Multitudinous micro-
oscillations manifest
misleadingly,
Quarks quintessentially
quantify questionable
quantum- permanence,
Subatomic structures subtly
simulate substantial
superficies
Macroscopic mutability,
Fleeting fluctuations
fabricated from formless
frequency- fields,
Intricate interfaces interlock
intersecting illusory imagery,
Disintegrating dimensions
deceive dedicated density-
seekers,
Evanescent energies
effortlessly evade external
examination,
Architectural absolutes
automatically atomize along
apertures,
Vaporous voids vividly veil
vast vacuousness.
Fleeting matter masks
quantum voids.
~~~For Hal~~~
You abadoned me for another.
Oh, pain,the heart's most unfriendly
love dagger!
Like a fool, I stood in the freezing,cold
Chicago, loveless rain.
Staring like a love waif, up at the warm,
amber lights of your apartment's
window panes.
Wishing it was me in your love lair!
Caressing your curly hair, oh.....
The cold raindrops danced with my
warm tears.
Such a terribly sad waltz of hopeless
vacuousness, for you, my dear.
August 30, 2019
No angel am I, many wrong steps along the way
regrets there are some, a few things I would change
yet for all the woes and various sorrows I emerge
mainly unscathed apart from the odd wound or two
Such is the vacuousness of life as we tread its path
the best we can can hope for is to be remembered
to leave behind poignant memories to help loved ones
maybe even some wisdom imparted by written words
The sum of our lives hang in the balance of the scales
will it tip for up or down when we sit in its stern clasp
or most likely for most it will settle in the middle
for nothing remarkable good or bad have we done
written 08/09/2013
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