ME, ME, ME, (IT’S ALL ABOUT ME.)
I am simply put –me. I am not full of false anything and I don’t brag. My motto is — — — — -
Just be who you is,
and don’t be who you isn’t.
Because, when you is who you isn’t,
you isn’t who you is.
I am simply me, and I will tell you “who” I am, and “what” I am honestly and 100%. I will not pretend to be an expert on things that I am not. If I think I’m an expert at anything, my door is always open to change or modification. I may have things wrong. I consider myself a student of life. I am never afraid to admit that I am wrong but don’t correct me aggressively or I’ll just get angry. I will modify my thinking if I feel that it is just, but never yell at me angrily over my opinions or you are dead to me.
I seriously want to read your work. However, I may not be able to read your work because I have to pick and choose what I’m interested in based on the 24 hour day. A lot of subjects don’t appeal to me if it’s outside of my wheelhouse because I must concentrate on just the subjects that appeal to me. I would love to consider more subjects but again, there are only 24 hours in a day . I consider music and poetry relatives of each other and I studied them both equally. Just as in types of poetry, much can be learned when you listen to genres of music all day long. Studying musical lyrics can bleed across to poetry and have an intoxicating effect . I am a huge fanatic when it comes to reading others good poetry and good music because they are cousins you know, music and poetry. You can learn a lot through other people’s poetry and music and I think we should all be open to all forms of art especially if it’s new to us. Don’t close your mind. I think we should try to to not form quick opinions. For example, it’s easy to dismiss rap music because so much of it is morally shocking in what they are saying. However, I bet a lot of poetry is shocking as well. But, isn’t all of the music and all of the poetry that we read making us more aware of our surroundings and our environment. People who write rap music are only expressing themselves in a way that’s meaningful to them just like every other poet. Some rap music might be a turnoff if it suggests violence but you might change your thinking if you read Tupak’s “ A Rose That Grew From The Concrete “ . The rapper Nellie singing with Kelly is a sort of emotional love song about conflicted romance.
Of course, my reason for bringing all this up is hopefully to convince people not to be too rigid in their thinking. There is beauty and good in everything if we have patience and toleranceto search for it .
My parents never attended church while I was growing up except at Easter. They left the church because the church demanded money that they did not have during the depression when they trying to feed us, their children. I am neither pro or con about religion. I have only a superficial exposure to religion so I don’t feel that it’s my place to say anything. I will say this however, when I listen to Jackie Evanko sing “ The Lords Prayer “, I get ever so emotional. I wonder why that is when I claimed be so neutral on the subject of religion.
My last subject was very difficult to feel at peace with. I could’ve formed ugly hard opinions about all women because of the ugly treatment that came from my ex-wife . I absolutely could not go down that road of hatred, probably because of the loving relationship I had with my mother and my dear sister Pat. Even though my ex treated me horribly I realize now that there were certain things that I didn’t understand that were causing her to behave like that. It was hard to bear the things she did but I knew that underneath it all she loved me very much. I also knew that I had to get out of that life to save my sanity, literally.
In my world women are ideally perfect and can do no wrong. I’m naturally wanting to make you my friend if you are a woman because I trust you. I don’t get that feeling at all from men that I know. I have very strong opinions about the behavior of most men and I am constantly ashamed that I am a part of that gender based on the ugly things I see.
I joined Medium and quite honestly, my life has changed. I feel like I’ve gone from the usual — eat, sleep, work, routine.
Writing stories and poetry and trying to make articles and in the process making dear sweet friends makes me feel so fulfilled. When I am in this wonderful world of poetry, there is absolutely no room for haters. Having someone reflect on your thinking and what you said feels so good. It’s truly wonderful when you realize that you have stirred somebody’s feelings when you told them your deepest thoughts and discover that it meant something to them. It is wonderful to share stories and all of the emotions we feel as human beings . For me writing has been psychotherapy because it is forced me to look at all aspects of each and every one of all of my life experiences. Some were tragic and some were beautiful but none of it is being ignored anymore.
