From November 1, 2010 ​As you know, I have been re-re-reediting my first novel Eyes in Atlantis for reasons that I cannot yet disclose....

From September 14, 2010 Okay, this might be more of rant than anything else. Here we go. So, this week is very busy for me with my...

From August 19, 2010 Hello world, My name is Gerald M. Givens (or Jerry). I am many things in this life, but here I am simply a writer. ...

SENSE It only makes sense When you try not to think about it It only makes sense If you try hard to lose control Part of you needs an...

OCEANS Between my heart and yours Lie oceans wide and deep We aren't brave enough to sail across the swell Between my heart and yours ...

FINISH LINE I've never been one to overstate But I always own what I create In the back of my mind I overrate And in the front of my...

SPIRITUALLY FAMILIAR So lost, I’d never felt so alone And I prayed for somewhere to call my home Then this place that felt so...

OUR NIGHTS You’d come over around nine And we’d spend most the night Talking and kissing and laughing And before I’d lay my head On my...

BURNING AT BOTH ENDS I wish I could be angry but I can't There's no point in chasing shadows with a lamp And every single sigh And...

THE DIARY The diary I keep of you has a grudge to hold or two I never intended to write them down but what else could I do It was...

OBSTACLE Tell me yourself, am I in trouble? It seems like the sun won't shine today Every passage I take has obstacles But never have...

THE GOLDEN ROAD I saw a sign and I thought I had found my way Into the sun I go, the golden path of rays Shine me up, shine me up I was...

AS THE CROW FLIES I never claimed to be a patient man I never claimed to be from this land I have a tendency to fade to gray I have a...

LEAVING FOR THE BEST IN ME It's been 8 whole years in this city now And somehow I still feel alone The longer that I'm staying here ...

IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT Word came to me in the dead of night that now you are gone I felt strange twinge of sad and guilt that must have...

THE DELUGE We're both too sure of silence And in stock place misery Never lost, no one will find us In our land of mystery Alas, shown...

TIDAL RACE The initiation of this situation's got you feeling a little vexed And this inebriation’s got you feeling sensations that...

DRIVE ME HOME Rock and rollin' glory days And I had dream of you Hare Krishna pray away It’s everything you do Feeling like a soldier ...

THE OPEN DOOR You think of yourself as a troubadour You’ve got everything you want and more So it’s so hard for you to see what I’m...

Shortly after moving to California in 2014, I wrote a letter to my grandmother (with whom I've been penpals since I was 10) and I told...