Vetivert
Needs him near,
to stave off these thoughts of naught-
these thoughts of all
entirety.
Surround us
are lovely
bloodfilled hearts,
sonnets-
full with ardour-
gift wrapped
under long black trench coats,
platinum cuff links,
brass buttons
and linked pearls and gold-
are the satin ribbons
and bows
unwrapped,
bare pear flesh devoured
in warm fired room
beside
feathered frosty
windowpane.
Men with coal hearts
look into the windows
of jewellers,
displays of bound-
garnets, amethyst,
rubies, canary,
emerald-
secretly
pine for their hues.
Rumination of many minds'
weighing heavily in these leafless trees.
Simple minded prayers, thoughts, well wishes,
ill wishes, stresses, grief, worries, cynicisms,
so on and so on-
colour gamut of our world.
~feel the sand hit my lobe
when I lift the peachy sea shell to ear-
the longing to be taken away,
to hear oceans hissing from across the globe- call to me,
funneled now-
into canal~
to mind,
subconcious,
imagination,
perceived reality;
reminding me of this metonymy
of ecstatic life-
I drink water from the cup of blood,
of mud, from being, from earth;
to become, blood, mud, earth
and water.
I implore to be taken away-
a mythical hitchhiker on the backs of blue whales
then,
a tidal being-
a sea thing,
swept into the sticky spring green weeds-
a vetivert root
tossed over the capacious sea
from tofino's surf
to Japan, Alaska, Russia,
washed ashore-
drowned-alive
a still-born
taking first breath
in the after world.
Fairytale love, I wish for-
some foreign ice prince,
ever so-
unlikely preserved;
my countenance blank-
washed,
my roots of vanilla and amber-
acrid-
over abyss, salt. ice,
and slow-
death.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Paper Bag Princess
Paper Bag Princess
Smog filled imagination;
Oil slick lips-
She thought she was alone.
Charcoal eyes,
Others spume their sociological judgment.
Polluted tongue-
Tasting pure words from past eras; how unworthy of her.
She poured rainbows’ of calligraphy onto him, the only one that sees her-
A parallel from another place, she may never meet.
That she left behind for sum days and hours-
while she sorted herself, straightened out her insanity into neat tidy
boxes, safely stoed them away with monochromatic labels-
A hope filled paper bag princess she is, though.
Flowers in her hair,
Stolen from pithy stems, near a gutter where it grew
Orange.
Her porcelain lounge legs
Salty- sultry- scathed
By men
She regrets.
But can't escape from-
that prision she made in her mind, is now a foundation of her eventual domise-
Men who made babies with her,
grew light and blood and life from her-
That loved her on their own terms.
Not caring if she did love them too-
The babe is all she has of this paralell world.
One truth against whole oceans of lies.
Living room forts of blankets and cushions,
where they tell stories of fairytales, happily ever after’s-
Where they hide.
Flashlight torch lights their journey; through a world made up.
She sings in the acid rain,
Umbrella transparent
To let in the gray paint her face-
Poems written in the corner
Alleyway’s riddled with filth and urban graffiti
Murmur of stardust over garbage
Most unlikely of places-
Recycled thoughts, cardboard, aluminum, plastic,
we are less original than we all think-
She says-
Right down to our genes
We’re more related- relatable than you all perceive-
Skin blood bone light and
electricity-
Smog filled imagination;
Oil slick lips-
She thought she was alone.
Charcoal eyes,
Others spume their sociological judgment.
Polluted tongue-
Tasting pure words from past eras; how unworthy of her.
She poured rainbows’ of calligraphy onto him, the only one that sees her-
A parallel from another place, she may never meet.
That she left behind for sum days and hours-
while she sorted herself, straightened out her insanity into neat tidy
boxes, safely stoed them away with monochromatic labels-
A hope filled paper bag princess she is, though.
Flowers in her hair,
Stolen from pithy stems, near a gutter where it grew
Orange.
Her porcelain lounge legs
Salty- sultry- scathed
By men
She regrets.
But can't escape from-
that prision she made in her mind, is now a foundation of her eventual domise-
Men who made babies with her,
grew light and blood and life from her-
That loved her on their own terms.
Not caring if she did love them too-
The babe is all she has of this paralell world.
One truth against whole oceans of lies.
Living room forts of blankets and cushions,
where they tell stories of fairytales, happily ever after’s-
Where they hide.
Flashlight torch lights their journey; through a world made up.
She sings in the acid rain,
Umbrella transparent
To let in the gray paint her face-
Poems written in the corner
Alleyway’s riddled with filth and urban graffiti
Murmur of stardust over garbage
Most unlikely of places-
Recycled thoughts, cardboard, aluminum, plastic,
we are less original than we all think-
She says-
Right down to our genes
We’re more related- relatable than you all perceive-
Skin blood bone light and
electricity-
Flood Waters
Flood Waters
Went to hike down the trails by the train track-
Flooded out by the lake, by the creek-
My now leech tongue- drained of blood,
For I’m
Boatless,
Nowhere natural to go, to write, without a boat,
We are drifting down currents of uncertainty.
The water was onyx black, reflecting the autumn skeletons, branches sunken
Like the teeth of the dead half buried in loam,
Marbled cobalt-ivory sky above,
And the sun was finally out-
Blaring lemon against the tarry blackness;
Of flood waters
Unreceded,
Black and yellow,
The new Black and white.
I found this zesty, yet strange-
Put me into a daze-
Then I came to this place, to warm my hands-
Warmth to softly bandage,
My cut hands that tainted these blackened clairvoyant
New waters-
Poisoned now by traces of my O negative perfume.
Lucid I sat there, read your words, un natural setting unwelcoming,
Went back to the flood,
Waded into the trails,
With uncertainty below in the under tow that fills my boots now-
With onyx below and yellow above-
was stunned to read your words
that mirrored thoughts unfolding in my mind like photographs
just then.
Went to hike down the trails by the train track-
Flooded out by the lake, by the creek-
My now leech tongue- drained of blood,
For I’m
Boatless,
Nowhere natural to go, to write, without a boat,
We are drifting down currents of uncertainty.
The water was onyx black, reflecting the autumn skeletons, branches sunken
Like the teeth of the dead half buried in loam,
Marbled cobalt-ivory sky above,
And the sun was finally out-
Blaring lemon against the tarry blackness;
Of flood waters
Unreceded,
Black and yellow,
The new Black and white.
