And As Ridiculous As It May Sound,

One Of The Beautiful And Terrible Things About America Is You Can Go There And Still Be Whatever You Want, If You Bust Your Ass And You Have Some Luck.

When I Was A Little Boy, Marvin Hagler Was My Idol. He Got No Respect For Most Of His Career. His Fighting Style Was Straight Ahead. He Took Every Shot Thrown At Him, And He Kept Punching Back 'til He Won. I Honestly Feel That's How I Am. I Take Big Shots From People. But I Keep Going.

The Calm. If There Is God Or Something Higher For Me It Is This. The Calm. If There Is Something That Will Hold Me When I Need To Hold It Is This The Calm. There Is No Anger, No Rage, No Fury. There Is No Want, No Need, No Desire. There Is No Hatred No Shame No Regret. There Is No Grief, No Sadness, No Depression. There Is No Fear. Absolutely No Fear. When One Lives Without Fear, One Cannot Be Broken. When One Lives With Fear One Is Broken Before One Begins To Live.

People Don't Want To Accept The Responsibility For Their Own Weakness, So They Place The Blame On Something That They're Not Responsible For, Like Disease Or Genetics.

She Is Sitting On Frozen Ground Wrapped In A Blanket, Her Pale Skin Shining. She Smiles And She Stands And Without Words, She Steps Forward, Opens The Blanket, Envelops Me Within It And Within Her And Within Myself. She Kisses My Cheek, The One Not Torn, She Wraps Me And She Holds Me. Her Arms Are Thin But Strong. She Whispers In My Ear, "i'm Glad You're Here.