You lead a third of the fallen heavenly host as you try to deceive and betray our need for the Holy Ghost. While you try to exploit me with things I love to taste while looking at women dressed in black lace, I find myself in a world I have always felt out of place […]
Michael J. Merritt
The Crusader
When you eliminate the mythology of a man their legend seeds. Your adversary is nothing more than another man that shits and bleeds. The more holes that are created in my body from my enemy’s blade. The more light that will shine through from my soul, as I serve only the King of the saved.
Phoenix Forest
Anger is nothing more than an emotion that misleads us when we no longer know how to process the pain from those that we love. Anger produces actions and speech that have no benefit to the heart or those that we love and care about. I look forward to the day when I am done […]
The Voyage Ahead
The cowardly will always attempt to hide their face in the mud as they look down attempting to move freely away from the scene of their crime where they imprisoned the lives of others. My heart is warmed by my family that is made up of those of many colors, many faiths, and many backgrounds […]
The Age of Preferential Speech
During the years of the industrial age freedom of speech was a “right” protected by the founding documents of the republic. During the Information Age freedom of speech is a “service” provided in accordance with the terms of service and discretion of the entities that provide us connectivity (public utility), the platforms we distribute our […]
Pyrebird
When this world surrounds you in darkness, that is when your heart must shine the brightest.
Phoenix of the Line
When we believe in something, our only choice is to draw a line and defend everyone and everything behind it.
The Deceit of War
When you commit your life to the sea, there is no room for a loss of integrity. If there are holes in your soul, she will consume you. To live your life with honor you must have the courage and the commitment to maintain independent steaming against the battlegroups of deceit that lay just beyond […]
I see not through my eyes, but through my faith.
Committing your life to fight for justice in a fallen world is parallel to looking for light in a void of darkness. Those who follow Christ need not fight for justice here on Earth because we have already been given salvation in heaven. In our darkest times if we have faith in Christ we will […]
Perfection, Flaws, and Corruption
The study of Ethics is a pursuit of understanding the philosophical nature of right and wrong in it’s most perfect form. A society’s justice system is an ever evolving pursuit of that perfection. Corruption is the cultural, political, or personal bias that overrules and interferes with that system.