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  • Closing Your Eyes Forever

    Did you dance in the rainwhen the streetlights came onand thunder rolled across the land?When dreams were being gifted did you catch Nyx as she engulfed the world? Did you ride the tidal wave that consumes everythinggracing the stars with your fingertips?Were you extraordinary amongst the finest of peopleacknowledging there’s more to life than a…

  • Christmas Letter 2025

    The Canadian Spirit When the diminishing light has finally diedand cold has gripped the landscape;the first star will appearas frost forms upon the window. We Canadians take a breath of winter lifestepping upon fallen snow.The evening star lights our path through sleeping maplesbringing us childhood memories. Skating upon the frozen pondin the heart of a…

  • The Last Post

    The Last Post Where do we go from here?Now that those left have turned to rust and memory has falter.They weren’t wrong in their endeavors, nor short of will.They drew their intentions in the soil at Vimy Ridgewith blood of the fallen. Can we be taught or are we doomed?Will the touch of vigilance be…

  • The Metaphoric Library

    by Michael Plante I call forth the Gods of my youththe ones that taught me everything.Bring me light or bring me darknesslet me chew on both until I gag.I would forfeit my life just to own a page of history! I journey down a worn path leading to the well of creativitywhere the Gods themselves…

  • Rant In Progress

    I am tempted by such rhetoric to the likes of notoriety, fame, and wealth. How sweet the taste is, or so I’ve been told. Splashed across the media and billboards, advertised by television I am told I’m useless without it. Validation is what society places upon you, or so they want me to believe! Their…