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Underneath the Overpass

...Underneath the overpass as I was passing by,?
Something in the shadows, a shape had caught my eye.?
I couldn’t tell just what it was—intrusive thoughts owned me,?
For once I didn’t understand the ...

Why the Shadow Departed

...Have you ever stood still—
noticing the sudden absence
of what once followed you everywhere?

We think we know the reason.
We stitch guesses into tidy shapes,
as if they could fill the hollow
...

A Piece of My Mind on Peace of Mind

...They asked for a piece of my mind—
so I offered silence, wrapped in gold.
No rage, no clamor, no thunderclap,
just breath unbroken when the world turned cold.

Peace of mind isn't a destination,...

I Failed

...Trudging down the same path
Present equals past
Red clay
My problems outlast
The runes have been cast
Astray
A delayed forecast
Emotion outcast
I failed 

...

IMPERFECT ROSE

...IMPERFECT ROSE*
the imperfect rose, 
     once vivacious and colorful under the summer sun,
its petals are now wilted, its colors faded and gone.
    its time has passed
...

His Broken Soul

...His Broken Soul 

I was a spark in morning’s light,
But that... has faded out of sight.
I don’t know, Father—do You forgive?
Yet clouded with pride, I struggle to live. 

My heart bleeds.
I o...

Synthetic

...Micro-Nano Particles
Superior To Native Sand
In Resolve And Integrity

Settle In Every Vacant Cavity
Gorge In Every Innocent Orifice
Buttery Fill Every Nookity Cranny...

Until All The Natura...

Not With Hands

...He taught me how to wield
the weapon made of words—
a blade that kills,
now saving lives,
like it once saved mine.

My own work
pulled me back from the edge.
And in it,
he lives—
my teacher...

I remember the family land

...I remember the land and its people, and I am concerned about the limitations of their mentality. I remember the dead and how the trees outlast them. I hear the language of the trees—the whispering so...

I Am Not Immortal Any More

...
I used to think I was made of saltwater and wire,
the bones humming with the permanence
of myth.
I stood naked in the mirror—
a girl with the face of her mother,
but none of her death in her y...

Kerceless King

...Merciless King

Beckoned by your hearts, endangered are your lives by the deranged.

Unto the frey i am thrown, upon my heart your mournful cry sewn.

With valor I berzerk valiant within my vit...

Twighlight Ronin

...Twilight Ronin

     From day to night, I travel from east to right.

As I travel to the west I look to the sky and wonder what is left inside my vessel.

Am I just a hollow soul, or the embodi...

LOVE CONQUERS ALL

...THE SKY, ONCE BLUE, NOW BLEEDS WITH FIRE,
A HUSH HAS STILLED THE MORNING CHIOR.
THE OCEANS SIGH  WITH BRINY BREATH,
AND WHISPER HYMNS OF ANCIENT DEATH.

THE TREES BOW LOW, THEIR LEAVES LIKE TEAR...

Cracking Glass

...Cracking Glass

Your mind fills like a glass
Always taking never ask
Never asking questions and never drawing lines
Never turning forwards, just staring far behind
You crack and break and bend ...

A War Beneath Skin

...Cells held secret ballots in my bones,
voting for mutiny in whispers.
Cancer, that drunk architect,
scribbled collapse into my blood's blueprint.

They built black gardens in my lungs,
where br...

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