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Sated Fierce Ones

Posted on April 14, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

There is a sweetness when we realize that all we seek on earth is only for temporary nourishment…the truth is in the dreams of the sated fierce ones. What gives the lion his strength is the softness of his dreams. … Continue reading →

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Sojourner

Posted on April 5, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Across the surface, drag the handKnotted wood and obsidian. Splinters sliver, skin sliced through,The surface bleeds an ocean blue. Stroke the metal torn and rusted,pitted rock, lichen crusted. Press the door oh sojourner,press the surface ever more. Slide your fingers … Continue reading →

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bleeding hearts

Posted on April 5, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Hearts imbued with redolence fill the garden with others sent… …to pour their wine in waiting chalice of servants drunk in sultans palace. Fragrance comes before the rose, then long after the petals close. Following the scent of flower white … Continue reading →

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And Finally, We Sleep

Posted on April 5, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Heart beat, let me breathe, “goodbye,” A shooting star in her midnight sky. Just one more breath for a candle flame To slip the grasp of a love in vain. Night curled bodies, pressed and warm, Rose petal kisses to … Continue reading →

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A kiss that toppled the world

Posted on April 5, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Out in the surly seas, a tidal wave toppled out of the sky conjured by the secret teamwork of moon and sun, from a once a gentle ripple, And that, stirred by a wondering kiss that broke the benign surface … Continue reading →

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Seeking Love

Posted on March 28, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Seeking love is chasing the setting sun around the earth pleading for it to rise again Be still, it will come orbit yourself you will become the east and the west then love becomes your axis. tis nothing if not … Continue reading →

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A Cove, One’s Own

Posted on March 28, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

A cove, one’s own For hearts, a home where sky and sea cliff sides crawling with posies meet in places built from traces of reassembled memories. all is quiet, all is tender, purling waters to remember sips to come, from … Continue reading →

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Life is Love Struck

Posted on March 28, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Life is as short as a relinquished moment.Ahhh, time, the relentless lover,pins down our brilliant wordswith slowly placed and peeled kisses. Love struck,we stagger from its embrace,our lips still tremblingand all the more rouge. Paint the world red with “this.”Upon … Continue reading →

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We Loved Once, When We Were Young

Posted on March 22, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

(July 28, 2012) Warrior hearts leap from drunken ships listing in the grizzly brinewaves with claws to rip the pray,feast and vomit on a thin shoreline. Swells roll in the wake of Neptune,singing a lullaby, rippling the clothof angels, still … Continue reading →

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Be Unwritten

Posted on March 22, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I am amazed at the resilience of the human spirit. It seems we rally around the stories of hero and heroine, rescuing the soul from the tracks as the train approaches. And as beautiful as this is, there is a … Continue reading →

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