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PALE REFLECTIONS I am a pale reflection of yesterday a shadow wandering through the days painful to itself and the soul it bears. the child I was to those who bore me lingers somewhere in patient anticipation not knowing what is to come yet certain of its coming... and wish it were not so Sign in to see full entry.

AND I WONDER [updated] I regret the days I left behind And the years lost on foolish things. I’m sorry for the angry words Turning smiles to tears And my heart sinks in memory When it’s only ghosts I see I sorrow for the tomorrows that would be mine. And I worry what will become of As I decline. I... Sign in to see full entry.

The GentleTouch of Grace as I began to fall I felt a Dark lingering near terrifying and unforgiving and I began to fear but then a holy man appeared and anointed my head with oil my eyes, my lips and I became oblivious to the world the noise of living broke into silence fading pale and I began to... Sign in to see full entry.

The Touch of Grace as I began to fall I felt a Dark lingering near but a holy man appeared and anointed me with oil my head, my eyes, my lips the noise frenetic of the world broke into silence to a whispered litany in a sacred tongue known to me and I was made as a child again innocent and free from... Sign in to see full entry.

TRINITY I I am one of a Trinity mother. father child and walk the silent footsteps two have left behind. II I am one in a matrix of infinite design and walk the silent footsteps generations have left behind III I am one in many many in one and leave silent footsteps others will find when here I am... Sign in to see full entry.

RESURRECTION the sun rises to colors pale in my world of affliction my body broken my spirit on razor's edge I bear my existence and endure as best my nature will allow I compromise to God’s indifference and suffer the loss of human dignity my soul bound to its own agony freely speaks its... Sign in to see full entry.

BLACK WIDOW [ Jacksonville, Florida 1952] I remember you in waves of black silk floating lazily in a summer breeze grace in slow motion swaying ecstasy across the grass Shalimar lingering in the air as you passed wide brimmed widow’s hat pulled down to your eyes raven night hidden dark diamonds... Sign in to see full entry.

THE CHANGLING I begin to move robotic In a misty haze blue indigo Toward the black of an oblivion Lead seeps heavy gray into my veins And I cling to who I am My soul hides in Memory’s warm embrace As the poison filters through my brain and for a brief eternity I know what dying is Sign in to see full entry.

SEE NO EVIL Down through corridors of yellow lights walls stained by Death’s stench into a soulless dark I fell and from behind the curtains forward came the French I knew call my name aged beauty mummified eyes of clear grey glass figure long, slender and tall did to me speak and I did fear….... Sign in to see full entry.

USELESS There are no thoughts my art seeks No wishes or desires this sorry soul speaks Any longer It’s all been said. I am done. Useless twists and turns of the tongue A language that brings us farther away from who we are: I am my father’s son. I am my mother’s child Sign in to see full entry.