Beautiful. Look, look! What is that over there? There; Where the beauty of flesh and steel compared. One lasts forever while the other decays. One cannot linger on while the other one stays. Beautiful. Look, look! I see an angel over there. To the beauty of her flesh none shall compare. The rust begins to …
Author Archives: John Robert
Myself
I am only okay Until I’m not okay And then I’m really not It’s just myself Talking to myself About myself There is a part of me That is unfamiliar to myself And I keep finding myself there And nothing can get me away
i HOPE THE ENDING TURNS OUT OKAY
Life is a journey, here’s mine. At 18 I was in locked up in jail for assault. At 19 I dropped out of college and enlisted in the Marine Corps. By 23 I had spent 3.5 years deployed overseas, leading a fireteam of Marines. At 24 I had no job, was living off unemployment, and …
CAT Inc.
A New Look Driving Business Opportunities Blog Post SNHU 2023 A Look at CAT Inc. I spent over 6 years as a heavy equipment operator; both in the military and civilian sectors. CAT has established itself as the standard of industry equipment for earthmoving heavy machinery. The brand represents the top quality in the industry …
Dogs
Two types there are, Holding the lines. Seemingly similar, One little divide. Appearances; fearing. Actions; mirroring. One barks his warning, Out into the night. The other responds. The challenge? A fight. Stone smashes rock, Teeth crushes bone. All along the watchtower, Deep baying groaned. Regardless which returns, The same shall they be. Harboring inside, The …
Questions
No Moon shines tonight, stars hidden. Clear judgment veiled. In the arena, only one can return victorious. Heroes are all hailed. Liberties taken; freedoms removed. Solitary confinement, jailed. Did I do my duty, honorably served? My mission is over, failed. I pierced you twice, I stomped you out. You tried on me, but it was …
Man
A mountain does stand A mountain A man Its roots run deep The vastness of its depths Its keep Head in the clouds Rising tall Proud Caves unexplored Dark secrets stored Where things are hidden Entry forbidden All seasons Wrapped into one An avalanche begun From snowflake falls A rocky edifice No place to grip …
Interpretations of things
To know oneself and become master of one’s emotions is not to be undertaken lightly. The depths of our innermost thoughts, wishes, and desires, reach far deeper than we can imagine. An endless pit, vast beyond measure. And not just deep, but dark to the core. Over the course of our lives, we become aware …
The Apprentice
The artist first puts brush to paper and endless possibilities flood immediately to the mind. The blank canvas of creation now unlocked. Following as such, the apprenticeship begins, an unbreakable loyalty to the master. Month after month, now year after year, no longer a boy, a decision now must a man make, and action, one …
Collision Course
I always wanted to be in the military. No doubt about it. From playing soldier as a kid, to spending six of my teenage years in the Navy Sea Cadet Program. From there I went on to attend Norwich University, one of the senior military academies in the country, to pursue a mechanical engineering degree, …