This is the personal writing site of Barry Hurd- online consultant, designer, writer, marketer, entrepreneur, and father.
Growing Up
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When I was younger,
I found many things that amazed me.
Exotic things, erotic only in the imagination,
Little nuances that no one else cherished.
Then I realized, gleefully feeling
That no one knew what could be seen.
I was a child, blissful, never wishing
Ignorant in how life could have been.
Yet I learned how to believe,
In me, the […]
I find myself amongst scattered stones.
Fallen heroes and indifferent hearts.
The chaotic rush of defiant inhumanity,
And the deafening thunder of war.
When I live such things,
I no longer find my honor,
I find my soul to be untouchable,
The search for a king is over.
I hold onto a blade,
That once defended all I cared for,
By destroying the very […]