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VENDETTA I wish for you What you gave to me Lies and vile treachery. I wish for you Disillusion and disharmony Words cruel and unkind. Confusion And loss of peace of mind. Time scattered in deceit. Precious time. Counted minutes and days Left to me. You knew. An anomaly of humanity A senseless... Sign in to see full entry.

Cruise Control {A metaphor} It’s been a real bumpy road Should have changed my tires long ago. What was I to know Hindsight is twenty-twenty They say. Too many twists and turns Unforseen. Suddenly A killer curve or two. Round and round We go. Doesn’t anyone slow down. We need to use cruise control... Sign in to see full entry.

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STARGAZER I am the smoke of a dying flame Turning aimlessly Lazily Through the air. I am the spark The fire Going somewhere Fading now into nowhere. I am an evaporating soul Dissipating And Growing cold Once Cinders of a burning star Searing human dreams Of going far To be someone. I am a colorless... Sign in to see full entry.

CANNIBALS You never were kind to me I never did know why You broke precious dreams With each lie Many times I turned away Yet I had so much to say. Moments wasted Lost forever I counted the minutes The hours quickly passing by Little time I have But you knew that. You violated my gentility Ravished... Sign in to see full entry.

THE “BEAST” [A Parkinson’s “episode’] Slowly vomiting its bile into my brain Spilling hell’s sickness To every sinew and bone The Beast had its way with me Today. I was alone. Quiet Still Turned to stone Afraid to speak Afraid to move My shattered soul began to seek Heaven’s goal Hoping to break... Sign in to see full entry.

JUST BRIEF VIGNETTES What is it that you think you see Lingering scenes of someone’s energy Now far beyond. No haunting this. Loss of consciousness In our ultimate metamorphosis. No one stays behind Just brief vignettes Lost in space and time. Shadows on the wall Spirits dancing in moonlight.... Sign in to see full entry.

IN FOLDS OF BLACK VELVET I look for the shadows of the day A place to steal myself away Shroud my heart and mind Just for a while In folds of black velvet. You see A death has visited this house The way of Nature this An ultimate expectation Yes Beyond our knowing. Although some years ago Still Not... Sign in to see full entry.

Sicut sit [ Let it be so ] I don’t want to know the secrets of this world Let things be I don’t want to live in the wake of disillusion Let me lie in mystery I don’t want to see what tomorrow will bring Today is enough for me I am a magnificent nothing A link in a chain of centuries A consciousness... Sign in to see full entry.

FANGS Gripped in a circle Fangs dark and deep Whirling aimlessly In a circular sleep Bleeding souls Spirits gone astray Twirling round and round In a cosmic play The magic number Three Our Trinity Birth, Death, Infinity Clever Puppetry Sign in to see full entry.