JAMES MORSE

I’m having a decent day. It’s a beautiful Fall day, and I met my dad for lunch. We went for a walk at the mountain which was refreshing. He’s been having some symptoms and we’re still waiting to hear back from the doctor regarding his medical status. It definitely has given me a sense of…

I got up early this morning to pray, wash some dishes, and get to work as the sun was rising. It’s kind of an overcast day and cool but not too chilly for mid-November. I made it to the 70th anniversary Mass at St. Joe’s with my parents. It was kind of funny and sentimental…

coming down from the mountain of the weekend… I was on retreat at the Monastery for the past few days, and it was such a consolation to spend the time there in reflection and in community with other men seeking to grow psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually. It was healing, but also reopened some wounds that…

today’s the third day in a row that i’m writing in this blog, so i’d say that’s a success. i’ve been struggling today, though. it’s a lot of internal wrestling and acceptance of the thoughts and feelings i deal with on a daily basis. there’s a voice that tries to humiliate me and make me…

Today is a fairly ordinary day, although the power went out at work this morning. We kind of just sat around for 45 minutes waiting for it to turn back on, so that’s somewhat different and/or exciting. I think I practice a lot of escapism, trying to think or imagine myself doing things other than…

hopefully this can be a blog, a space where i can write sort of unfiltered thoughts and musings. i think today i’m longing to express something, but i have the sense, like i often do, that expression means promoting my ego. it’s a restless part of me that craves attention. it’s insatiable in the way…

it’s surely a wonderful life lyrics it starts with a greyand ends with a nameless facelies in a waitfor a weakened state of mind my eyes are fixed on the blindsthe scattered light in the roomcast so undefined giving rise to a trifling weaknesswith the guise of a phantom’s pretensesuggesting the questionoh why do we…

a nostalgic patchwork of time spent in and around the city of Atlanta lyrics (Offeringall of meI’ve had morenervous breakdownsthan I care to count Incarnatein bloodstained veinsRuah shakemy soul) You said, “I just need some clarity”I said, casually, “All we need is some honesty…” and that night we laughed,walking down North Highlandtoward Washita… all the…

for Maria Elizabeth, a song about our first pregnancy in 2019 The arms of griefare all around, and I can hear you, daughter,as you’re calling out. After work I turned the keys,but the car just wouldn’t start, so Julie helped me jump it,kept it running’til Josh and I took it apart, replaced the ancient batterytook…

Everything I once knew seems turned upon itself Reflections inversions Paint my bedroom wall Youthful Ignorance is bliss Judas Betrays with a deathly kiss Kindred my affliction Savior in my sin Callous contradiction Mixed with fiction In my fate Say To the rising sun don’t shine Make Asynchrony A lie Metaphor is useless poetry unkind…