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When God Borrowed a Mind

...In the hall of creation,
the floor was white gold.
The air shimmered
with the weight of unborn ideas.

A line of souls waited before Me,
each one daring to ask
for the fire that can never be o...

She Was Never Born, She Simply Returned

...She did not fall—
She flowed.
From the breathless stars to the edge of form,
She shimmered between sound and silence,
Becoming light before becoming skin.
She walked the void barefoot,
Carving ...

The Precious Jewels

..."The days are jewels, keep them with care". Jackie Kennedy

    Aquamarine were summers with siblings 
      beneath skies of blue riding bikes or swimming.
        Days of emerald too were t...

A Somber Mind Dulls the View

...
I looked at the Spring garden, I was about to paint,
knowing the new tubes of paint I ordered, were due, any time soon.
I saw that many of the rose petals had faded,
from red to mauve, some that...

perfect storm

...
from the forest deep she came
      like one jaguar gently prowling
         drawn there by my late-day flame
   typhoon in the distance howling

black hair with a coal-blue sheen
      eyes ...

Sunny-Side Up

...The Summer sun shimmered upon the lake.
Sunny-side up, the sky, the brightest soak.
Its reflection - a breathing space intake.
Stay on the path for its easy, light yolk.

The darker ...

Alice and the Collapse of Wonder

...Years had passed since Wonderland's call,  
Since teacups danced and towers fell.  
Alice, now grown but still dreaming,  
Found a scope upon the window sill.  

A spiral shimmered in the sky,  ...

My Honour, So I Object

...Today I have no counsel.
No mouthpiece carved from conscience,
no briefcase of softened truths,
no evidence to prove innocence.

Just me— the accused,
standing in the ribcage of a collapsing co...

Midsummer Night

...
Standing watch on this warm summer night  

Listening to sounds in the soft spectral light 

Calling to my soul a song never-ending 

That the spirits of the dead forever are sending 

 

...

The Fire Beneath Her Silence

...They said 
she imagined it–
that flicker in her spine,
like a vow whispered 
between the bones,
a hush older than memory. 

no temple,
no mantra,
no saint's breath on her shoulder–
just a s...

In the Cradle

...Forged in the cradle of crumbling stone,
The river murmured like an elder's song, 
A silver thread through earth’s old bones,
Unraveling what never should belong.

Like lightning shaped in liqui...

Not Ash, But Fire

...They mistook her silence for softness. 
But beneath that stillness,
the ground was shifting. 
She wasn't snow–
she was the mountain before it breaks.
She held her tongue like a fuse,
every word...

Flower Chide VII, Pokenose

...Caelith pulsed in the starless seam,
No warmth, just orbit, cold with gleam.
“Equality is just a myth,” it sighed,
“And safety, merely a dreamleaf dried.
A lull to cradle wilt and thrall,
For le...

The Caged Phoenix

...They locked her in a box of gold,
with chains that shimmered, stories told.
"Stay pretty,  still–don't ask for more,
The fire in you? Just folklore". 

she smiled like myths were make–believe, 
...

Four Small Lives

...I lived in a cage. 
I loved it. 
The bars were golden. 
They were polished each day 
by hands that said they loved me. 
I never asked who locked the door.

I lived in a pond. 
I loved it. 
I...

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