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Just one Fix!

On May 18, 2019 By BrickIn Inspirational, Motivational, UncategorizedLeave a comment

There are nights like these... I could snap her neck like a fucking twig! Bathe the streets with her blood! Wear her skin like a funeral shroud! Crush her skull like an over-ripened grape! I wouldn't even shed a tear! Instead... ...I cope Learning by Example! Soon I discovered that this rock thing was trueJerry …

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Got to get Better in a little while…

On May 1, 2019 By BrickIn Inspirational, Motivational, UncategorizedLeave a comment

I rattled the cages and brought forth a raging storm... Weather it well...For it too shall pass... Learning by Example Either I will find a way, or I will make one. -- Philip Sidney  

Blue Dream…

On April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 By BrickIn Motivational, UncategorizedLeave a comment

I sit and watch the morning sun.  The birds are chirping.  It is warm.  Comfortable. Sometimes I pretend that you are beside me. I can sense peace in your words...love in your heart...kindness... I smile. Mostly I cry. Learning by Example Grief is never something you get over. You don't wake up one morning and …

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Fixing A hole…with comic books…

On April 6, 2019April 6, 2019 By BrickIn Inspirational, UncategorizedLeave a comment

The rain got in yesterday. The cold, damp bitter touch of fear, doubt and anger worked hard to bubble to the surface. I took a page from an old comic book.  Bruce Banner was fighting to control the giant-green-rage monster known as the Hulk! He found a way to direct his rage.  He vanquished the …

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Blowin’ In The Wind

On March 28, 2019May 1, 2019 By BrickIn Inspirational, Motivational, UncategorizedLeave a comment

My 15 year dropped out of highschool.  They waited two months to tell me. I guess all those times I asked him how his day was going or how are they were feeling fell upon deaf ears. I don't know what they were expecting from me.  Did they want to me run over and kick …

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The Mind Killer

On March 28, 2019May 1, 2019 By BrickIn Inspirational, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Fear. The killer of dreams and the destroyer of hope. It's icy grasp choking my voice and blinding me to the indifference I kept between us. I built my defenses with walls forged from anger.  Using humor as sword and shield I carved a swath to a Pyrrhic victory.  I stood above my foe and laughed …

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