. Lewis

November Quotes

"Revenge is much like a virus: it grows stronger as it it harbored, it spreads through being felt, and has to run its course, as it resists medication, i.e. logic and common sense. Wash your hands free of grudges and such with cleansing soap of understanding...it is the only way to prevent that crippling sickness."

"For every consequence, an accomplishment."

"Not everything will be a learning experience, so we must seek to experience learning in everything."

"Discern between moving and progressing: without a goal, there can be no progress. Progress is the advancement of one's position, in relation to a goal, or just general betterment. Many people simply move, traveling with no direction, no aim, much like a nomad in the desert of diffident lack of ambition."

-A. Lewis

A Philosophy: Reality, Truth - 11/30 (from 11/10)

"In life, the truth is always reality. I have already written about how we avoid reality, i.e. holding on to the past and continually looking toward the future. A lie is nothing more than an attempt to bend reality to our whims, a capricious declaration of the fact that we did not want to face the truth in a situation, or did not want someone else to do so. That being said, no matter your intentions, to base anything on or off of a lie is to set yourself up for failure, as the truth a.k.a. reality will always prevail in the end. Even if you are trying to shield someone from a truth that you deem too rough for said individual, that's not your call; you can't keep someone from reality. In trying to do so, you will only make the truth that much harder, and make yourself seem like a lying snake. The truth hurts, but lies kill; telling the truth merely hurts someone, while lying kills that person's thoughts of you, their visions of the truth, and their perspective on the entire situation. This is why the saying goes, 'don't ask for forgiveness, just ask for understanding.' And as I always say: 'To lie is to subject yourself to the truth (reality), while to tell the truth is to subject yourself to lies...the choice is yours.' Go forth now with this knowledge...you choose which of the two judges your actions."

-A. Lewis

Song Ideas from November

"I know that things are rough right now, but there's no perfect time in love; I'm willing to fight for you, because I know that I'm in love; I want this forever, never again findin' love; let's build under this pressure, and forge ourselves a diamond love."

"Strong with a lot heart, confident and so very smart, walks with so much verve and poise, I bet she stuns these boys, like a runway girl, like a runway girl..."

-A. Lewis