Writing
Over the last few years, I have developed a deep passion for writing in all its forms.
Below, I have added some examples and excerpts from my collection of songs, poems, and prose.
I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.
Sea Foam
her eyes
that color
she cascaded through his mind
as he stood on the brink
of cataclysmic descent
the world's indifference
the roiling waters
crashing waves shouting, spitting
mist stinging his eyes,
blocking his breath
an aurora in the ocean
sapphire, turquoise, emerald foam
tragically alluring, but
that color
her eyes
waiting at home
Excerpt from
"The Waiting Room"
A Friday seems like an inconvenient day to die, thought Mr. Cartwell as he laid on the floor, clutching his chest. The best part of the week’s about to start, and I’m going to miss it.
. . .
The day Mr. Cartwell died was not a particularly special one. As he woke up, he rolled onto his back and arched his spine, stretching out his arms and legs with his eyes still squeezed shut, as he always did in the morning. Yesterday had been a long day, much like the day before and the day before that. Mr. Cartwell continued to lie there for another minute or so, noting the various aches and pains dotting his increasingly fragile body before forcing open an eye and scanning the bedroom.
Excerpt from "Olivia Rodrigo Reinvents Pop Songwriting with SOUR"
On January 8th, a then seventeen-year-old Olivia Rodrigo released “drivers license,” her first song entirely unattached to her acting career. The singer had previously garnered recognition for starring in Disney Channel’s Bizaardvark and later in the Disney+ original High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, for which she had written and recorded some of its soundtrack. But by now, whether you’ve heard the song first on Spotify, TikTok, SNL, or live at the BRITs, chances are either the beautifully haunting whispers of the final chorus or the electric backing of the bridge is constantly ringing at the forefront of your mind as you’re teleported again to the lonely neighborhood streets and your teenage years.
It’s not by coincidence that “drivers license” broke nearly every possible streaming record ever. Some could argue that Rodrigo’s massive success stemmed from her already humble fan following from her acting work with Disney or from the intrigue associated with a still technically child actress releasing a song with the little, boxed “E” right next to it. And I’m not going to say none of that contributed to the historic breakthrough of “drivers license.” But, let’s be honest, that doesn’t come close to explaining why it spent eight weeks at number one.
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Sonnet 1
When she cried, no one heard the lonely rain.
They only saw the scarred, torn land after
The rivers ran dry, unknown went her pain,
Her anger, and the sound of her laughter
Alone in the endless totality
A dispassionate map dotted his skin,
Plotting his fortunate mortality,
His heartbeat slowed as his spirit wore thin
A bloodless lust for a silent escape,
Suffering sold for numb indifference
A brief pinch as consciousness resumed shape
Deadened nerves jaded in synthetic bliss.
Greyed souls bound in their slavery, but blame
Still the broken, left abandoned in shame.