Defeat’s Quiet Victory

Defeat’s Quiet Victory When so many wounds have been inflicted deep,
how does the wounded still claim victory?
They won the battles, loud and clear,
while he lost the war, year after year.
Yet Ronie is a hard-luck man with style- Read more from here...
I Did Not Take

Title - I Did Not Take She told herself it was no big deal-
to touch a friend with too much fire,
to pour her lust like cheap appeal.
I never urged her, never once.
I held my line. I stood my ground. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 146 – Ronie Dinosaur’s Song – Spine of Barren Soil

Ronie Dinosaur’s Song - Spine of Barren Soil Spoken Interlude (Insight)
(Music drops to a sparse beat. Voice close, raw.)
She never says “don’t go” out loud-
she calls you close, then holds you without a word.
A man doesn’t summon. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 88 – Responsibility

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 88 – Responsibility Responsibility: parent → teacher → shepherd.
Depth of life: shepherd → teacher → parent.
The shepherd owns the widest sky of silence,
walks miles before sunrise,
bathes in ice rivers, Read more from here...
Job Description

Title - Job Description Some herd cattle.
Some teach scholars.
Some raise children.
Some bear witness to the cost
of standing up and speaking truth anyway. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 83 – Hierarchy and The Human Condition

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 83 – Hierarchy and The Human Condition The heart reigns first-
the mann,
the true will within,
where desire is not mere hunger
but alignment. Read more from here...
Unscripted Connection

Title - Unscripted Connection Sweetheart-my softy, my doll-
there is a difference.
Show me the “woman”
in your heart,
and I turn away- Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 80 – Private Law

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 80 - Private Law He walks because the sentence is life-
no appeal, no parole, no applause.
Flesh drags heavy,
the horizon burned out long ago,
yet the stride refuses surrender. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 79 – Why Live?

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 79 - Why Live? Bring it yourself,
Cook it yourself,
Eat it yourself,
Then praise it yourself,
Wash up and go to sleep. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 77 – Eligible

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 77 - Eligible First there was grief-
then humiliation, shame, depression.
Then the mind began to question:
Why did this happen?
Why only with me? Read more from here...
