Random Awesomeness

the gentle warmthfrom a lover’s smilethe calmsteady heartbeatwalking alongpristinesandy beachesfills the lungs from whereis this peacewhat magic that stills the raging madnessthe painof indecisionand iniquity the birdsongthat is everyeternal soulbrings us backto simpler days a timewhen one could tastethe colors of winteras the truthof friendship the day’s greatest challengewas a pebblein a neighbor’s shoe bless [...]

thank youold friendfor opening this small peepholeinto conscious awareness living wellis such a blessingthere can be no doubtand no amount of gratitudewill suffice so againthank you love will attest to thislove will remainlong after the windand rainhave finally dissolvedthe last of the great pyramids and as every other wispof undifferentiated nothingnesswill inevitably come to knowtheir [...]

i gazenearly blindto the realityof my own reflection every blemishevery scartells its story from the divot in my foreheadcarved out by that baseball batso long agoto the sadness linesfrom some foolishness feltonly this morning to be awarein this momentis a choice to be so bludgeonedand beguiledstrikes me like the memoryof every crimeevery humiliationmy ego has [...]

she leans againstour open doorfrom the old millyou wouldn’t knowit’s standing still like the carcassof some long-dead raceof giant menand their twisted beastsof burden at this point of entryto our small worldshe beckons to allour flag of friendshipunfurled saying comeall are welcometo our housebetween the trackscomeall are welcometo our housebetween the tracks inside you’ll finda [...]

(a prayer for my ego) forgive memy weakness for all i amand all i dois nothingnothing at allno mewithout you you show me the mirrorlove my scarsmy painmy pathin vain for vanity’s sakeis in my headand in my brain a poema playa ubiquitouspernicious tunethat never resolvesand endsfar too soon i have no choiceno chanceno clueas [...]

“i’m not gonna miss you”he sang in bittersweet lament awaretheir dear friends knewexactly what was meant “i won’t cry”with tear-filled eyes“or tell you why” why indeedwhen foreveris foundin the doingnot the telling no more separationno more sorrowthere’ll be darknesstill tomorrow’s lightinnocencebefore the break of night and shatters allbut the ferventsteadfast fewscatteredthey falllike rainupon the morning [...]

to come homeand failtry againfail againa body wondersas does the mindwander where the heart iseach footfallsfor the roadto swallow traveledwithout purposeor resistancean ancient surfaceremembers paved with diamondsand the gold of foolsit bucklesbeneath the waveswhere angelsand the gods themselvestread lightly we’ve already tried homeis never going to bea place to hidealoneuntil the parting seaabides as will [...]

patterns happenbut rulesare made to be brokenthe waves don’t careand the sun will liveand die physics bows down a pack of wolvestake downa weak and hungry moosethe ceoof a multinational corporationplays chickenwith the livelihoodsof millions philosophy be damned gazing at the morningon one of the most beautiful beaches in the worldthe poet stifles a museto [...]

coughing up plasticseething with the relentless wasteof pointless destructionand industrial poison she waits there is no painno sadnessfor what has already beenand lost there is no furyonly the inevitable bitternessfrom this new flavorof detritus those that would pay homagemay weepand wail in her steadlay beaten ground down by her patienceparticularized by her powerlike the remnants [...]