An innocent loss

I saw my picture and shuddered. The lines were drawn all crooked and where there used to be curves, emotions carved out of necessity. I’ve lost hope in the fragile, budding rose. Its blossoming is but a deception. Time knows it, but I turned a blind eye and chose to ignore [...]

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The Murdered Message

I was ready. One push and it would be over. Withstanding all my ranting and raving, my worrisome soliloquies and endless juxtapositions of night and day, this monumental message had finally come to fruition and was ready to be proclaimed. The starved masses had been primed and made ready for its arrival. [...]

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Silent reveries

Winds changed direction today
and steered my thoughts
into unfriendly seas
so that when push
came to shove
I could only hit nine
and I made a note in electronic form
because the words were too surreal
for lined paper and ink
and the air too drafty for me to breathe
as I was recording the loss
Not knowing how to brave the cold
I fought for [...]

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Separation

There is a hole
not a mere speck on a vast plain
that’s quite unordinary, easy to spot
but one in a rugged terrain
with miles to go and no end in sight
yet still conspicuous
just have to look through the blinds
There is a leaf
fallen from a majestic oak
was blown by a crisp autumn wind
just like the plenty others
and soon [...]

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