Dear Alessia 100321
At a certain point you get burnt out on the liesAnd how so many can’t see that they’ve been buried by propaganda You check outYou take a mental health dayWhich turns into a mental health monthAnd the world begins to fade into the rear viewLiberation from the digital cage is easyIt’s a process of alienation […]
Dear Alessia 100221
I hope you find something that absolves youAnd redeems youSomething you love that gives you love backAs you obsess about loving moreA fortress in a world that can be coldA place to go to hide out for yearsAnd discuss politics or love or justiceWith the creatorI hope you become a creatorAnd never let perfectionism rob […]
Dear Alessia 100121
It’s October And we are officially in your first fall of planet earthThe green leaves turn to orange and brownAnd the earth turns into a Potpourri of new colorsThe beauty of changeThe sharp coolness in the airThe invitation to put on your favorite jacketOr flannel shirtClothes start to matter againBoots for flip flopsChuck taylors and […]
Dear Alessia 093021
Looks like your gonna be a red headEveryday a new you emergingSlowly so that we don’t notice so much but we notice in retrospectFor instance A one piece that used to be baggyIs suddenly too smallThe red haired blue eyed cluster feeding expansion machineYou are. We have red hair in both our family linesYour mama […]
Dear Alessia 092921
Trial and errorIs the game of lifeLiving a longtime is certainly an advantage If you don’t lose the thread of pushing forward Of maintaining hope That’s no small taskThe world is a game of capture the flagAnd the flag Is the highest level your soul can rise to Narrow is the pathAnd the obstacles are […]
Dear Alessia 092821
Where do I beginA half century later here I am And you and your mama are the light of my worldIt’s a blessing unparalleled in the darkest of timesBut we are moving towards the light all the timeAnd finding our way thereThrough love And what is love but the willingness to sacrifice?Having a child puts […]
Dear Alessia 092721
Grace is the teacher at the front of the classWhispering instructions Which get louder when you tune inThrough the radio dials of prayerFaith is a set of train tracks built on actionIt motivates you in the morning To let cold water hit you in the showerAnd take giant gulps of airJumping into the fight against […]
Dear Alessia 092621
From Tribeca to Cleveland thru Soho to Brighton BeachThe F train to the QAnd a Coney Island Of The Mind I started a fastAnd so decided to walk to my afternoon meetingThe sun beaming downThrough the avenues I had walked down countless timesTo others where I had never been beforeThat’s New York City for youI […]
Dear Alessia 092521
The strangeness of the times is a real abstraction to me latelyI’m much more liberated from social media than I used to beAnd the reality of the world blooms into sharper focusMy life even reflects the life I had before social mediaYour mama and me watch movies and tend to youI go on runs and […]
Dear Alessia 092421
For those who have let the times numb themFor those who have succumbed to their lesser selvesWith the world beating down their doors with the hammers of insanity For those who are lost in repetitive habits Which do nothing but further distance yourself from the center of who you actually are. I pray that you […]