I found this zesty, yet strange-
Put me into a daze-
Then I came to this place, to warm my hands-
Warmth to softly bandage,
My cut hands that tainted these blackened clairvoyant
New waters-
Poisoned now by traces of my O negative perfume.
Lucid I sat there, read your words, un natural setting unwelcoming,
Went back to the flood,
Waded into the trails,
With uncertainty below in the under tow that fills my boots now-
With onyx below and yellow above-
was stunned to read your words
that mirrored thoughts unfolding in my mind like photographs
just then.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
A Town Called Catatonia
A Town Called Catatonia
Just give it something-
To keep this slanted calligraphy gleaning- always-over~
Angelically- above-
False leather eyelashes and crystal silicone valleys-
Beyond yonder,
& beauty queens;
We’re born in the era of hansoms’
And gaslight.
Turntable- tracks skip our favourite lines,
Play the ones we care less about.
This collective jade soul, over-
Enameled hearts; and
Delineated eyes leave yours and I’s
Minds’ sore,
Spinning fast marigoround-
Is this procession.
Dead-end roads-
You and I have found ourselves on previously, too many times in false pursuit of a foreign feel of being felt-
Now stark epiphany.
Sky scraped eyes,
Concrete tongue, cracked from continuity of lashes- by
Laws and letdowns; supposed realities, commitments,
And obliged networks we’ve made that bind us with rusted links-
maybe even unto our graves.
Souls that secretly glisten- gilded, unfeigned
Against scarlet smokescreens-
Despite their efforts, lies hold truths.
Yes, yes they do-
But truths never bear lies,
only perceptions-
So-
Give me nothing,
But hope filled fictions (I’ll take what you can spare)
Molted gold feather-
From your wing, dipped in ink-
Writes our story of nothing-everything; known- unknown-
That keeps me dazzled-
Eyes open when closed
Please don’t slap me down dear world;
Please keep my flighted soul asoar-
For-
I’m catatonically glacial- when only here, not there- lost in translation; when between worlds,
Iced over and numb
I could scream
If my frozen voice would allow me release-
Dove under the glasson ice skin over neon novocain lake-
In a town called Catatonia population, nihil.
Unable to break through, when I needed effervescent blue-
Sunk like stone unknown, slate cloud shrouded human being,
Supersession of one life-
When you’re gone, simply just not around.
Lung filled world,
World filled lungs-
Drown me in a love so grand, hysteria maddening ensues-
My own soul can’t even fathom this universal source.
These fractures of thought, splinter my hands;
Can’t contain fluidity of flow this violet eve,
When you’re all that I breathe, and all that my senses perceive,
Sun, world, moon,
The five and the eight,
The universe of heart reaches to the universe of soul-
Kisses lips imperfectly aligned
Created the big bang-
Flowered into this you
N into this-
I.
Just give it something-
To keep this slanted calligraphy gleaning- always-over~
Angelically- above-
False leather eyelashes and crystal silicone valleys-
Beyond yonder,
& beauty queens;
We’re born in the era of hansoms’
And gaslight.
Turntable- tracks skip our favourite lines,
Play the ones we care less about.
This collective jade soul, over-
Enameled hearts; and
Delineated eyes leave yours and I’s
Minds’ sore,
Spinning fast marigoround-
Is this procession.
Dead-end roads-
You and I have found ourselves on previously, too many times in false pursuit of a foreign feel of being felt-
Now stark epiphany.
Sky scraped eyes,
Concrete tongue, cracked from continuity of lashes- by
Laws and letdowns; supposed realities, commitments,
And obliged networks we’ve made that bind us with rusted links-
maybe even unto our graves.
Souls that secretly glisten- gilded, unfeigned
Against scarlet smokescreens-
Despite their efforts, lies hold truths.
Yes, yes they do-
But truths never bear lies,
only perceptions-
So-
Give me nothing,
But hope filled fictions (I’ll take what you can spare)
Molted gold feather-
From your wing, dipped in ink-
Writes our story of nothing-everything; known- unknown-
That keeps me dazzled-
Eyes open when closed
Please don’t slap me down dear world;
Please keep my flighted soul asoar-
For-
I’m catatonically glacial- when only here, not there- lost in translation; when between worlds,
Iced over and numb
I could scream
If my frozen voice would allow me release-
Dove under the glasson ice skin over neon novocain lake-
In a town called Catatonia population, nihil.
Unable to break through, when I needed effervescent blue-
Sunk like stone unknown, slate cloud shrouded human being,
Supersession of one life-
When you’re gone, simply just not around.
Lung filled world,
World filled lungs-
Drown me in a love so grand, hysteria maddening ensues-
My own soul can’t even fathom this universal source.
These fractures of thought, splinter my hands;
Can’t contain fluidity of flow this violet eve,
When you’re all that I breathe, and all that my senses perceive,
Sun, world, moon,
The five and the eight,
The universe of heart reaches to the universe of soul-
Kisses lips imperfectly aligned
Created the big bang-
Flowered into this you
N into this-
I.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
UnI in Universe
UnI
What is a soulmate?-
This is the one only real
question
that is facetted eternally
with infinite endless answers.
Like a mother and child, the child asks and asks, and the mother
never denies truth.
what if,
you were faced with
light too bright
darkness like abyss
on a raft
in a sea with endless horizon
whichever way you looked to-
in a fiord encompassing-
green depth that never ended-
in a city that towered higher than possible-
to the heavens,
to imagination pure.
in a house with too many mirrors, and no windows- what would you see?
in a world that's long forgotton,
these ancient ways-
what if you were presented with your soul,
and your others'
stripped down to essence
light infront of you,
and her.
What is a soulmate?-
This is the one only real
question
that is facetted eternally
with infinite endless answers.
Like a mother and child, the child asks and asks, and the mother
never denies truth.
what if,
you were faced with
light too bright
darkness like abyss
on a raft
in a sea with endless horizon
whichever way you looked to-
in a fiord encompassing-
green depth that never ended-
in a city that towered higher than possible-
to the heavens,
to imagination pure.
in a house with too many mirrors, and no windows- what would you see?
in a world that's long forgotton,
these ancient ways-
what if you were presented with your soul,
and your others'
stripped down to essence
light infront of you,
and her.
