Poem: Last Summer (or, Regret)

Hello, everyone! Here is another poem I wrote recently... it doesn't really need too much explanation, I guess. Suffice it to say it's the result of a lot of meditation on the directions my life could possibly have gone in the past.

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Last Summer (or, Regret)

Last summer I had a dream,
That somehow, though I don't deserve it,
You might, just might, have been mine.
But alas, that dream never came true.

As I stared into the flickering flame,
I wanted so very much to tell you
How beautiful you looked in the darkness,
But my fear always stood in the way.

And then there were the hints.
Your words, your touch, the little things,
The things that said maybe you'd welcome me in,
But I was too awestruck to knock on the door.

I was alone, and you came,
Gave me the honor of being near you.
You sang, your heart in harmony with mine,
I was too ashamed to admit I didn't know the words.

And now my chance is past,
I've studied the song, I know all the words,
But now it's too late, you've met someone else,
And you'll never know what I so wanted to say.

Now every time I see you I wonder,
If last summer was nothing more than a dream.
Did I ever really have a chance?
Or was it just a trick of the firelight?

Happy Valentine's Day! (new poem included)

Hey, everyone, here is a new poem from yours truly in honor of Valentine's Day... enjoy, and have a terrific day! <3

-Daniel

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Telephone Dreaming: An Untamed Flight of Fancy

The phone starts to ring

And my heart starts to sing!

Is it Her on the line,

My sweet darling so fine?

Is she calling to tell me good news.

That soon her exams will be through?

That maybe she'll soon come save me.

To take me away to a place full of glee?

Or does she phone to bear tidings of woe,

That her fair frame has fallen in snow?

That what I so crave, her visit to me,

Was tragically postponed indefinitely?

I pick up the line,

Is it you, dearest mine?

A delay, then a click:

An Indian telemarketing schtick.

Also, be sure to check out my previous (and also appropriate for Valentine's Day) poem, simply called Love.

<3

For Your Consideration

So, I had some free time today, and I thought I'd try my hand at a more serious poem than those I usually write... this one is mostly unrhymed verse, though it has a little rhyming at the end. Some of the constructions are a little odd, I'll grant you, but it was all intentional and I think it turned out pretty well overall. So, without further ado, here it is:

Love

Love is an explosion of color,

A rainbow of lightness and hope,

That without which nothing glows,

That without which nothing lives.

Love is a drink to the thirsty,

Relief to the tired and weak,

Peace to the war-weary soldier,

Peace to the world-weary servant.

Love is the greatest lost cause,

The one thing still good in this world,

The greatest of fights still worth fighting,

The greatest of battles still young.

Love is a voice and a song,

Sweet music of sadness and joy,

A glorious symphonic waltz,

A glorious anthem of woe.

Love is a dream half-remembered,

Faint pictures of what may come true,

The folly of hopes and ambitions,

The folly of betting on God.

Love is the truest of truths,

Love is the falsest of lies,

Love is what all men have and most lose,

Love is what no man must ever despise.

So, whatja think? Should I write more of this kind of heavier thing? I'm planning on posting some more of my poetry (mostly lighter stuff) in the coming weeks, so you can look forward (or not) to that. Farewell for now!

A Quick Shout-Out

Hey, all! Again, I don't have time for a proper entry, but I want to share an exciting trailer for a new production by my friends the Markley Bros. It's a quick preview of a brand new web series coming out this fall, and I'm very excited about it! Hopefully, after watching, you'll be excited about it too :)

Here it is: Trailer: Bucking Sailboat Season One

That's all I have time for right now... time for some much-needed rest :)

Farewell!

Life Starts Now

Hey, all, I'm back now. I realize this was a lot more than a month, but I've been busy graduating from high school. This particular entry will be brief, but I want to assure you all that I've been busily looking at new formats, projects, and ideas for this blog. In the meantime, to keep all my loyal viewers entertained, here are a few short bits of original humor by yours truly. These just happened spontaneously as I was filming an unrelated school project. Enjoy! :)

I hope to make more of these in the future, too, which I'll post as they happen. In addition to this, there are a few Youtube projects in the works that I'm not at liberty to discuss yet. But I assure you, they're... interesting. Farewell!

Notice

Due to various factors, I'm afraid I must take a monthlong leave of this blog... since my posts aren't frequent enough anyway, this probably won't cause all that great of a ripple in anyone's existence, but just in case I have a devoted fan somewhere, somehow, I promise to be back and writing a new entry after I return on February 8th. Talk to you then! :)

Concerning life...

Hey, everyone, time for another entry chronicling the life and times (this time, specifically the life) of me, your humble blogger.

Yeah, so life has been pretty crazy for me lately... everything's been good on the whole, but I feel like I've been so busy I haven't had time to stop and smell the coffee (or is it roses?). What with a very demanding school schedule and a number of time-sinks that seem to pop up on a regular basis, everything has been a massive whirlwind. Although school isn't necessarily all that difficult, it is very time-consuming (although some would question whether I make it more time-consuming than it needs to be). Things just seem to be exploding into my life at every level; I feel as alive as I've ever felt, and at the same time as overwhelmed as I've ever felt. I am experiencing life in all its wonder and in all its troubles, all its beauty and joy and all its ugliness and misery. As all these new experiences well up both externally and internally, it's easy for me to be overcome at times by the sheer power of it.

Thankfully, I'm not alone... I have wonderful friends to strengthen and relieve me and a wonderful Savior to guide and, well, save me. As I sojourn through this high and low point in my life, I often tend to despair of ever successfully navigating the dangerous waters of change which haunt the high school/college transitionary period I'm now experiencing (metaphor much?). I thank God daily (or at least, I SHOULD) that I rarely feel the weight of loneliness... without the people who make my life so pleasurable, it would be nigh-unlivable, and without my Savior, it would be UTTERLY unlivable. So I guess what I want to say comes down to this: thank you, friends, and thank you, Christ, for always giving me hope during difficult times. I couldn't handle it without ya :)