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Friday, February 28, 2014

Conditions...

Sometime in the past, present and future...

We are asked revelatory questions without even knowing it.  Questions that are innocuous enough to illicit a child like truth that reveals more than we'd care to share.

Man: "Do you view me like a piece of furniture in this place?"
Woman: "I just wish you'd contribute more..."

Not the response he was looking for...especially after all he's done and continues to do.  He is now left with a distinct impression and a word keeps ringing in his ear..."conditional".  Now he believes he understands the dismissive looks and lack of affection.  The nitpicking and flippant attitude.  If affection and respect are the natural offspring of true love then by all accounts there should be no conditions placed on their expression.  Even with all that he does, it still isn't enough.  Even though no other man would do as he does, it becomes common place and thus, not worthy of recognition.  So why even bother then?  Since anything received is now in question as being done due to "conditions" being met.  Is he now relegated to being the mouse in the maze that rings the bell and gets the treat?  Fuck that...

This is why I say..."Take care in what you say before you speak".  The response should have been an easy "HELL NO".  Yeah, my boy is bit fucked up over it...

~Apollo  

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Intention...

What a word huh?  This is what I like to call the "why".  It is what matters most as it alone is what truly drives the heart of man.  It's never the "what".  People do things as their minds would have them calculate for an end result.  Like planting a tiny unseen seed that is germinated with each consecutive move.  When the end result is seen as something fucked up had it been done outright, this is what most will do.  These folk always tend to keep the "what" in check as something they can easily excuse or explain away.  Where gestures are simple...everyday common occurrences that fit perfectly within the context of the circumstance.  Watch these folks long enough and you can always decode the truth behind the "why".

Consider the woman at the gym.  The slim but curvaceous woman with shape for days that wears everything two sizes too small.  Nothing is left to the imagination to the point there really is no need to get her naked.  Now I ask you, you are going to a gym to sweat your ass off.  You are going to be bending over and getting into all kinds of funky positions.  What the fuck are you doing dressed like this?  You go to a place where there is no room for cute...lookin like you just want to show everyone everything you got.  I had a few incidents where these types saw me working out in front of a mirror and decided it prudent to stretch and bend right within my eyeshot.  Right in front of the fuckin mirror adjacent to mine.  It annoyed the shit out of me because I went there to train.  In any other place, that would be welcome but there?  Wrong fuckin place, wrong fuckin time.  This is one of the many reasons why I work out at home.  Now, that's the "what".  If I would have turned around and said "Hey, I'm not interested!!!", I would have been met with feigned outrage.  She would have lied about the "why" and said "Relax, I'm only stretching...this is a gym you know?".  OK fine...so you say nothing and just ignore the spectacle.  Oh and the outfit?  "Oh please, this is workout gear!!!".  Yeah that's right...because they bought it at Modell's lol  You know what?  They would be telling the truth...on it's face.  She would have given every other reasonable explanation as to "why" because the "what" fell into context.  When the reality was, this chick meant to be seen.  She went to be desired.  She wanted the Alphas to make her feel like an Alpha and maybe pick one up in the process.  To me, that falls under the category of "game".  Shit I no longer can stomach.  Tell me what you fuckin want and get it over with.

Now, while the example above is a bit blatant, others are so obscure they can nary be seen...but I see them lol  Some just want to be the shit. I've seen people just gravitate towards the unavailable simply to satiate their ego.  To be able to say "You see, I can get her if I wanted".  Consider the female boss.  She's in charge and she's passable.  She's happily married with two children and some insecure asshole thinks that she would be the ultimate challenge.  He doesn't want her nor does he find her all that appealing.  He just wants the satisfaction of knowing he can have her if he wanted.  So how does he reach her?  She, out of respect for her family keeps herself at distance from her subordinates which makes her hard to get to.  So...what does he do?  He does what all con men do.  He inches closer through camaraderie and a seeming interest to learn from her.  He makes it known that he is open to innocent conversations about "work" and keeps them short...at first.  Once a good working relationship is established, he slips in a bit of playfulness as the door begins to widen in her mind.  She trusts he respects her marriage to the point where she allows herself to become vulnerable and then ultimately...confused.  He waits for some alone time and that awkward stare.  He's got her.  This piece of shit is happy with himself while she is left now questioning her love for her husband.  She looks to start conversation and he is now disinterested.  He got his reward.  Now, what do you think he would he say?  "What? I did nothing wrong"..."We talked about work and didn't do anything wrong".  His intentions remain hidden within the context of "work".  No one but God could ever accuse him...but he would still be a piece of shit.

I've been amazed at how stumped women get when I've approached them and said "Hello, my name is Moses and I saw you from over there.  I find you attractive and would like to get to know you better...may I sit down?".  I would get an astonished smile almost every time.  Simply because I told them the truth.  The truth people.  If you have to hide what you're doing then there's a reason why.  Maybe it's something you shouldn't be doing in the first place.

It's not always easy to be transparent but it's rewards far outweigh the risks.  Leave the games to the children of this age that giggle every time the blocks fall down.  Be real...and in all things do your best to be honest.  You will find it less exhausting.  Haven't you heard that it's easier to do your work than to try everything you can to slack off?  Anyway, that's my lesson for the night boys and girls...sweet dreams...

~Apollo


Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Chapters...

"...will you still love me...I know you will..."

I met my great grandfather Vicente Ramirez in Puerto Rico when I was just a young boy.  You would only know he was old by his sagging sun drenched skin.  Underneath was a muscular physique and he had the handshake of a bear.  I asked my father how old he was and his reply was "I don't know...he doesn't know either".  Every morning he woke up to tend the fields only to return at midday at which time he would then tend to his loving wife and no, she didn't know how old she was either.  A few years later, he would finally pass on.  He stubbed his toe out in the fields and never tended to it.  Allowing gangrene to set in just below the knee.  They had no choice but to amputate a large portion of his leg and this now kept him immobile...a state that would bring about his death.  His age was of no consequence to him.  In his mind, he had a purpose.  He had things that needed doing and so long as he kept his mind on his purpose...that's all that mattered.  My great grandmother would pass just a little while after him.  I suppose loving him was her purpose in life...

Today I turned 40 and it means absolutely nothing.  It came and went like any other day.  People wonder why I look so young.  I can say genetics but that's only a small part of it.  I guess I just don't bother with age.  You want to know how old I really am?  Look into my eyes and you might just see decades.  I see many measure their existence in spurts of time but I see no real significance in seconds, minutes or hours.  I see significance in events and moments you will never forget.  Holding my sons for the first time.  The first time I prayed for the love of my life.  The first time I explored my true passions and my unending story of a soul seeking it's true worth.

Chapters begin and end with determination, smiles, the touch of love and the loss of the same.  I have many chapters written...and I have many more to write.  Never afford time the power to make or break a dream.  Never give in to the idea of "It's too late".  It's only ever too late when all effort has been exhausted....not because the clock says so.

I will live forever...until the day I die.  Even then, I shall live on...in you...

~Apollo

Monday, February 3, 2014

What's Left...


After the dust has settled?

Acceptance 

And beyond that?

What grace is yet mine to have :-)

~Apollo