Collapsing Rings

More than just lamp lit
 a series of multi-reflected
 domino chain lightning
 repercussions each one
the spot lit center piece
shedding illumination
for the ones to follow

The River Flown

     Beware of knowledge, kids.  

No sense in beating

 the proverbial bush 

unless you're stamping it out 

because it's on fire.  

Why remind or advise anyone—

even you—to watch out for 

what we digest from reading online?

That's not to say you or any one of us

 should throw the whole thing out, 

of course not, that's crazy talk.  

A lot of good stuff online, and in real life. 

Heard a rumor that online was real life too. 

 Brings us full circle.

Cutting to the chase.

  That is where you'll find it.  

Where the moment thrives.

Where all the futures hide,

 lurking, waiting, and hoping 

to be chosen. 

There is no quotable truth 

available online.

We may each 

log off now.


The river seethes so quietly 

no one would know the barely 

discernible hairs on his forearms

 were tingling at such a rate 

of vibration they emitted

 a thin music, like micro-crystals

 rushing headlong into bloodstreams.

The way a small rill or creek in the forest

 might wind its way past you, 

and you wouldn't know it 

was actually laughing at you

 unless you bent down and paid 

attention enough to make out 

the sound of the water rapidly 

pronouncing itself over a lower

 jaw of rocks, you are hearing

 the continual sound of the dragon's

 tongue slithering over the river bed. 

Push through burst skins 

after having grown new ones.

Never hide again from the river

Map of Light

Cosmic microwave background is the ancient light imprinted on the sky when the universe was about 370,000 years old. Today faint traces of this ancient light yet linger upon our vision, yet remarkably it is not evenly spread out across our universe. Extremely small fluctuations in this shroud of light which make it appear to be clotted are in fact the seeds from which grew the galaxies we see about us today.

The universe began in a hot, dense state which initially exploded outward at a rate far exceeding that of the speed of light.  Then it began to cool as it expanded...and here we are.