There you sit Encased in glass Volatile. Dangerous. Watching from your perch The air fairly sizzles Unsettled and frenetic Passionate Conducting from your station When your eyes fall upon me It is revealed What lay before me is both beguiling and perlious To deny it would be a folly I venture closer Excitement pricks my [...]
Everyone is lying
Moments - caught in time Momentous, mundane Precious. Abiding. Now that time has passed And as only the wisdom of age allows, Examine what has transpired. Do it with new eyes Fresh Eyes Blessed with humility, purity and tenderness Time gives the gift of perspective Patience Understanding, Sadness and Remorse Who can you tell? The [...]
Fight It’s all you can do It’s instinct now One foot in front of the other You march Bone tired One weary foot, then the next Uphill Mountainous, treacherous To nowhere That’s how it seems Still, you trudge Heavy of heart but clear of mind Careful, reasoned movements To salvation vaguely promised Never fully described [...]
Your hand on mine is like fire It warms me, reminds me of a life I knew before Before you Before this Now I know for certain the sensation is a lie The feeling burns within me It threatens to consume me with rage, with disgust I barely recognize myself, I have stooped so low [...]
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