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Measured Time, Immeasurable Perpetuity

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Measured time is illusory – so much, that memories, in so far as they can be remembered now, are no more real than the present moment, which itself is completely and utterly transient. Poof! It seems the facets of illusion … Continue reading →

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from whence we come

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

…it is the unsettled heart beneath the wool fluttering the fabric over which we roam pulsing rhythms and melodies that harken voices along paths unknown to singing sands of harmony recalling, recalling whence we come… tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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Missing Men

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I’d no real idea what I was looking at – it seems a sublime visage foretells the future, more than it reveals the present moment. There is one channel, many rivers…best not to confuse the two. Suffice to say, men … Continue reading →

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Content sans Container

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Words of wishes have earthly limits Heaven’s silent melody hath no harmony on earth but prayer Carriages of flesh secretly conveyed passengers By God’s disclosure Open this parcel one last time One last gasp before I expel disclosure like smoke against … Continue reading →

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God In, God Through

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

God “in” the other is really God “through” the other. inhale of a beloveds kiss fans the flames of higher awareness… Sensual journey toward a divine arrival. God is everywhere and everywhere, and where there is not a “where.” So … Continue reading →

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A gift in an open hand

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

So compelled. So easy to close one’s hand on so fine a feather. A few have sailed in the pendulous descent, to land gently where I stood. Loosened by both bird taken flight and a bird landed. Oh, these signs … Continue reading →

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Who orbits whom

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

A channel cannot possess the water that flows within it… their relationship is both a river still and a river wild. To possess even our own secret would be to violate the sanctity of the hearts wilderness, yet we pirouette … Continue reading →

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Your Cat is Dead and I’m Smiling

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Photo credit: Alex Esquerra Last night your bedroom was tattoo-parlor-red… You were a relentless sex machine and your Alex Esguerra painting was knocked from the wall during our rough housing. I found it behind the bed when I was looking … Continue reading →

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Alchemicalamity

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

All the earth elements in repose something to breath in dreams of those You must sleep so well being who you are, whenever you do sleep. with no fear of hell… Words leap to their tragic death off the end … Continue reading →

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Paper Thin Memories

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Same reckless memory woke me up today She’s out there calling for me somewhere on the highway Come out and find me if you must, before my image turns to dust And you’ll just fade away. Why do I cling, … Continue reading →

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