that part
i wish erased i hold close
to my ear like a shell, the waves
carrying away to distant shores
the gift of myself
opening opening until no more
is left, perfect

ly erased.

April 24, 2008

"...there's a difference
between losing faith
and losing god..."

Ache

Forgetting

Stone + Age

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart--what jailer so inexorable as one's self? --N.Hawthorne

Token Necessary

Segura

Revolution

say hello to what cannot be
hope is the illusionist's weapon

Let go, fall.
Nothing waits;
there is no time, no
remainder in this long
division save
our etchings
upon this earthen floor.

Birthday Road

restlessness has crept into
my room and sits waiting
in the corner insistent as hunger
refusing its usual bowl

now that I've been shown
what I don't have

...

details and distractions clear the mind
the sun can wash off anything, and
the word kill comes easily to the mute.

have faith in human frailty;
what we came for we easily forget
when given a place and more than we dared ask.

Blue Floor