Drip of bright In the overwhelming nothing Lick of light Under soul-emptied breathless Undone night Through the blood-curdling silence How do I know if anything’s there How can I care where I can’t go How will you believe the unknown deep Unsaid word In the jabber-scream hollow Inhale stirred Under silt shoveled righteous Its not… Continue reading Stars
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The Stone is Rolling
The stone is rolling. Teetering on the edge. Where once it was secure, placed by the fingers and hands of the Almighty Creator, fixed in its place. Where it once was separated from the waters, the sky, and the soft earth. Where it once was part of majestic mountains that hovered, that threatened. Where it… Continue reading The Stone is Rolling
Another Adam
One from one, bone of bone Flesh to flesh, soul by soul Two left, walking breathing hiding flesh and soul and mind divide Eating talking loving dying Parts and holes, deep and wide Two grew, rooted twisted sideways Not his soulmate, random bride Two by two, years and trial Lust for beauty, own your lie… Continue reading Another Adam
He Was With Her
She skeptically held that tiny fruit. It was glittering and glistening in the fresh morning sun. Not a single blemish, the jewel-toned color made her mouth water. She imagined that first taste by the sweet fragrance of the unknown delicacy that was just inches from her lips. Pausing for only a second, she wanted to… Continue reading He Was With Her
Just Dust
Cobblestone over cobblestone. Pacing steadily over the settled dirt of a thousand, maybe a million other sandals. Cracks filled up by particles of beach, mountain and desert, pressed deep into wrinkles the of this ancient street. My own black shoe powdered with the remnants of another world, stirred for a moment by every step I… Continue reading Just Dust