

lostclown-faced sentinels guard gates made of teethlost
which hold in a small area in the back of my head
and I wonder what I am doing here
in the middle of my brain until
I see small not-quite-adults run by
bouncing (as though test jumping on the moon) on the gray matter that is my thought (scrambled or over easy)
that is my sight (fore and hind) that is my everything I am and I remember I am here to
find my inner child who lives in naivete in the garden of myself


LoverThere you stand in all your glory white and tall and hairy unashamed and solitary you walk nonchalantlyLover
around the room, naked as if that were the way
most people live their lives
but really most people never take off their masks unless they are alone but here with me there is no need to be cloaked and you are not you are as Adam,
unaware of your nudity And you are the most beautiful.


On Griefventricles separate from veins muscles tear inside my chest a silver double-edged sword has sliced through my flesh sawed through my ribcage punctured my lungs and lodged itself in the center Not stopping there it twists into aOn Grief
metal thrashing blood shattering tornado pulling every fiber of my heart into shreds


Forced InsomniaThere is a white silent room somewhere in an empty house that is some place lost from neighbors.Forced Insomnia
Blurry-edged white walls close in on me as I lay rigidly in a hard, metal-framed bed. I scrunch my eyes shut I plug my ears with first my knuckles then my whole fingers then I rip off my shirt and tear it in two I bunch the cloth close to my head And I push in on my ear pillows with my hands.
Writhing about I find I am fastened to the unforgiving bed with shackles of steel
I scream so loud the windows the white room might have had could h


BraidedShall we color in the faded pieces of our love? Hold on to the braided hope, is it enough to pull us up?Braided
Pulling in two opposite directions, unravelling every strength. Communicating in misconception, we've gone to such selfish lengths.
Intertwined now coming loose, we'll hang ourselves with our own noose. The rope that held us together, not a heavy burden, not a captivating tether.
Please, let's color in the faded pieces of our love. Hold on to the braided hope, it could be enough to pull us up.
--
Alice went on, `Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'
`That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.
`I don't much care where--' said Alice.
`Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
--
fear is not the natural state of civilized people
-Aung San Suu Kyi
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fear is not the natural state of civilized people
-Aung San Suu Kyi
*browses*
~julie
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Alice went on, `Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'
`That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.
`I don't much care where--' said Alice.
`Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
--
fear is not the natural state of civilized people
-Aung San Suu Kyi
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fear is not the natural state of civilized people
-Aung San Suu Kyi
Welcome to DA, great start to your gallery
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