Carroll's Creation

Friday, August 22: I watched the Basketball Diaries in admiration for Leonardo DiCaprio

And the intensity of his acting left me speechless.

I saw the power of poetry and how Jim's mind gave into his experiences and emotions as he wrote.

Later that day:

     -I rested in a slouched position on the couch 

     My eyes were fixed on some boring network

     But my mind was way outside 

     Past the shriveled flowers in the backyard

     Parched from the dry beaming weather

     As I calmly stared far beyond my reach 

     A redefining spirit of inspiration awoken 

     I suddenly felt the urge to find a pen and paper

     I salvaged a red composition book, engraving my name the cover

     My hand glided across the paper without frustration, flourishing with fluid thoughts

     I wrote about future travels, nature's eternal beauty, and poems with crystal scenic visions, 

     Captured by perfectly positioned words 

     Along a stepping stone of stars 

     Is the endless dreaming of my desire to write 

     With steady physicality and a wandering mind

      I hold against my heart

     A reasoning faith 

     That appears with side eyeing curiosity 

     And tentatively fills a soul 

     With whispering movement

     My heart beats with higher hope 

     My hands tap on splintering wood 

     Rebirth of a new perspective on life is at work now

     The squishy soil soaks up fresh tears 

     While the peachy petals are softly kissed