Random Awesomeness

languishing in late summer’s backyard surrounded by the intimate drama of family rented time recedes into obscurity the ridiculous wants and needs of stuff the clarion call of youth fades out and about they speed-walk past children on shoulders earbuds guarding the mind from this moment from this space these people despite random “likes” with [...]

helpless a rush of sensory deprivation long-forgotten dreams disarmingly soft cushioning the darkness mocking security broken a brutal flash of internal light the proverbial fawn impactful yet curiously ephemeral random fulmination chaos the shock of uncertain reality fear crying to the world inevitable uselessness a kind of faux balance as normality is lost lost forever [...]

bird poop on my shirt sleeve finds a finger up my nose bunnies in the clover munching grass between my toes the neighbors all are mowing mowing everything that grows my sweetheart smiles and walks away she knows she always knows the doorbell phone is dinging we can guess what happens next i let it [...]

a world that’s never been framed by long-passed glory it’s man made stones hauled unceremoniously from a thousand miles downstream crumble now before freedom’s green green grass of time where are the mothers who cooked and cleaned and fed those men stacking their fire-baked bodies upon the slab what has become of all that toil [...]

the earth is burning in our backyard we sit among the flowers legally buzzed drinking cola and soaking the raspberries yesterday’s drama is but a hazy sad memory ragtag remnants of war without end a foolish neighbor breaks the moment bringing us back the elusive bumblebee and gentle sounds of tumbling water echoes my love’s [...]

sitting in the ugly silent rage of grief and grievance the very idea of letting go seems crazy in this moment in this space even love brings only tears only tears no one’s to blame it’s never anyone’s responsibility responsibility feels so transactional here in this moment in this space only tears only tears m(___)m [...]

stitched together with the tireless patience reserved for those new arrivals to her teeming shores gold paved streets tattered and tortured battle flags hold no candle to her colour becomes color an irrelevant critique as vibrant and new modes of expression emerge ------ m(___)m  

i have seen the future and it is not so bright we walk along in paradise ignoring the rubbish at our feet contemplating only the latest fantasy a shiny new thing the promise of a few hours distraction from tomorrow’s futile brutal task the kids might just look back in seventy years or so and [...]

more aware than you might think random visions and current trauma mingle ghosts appear real as you and me look at him listen to him love him be with him pain is more complex than a broken arm care may need to include letting go of your agenda agents of chaos do what they will [...]

everyday a blessing to live and love to breathe this life into the next nothing known beyond the seen even then now and again there will come a time of choice but to blossom ------ m(___)m