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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Tunnel Vision

Aridness resides At the edge of tired eyes Red and lackluster No periphery Nothing but forward, onward Light is approaching An end of some sort Apathy directs my stare Searching for nothing Heavy-lidded eyes Blink involuntarily And the light is gone... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Kandahar

A coalescence... Hard, soft, naive and knowing - Turbid Kandahar... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 30, 2009

Absence

Does loss seek in me Fondness in separation? I should be with you Sign in to see full entry.

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Ghost War

Conflicting beliefs Bear witness to the Unseen Those apparitions... Enemy's corpus That multiply unthinking Rising once again... Rearmed, emboldened To wage war on my Spirit Tired and thirsty, Dust-caked and wounded A repeating history We have yet to solve... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Field Trip II

For those that have asked, yes, I'm still on an extended vacation in sunny Afghanistan, though I expect to return soon. My writing over the past 5 months has tended towards prose and fiction, so please allow for a bit lighter fare and some reposts on this blog as I bring myself back up to speed. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 10, 2008

When the Devil Extends

When common sense is abrased And our frayed sensitivities Separate gaily In diaphanous streams On a hot wind We find ourselves guided By the machinations Of masters and minions Drenched in the scalding spittle Preceding sermons Of the self-styled pious So blessed with insight and omniscience Their... Sign in to see full entry.

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Field Trip

I apologize for not writing much in the past month. I'm taking a team of Marines into Afghanistan soon, and I'll be gone for several months at the least. I can't say where exactly, but I've been led to believe that we may have some internet access there. To that end, I'll leave my accounts active in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 19, 2008

Tending the Fire

Sitting here in shadows The cold is all around Creeping in my bones Flowing through the ground Huddling closer to myself No longer any walls Out here in the open Alone with all my faults Failures seem so hard Shortcomings lifeless, too But these things are me Eternal, through and through I've... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Prismatic Prophecy

On the canvas of shadowed futures, And self-fulfilling monsters Innocence is often ambushed and tried By societal tradition and inbred bias A reactive repetition of folly and doubt Doomed to everlast … Yet in each pause of breath Each gap in our memories Lies the potential of progress forward We... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Stranglehold

I'm buried alive... Suffering your traditions Let me breath again... Sign in to see full entry.

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