honea byrne

  interference (C) 2020 #openmic #synergynights I keep sitting in the front because I'm closest to the stage. Also I don't see the crowd behind me.  So damn nervous. I learned though, I have to keep going. Have to keep doing this because this is what I do. I perform my works because I have to keep the dream alive.  I get up there. Maranda J. introduces me. And before I even get a word out someone from the crowd yells, "Get him off the stage." Damn. Already. Good thing I have been reciting this piece for days. Eventually, it will be like second nature. I do the first stanza, and notice all the happy couples. Damn, maybe I should quit this. It's stopping my chances of living that real good life. Big house, picket fences, kids playing in the yard. Who am I kidding? That dream expired long ago-there i go again. Need to start not being soh pessimistic. It'll come around-always does traveling at the 'Speed of Thought.'  I have to use the voice inside. That v...

 September 23, 2017 the stars aligned in a particular way. It made reference to a biblical prophecy. Specifically, the first  two verses of  Revelation 12 .  Wiki article about it   The passage in the  Book of Revelation   12:1 - 3  describes "a woman clothed with sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth." ( NIV ). [2]   Thus, I was inspired to write, "There's A New Star Coming." I performed it at SynergyNights Openmic at The Med in Ridgeland Mississippi.   When I write a piece like this I prefer to have meaning and depth. I like to create universal hooks (things everyone can relate).  Perform ance link ] In the following sentences I address some thoughts behind the lines of this piece.  Is this the end? Once I heard someone say, 'One day I stopped running from hell. But hell kept going.' Many thought I was talking about...