They walked to the pond and the sun was warm, it encouraged them to sit on a bench and they sat awhile and talked. A turtle sat on a log that lay like a waiting crocodile in the pond, while herons tred in outward arcs in search of primordial nourishment. “True enlightenment,” he said, “isContinue reading “Of Turtles and Birds”
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When death lurks on your morning stroll
baked by the fresh, morning sun the streets reek of boredom, panic, and piss decide to practice increased tactility practice keeping my head from bowing to track my shoes practice my breathing practice regulating judgmental tendencies achieve temporary reprieve enjoy a brief taste of peace until I remember that there is horror horror and death,Continue reading “When death lurks on your morning stroll”
owning this day
This heat, this glow, it blasts through the glass upon my skin and for a moment I feel enriched by it the way a plant would, but soon I realize the sun only exists because I willed it to and so the heat and the light is mine and I am to blame for itContinue reading “owning this day”
river continued
is my heart just this river is my pain just a recollection can I follow this river to a loving source atop some lonely peak in the landscape of my soul
goddamn reality
here in perfect silence this pretty glimpse of memory now fading now gone here in blessed focus this iron noose of world remains pulls me brings me back
the spiral
down the spiral fading into everything dancing in the light harvesting the spiral spinning doom just say goodnight tell me everything’s alright kiss me goodnight I’m through with the world tonight
almost 7
I am a six watching eight just a step far from overcoming trapped by fate’s harsh turn tell me what’s wrong with you just a fall away from seven shy a hair of perfection a six watching eight
travelling master
wisdom aged longer than time takes my youth beyond my place and wears on this restless mind to live for more and achieve less the quickening entropy of consciousness feeds the urge to find peace above and beyond this earthly trap which clings like a ghastly prison patience, the virtue persisting that holds the egoContinue reading “travelling master”
a little boy dreaming of the stars
before me I’ve laid a path behind I’ve told a story now is the waking moment of my condition I’m just a little boy dreaming of the stars before I know, I’m back beneath this enclosure bound by this triple-sided destiny my witness is the heart in my hand just dreaming of a longing forContinue reading “a little boy dreaming of the stars”
the world, the void
the void is our world but our world is not void my soul can rest in silent sleep but our world is not void we make it difficult to smile we make it difficult to rest I cannot help this melancholy my mood will change with the wind bend with the river for our worldContinue reading “the world, the void”
