| Robert Paul Reyes |
| U.S.A. I was born in San Francisco California.
I have lived in the Bay Area all my life. I graduated from Jefferson High
School in Daly City. I did not attend college. I am self-educated. I am a voracious
reader. I am constantly seeking to learn more about the world around me. I write a weekly opinion column for the Internet version of the Star-Telegram: My web page: MY VERSION OF THE TRUTH: OUTSIDE THE LINES I don't live life within the lines. I ooze all over the landscape. You will find me here, there and everywhere. I leave bits and pieces of myself wherever I have been and when my time has come scatter my ashes to the frivolous wind. I have clear vision but forgiving eyes. I have seen too much and remember very little. I see many miles into the horizon but I overlook the hole in your shoe. I walk with those that walk haltingly and get out of the way of those that I listen intently to those that speak with their hearts and turn a deaf ear to those that rant with their teeth bared. I don't follow the sun by day nor the moon by night. I follow only the light that burns within my heart. Sometimes it leads me to a place of darkness and desolation but it's there where my light can shine the brightest. Within the lines there is safety and comfort and religion but outside the If you choose to leave the world of lines and boxes and signs; I bid you godspeed. Perhaps we can even walk together a mile or two but eventually you will follow your heart and I will follow mine DREAMMAKER Softly he whispers, MINIMALISM I own few possessions. American consumerism places the accumulation of material possessions above everything else. In my home besides those things that have a functional value there is nothing else. I have few friends. One loyal friend is worth more than a hundred fleeting acquaintances. I would rather spend a quiet lunch with an old friend than to be the life of the party surrounded by strangers who would desert me if the wine stopped flowing and the music stopped playing. I have few dreams. I have few regrets. I have few obligations. To be honest with myself. To speak and write only the truth. I have few rituals. To breathe. To think. To write. Minimalist is my creed. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" Minimalist is my approach to writing. Constantly I write but with a paucity of words. Minimalist is the way I live and minimalist is the way I wish to die. With no religious ceremony to mark my passing and no long winded preacher spouting platitudes. Simply scatter my ashes to the frivolous wind. THAT'S ALL I ASK just a touch. that's all I ask. LITTLE GUPPY little guppy swimming in a fishbowl. |