Standing in a burned house; The morning after
Standing in a burned house;
the morning after
This place,
Now char
Burnt house,
Bright Ornaments of Christmas
just put up days ago
Bright against the char-
now
Epistilbite,
Gold and silver
trimmed wall mirrors
Cracked china tea cups
Collage of beautiful rubble artwork-
Photographs bubbled and melted-
Float in the flood after the fire
The water-
muddy green,
still clear though-
With ash like pumice,
colour-
Grey skies
Standing there,
transient
Not a dream
Not real,
but something else,
this morning after-
Standing-
At the burnt house.
the morning after
This place,
Now char
Burnt house,
Bright Ornaments of Christmas
just put up days ago
Bright against the char-
now
Epistilbite,
Gold and silver
trimmed wall mirrors
Cracked china tea cups
Collage of beautiful rubble artwork-
Photographs bubbled and melted-
Float in the flood after the fire
The water-
muddy green,
still clear though-
With ash like pumice,
colour-
Grey skies
Standing there,
transient
Not a dream
Not real,
but something else,
this morning after-
Standing-
At the burnt house.
Monday, November 16, 2009
I ate the lemon
I ate the lemon
I ate the lemon
of your eye
Stole the glimmering zest;
I'll take the blame,
for my tart craving
my sour oblivion
that sliced you-
with this steel knife of mine,
I took the seed
of yellow
from the pulpy flesh
'tween my teeth
and planted it-
now rooted
in my core-
I'm a yellow lemon thief~
I ate the lemon
of your eye
Stole the glimmering zest;
I'll take the blame,
for my tart craving
my sour oblivion
that sliced you-
with this steel knife of mine,
I took the seed
of yellow
from the pulpy flesh
'tween my teeth
and planted it-
now rooted
in my core-
I'm a yellow lemon thief~
Wild Blue Yonder
Wild Blue Yonder
The seasons’ rouge vicissitude
mimics us-
We are everything
And naught;
In the face of false realities
that dis-illusion us,
From the only one true realism
we both have.
We’re Simultaneously-
Neither-
Here
Nor-
There-
Shifting paradox of flesh-
Of mind;
Shifting flame of green;
Now blunt white;
Flowers of fireworks twinkle-
Susurrus of mind to soul-
Only discourse of aphorisms that flowers’ truly unflawed-
This simple plain of objective beauty that folds us neatly in the pockets,
Of others-
Is a quagmire of ornery discord-
That you,
And I,
Stand fractured,
Reflective against-
This modern day
∞∞∞∞∞∞∞
The seasons’ rouge vicissitude
mimics us-
We are everything
And naught;
In the face of false realities
that dis-illusion us,
From the only one true realism
we both have.
We’re Simultaneously-
Neither-
Here
Nor-
There-
Shifting paradox of flesh-
Of mind;
Shifting flame of green;
Now blunt white;
Flowers of fireworks twinkle-
Susurrus of mind to soul-
Only discourse of aphorisms that flowers’ truly unflawed-
This simple plain of objective beauty that folds us neatly in the pockets,
Of others-
Is a quagmire of ornery discord-
That you,
And I,
Stand fractured,
Reflective against-
This modern day
∞∞∞∞∞∞∞
Love's Procession
Love’s Procession
They make love in cobblestone alleyways
of foreign roads,
Travel unknown lands-
Cavalcade of forbidden love-
Waited a lifetime
f
or this.
Soft clam sands of Portugal-
Crested over the Charles Bridge arching over the pristine jade
Vitava River,
Watch the old town’s astronomical clock
Strike 3 Am,
Under constellations’
like crystals.
The Serengeti grasses
goldenrod yellow-
Up to her thighs-
He chases,
Steals a kiss-
without her allowance;
this small crime, committed-
Under the smoldering paprika sun of South Africa.
Lust like glimmering sparklers on New Years Eve,
held over flutes of bubbly champagne-
In bistro bathrooms after ordering lattes,
they blurr like steam-
They get lost for hours
in the tall stacks of books, labyrinths of tall shelves
Dusty bookstores-
Dusty bookstores-
They lose their sanity in.
Only to find it again-
On the vineyard hills under red grape moons~
They-
Write under fruit trees,
Clementine-
Persimmons,
Tangerines,
Tangerines,
Passion fruit
Kiwi vines
Lemon trees-
Split their minds open,
halved like wild fruits'with pocket knife-
ready to be eaten;
Confusions' acrid pungence-
perfumes the air
She rests herself between his arms on small skinny boats
through Venice’s canal's of
soft sap green-
Falls asleep on his collarbone
for a moment.
He puzzles over her expressions,
tries to read where she went to-
read if she's faithful?
They dance in the streets under the flickering yolky street lamps
of foreign places,
of foreign places,
live music sung in other tongues
carrying them down the streets,
as they laugh and dance
after they've had a few too many drinks~
She
Watches him sleep for hours.
Kisses his eyes-
Afterwards,
In an act of pink lipped catharsis
wondering where his mind goes-
When his eyes are faithfully shut
When his eyes are faithfully shut
What a cacophony of noise that stirs
in minds muddied with loving clouds of austerity-
in minds muddied with loving clouds of austerity-
jealousy is the symptom of true love watched-
of true love touched-
this bittersweet balance of absolute delicacy,
Housed in this caravan of souls.
Housed in this caravan of souls.
Blue Gold & Pink
Blue Gold & Pink
Does anyone believe in love anymore?
Love bleeds a rare blood,
shared.
That is supposed to be
There to watch us parish.
This is such a strange day-
A dove death,
white as ivory,
a shoebox funeral by the apple tree.
This day,
Filled with questions, upon questions that contradict one another-
these questions unanswered have left holes-
In me.
For these are the questions that remain always answerless,
with infinite alternate endings.
This day reaching round bends with blind-spots
that I'll never know were there all along-
glistening polka dots
Blue gold pink
Simple circles paint my mind,
sharp curved edges blunt my peripheral-
of unknown feelings felt,
These stark white walls I’ve been pinned against-
the clinical sterile smell.
I’m so close to loss, a loss absolute,
there’s a metallic taste on my lips,
That doesn't belong to me.
I can’t descry-
Painted blue gold pink
On the canvas of this day-
Curved confusion,
Ambulance lights red and blue,
Sirens blare hysteria-
A stranger,
A woman dies alone,
an aisle spill-
She was alone,
Though I was there,
Peeking around the bend,
a confused child with circles of pink blue and gold in my eyes-
As I got a little closer,
Crouched down,
put my face on the ground parallel.
