Pages From John

Poems and Short Stories

  • The Cake or the Frosting?

    So many men and women with frosting on their faces.

    Never once bothering to notice they lack a cake.

    I have had that serving before.

    The one we were taught to drink down.

    As if there is a frosting company cornering the market.

    “There is no such thing as cake!” Says frosting’s CEO.

    They had me believed that the sugar high was it.

    Comfortable and widespread frosting.

    But what about the authenticity cake?

    What about the experience cake?

    What is frosting without the cake?

    Sure! Sure! I would like frosting on my cake!

    But frosting without cake?

    Look at all the people with frosting on their faces!

    Never once having a single bite of cake!

    Frosting in a Brave New World.

  • Leaving and Returning: Pink Floyd and Daft Punk [Video]

    “There must be some mistake,

    I didn’t mean to let them

    Take away my soul,

    Am I too old, is it too late?

    Where has the feeling gone?

    Will I remember the song?”

    Pink Floyd, The Show Must Go On

    In this video, we take a look at two albums that I love dearly: Daft Punk’s Discovery and Pink Floyd’s The Wall, along with the two movies that were created for the movie. Join me as I dive into the theme of leaving and returning by examining The Wall (1982) and Interstella 5555 (2003).

  • That’s Christmas, Baby

    The cold reaching frost of December’s gruesome winds

    Packed inside to escape such chilling and aching bites

    In the heart of darkness with hardly a sight of day

    A LIGHT LEAPS!

    That’s Christmas, baby!

    It’s the new beginning!

    A comeback story!

  • Judgement

    Seeing my faults, I look into others and believe there is something to be seen,

    As if by my eyes there is something I can see that is not immediately on the scene.

    Alas, this is my folly once again, as other men know nothing about me or my way,

    So why should I believe that I am any different even if I stand after winter in May?

    Hypocrisy is a terrible crime, but I cannot really know when it has been committed,

    It could be another paradise lost if my self-righteous judgement is not omitted.

    It is up to the divine as a complete whole to place judgements and give final verdict,

    I may be a piece of that divinity, but only through blank slated actions can we serve it.

    The best thing I can do is forgive and forget, and hope my wants lead to just ends,

    Even then! Even then, knowing many of my wrongs, I can with every enemy make amends.