A man without self control
is like a city broken into and left without walls
Proverbs 25:28
I saw it with my own eyes!
the broken city.
its walls were rent and
Fallen;
defenses breached,
and laid waste to.
I walked amid the desolate remains,
sorrowing at glorious watchtowers,
now crumbled, now humbled,
a Comedy of brick and stones.
my tears fell
as sight fell
upon the tarnished gates,
now mangled, [...]
Archive for October, 2005
The Broken City
Posted in Poetry on October 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
What Men Really Want
Posted in Musings on October 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
While there are qualities and attributes that define manhood, they have little, if anything, to do with physical prowess or the urge to dominate others. These qualities and attributes can be found within the word “virtue.”
I mean that literally. The word “virtue” comes from the Latin virtus, which in turn is derived from vir, the [...]
My Letter to You
Posted in Musings on October 27, 2005 | 10 Comments »
“…what we do in life echoes for eternity.”
Maximus, Gladiator
Today was an emotionally trying day.
Long goodbyes and fond farewells.
Friends/colleagues leaving for pastures greener (moot).
The last day of school and another year in the life of my girls have passed, bringing all of them that much closer to the harsh, harsh world of reality.
i really fear for [...]
Satisfaction
Posted in Musings on October 24, 2005 | 6 Comments »
ManUre 1 Spuds 1
Fulham 2 Liverpool 0
Everton 1 Chelski 1
And most importantly…
The Arsenal 1 Man City 0
All together now, beloved Gooners…aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Oh yeah.
Whee!
Posted in Musings on October 16, 2005 | 15 Comments »
Well, the marking’s finally done.
Phew.
And this was my marking load for the year-end examinations:
7 classes worth of English essays
4 classes worth of Unseen essays
3 classes worth of Twelfth Night Essays and Passage-Based Answers.
I used up a whole pen’s worth of red ink even. Yeesh.
A few things I realised about marking:
1. You cannot be too personally [...]
…and silence fell
Posted in Poetry on October 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
and silence fell.
like a thousand shattering fragments of
brittle glass.
and the broken shards
pierced
the broken vessels
of our fragile, beating hearts,
as we passed each other
along the empty walkway.
Dusk
Posted in Poetry on October 3, 2005 | 25 Comments »
I watched afar
as the sky faded,
sighingly, shining azure
to veiled black.
And my heart swelled
melancholy.
For so it is
this ancient play
repeats itself
on this falling earth;
so must blue fade to black,
bright to night,
light in flight;
so the shadows loom,
falling heavily, heavier,
till the dark eclipses all.
And my cup of coffee
Lay still; deadly cold.
Choices
Posted in Musings on October 2, 2005 | 6 Comments »
“We are who we choose to be.�
Green Goblin from Spiderman
There seems to be an inordinate amount of wisdom spouted in the Spiderman movies. Wonder what they’ll come up with next summer for Spiderman 3?
Anyway, this line by the Green Goblin captures what I’ve been pondering over the past week. I read an article on Monday [...]