To keep her comfort,
loveless this woman lied dead,
for he was not there to watch her die,
no one she knew to watch her die,
There was only I,
whispering an ode to soothe-
I looked into her eyes,
Dead
Mine alive.
I watched the light leave,
simply go away.
I couldn’t help but ponder,
Where did her light go?
All her love, where?
This answerless
answer;
Like dove death.
Does anyone believe in love anymore?
Love bleeds a rare blood,
shared.
That is supposed to be
There to watch us parish.
This is such a strange day-
A dove death,
white as ivory,
a shoebox funeral by the apple tree.
This day,
Filled with questions, upon questions that contradict one another-
these questions unanswered have left holes-
In me.
For these are the questions that remain always answerless,
with infinite alternate endings.
This day reaching round bends with blind-spots
that I'll never know were there all along-
glistening polka dots
Blue gold pink
Simple circles paint my mind,
sharp curved edges blunt my peripheral-
of unknown feelings felt,
These stark white walls I’ve been pinned against-
the clinical sterile smell.
I’m so close to loss, a loss absolute,
there’s a metallic taste on my lips,
That doesn't belong to me.
I can’t descry-
Painted blue gold pink
On the canvas of this day-
Curved confusion,
Ambulance lights red and blue,
Sirens blare hysteria-
A stranger,
A woman dies alone,
an aisle spill-
She was alone,
Though I was there,
Peeking around the bend,
a confused child with circles of pink blue and gold in my eyes-
As I got a little closer,
Crouched down,
put my face on the ground parallel.
To keep her comfort,
loveless this woman lied dead,
for he was not there to watch her die,
no one she knew to watch her die,
There was only I,
whispering an ode to soothe-
I looked into her eyes,
Dead
Mine alive.
I watched the light leave,
simply go away.
I couldn’t help but ponder,
Where did her light go?
All her love, where?
This answerless
answer;
Like dove death.
One Verse
One Verse
This evening
of unity
one versed
song,
sung
a sapphic ode-
a continuum
a myriad
of
collectives
of the five
created the
eight.
This evening
of unity
one versed
song,
sung
a sapphic ode-
a continuum
a myriad
of
collectives
of the five
created the
eight.
Burning Yellow
Burning Yellow
You say these words-
like there's ink on your mouth.
I can see the burnt yellow paint drip from your lips-
dead duck chicks-
feathers flurry round-
like a soul fallen down,
cobalt blue draining tears-
tragic spectrum fans it's array~
pearl coloured bulbs crack in the permasoil-
of glasson frost fingers-
winters children,
christmas lights soften the hardened taut cheeks
of our lustful lovers~
And my red,
like petals off a lenten-
my lips over bitten out of nervousness
in anticipation of the unknown ink that you pour over me,
that paint a hill vibrant-
A soul more true than ever thought possible.
And I,
am here,
burning dead blossoms'
Violets, peonies, lavender-
pink fairy slippers
crisping them away-
as your colours submerge into my acrid haze.
Salivated potpourri fills-
like a brumey magestic smog
of warm breath
breathed from cold lips-
You say these words-
like there's ink on your mouth.
I can see the burnt yellow paint drip from your lips-
dead duck chicks-
feathers flurry round-
like a soul fallen down,
cobalt blue draining tears-
tragic spectrum fans it's array~
pearl coloured bulbs crack in the permasoil-
of glasson frost fingers-
winters children,
christmas lights soften the hardened taut cheeks
of our lustful lovers~
And my red,
like petals off a lenten-
my lips over bitten out of nervousness
in anticipation of the unknown ink that you pour over me,
that paint a hill vibrant-
A soul more true than ever thought possible.
And I,
am here,
burning dead blossoms'
Violets, peonies, lavender-
pink fairy slippers
crisping them away-
as your colours submerge into my acrid haze.
Salivated potpourri fills-
like a brumey magestic smog
of warm breath
breathed from cold lips-
Rings
Rings
I feel I've been-
over and over again,
reborn.
Like a tree,
My life consists of rings,
One per year,
That grows tough and briny,
Then sheaf's off-
like the pages of a journal-
coats are shed,
reborn
each page
Renewed into this,
this you-
a new blank unknown
ready to be filled with poetic life
A most beautiful-
Calligraphy unjarred.
I feel I've been-
over and over again,
reborn.
Like a tree,
My life consists of rings,
One per year,
That grows tough and briny,
Then sheaf's off-
like the pages of a journal-
coats are shed,
reborn
each page
Renewed into this,
this you-
a new blank unknown
ready to be filled with poetic life
A most beautiful-
Calligraphy unjarred.
Through Neon
Through Neon
Through the neon
of blaring white screens,
all I can imagine,
are your hands,
your eyes,
then I melt.
Am drawn back with the need
to know more-
to try to get a better view
of purity,
that mirrors my own.
Oh,
how I would adore to live in the
iris of your eye-
for one moment-
to see how you see,
beauty surround
you.
Through the neon
of blaring white screens,
all I can imagine,
are your hands,
your eyes,
then I melt.
Am drawn back with the need
to know more-
to try to get a better view
of purity,
that mirrors my own.
Oh,
how I would adore to live in the
iris of your eye-
for one moment-
to see how you see,
beauty surround
you.
Blood Lust; Soul Love
Blood Lust, Soul Love
When you only leave for even mere minutes,
the sands of our hourglass-
chafe my soul
like sandpaper,
granule not granule, but Sahara-
I miss you terribly-
this ridiculous necessity
I find in you-
This unyielding affinity
this insanity laced genius
laced sanity-
this maddeningly blinding light-
of soul torch
that is so bright over my eyes,
all is a negative-
over exposed to me now.
This rhythmic panic of blood love
so loud
I can hear my heart
over song~
When you only leave for even mere minutes,
the sands of our hourglass-
chafe my soul
like sandpaper,
granule not granule, but Sahara-
I miss you terribly-
this ridiculous necessity
I find in you-
This unyielding affinity
this insanity laced genius
laced sanity-
this maddeningly blinding light-
of soul torch
that is so bright over my eyes,
all is a negative-
over exposed to me now.
