#erwinism

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” —Not really Charles Darwin The basketball world has since evolved after Michael Jordan stepped off the court for good, but that has not deterred his Airness from asserting his relevance to this day. He is brazenly vocal on how the best players of this…

Sat in a cornerwhere an aquariumholds green waterand shadow of thingswith glowing eyesquietly swimsin the murky silence.Walls yellow for allthe years of breathingsidestream smokeoff sticks of lit sorrow,Frankenstein’s monsterfor a couch holdingup while stitched andplastered with packingtape, doors that creakon their hingesand oil of sortssmeared on the doorknobs,a home no longer a home,pinned…

Daily writing promptWhat are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like?View all responses A Jack-in-the-box, that’s me, M.C. McSpringy. I leap out of bed. Why? The clock is ticking in my universe. I’m packing as many living hours as I possibly can.  The second my index finger clicks on the button to call off the blaring attack of the alarm. Say my prayers. Second…

Light swarm us in the morning , the night is gone. Darkness doesn’t dissolve light. Neither can stand where one is. Until light is shed, then darkness is. What walks with darkness? Fear and ignorance are the permanent fixtures of stagnation and decay. Then a way forward comes to dispel all these—light. Darkness doesn’t let you see beyond where you stand and distance is only revealed when there…

“How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world!” — Anne Frank The day kindness ceases to be is the death of us. I make it a point to be kind whenever I get a chance to do so. I try to do it in the most unfavorable circumstances because that’s the only way I know that I’m truly doing it without any strings attached. I figured we only have…

You were on the small stage at the Harbor House, a ring of slow conversations and wet coats around you. But you stood out. As always. Our lives were in tune once. We sang on the same key until the note went sour. So, they say even great love would one day fall apart. Like an unattended, open door letting the rain in and leaving everything soaking wet, we truly never had closure.     Why is…

Photo by Giftpundits.com on Pexels.com Heroes are perceived as immortals; ever graceful in their field of expertise, and spectators applaud them for their flawlessness and when blemishes surface, they are condemned for their imperfections. Everyone associate success with luck, but what they fail to see is that they are infatuated with the result and not the process—the creative process. The…