| Poet of Unspoken Words |
Author has written 50 stories for Fantasy, Love, Life, Fantasy, Haiku, Humor, War, General, and Friendship. U.S. Marine by trade, U.S. Marine by spirit. My Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) is 4341, combat correspondent. Ever seen Full Metal Jacket? Remember Joker? That's essentially me, both in MOS and personality. So that's what I do now, report military news for the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., base paper, the Desert Warrior. I've been in the Corps for a approximately two years. Along with running, writing's always been my passion. I suppose that's why I chose journalism as my military profession. | |||||||
1. VitaeNot everything is as sweet as it seems, nor as vile.Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 816 - Published: 4-2-13 - Complete2. Beneath the Blue reviewsStay in the military long enough, and you'll experience this sooner or later.Poetry: Friendship - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 263 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-2-13 - Complete3. SacrificePeople judge military members for the wars we fight and the politics behind them, even though the reasons we join are, more often than not, to serve and defend our country... not furhter political ends.Poetry: War - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 174 - Published: 12-28-11 - Complete4. Rite of Passage reviewsCertain aspects of military culture are generally understood. Others are less obvious and more abstract to our civilian counterparts. This is especially true with the Marine Corps.Poetry: War - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 221 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-28-11 - Complete5. Out of Sight...Poetry: War - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 211 - Published: 12-28-11 - Complete6. Crimson TearsMore than any kind of pain imaginable, betrayal, being betrayed hurts the most. To have your trust crossed in every way by the person closest to you, it shatters your world. It can even take away your direction and sense of meaning...Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 279 - Published: 1-1-08 - Complete7. LostWhen faced with a difficult choice, you do the best you can to choose correctly. But when even the right choice blows up in your face, and you're caught between the resulting paths, and each crosses the other, do you still choose the one you want the mostPoetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 159 - Published: 12-28-07 - Complete8. Twilight's FireA brilliant mare steps through a snowy field, not leaving a single print in the snow. It glows an unusual, captivating black, and it's mane burns like a shadowy fire.Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 147 - Published: 12-16-07 - Complete9. Of Fire & WaterSometimes life requires you to choose between two or more paths, and neither is ever perfect. If each is littered with pain, damage, but the kind you may be able to reconcile, How do you decide which way to go?Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 221 - Published: 12-16-07 - Complete10. Bursting PointImagine the sensations of a torn heart. Imagine the blood slowly building beneath your flesh until that, too, was ripped apart by the swelling crimson liquid.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 145 - Published: 12-15-07 - Complete11. Pain reviewsEh... um... The title says it all, really...Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 209 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-16-07 - Complete12. Pit of the DestroyedBeyond the sky lies another realm, one of terror. Every once in a while, the beasts of that realm rip their way through the sky to our world for a select victim.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 200 - Published: 7-5-07 - Complete13. One Last KissDeparting for the military, I wish to have no regrets. The selfresentment would forever plague my mind if I said nothing as I left my friends and loved ones behind. This is a message to a very special girl, one I sorely regret having to leave behind.Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 161 - Published: 7-2-07 - Complete14. The Taste of Night reviewsAs the representitive of darkness, to taste the Night is to taste evil itself. And to taste evil the air must be saturated by fear and malice, soaked with the pain and blood of others.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 267 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-11-07 - Complete15. Nothingness reviewsTired, confused, and lonely, any mind would be exposed to the terrors which threaten sanity and even personal conscious existence...Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 219 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-31-07 - Complete16. The BeguiledIn a land of ice and scorching cold, adventurers, mystified by the beauty of the scene, set foot into an arctic journey. But all that remains in the end is an exhibit of tragic ice statues.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 123 - Published: 5-7-07 - Complete17. Angler reviewsLured in by a euphoric ambiance, people are often baited into a state of temporary happiness, only to experience intense pain and emptiness when the joy is taken away. Such is the way of the angler fish.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 234 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-27-07 - Complete18. Butterflies reviewsEver wonder what happens to butterflies when it rains?Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 168 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete19. What Can You See?If the eyes are the windows to the soul, could you view someone's Self, their personality by looking into their eyes?Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 95 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete20. Thief of WorryThe easiest way to steal concern from your friends is usually deceit. Fake happiness well enough, and they'd never be troubled over you.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 114 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete21. River of LifeLike the raging rapids, Life can be quite cruel at times.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 49 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete22. Red Means StopWhen you're low on time, and anxious to boot, pointless delays can be the most annoying things...Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 179 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete23. Only TearsWhen someone you love disappears from your life, and memories begin to fade, sometimes all your left with are the images that break your heart.