This rhythmic panic of blood love
so loud
I can hear my heart
over song~
Key Holder
Key Holder
In this place shams holds the keys
to the palace
of infinite love in friendship;
Of infinite angst and laughter-
of known and unfounded glory
and of endless freefalls'.
even after the muse that holds the torch has left
to another world anew,
unexplored
this infinity shall remain grown ancient
into this land
an unyielding
dilapidation
of timber and stone.
In this place shams holds the keys
to the palace
of infinite love in friendship;
Of infinite angst and laughter-
of known and unfounded glory
and of endless freefalls'.
even after the muse that holds the torch has left
to another world anew,
unexplored
this infinity shall remain grown ancient
into this land
an unyielding
dilapidation
of timber and stone.
Into our Hideout
Into Our Hideout
Sometimes I wonder?
Do the others that bleed our hearts red-
or lust your heart orange-
can they see a small window into our world
do you think?
Are they catching on,
can they sense a difference
emerging like a wave ebbing high,
or a small autumn whisper through the oaks'
Can they see into our irises a door half shut-
with only a peek......
A most curious slit-
of a world
unknown to them-
this world that is ours,
do they hear our whispers of ink-
of green,
of white blaring screens?
Our silent sound sounding an alarming
nothing-
Sometimes I wonder?
Do the others that bleed our hearts red-
or lust your heart orange-
can they see a small window into our world
do you think?
Are they catching on,
can they sense a difference
emerging like a wave ebbing high,
or a small autumn whisper through the oaks'
Can they see into our irises a door half shut-
with only a peek......
A most curious slit-
of a world
unknown to them-
this world that is ours,
do they hear our whispers of ink-
of green,
of white blaring screens?
Our silent sound sounding an alarming
nothing-
Masquerade
Masquerade
Destitute,
this tundran mouth-
So unforgiving,
this sort of death following death
calling for you
through the jagged ever honing plains of voice and throat-
I will die for you; you will die for me, a thousand times-
Now, come and find me.
Of bleak
yellow, brown, black and grey;
these tundran confines; converge into the heart-
Meets the sultry smudges and controlled paint strokes
of sequins, royal velvet and lace shades-
unfathomable-
now,
Imagined-
Italian hand made masks-
Dreamt-
This masquerade-
Of billions.
Hearts thumping,
classical piano playing in the backdrop,
a lovely serenade-
to this tundran abode,
This hunting for death being followed by life,
in search of the woman behind the mask-
Hers,
Dusty rose, scarlet red lips,
silver bells…
Escaping clocks,
broken heel-
Fairytale cliché after cliché after cliché-
Met.
Chasing silhouettes down-
Stairs
And
Delicate
Stoned
Archways.
Dead end,
wall barrier of confrontation of sorts,
Where they-
Slow danced.
Demasked-
Destitute,
this tundran mouth-
So unforgiving,
this sort of death following death
calling for you
through the jagged ever honing plains of voice and throat-
I will die for you; you will die for me, a thousand times-
Now, come and find me.
Of bleak
yellow, brown, black and grey;
these tundran confines; converge into the heart-
Meets the sultry smudges and controlled paint strokes
of sequins, royal velvet and lace shades-
unfathomable-
now,
Imagined-
Italian hand made masks-
Dreamt-
This masquerade-
Of billions.
Hearts thumping,
classical piano playing in the backdrop,
a lovely serenade-
to this tundran abode,
This hunting for death being followed by life,
in search of the woman behind the mask-
Hers,
Dusty rose, scarlet red lips,
silver bells…
Escaping clocks,
broken heel-
Fairytale cliché after cliché after cliché-
Met.
Chasing silhouettes down-
Stairs
And
Delicate
Stoned
Archways.
Dead end,
wall barrier of confrontation of sorts,
Where they-
Slow danced.
Demasked-
Deletion Renamed
Deletion Renamed
And the door shut abruptly-
A light most curious was tamed.
This eve of purple rain,
This eve of red ribboned lips;
and
cream lace covering foreign panes~
no more childish fingertips-
penning his name on this fog surfaced clarity-
Billy Holiday
singing in the background-
Is simple deletion of lovers that never met-
played out too long in this song-
sung like spread dove wings,
this song must be renamed,
in the face of fear absolute,
embraced;
and flung like holiday glitter to the fogs,
from crested peach palms freed arched like wings-
To be carried out to roofs afar where soul friends
can meet.
And the door shut abruptly-
A light most curious was tamed.
This eve of purple rain,
This eve of red ribboned lips;
and
cream lace covering foreign panes~
no more childish fingertips-
penning his name on this fog surfaced clarity-
Billy Holiday
singing in the background-
Is simple deletion of lovers that never met-
played out too long in this song-
sung like spread dove wings,
this song must be renamed,
in the face of fear absolute,
embraced;
and flung like holiday glitter to the fogs,
from crested peach palms freed arched like wings-
To be carried out to roofs afar where soul friends
can meet.
Kiss Me
Kiss me
I wanted to sit here,
And write beautiful poetry-
Free of worldly distraction~
But my mind is buzzing with song-
Some tempest, l
ovely chord
With blood notes.
And all I can conjure deep within my rings,
and out to my more shallow depths of bark-
Is that I want to kiss you.
Oh, how I want to kiss you,
In this fiord of fragility-
trees of blown glass quaking in winds
whorling down from funnel clouds’
That shattering sound
surround
That fragile telling lip-line,
your jaw-line like a bare bough reaching up-
to mind~
I tilt my head,
the slanting of want,
Wanting to be eviscerated
Consumed,
turned into an impressionist
blurr....
I wanted to sit here,
And write beautiful poetry-
Free of worldly distraction~
But my mind is buzzing with song-
Some tempest, l
ovely chord
With blood notes.
And all I can conjure deep within my rings,
and out to my more shallow depths of bark-
Is that I want to kiss you.
Oh, how I want to kiss you,
In this fiord of fragility-
trees of blown glass quaking in winds
whorling down from funnel clouds’
That shattering sound
surround
That fragile telling lip-line,
your jaw-line like a bare bough reaching up-
to mind~
I tilt my head,
the slanting of want,
Wanting to be eviscerated
Consumed,
turned into an impressionist
blurr....
