Late Night Poems

        Often times I find myself laying wide awake in the middle of the night. When this happens I like to write down whatever thoughts I was having while laying there. Most of the nights I'm writing random thoughts, but other nights I think of poems to write down. Here is a poem I came up with last night:

"Late at night and I cannot sleep,

Jumping alert with every peep,

Tiny lights jumping about,

I'm stuck in my mind and I can't get out.

There's a monster under my bed,

It will be there until I'm dead,

Keeping me awake on a nightly basis,

Forever stuck in a sleepless stasis.

Why oh why won't my brain shut down,

Random thoughts keep flying around,

One sheep.. two sheep.. no that’s not working,

I think I see a shadow in the corner.. lurking,

I hope soon I start resting and dreaming,

But as for now I'll just lie here screaming."

What's Wrong With People?

I try to think of myself as a guy who never lets anything get under my skin. I rarely feel any stress, and I try to see the best out of any situation in life. But, if there is one thing that I absolutely cannot stand, it's rude people. I personally think there is no excuse for treating any person you encounter in life with anything other than kindness. Is it really that hard to throw a smile in someone's direction even on your lowest of days? I think not, and I've been through my share of life shattering events. People seem to get so mad now a days and show no respect for other human beings. All the jobs I have had have been in a retail style environment where I was constantly working with customers of all types. It amazes me how worked up people will get in public over something so meaningless as why a store doesn’t carry an item anymore. If everyone just took a breath and realized there's always someone going through something worse than you, then we would live in the most wonderful of worlds. Honestly, it saddens me greatly that there will always be those people who will treat anyone and everyone like garbage. This is the world we live in, and there's nothing we can do but try and spread as much love and joy as we can.