Author Archives: Jesse Carr
The loneliness of people who go first, or give too much
Prometheus was a visionary—a Titan, one of the oldest gods. For Prometheus, fire didn’t just symbolize heat; it represented creativity, rebellion, consciousness, and technology. So Prometheus did what any true visionary does: he did what others feared to do—he gave fire to humanity as a gift. He was the first to feel the loneliness of […]
The Book IT is a Must Read, The Movie? A Must Watch
“IT” is a horror novel by Stephen King that explores themes of childhood trauma, the power of memory, and the nature of evil. The novel gives an anecdotal look into the concept of fear and how it can be used to manipulate individuals. The character of Pennywise the Clown represents the ultimate embodiment of fear, […]
For Police Officers, Now is not a Time for Silence
There have been a lot of words this weekend. There will be a lot of words tomorrow, and for the next few days we will listen to comments and statements about Tyre Nichols. Some of those statements will be sincere. Some might sound sincere but seem to miss the mark, and others will seem like […]
Words Will Never Be Enough
I’ve sat on this for weeks, because I know this is part of my grieving process and I still want to believe it was some horrible nightmare, not reality, but here we are. I lost the guy that was always “my guy.” I still think he’s going to randomly call me one day, and I […]
Be Real
The strength of my writing style has always been that I’ve never been afraid to be honest. When I wrote things I didn’t have secrets, until four years ago. Four years ago I learned several life lessons all at once, some of them stuck with me right away, some of them took a little more […]
It Starts With Us
In the spring of 1968, a platoon of American soldiers stormed the Vietnamese village of My Lai. By the time the dust settled, 504 Vietnamese civilians were dead – murdered by American soldiers. The massacre of My Lai rightfully remains a dark, dark stain on the American military. And while it is easy to to […]
Begin The End With A Heart
It swept him off his feet like a crashing, freezing wave from the ocean. Get up dumbass. His fingers found the back of his head as he rubbed the lump. Sand stuck coarsely to his skin. Why are there so many rocks everywhere? He pushed himself up, crossing his legs in front of himself. No […]
Disappoint As You Are Willing To Be Disappointed
There is always that moment just after disappointment when you feel anger. You look incredulously in the direction of that person you feel owed you something and deep inside of yourself you scream. WHY?! Do you not care?! You owe me. They don’t hear you, presumably because they don’t care, or maybe they just don’t […]
The Ghosts They See
For months they shared the same routine. A quiet reveille followed by the groans of sore muscles and the pop of tired joints. In so many ways, they were all the same, in very few were they different. It was true, for these men, that misery loved company. But when that company would fade… the […]
The Darkest Truth
I’ve never understood the point of writing if you weren’t going to be real. There’s a certain type of brutal rawness that accompanies honesty, but it isn’t very often that when we read things we’re given that type of honesty. I quit writing for a long time because I’m scared. For a while I thought […]
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