Fragility
Fragility
fragility
this sand of gold
so easily blows
through the winds of want
and is spread
like autumn
through the sea's of need
to fertilize the loam of creativity
to nourish the stems
of soul
that landed on this fateful stoop-
a rose
fragility
this sand of gold
so easily blows
through the winds of want
and is spread
like autumn
through the sea's of need
to fertilize the loam of creativity
to nourish the stems
of soul
that landed on this fateful stoop-
a rose
Rust
Rust
Flash of embers
from the sky
rust my mind
'tween
eye to eye-
Simple grievance-
this fast fire
green flames
cobalt blue
molten metal
absconds
the metallic plight
of paramour.
Flash of embers
from the sky
rust my mind
'tween
eye to eye-
Simple grievance-
this fast fire
green flames
cobalt blue
molten metal
absconds
the metallic plight
of paramour.
The evolution of fear
The Evolution of Fear
Failure
Epic failure-
The type of which you must claw your way from sunken stone in mud-
To reach the higher ground
where natural opalesque
light
Is visible, yet again.
More beautiful than previously seen.
That is how we know we’ve lived a life at all~
For those who live too carefully-
that they haven’t failed epically~
Have never lived at all,
And to those who have never loved epically, selflessly-
Painfully,
And to those who live superficially, esthetically, materially~
Have never lived at all.
Won’t you go?
No, won’t you just stay?
What are you doing, why?
I must leave..
Maybe I’ll stay and sit awhile?
Question’s we ask out of fear,
we are primal animals-
Capable of remembering now
The source of our discontentment, although
fear is supposed to leave after it is confronted,
And that is our evolution of fear, or rather de-evolution of fear.
We as a society cannot let go
That’s why we have wars’, hate crimes’, divorces’, poverty, religion, etc etc etc.
The benefits of failure;
Are seen as you are, standing there at the threshold of life~
( Jumping headfirst in,
Not feet first- if you are infact alive)
This social slope where fear has always ruled,
as a determinant of existence,
As a parenthesis of the base of creation of ancient religion-
and of all that we’ve ever know~
And of what we weigh our value against in this plain, popularity, the source is fear-
I find it is often paradoxical of the equitoxic.
Though I would like to make it clear in parenthesis-
That I do not blame the world for its point of view.
For seeing our dizzying flaws-
As diamonds in the buff-
If we could only we as a species be so subjective, so broad-
To see this universal view too.
-See that indulging fear is only a slow death
from birth (if we allow it).
And in death
our greatest fears we always
felt-
Aren’t met anyways~
Failure
Epic failure-
The type of which you must claw your way from sunken stone in mud-
To reach the higher ground
where natural opalesque
light
Is visible, yet again.
More beautiful than previously seen.
That is how we know we’ve lived a life at all~
For those who live too carefully-
that they haven’t failed epically~
Have never lived at all,
And to those who have never loved epically, selflessly-
Painfully,
And to those who live superficially, esthetically, materially~
Have never lived at all.
Won’t you go?
No, won’t you just stay?
What are you doing, why?
I must leave..
Maybe I’ll stay and sit awhile?
Question’s we ask out of fear,
we are primal animals-
Capable of remembering now
The source of our discontentment, although
fear is supposed to leave after it is confronted,
And that is our evolution of fear, or rather de-evolution of fear.
We as a society cannot let go
That’s why we have wars’, hate crimes’, divorces’, poverty, religion, etc etc etc.
The benefits of failure;
Are seen as you are, standing there at the threshold of life~
( Jumping headfirst in,
Not feet first- if you are infact alive)
This social slope where fear has always ruled,
as a determinant of existence,
As a parenthesis of the base of creation of ancient religion-
and of all that we’ve ever know~
And of what we weigh our value against in this plain, popularity, the source is fear-
I find it is often paradoxical of the equitoxic.
Though I would like to make it clear in parenthesis-
That I do not blame the world for its point of view.
For seeing our dizzying flaws-
As diamonds in the buff-
If we could only we as a species be so subjective, so broad-
To see this universal view too.
-See that indulging fear is only a slow death
from birth (if we allow it).
And in death
our greatest fears we always
felt-
Aren’t met anyways~
New Found Order
New Found Order
Could this just be a dream
Of shattered ornament-
This beautiful thing-
That you are,
Once- oppressive mind
Escaping confines~
To view the terrain of new-found glory.
Of enlightened living.
You 're a poet-
Poet-laureate
Worthy of the praise of a thousand sunsets- and sun
Rises,
This subjugated plain, has come to meet-
The you that I have come to find,
In this ecstatic living,
We all meet, and shake hands, kiss the sands’ of soul;
the stones of heart and so on and so on.
Among these broken ornaments.
We sit, you and I-
Impeccably flawed-
painfully- in bliss
Gluing beauty.
Could this just be a dream
Of shattered ornament-
This beautiful thing-
That you are,
Once- oppressive mind
Escaping confines~
To view the terrain of new-found glory.
Of enlightened living.
You 're a poet-
Poet-laureate
Worthy of the praise of a thousand sunsets- and sun
Rises,
This subjugated plain, has come to meet-
The you that I have come to find,
In this ecstatic living,
We all meet, and shake hands, kiss the sands’ of soul;
the stones of heart and so on and so on.
Among these broken ornaments.
We sit, you and I-
Impeccably flawed-
painfully- in bliss
Gluing beauty.
Volcano
Volcano
Taffy red,
Hot molten candy-
Like gum chewed,
overchurned-
you snake through the cavities.
Idle below,
then rise above like orgasm
Inside out of others swallowed whole,
Trees, town and foil
Mineral makers, ancient life creators’,
Wombs of mother earth.
Slow but sure you creep-
To those doors,
Then lick the steps, the walls and albums,
Clear off their slanted stoop~
When you come,
We feel your pain; yes we feel your pain-
This gift of feeling felt.
We learn.
We remember-
What was forgotten.
What we've never known, never thought,
we watch
it blossom into new knowledge-
I want you now
I hate you more,
You will never know how much I envy you~
How much I adore-
Your power of presence,
In taffy
candy
Pools of ruby
No soul
can
ignore.
Taffy red,
Hot molten candy-
Like gum chewed,
overchurned-
you snake through the cavities.
Idle below,
then rise above like orgasm
Inside out of others swallowed whole,
Trees, town and foil
Mineral makers, ancient life creators’,
Wombs of mother earth.