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 105 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete24. Only AbleWhen you miss the one you love...Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 50 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete25. On the Edge reviewsDrifting down a river toward a waterfall, you can either steer yourself to the side, or take the plunge over the falls. Which would you do?Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 157 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete26. Nowhere LandSometimes in life, you get lost and can't find your way back. At least, not on your own.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 212 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete27. MasksAll you need to keep your friends content and unconcerned is to wear a false smile around them.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 111 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete28. Infectious Chaos reviewsIf you saw rain like this, you'd get freaked out and confused too...Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 167 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete29. Hour GlassLife is just like an hour glass... as time runs out, nothing's left inside.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 90 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete30. Ember SnowAn endless cycle of wildfires, each caused by the debris of the last.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 190 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete31. DiscordThe title says it all... Utter confusion.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 213 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete32. Beauty of the StormRain can be such a majestic, elegant, and comforting thing, even when it is accompanied by the blaze and crash of lightening.Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 130 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete33. A Letter From HomeAs a soldier prepares to enter into the war over seas, he reads a letter from his loving wife. While he experiences the turbulence of warfare, he remembers, bit by bit, lines from the precious letter.Poetry: War - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 312 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete34. Beyond Compare reviewsPlease try to keep an open mind while reading this... And do wait till you reach the end to come to any sort of conclusions.Poetry: Humor - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 115 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-24-0735. DesperationWhen emotional anguish sets in, or tragedy strikes, thoughts of desperation take hold.Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 191 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete36. BroadswordA battle scene depicting the true downfall of a double edged sword.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 162 - Published: 4-24-07 - Complete37. Sweet LilyA beautiful flower, plagued by something it believes to be good, is slowly killed by it, until something comes along to sooth the flower.Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 157 - Published: 4-23-07 - Complete38. Heaven's BrinkImagine instilling the essence of the moon's silver light into a rain storm. The water soaks it in, absorbs the light, and forms a silver rain. I believe this was supposed to symbolize a certain apology.Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 117 - Published: 4-23-07 - Complete39. Bob reviewsA story of what happens to the typical goldfish, which happens to be a perfect metaphor for gaining and losing close friends.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 278 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-23-07 - Complete40. Blackest MirrorA stormy night in the forest, which depicts the chaos of the soul.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 143 - Published: 4-23-07 - Complete41. Box reviewsWhat is shown on the outside rarely portrays what lies within. The outter layer can often be quite deceptive.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 207 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-23-07 - Complete42. AmbivalentNot really a haiku, but a haikai, which is several combined haikus, or more simply, a multiple stanza haiku. Anyway, title basically says it all.Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 248 - Published: 4-23-07 - Complete43. No More reviewsA scene which truly reveals the harshness, the cruel irony, of Life. When serenity and calm is broken by chaos and discord, or when innocence is sullied and mutilated, that is when Life shows its true colours.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 223 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-23-07 - Complete44. Bloodflakes reviewsImagine a silent snowy night, with tiny specks of white falling from the sky. Next, picture a bloody mist, a fog, which soaks the air. What scene is set when the two meet?Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 198 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-23-07 - Complete45. Devil's LairA tragic story of a couple stranded in a burning bulding, told through poetry.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 570 - Published: 4-23-07 - Complete46. Silver RoseA very complicated metaphor for an equally confusing situation. I doubt many will understand it fully, as I myself hardly do :P.Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 134 - Published: 4-23-07 - Complete47. Painted Abandon reviewsBaring one's soul takes a willing effort on two parts, like a door with locks on each side. But when one enters and then leaves, what becomes of the soul, now left with the door to the heart wide open?Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 234 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-23-07 - Complete48. A Kiss That Burns The Sky reviewsA metaphor using a train wreck to symbolize something much more romanticPoetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 311 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-16-07 - Complete49. Dream SequenceElla was not your typical girl. She could never remember any of her dreams. But when she begins to get strong deja vu, she starts to wonder what it could mean. As it persists, Ella starts to realize that her dreams hold far more than she could ever expectFiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,660 - Published: 4-16-0750. The Serpent's CurseBetrayed by the person closest too him, John Antillon is overcome by the burning essence of revenge. With the aid of supernatural forces, he becomes the embodiment of vengeance and finds the strength to undo the evil he has created.Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,936 - Published: 4-16-07 - Complete