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PROMETHEUS’ FIRE I feel the embers burning cold in me A rage ripping within. Not to be spoken. Driven to the edges of insanity As I contemplate The absurdity of my humanness. My energy lives Separate and alone From all else that defines me. And Like Prometheus I long to steal heaven’ s fire Find the... Sign in to see full entry.

THE WAY OF THE SWAN On this crispy cold Fall day I saw a swan make its way Gently across a mirrored lake Soft and quiet waves in its wake. I wondered at the fluidity of motion The ecstasy of grace. The dream of calm and tranquility No ghosts of memory to haunt its days. No affliction No sins to... Sign in to see full entry.

ENDURANCE Endurance is not a virtue Just a necessity to help us survive Our own humanity. Life finds a way To get us through On waves of silken thoughts And Visions of colors bright Refracted through sunlight. We suffer each day Our human inevitability. Yet Eternity intensifies the pleasures Of... Sign in to see full entry.

A REFLECTION a loving dedication to my readers Bits and pieces of my singular Reality Fall on these blank spaces. My own pain and suffering Are only part of me. A necessary release of energy. Others suffer more I’ve seen these things many times Before. Bitter sweet this humanity. But we all live its... Sign in to see full entry.

THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH There are no truths No absolutes. Only opinions, wishes and desires. Reality is a fractured glass reflecting Perceptions of a million eyes. There is no system I live by. I create my own way to survive To find my bliss Each and every day As my mind and body betray Me. We are a... Sign in to see full entry.

LIKE A FLAME Like a flame fighting the winds Of Nature’s fury Flickering in its coming mortality And so longing to survive My soul falters in its passion To stay alive Within A body frail and languishing. The only life it has known Afraid to face Eternity alone. I feel my flesh. My body fires with... Sign in to see full entry.

Pezzi di Ricambio [ Spare Parts] I am a magnificent complexity Outstanding in my imperfection A unique and ordinary perfection Of human nature. Alpha and Omega. The best at its worst The worst at its best. A human Creature. But you see My existence is a mystery to me. A replacement for number three... Sign in to see full entry.

PLACES TO HIDE They were just hallucinations You see The things you saw The things you heard. I only wish now I told you I saw and heard them too. I couldn’t step into the depths Of your reality Taunted by phantoms Ghosts and demons Eating at your soul. But I was fighting the Beast that took your... Sign in to see full entry.

THE EARTHLING-- major edit Naked and innocent Pure without sin I came to this place Struggling to gasp my first breath Naked and innocent Pure without sin My soul will leave my humanity To earth and to wind In death. I am fire and light A shooting star burning the heavens in the night My energy set... Sign in to see full entry.

STARLIGHT I want to sleep in deep night Wrapped in the warmth of starlight. I want the earth to cover me As my soul is set free Leave my body in peace behind. I don’t want to feel the pain of loss Or The memories of times gone by. I want to cross to another side And see The others waiting for me. I... Sign in to see full entry.