Glory

I can't see the flowers for the trees
Beneath a brazen sky and birthing bees
An aching wound pounds and cleaves
And amidst the golden dirt and leaves
My heart pours out all it owns upon the ground
Without a whisper, but a screaming sound
Below they whisper, below the hollow grass
A hungry man, a hollow boy, a sullen lass
They plead for life, they cling to death
Despite it all, they remain in the depth
You're next they wail, you'll too be gone soon
But I simply smile palely and sing a little tune
Their hands cannot grasp me,
Their fingers cannot touch touch me
For when my liquid life spreads away and out
The moment when I cannot whisper or make a shout
I know the way for which I am to go
It is but a bright shine away, merely a stone's throw
They could not accept the one I seek
Could not lose control for a second nor a week
Small good it does them now, unable to see
But here I cough my last, beneath the shining tree
And where I go, where I'm bound, they'll never know
Brighter than the brilliant sun, whiter than the snow

Child's Play, or why I hate the news.

I don't know how many people heard about it, but Child's Play was this amazing charity thing set up by the biggest online comic, Penny-Arcade. They got fed up with all the bad press from the media about video games horribly warping people, so they decided to show what gamers can really do. For christmas, they set up a wish list on Amazon, and in just under a month, they raised over $175,000 in toys and $27,000 in cash for the Seattle Children's Hospital. Everything was completely for charity. They even got volunteers to come and load/unload the toys.

And what really pisses me off after all of it? The local Seattle News people came, even with a camera crew, but only at the very beginning. They completely screwed up the story. They left out the name of one of the two owners of the strip and leader of the drive, said that they only raised $1,000, and that they gave it to some Catholic school. It was a complete travesty. These people go out and really make a difference, and the news barely pays them more attention than to completely downplay and screw them over. Well, I know, and every major gamer online should know by now. I hate the news.