Fathers Day by Brian Bolding You raised us You raised us so well At the time I thought Living with you was living hell You raised us You taught us to be strong I kicked and I screamed And I hated it all along You raised us up You taught us to... Continue Reading →
My Hate Crime Story.
The following story is an edited excerpt from Chapter 13, ‘Growing Pains,’ from my first novel, Sweet Pea, which I wrote from 1990-2005. It includes information from previous and later chapters, so as to convey the story best in this format. This story is a graphic and offensive, but completely true account, of a hate... Continue Reading →
6.17.17 The Birds at Dawn (Poem)
'The Birds at Dawn' from May-June poetry book, "Maydays" Photo / Jim Winstead / Flickr Poem By Brian Bolding They dove away Fleeing the light of the city To some darker clouds overhead Where you can’t see The mischief and the agony The calling from far far away In another time, another world... Continue Reading →
6.16.17 Owls & Things (Poem)
Owls and Things By Brian Bolding Stayed up late all night Wondering about owls and things And unclean kitchen bowls And kitty cats with butterfly wings Stayed up late last night Thought about just moving away Packing up everything and Driving off into the brand new day Stayed up way past bedtime Thought a... Continue Reading →
6.15.17 Living in Obscurity (Poem)
Living In Obscurity By Brian Bolding Dining alone again Oh look theres a fuzzy on my chin You say I’m distracting myself from the truth Oh man what’s that on my tooth You say I’m deliberately avoiding this big thing So am I living in sin I’ll say it, I’ll say it again ... Continue Reading →
6.14.17 Dad and The Inevitable Age Problem
I want to say a wish for my Dad tonight. He's not doing too well. He's in his early 70's. He has: COPD, diabetes, kidney disease, has previous had 3 stints put in his heart to assist with bloodflow and heart rate, and now he has early dementia and it's crippling for me to watch.... Continue Reading →
5.31.17 The First Time.
Hello there. Brian here. AKA ballistik coffee boy on LiveJournal for over 20 years. UNTIL... one day, I logged on, and it had suddenly been sold to the Russians. Yeah. NO kidding. And they were about to start flagging posts that mentioned homosexuality and remove them and fine the poster. Not joking. After over 11,000... Continue Reading →
5.31.17 Test
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