Slow but sure you creep-
To those doors,
Then lick the steps, the walls and albums,
Clear off their slanted stoop~
When you come,
We feel your pain; yes we feel your pain-
This gift of feeling felt.
We learn.
We remember-
What was forgotten.
What we've never known, never thought,
we watch
it blossom into new knowledge-
I want you now
I hate you more,
You will never know how much I envy you~
How much I adore-
Your power of presence,
In taffy
candy
Pools of ruby
No soul
can
ignore.
Over and Over again
Over and Over again.
Your words air,
like lightened fear,
like the eyes of the gazelle
being hunted
by the lion of me.
Fear is a complication,
of a term served on this earth~
After shying from anguish, a product sold,
after being scorched by the evil devoids'.
Fear is simply learnt-
from the hand of the feeder,
that hits us low-
we are taught.
But this was the choice.
Dear shams,
I may be a lion,
but so are you,
yes,
so are you-
we are a pride ,
we are intuitives you and I-
you and I can consume one another,
over and over again,
sip soul light, eat fear, drink laughter,
and steam tears over rice.
trade spaces for days-
Lion and gazelle are the same,
we're only mere shape shifters'
from mirroring galaxies away~
you may try to slake me away with you words of great fear-
that do mine too- overlay?-
But your words of fear-
are hallowed,
for they are shallowed in the waters that my feet tempt to bay~
Dear "shams",
I give you me,
the gazelle,
you
the lion.
This day.
Your words air,
like lightened fear,
like the eyes of the gazelle
being hunted
by the lion of me.
Fear is a complication,
of a term served on this earth~
After shying from anguish, a product sold,
after being scorched by the evil devoids'.
Fear is simply learnt-
from the hand of the feeder,
that hits us low-
we are taught.
But this was the choice.
Dear shams,
I may be a lion,
but so are you,
yes,
so are you-
we are a pride ,
we are intuitives you and I-
you and I can consume one another,
over and over again,
sip soul light, eat fear, drink laughter,
and steam tears over rice.
trade spaces for days-
Lion and gazelle are the same,
we're only mere shape shifters'
from mirroring galaxies away~
you may try to slake me away with you words of great fear-
that do mine too- overlay?-
But your words of fear-
are hallowed,
for they are shallowed in the waters that my feet tempt to bay~
Dear "shams",
I give you me,
the gazelle,
you
the lion.
This day.
Methuselah
Methuselah
My eyes are wide open,
yes
I said that they were wide shut,
these ivory airs are opening-
to accommodate this acrid poetic musk-
that feels around like blindness-
Only to slam me to the floor of gravity.
petrichor of words
that we eagerly implore-
with gaping mouths of orchid,
through milky brume,
comes virgin fingertips to line in rows upon a board,
keys fumble to the floor-
perfumed paper dream;
guised as screens-
tempestuous chords,
so fetching!
like nervous lovers fumble to front doors.
I am here,
I want to run,
I want you to come,
No,
maybe I should go?
Or stay and endeavor-
into the heart of a soul
this depth,
I close my eyes tight,
and hold onto my breath,
and walk to your foreign front step-
where your darkened shape awaits
me~
I always wished you'd come,
to find me here a-hiding
in plain sight,
on the precipice of poems,
this ledge of no turning back,
and of no climbing up-
of down,
we met this day of plundering,
sunk into the mud,
the clays of the love,
we found gems and virgs encrusting roots,
That towered high-
to the shoots
of-
Methuselah.
My eyes are wide open,
yes
I said that they were wide shut,
these ivory airs are opening-
to accommodate this acrid poetic musk-
that feels around like blindness-
Only to slam me to the floor of gravity.
petrichor of words
that we eagerly implore-
with gaping mouths of orchid,
through milky brume,
comes virgin fingertips to line in rows upon a board,
keys fumble to the floor-
perfumed paper dream;
guised as screens-
tempestuous chords,
so fetching!
like nervous lovers fumble to front doors.
I am here,
I want to run,
I want you to come,
No,
maybe I should go?
Or stay and endeavor-
into the heart of a soul
this depth,
I close my eyes tight,
and hold onto my breath,
and walk to your foreign front step-
where your darkened shape awaits
me~
I always wished you'd come,
to find me here a-hiding
in plain sight,
on the precipice of poems,
this ledge of no turning back,
and of no climbing up-
of down,
we met this day of plundering,
sunk into the mud,
the clays of the love,
we found gems and virgs encrusting roots,
That towered high-
to the shoots
of-
Methuselah.
Poises
Poiesis
Rain spray
Like;
Ghost tales
Slither along the street
Behind cars the essence of the gone fasten their
Lacey brume veils
Drug from town to town-
“Hitch hikers”-
They are the bereft
That cannot claim defeat;
(They've unfinished business you know?)
That is why they are cycled,
from loam, to sky to loam to mouth, to loam to sky
Over and over again.
Rain spray
Like;
Ghost tales
Slither along the street
Behind cars the essence of the gone fasten their
Lacey brume veils
Drug from town to town-
“Hitch hikers”-
They are the bereft
That cannot claim defeat;
(They've unfinished business you know?)
That is why they are cycled,
from loam, to sky to loam to mouth, to loam to sky
Over and over again.
Saving Crow's Feet
Saving crow’s feet
This is the wrong time
And the wrong place
To save crow’s feet
The ground quakes with rushed tires,
the sky breaks
I am not okay
With the world shifting around a broken life
Headlights bead the road- my hazards flash “alarming” in desperation-
Into the street I crouch to my knees-
To save crows feet
My father’s voice, whisper’s in my mind-
Which used to nurture the light, of helpless life,
softer than any other
His accent was lost over the airs of a decade-
It is as if you wince your soul like eyes
to try and see a dead face,
You once mapped so well
Now is impressionist~
Mostly gone,
a negative,
not exposed.
And I wrapped him,
the crow-
Drove not knowing how to save
Crows feet
And walked into the door of an animal clinic –
Where a box
With a towel softly bandaging the bottom
Was waiting for him
And he crouched, this pinioned friend,
Like a scared hurt child in the corner,
beak arched down.
