This is the personal writing site of Barry Hurd- online consultant, designer, writer, marketer, entrepreneur, and father.
Some choose, to be different
glancing across the street,
watching people walk on by.
Others find themselves sedated,
failing to realize where they are,
or even where they are going.
I find myself moving along,
sometimes fast, sometimes slow,
often waiting for a signal that never comes.
I find myself waiting with hope,
failing to protect my caution,
as I step into traffic I cannot see.
It was not truth,
as I had witnessed in life
but spires of blackness from society
The death plume of innocence
and compassion,
of both heart and love.
The heartiest soil,
broken beneath mighty morality
and fundamental ideology.
This was not democracy
the fallacy of hope
chastised by false religion
It was the corruption of mankind
as we tried to fail
in passionate blindness
falling upon the very swords
that our […]
Have the tides changed so rapidly,
pushing against the shores beneath calm waters
as the ebe of life draws to and fro
that one cannot dream without risk of drowning
fighting against every motion, every inaction
wondering if passion will lead to surrender
or if the serenity merely represents acceptance.
I do not care to know,
to fight against a nature so fluid.
It […]
Subtle, chance fire.
The kind of dream you have awake.
First and foremost,
Love of life, a life of love.
With caution shattered by desire,
and a swift belief in a moment of destiny.
Trying to become, breathing to survive,
while cherishing every second of motion.
This is my life, the life I share,
with everyone, if only to enjoy myself.
Do not talk of love, not to me my dear heart.
I am not the one who lost itself, or tore down
everything I felt. Could not I choose to feel.
Do not dare, to illicit a response from me,
as I am trying to ignore you standing there,
waiting.
Do not care of me, you who stands in the rain.
Letting […]
I tried,
Again and again
Harder
Than ever
More feverishly than before
I pushed myself
Beyond my limit
Past the point of no return
And yet I did not stop
My heart
Everything from skin to soul
The very fiber of me
Was trying
To believe in something
No one else could see
Even my breath
Deep and constant
Fueled my urge
To move forward
To define a world
That could never be
More inspiring
Cupid Surrenders
I was a simple, honest paladin of emotion
Crawling through a minefield of destiny’s tears
The soldier of a passion crucified upon my desire
And lost to the eyes of those who would deny me
I was not blind, no
My vision could span years of life,
From here to there, beyond the horizon
Across this land, and over the sea
I […]
If I had, only once chance
To say the things I needed to say
I would pray that you hear my voice
To you, to everyone
Before my life was undone
Would you believe, could you see
That I was, was what I need
of what I had done, was choice
I say, with every breath, my last
To believe in you, the dice […]
I tried, with every ounce of who I was I held on
Her hand was warm, her eyes piercing
I can be honest,
I was desperate
Her lips though, were so cold
I feverishly held her against me for a moment
As she didn’t speak, telling me she had to go
I could feel what she meant
But I was ashamed
I simply wasn’t […]
I lost myself, not entirely
But as if I was without function
My life resembling a locked doorway
or perhaps a key
But never both, simple one or the other
I was always so
Some viewers failed to realize I was a puzzle
That my edges fit into another
Because they had never seen my partner
nor even knew someone else could match me […]