jaded metal covers me smothers me governs me dulling me catching no gleam of sun or whisper of transcendence no turning rote learning mind burning but I burn burn burn into the blooming vine into the evening shine into the sweeping Rhine burn burn burn into the lilting time into the wistful pine into the […]
Ode To The One
deep blue sea blue under a desecrated rock I lie the mermaids do not call to me for I am no pearl of the sea how could I be? I am just a mouth embalmed in seaglass a pair of gray eyes looking from behind a stone statue but this is an ode to the […]
We Are All Marionettes
I pull at the string connected to the center of my heart and like a marionette hung at an obtuse angle my back arches unnaturally and my head rolls back passive to the insistence of my hand and unrestrained longings of my heart I hang there limp and frozen like an advertisement of a ballerina […]
Sweet Poison
I have drunk the sweet poison of fantasy it is not deep or meaningful or existential or maybe it has glimmers of all those things I can taste the nectar from my stomach and can feel the fragrance seeping into my blood and lulling me into a dream my body morphs into an amorphous dome […]
Beauty in a Broken World
We are surrounded by beauty in this world, even on the days where the world feels most broken. In nature alone, we experience the changing of leaves in the fall, the sound of crashing waves, blooming of flowers, and the scents of fresh fruit. Beautiful artwork is displayed in museums all over the world and […]