Every 11 pm, when I leave the law library, I pass through an adjacent building that is typically vacant by this time of night. Typically, there is nobody there, except for the elderly janitor. He’s about 50-ish and he’s Latino – from Mexico or Central America from the accent I heard from him when he [...]
November 28, 2008
Categories: Law School, Life, Thoughts . Tags: elderly janitor, menial labor . Author: Nalej . Comments: 3 Comments
It dawned on me slow yet strongly
The thought and longing – the hand of God is upon me.
Despite the wrongs that I spawn, seeds
That grow into scrawny long green weeds
The hand of God is upon me.
It moves me along like a rook or a pawn
Or a knight or a king, in dreams and in songs.
Despite [...]
October 18, 2008
Categories: God, Life, Thoughts, poetry . Tags: late night poetry, loneliness, perseverence, tribulations . Author: Nalej . Comments: Leave a Comment
Yea, that’s it. My “One” wristband broke. I had been wearing it for about a year straight – almost never taking it off. And I was playing with it today and it broke. I’m sad.
But I’ve got a strong feeling that it means something. That’s it’s symbolic of something I should be concerned about. I [...]
April 14, 2008
Categories: Life, Thoughts . Tags: one, pure conjecture, random, ruminations, symbolism, worry, wristband . Author: Nifa . Comments: 3 Comments