I repeatedly chose fealty
to my own artistic vision
over anyone else’s desires.
And I have done so with the clarity
of a man racing against time,
someone who knows that we only get one go-round,
and tomorrow is never promised.
Humor, secured through trauma,
is the backbone of everything I do,
whether it is a podcast or poems.
Creatively I am motivated by wanting
to make something lasting,
as the ultimate form of human connection—
across time and existence.