Cerulean Odyssey One, 1 - 4

1 I came walking on daytime’s wake a pigment dry palette of dreams filled my pockets with hope digitally mastered visions of glory fuel for the broken fires of passion each step of the journey a trial each path a temptation to believe tomorrow will be the end of today where strangers I have met on the road to distant vanishing points in step with eternal drums dogs who beg for mercy crumbs from the master’s table for those who find the empty stable I am Cerulean the long distance voyager 2 robed in sky blue fusion fabric patterned after ancient promises steeped in salt flats time trials to set new records for obedience speed the nemesis of costly delay all for a search without ending a city a gate a massive pearl wisdom not her only treasure lost in the turmoil of rhetoric and endless spiral speculation I took a turn to the narrow left and hid my face in the borrowed cleft for fear of judgment’s bloody arm to raise my banner of alarm I am Cerulean the long distance voyager 3 only I know the forest highways oceans running long beach shores snow capped mountain hideaways among the thickets of sleepless nights stone fences closing war torn borders to the eyes of media madness who cannot close the credibility gap between their surgically guarded ears and fumes that fill reality playgrounds bursting veins with profitable intentions spilling children’s crying laughter among medicated claims of peace hereafter I know the headlines are for eating the taxman’s trade for cheating I am Cerulean the long distance voyager 4 meadows green with limestone caverns rivers stocked with seamless flowers valleys cut by deep dish pizza fountains fill the blackened void fragments of imagination comfort words in bits and bytes nightime memory analysis of what I thought I could see beyond flesh and bone and mortar casino lights with smoking embers easy picking on empty heart strings wishful thinking on eagles’ wings only to hear a pounding hollow echo let it go let the whole thing go I am Cerulean the long distance voyager