There in the radiance of the retreating solstice sun she suddenly appeared An apparition of elegance or a taunting specter of discontent? A dogged reminder of persistent failures and unquenchable thirst. Yet another oasis in this desert of metaphors. Backlit by illuminance and shining like an angel in the afterimage The light carressing her gentleContinue reading “On the Breath of Summer”
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Introducing…Karuna
One last glimpse at what is not mine and I am granted peace. A potential point of paranoia provided glorious closure. The chapter can now be closed, the story has come full circle. In the end I couldn’t kill the love. It couldn’t be surgically removed without killing myself. There is no way to replaceContinue reading “Introducing…Karuna”
Wither Without You
Digitally demastered with apologies to Mr. Hewson Feel the stone hit your side Feel the porn twist in your mind I rape for you Light of sand and fist of rage A bloody mess pressed on the page And I rape for you Wither without you Wither without you Threw the stone, breached the dawnContinue reading “Wither Without You”
Unfortunate Strings
Stretched tightly across the threshold of this life are strings of loveWhose vibrations once resonated voraciouslyThat now lie feverish in their idlenessRust settles across the once well polished wiresDecaying in the acrid air of insipidityPerfect in their imperfectionSlender in their imaginationForm beneath functionAnd function under-formed Craving delicate touches of angelic fingersThe disenfranchised diluvial dreamSomehow stillContinue reading “Unfortunate Strings”
The Paper Man
I am a paper man. Written on, rejected and recycled I carry only weight of pen strokes Invisible intent they promise I am vulnerable to the wind Slave to the currents Flammable Blown about tossed aside ashes scattered Unwanted love is a disease A curse of the mind Unable to shake the feeling And aContinue reading “The Paper Man”
The Death of Prem
Over time of being starved, suffocated and neglected even the strongest among us will succumb. The passing is far less gracious then the birth as it often is in life. Where once the earth shifted from its axis in a moment of unified bliss so to will it shake upon the languishing of Adrogha Prem.Continue reading “The Death of Prem”
This Very Moment…
“This very moment is the perfect teacher”- Pema Chodron Living in the now. Seems a simple notion but all too often we find ourselves with one foot in the past and one in the future leaving us poised to crap on today. At this very moment, life is a gift. At this very moment, myContinue reading “This Very Moment…”
A Path To Better
There is a place better then now. There are meadows of greener Skies of bluer And rivers of cooler. There are days of happier And Nights of warmer Connections of deeper And harmonies of lighter Somewhere not much farther Lies a path to better Hope is stronger Discovery is nearer And peace is longer I’llContinue reading “A Path To Better”
There’s a disconnected rainbow, Floating in the western winter sky It hangs from invisible gallows Suspended by a lie
Have you ever seen the rain…
It’s raining outside right now…just a light sprinkling of precipitation and yet I can feel the renewal commence. Nights like tonight make me remember the blissful ignorance of childhood when a gentle rain was all the lullaby you needed to be carried into the most serene dreams. Where you could travel into the verdant landsContinue reading “Have you ever seen the rain…”
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