A Freestyle Piece: Thinking About Forever - 11/29/11

‎"Let's focus on the distance between now and then...rather than focus on avoiding how it ends. Time, and how it rends, is the subject of songs, poems, and such. It causes a pain so visceral that it can almost be touched. I've heard of literal broken hearts, women visibly worn down by emotional stress...unless you want that type of duress, love more, think less. The mind contrives an end to everything; that's just how logic works. But this? This love we've got? It's illogical, improbable, and supposed to be impossible. In an age of 'love and let go,' 'kiss and tell,' 'hit and quit,' and 'put an angel through hell,' we're avoiding labels and the statistics shown on tables. This is love in the raw...the kind of heart-enthralling feeling that wakes you up, puts you to sleep, shallows your connections to the insignificant, and tethers you to the deep. Forever is the only place for this kind of love. Time and space are the only capacities endless enough for this limitless love...when we're dead and gone, our love will echo through the cosmos, vibrating in the hearts of those as passionate as we, reverberating in the connections between lovers as fortunate us. See, I've been thinking about forever: your existence quantifies it for me."

-A. Lewis

Late Night Rambling, Vol. 7: A Bit of Reflection - 11/28/11

‎"If you knew how I felt, you'd wonder where it all came from. I almost wonder myself. How can a lonely person spread love so passionately...how can a person continue to give and give with so little reciprocity? I honestly don't know. But I'm so thankful for the seemingly endless love that's within me. It brings me joy to spread knowledge, provoke thought, and create smiles. I was blessed to believe in and commit to the greater good at a young age...and it's what I hold on to. My friends are a reflection of that; they are people that are trying to do things for themselves and for a better future. I may rarely see them, but I feel like they know it's all love coming from this direction. I greatly appreciate their presences. Just late night rambling...don't mind me."

-A. Lewis

Make A Connection! - 11/28/11

‎"Are we so affected by social media that we can't even take the time to understand someone new? Are we so used to profiles that we expect to know all we need to know about someone in one measly conversation over the phone? Why are we trying to glean emotions, meanings, and inflections out of text messages? Does a facebook relationship status mean more than a heart's affirmation? Why don't we give anyone a fair chance anymore? Is that really where we are? We give someone a textual conversation and a phone conversation to stir our interests, and if they fail or don't meet expectations, that's it? We don't allow time to establish connections anymore...technology has increased the speed of the world. I don't buy into that. I do everything at my own pace, taking care and being deliberate as I go. Opportunities may pass me as I stop to inhale the inherent perfume of the proverbial roses, but isn't the ability to stop and separate myself from the society around me an opportunity in itself? I believe so. Slow down...get to know someone. Get to know yourself. Make a connection!"

-A. Lewis

Late Night Rambling, Vol. 6: Baggage - 11//28/11

"Last I checked, there was no such thing as 'designer' baggage. It's not like you can say it's Louis Vuitton or Hermes; there's no way to make it attractive or enticing. Either put that stuff down somewhere or deal with the encumbrance on your own...just don't bring it around me. I deal with luggage, the things that are with me as I'm going places. Not that stuff that keeps people down."

-A. Lewis

A Quote: Intolerance - 11/28/11

"Intolerance is the yardstick by which we measure the true distance between one human being and another. If a man resolves not to befriend, speak to, understand, or even simply respect another man, there is a distance between them that physical proximity could never show."

-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Nothing's Ever New to You - 11/19/11

"Nothing's ever new to you. You spend the day jaded, spend the night faded, all while dreaming of what the right man would do to you. In the meantime, you continue selling dreams, buying favors, and bartering your essence for money and glasses of over-priced effervescence. Nothing's ever new to you. How is anyone supposed to get through to you when you only let your guard down when the risk is greater than the reward? Russian Roulette is not a game for the heart, but if pain makes you feel better, and neglect makes you feel important, logic was a non-factor from the start. Your values are warped...you don't even understand yourself. Anything other than confusion would be an intrusion into your mental maelstrom though. That's why I'm letting this go. You're not even completely honest with yourself, so why would I be true to you? Just another good guy leaving you alone. Nothing's ever new to you. That's the problem; waiting on someone new while you still have the same old mindset."

-A. Lewis

Late Night Rambling, Vol. 5: Coin Tosses - 11/19/11

"For every coin in this world, there are two sides. Then, there is the edge, the perimeter. We often see one side or the other, but rarely consider the sliver that separates the two. This is often where the truth hides, waiting to be discovered. What is interesting is that while both sides have images, they lie flat, depriving the viewer of the other side. The edge allows the coin to stand, revealing both sides. It would seem that the edge is the truth, each side is a perspective, and the coin is an argument, an issue, an indictment, etc. The question now arises: do you believe in coin tosses, aka taking sides, or do you believe in observing the edge, viewing the big picture from the edges in?"

-A. Lewis