Sunday, March 16, 2025

The Unspoken Promise

 


  When you've taken 
each road that led to freedom 
 to walk the line for balance 
  with such tension  
 and learned a thing from 
having paid attention
 after having grown wiser 
you move on to the snarl 
of a black branch a silhouette 
 casting a spell in signature style 
 with one electrocution.
  He's not slowly losing it
 because in solitude no one judges
 When there's nothing to gain 
nothing remains to explain.
 To the ones who have to ask 
 how they'll never know.
   It goes without showing 
so the show must be going. 
  On and on as it has from the get go
    See how its not necessary
 to see the one thing.
  Hear how its not needed 
to sing any one song. 
  Only one thing exists
 feel it show it in silence
   It can be shared 
without a word 

 

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

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



Tuesday, January 21, 2014

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 their 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