Monday, September 25, 2006

Release


"...for the beautifully chaotic song of my life..."

i've seen the look before...
the one that tells me
i ought to do something.
but still i held my place...
i sat and kept silent...
i looked past what's in front of me.

the thirst burns in me
and yet i clenched my teeth
to stop from crying out
with words that will shatter
all the illusions we both hold.

i looked to the left...
you looked to the right...
our eyes met briefly
but we struggled to hold that moment
because it was all that we're going to have.

i walked away...
you turned around...
you stopped to say something...
i hesitated...
no words came out
but we both understood.
this is what we've become
both hunters in the Savage Garden
and both unwilling to yield
to our own need for each other.

...tomorrow it will start all over again.

11:31 PM
Silencer

Digitized


"...this is what usually happens when you stare too long at a computer monitor..."

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11:23 PM
Silencer
Friday, September 22, 2006

Matchstick


"...like moth to a flame..."



Your radiance lasts only but for a flicker on wood
and your essence burns like acrid sulfur.
Slowly, as you descend through your wick,
you falter, then blaze, then hypnotize-
leaving black specks through my vision,
sending sparks to my mind.
I can see the trail you've left in your wake:
charred black, dried and desolate-
the remnants of flame beacon to this darkness.
I let you burn yourself away
right through my fingertips,
then let go, to let the darkness encroach
back to that spot where your light once burned,
to look at you diminished, then expunged.
With my lip between my teeth
and a curse beneath my tongue,
I swallowed, the tears blurring my eyes--

OUCH!
1:02 PM
the warden
Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Chemically Driven


the fatal kiss that left me dizzy
haunts my thoughts and dreams
it turns my tears to ash
and keeps my words unfinished.

i lived too long in the shadows
so much that even starlight blinded me
but when something woke inside
there was no stopping the alchemy.


a pinch of resolution...
a dash of indifference...
a drop of acceptance...
mixed into a vat of longing...

...and so the poison is completed.
8:37 PM
Silencer