The Devil Answers

You can reach me in the pits of hell

Although I may not hear it

The gongs chime and the walls crack

Although I may not see it

The rings deepen and the paths lengthen

Although I may not feel it

You can reach me in the pits of hell

And we’ll pray the devil answers

 

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Shattered Glass

This shattered world is composed of a million shattered hearts

Our fragility is not to be taken lightly

Our fight is to be taken seriously

Like the fissured glass

Once broken, we are hard to put back together

Though we may come out different

It is not entirely impossible

Time Stands Still

I lie awake and dream.

The sound of silence slicing through the air

My closed eyes watch for mile after endless mile

The world spinning in place

The passage of time standing still.

2017 Film Rankings

“Of all the movie theaters in all the towns in all the world, she walked into mine…”

Rick Blaine, played by Humphrey Bogart, spoke that line in the 1942 film, Casablanca. Or maybe he was talking about gin? I can never remember…

Anyway, 2017 was quite the year for movies and I sat my butt down for a whole lot of them. So, here’s list of every movie I watched in theaters in 2017, ranked from favorite to least favorite.

**These are strictly my opinion and my opinion alone**

1. Get Out –  Oscar Winner for “Best Original Screenplay”
2. Wonder Woman
3. Call Me By Your Name – Oscar Winner for “Best Adapted Screenplay”
4. Logan – 1 Oscar Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
5. Thor: Ragnorak
6. Spider-Man: Homecoming
7. The Greatest Showman – 1 Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song “This is Me”
8. The Shape of Water – Oscar Winner for “Best Picture”
9. War for the Planet of the Apes – 1 Oscar Nomination for Best Visual Effects
10. Atomic Blonde
11. The LEGO Batman Movie
12. Baby Driver –  3 Oscar Nominations, including Best Editing
13. Lady Bird – 5 Oscar Nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director
14. Dunkirk – 3 Oscar Wins, including Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing & Best Sound Editing
15. Beauty and the Beast – 2 Oscar Nominations including Best Costume Design
16. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 – 1 Oscar Nomination for Best Visual Effects
17. Everything, Everything
18. Girls Trip
19. Kong: Skull Island – 1 Oscar Nomination for Best Visual Effects
20. The Fate of the Furious
21. Star Wars: The Last Jedi – 4 Oscar Nominations including Best Visual Effects
22. Kingsman: The Golden Circle
23. Ingrid Goes West
24. Happy Death Day
25. Life
26. The Boss Baby – 1 Oscar Nomination for Best Animated Feature
27. Saban’s Power Rangers
28. The Zookeeper’s Wife
29. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
30. Baywatch
31. Split
32. Murder on the Orient Express
33. Table 19
34. The Hitman’s Bodyguard
35. Home Again
36. A Dog’s Purpose
37. The Space Between Us
38. Rough Night
39. Unforgettable
40. Justice League
41. Valerian & The City of a Thousand Planets
42. A Cure for Wellness
43. The LEGO Ninjago Movie

Escape Into the World

Now feels like as good a time as any

To escape into the world

To explore the far reaches

That are anywhere but here

Where the required learning

Requires much unlearning

And instead, instead

Find a place that’s already been found

But has yet to be found by you

And you

And you

And you

And me

 

Day of Birth

On this day

Twenty-seven years ago

I was brought into this world

I assume I had a thoughtful picture

Of what my life would be like at 27

When I was 15 or 20 or even 25

I’m glad I can’t recall what that picture was

Because now

I can make this year anything I want it to be

Today…

Today.

Today is the 1st.

Today is the first day of the new year.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

Make 2018 remember you.

I plan on making it remember me.