Monthly Archives: October 2014

We Are

We are the flame that consumes the wick, we are the wick that burns down the column of wax, we are the encasement of wax that melts from around the wick… all these we are, thus giving the “candle of … Continue reading

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Bed bound and solitudinous

Bed bound and solitudenous Out beyond the edge of reason, beyond where my senses can claim I cannot sleep or wake… nor dream. A state of insouciant stillness. Bereft of unnecessary memories. I am not loved, I do not love in ways I can … Continue reading

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The Romance of Artist and Muse

She is a tress of hair out of place, combed in slow sweeps from my forehead. I thought her an enigma to perchance unravel by the press of well-paired lips or by a mind besotted with moon glow and Grenache … Continue reading

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My Magnificent Morning Malaise

I pour the wine, while you raise your cup until our bodies have had enough, that our spirit’s twist, wrung out dry, sexed and sated; shyly truth seeps outside of careless vessels, free once more – unable to collide, despite … Continue reading

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Earth Bound Elements in Repose

Of earthbound lovers in repose darkness awakens dreams for those who in their arrogance sleep so well with their sinuous curves that writhe in hell fleeting words leap to a tragic death off the end of a sentence’ precipice spoken by guardians of empty spaces … Continue reading

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I will forever see you soon

I thought all morning about his life coming to an end During the oddly undaunted progress of day I thought of how I might say goodbye to him Imagining a reply in traces of dry breath Surrendered by a swollen … Continue reading

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Wordness

I read. I listened. I composed what might resemble a word. And then realized, that the innermost attribute of a word is wordless wrapped in word-ness. All I could think to say, is all I could feel in silence… just … Continue reading

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