As I walked away,
This is the wrong time
And the wrong place
To save crow’s feet
The ground quakes with rushed tires,
the sky breaks
I am not okay
With the world shifting around a broken life
Headlights bead the road- my hazards flash “alarming” in desperation-
Into the street I crouch to my knees-
To save crows feet
My father’s voice, whisper’s in my mind-
Which used to nurture the light, of helpless life,
softer than any other
His accent was lost over the airs of a decade-
It is as if you wince your soul like eyes
to try and see a dead face,
You once mapped so well
Now is impressionist~
Mostly gone,
a negative,
not exposed.
And I wrapped him,
the crow-
Drove not knowing how to save
Crows feet
And walked into the door of an animal clinic –
Where a box
With a towel softly bandaging the bottom
Was waiting for him
And he crouched, this pinioned friend,
Like a scared hurt child in the corner,
beak arched down.
As I walked away,
Meet you on that hallowed eve
Meet you on that hallowed eve.
You're all that I've consumed in days-
the rest of this world hallows me-
when I am filled with their matter.
Your words were what I ate drank and breathed-
you're everything
everywhere
now-
you're in those leaves
that
stumble fumbled
to the sienna floor-
you're the ebony crow
I can't ignore~
with lifted wings asoar
You're all that I've consumed in days-
the rest of this world hallows me-
when I am filled with their matter.
Your words were what I ate drank and breathed-
you're everything
everywhere
now-
you're in those leaves
that
stumble fumbled
to the sienna floor-
you're the ebony crow
I can't ignore~
with lifted wings asoar
Virgo
Virgo
Spica,
Virginis,
Come on in,
Bring your platinum friends-
You’re the ones I’ve been waiting for,
beyond this plain,
there is a fountain,
where you and I met-
under that black seedy sky-
over cracked concrete-
and towers that scrape atmosphere-
I have to put all that I’ve learned to this day-
and have held to the test of truth-
Down.
And start over,
You’re the reason my words have froze-
The sky is mirror,
I am glacial artwork novocaine cold,
time has paused indefinitely-
We are infinity now-
And my glassen eyes only mirrors yours,
The eve is forever ours, no one can take our stars- they are ours!
I have given heart away frivolously,
but never soul-
Virgo,
My soul knew you right away-
Even before I.
You found me there on that ledge,
stark white flower for brain,
And you came perched beside me-
And the skins of clarity-
Gilded my favourite- gold
How could I deny?-
Your beautiful mind.
Spica,
Virginis,
Come on in,
Bring your platinum friends-
You’re the ones I’ve been waiting for,
beyond this plain,
there is a fountain,
where you and I met-
under that black seedy sky-
over cracked concrete-
and towers that scrape atmosphere-
I have to put all that I’ve learned to this day-
and have held to the test of truth-
Down.
And start over,
You’re the reason my words have froze-
The sky is mirror,
I am glacial artwork novocaine cold,
time has paused indefinitely-
We are infinity now-
And my glassen eyes only mirrors yours,
The eve is forever ours, no one can take our stars- they are ours!
I have given heart away frivolously,
but never soul-
Virgo,
My soul knew you right away-
Even before I.
You found me there on that ledge,
stark white flower for brain,
And you came perched beside me-
And the skins of clarity-
Gilded my favourite- gold
How could I deny?-
Your beautiful mind.
Creation Sanbox
Creation Sandbox
I sat at the beach last night
after leaving the cafe when it closed...
It was a long windy dark road,
like a narrow corridor,
I clumsily slid through,
over an arched wooden bridge...
to the wide open expanse,
of tart purple skies,
Industrial, shipyards, and lighthouse gleaming~
like colourful gems
over the ebbing waves scouring the grey sands
I sat on
the winds were comforting,
blowing from far away over to the shore-
to be carried out,
I didn't want to leave,
I didn't want to go to the house where he is.
I wished I could stay for just a while more
though time is always tugging in my mind~
I left,
but dreamed for hours of that beach-
hoping to be the leaves flurrying,
soaring so free
to be swept through the sea,
to another world.
I sat at the beach last night
after leaving the cafe when it closed...
It was a long windy dark road,
like a narrow corridor,
I clumsily slid through,
over an arched wooden bridge...
to the wide open expanse,
of tart purple skies,
Industrial, shipyards, and lighthouse gleaming~
like colourful gems
over the ebbing waves scouring the grey sands
I sat on
the winds were comforting,
blowing from far away over to the shore-
to be carried out,
I didn't want to leave,
I didn't want to go to the house where he is.
I wished I could stay for just a while more
though time is always tugging in my mind~
I left,
but dreamed for hours of that beach-
hoping to be the leaves flurrying,
soaring so free
to be swept through the sea,
to another world.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
What This is
What this is
Bereavement shaping whole skies
parted into fractures-
dawn, dusk,
somewhere in between,
we have seen hundreds of these as families-
time shifting sheets of time-
papers for days being bound by the universe-
books we don't know,
or haven't read,
don't care to read-
written about us.
Written about strangers we'll brush up against on subway trains-
eyes locking-
leaving time stamps in our pillowed enclaves,
the clouds storming-
we call brains'
That will flash like a slide show the moment before we expire.
Linguistics twisting around whole centuries,
we are the joke my friend-
No-one takes us seriously,
we are nude art,
stripped down raw to the veins, to be mulled over in some other era.
our words are ever fading and reappearing,
we are infinity against the sky and sea,
words over vellum paper-
burned to ash,
scorned language,
my lips forever tongue.
words written on stone and gold,
like brail for the soul.
These trees hiss and whisper in the black and white snap shots of time,
autumn bleeds the blood of great poets,
that were, or
that will never be.
Bereavement shaping whole skies
parted into fractures-
dawn, dusk,
somewhere in between,
we have seen hundreds of these as families-
time shifting sheets of time-
papers for days being bound by the universe-
books we don't know,
or haven't read,
don't care to read-
written about us.
Written about strangers we'll brush up against on subway trains-
eyes locking-
leaving time stamps in our pillowed enclaves,
the clouds storming-
we call brains'
That will flash like a slide show the moment before we expire.
Linguistics twisting around whole centuries,
we are the joke my friend-
No-one takes us seriously,
we are nude art,
stripped down raw to the veins, to be mulled over in some other era.
our words are ever fading and reappearing,
we are infinity against the sky and sea,
words over vellum paper-
burned to ash,
scorned language,
my lips forever tongue.
words written on stone and gold,
like brail for the soul.
These trees hiss and whisper in the black and white snap shots of time,
autumn bleeds the blood of great poets,
that were, or
that will never be.
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