Longo-Geremia

SLEEP Twilight shadows begin to fall timidly across the bedroom wall I turn the lamp to dim to warm me from night’s chill and in my leather chair soft yellow pale I wrap myself safe and alone in sleep’s melancholy my body ripped and worn aches to lie in dream and steal me away from dark whispers of... Sign in to see full entry.

The Quintessential Self I never knew the bliss Of childhood ignorance The simplicity of young innocence My nights filled with dream Of daytime scenes In their true distortion Lies and smiles Pretence of happiness And Quiet desperation The quintessential reality Of the world around me My perceptions... Sign in to see full entry.

The Dance Strange synchronicity This dance of life and death Intertwined in the ecstasy Of Creation Each beginning to an end To begin once again Strange symbiosis This first and last breath One and the same The same in one A beginning to an end To begin once again Bound to one another It is circle... Sign in to see full entry.

Notes from the Other Side Uncle Joe was forty-two Died in nineteen thirty nine A drinking man was he Excessively Laid out to view in the front room Buried after three days As is due Rules and regulations You know The soul needs time to see Footsteps to the cellar door Silence falls On those below... Sign in to see full entry.

Monsters Monsters creepy crawling Made in the Image Of Man’s Imagination Clawing at Mind's Fantasy Steal dreams from Sleep of Night Feed on Fears in Waking Day light Childhood terrors we once knew Awake once more in every bone and sinew Death’s chemistry Chills the Soul Kills the Body we cling to... Sign in to see full entry.

The Enema I was only three With the cutest little hiney You ever did see Butt Then I was introduced To the cure for fever or tummy ache Tube and bag Warm water and soap The “enema” My first enemy Cheeks squeezed in a fingerrd vice for an eternity waiting for the “let go” on a porcelain potty... Sign in to see full entry.

The Death of a Mouse My mouse died just two minutes ago It’s little green heart has lost its glow And It doesn’t click for me anymore I changed the battery more than twice A sudden rebound and then A fall into weakness again Wireless and free Strong and bold It brought me around the world From... Sign in to see full entry.

Progeny III I was conceived and lay Nine months and one day In the tomb Of a lost progeny A spare part They say Replacement for he Who tried before me I was not a happy child A heightened sensibility To the world Aware and knowing all All I didn’t wish to know A special progeny Was I Quietly seeing... Sign in to see full entry.

Heart’s Regret I dreamed I was on the canal Speeding past Palm trees And sleeping cities Down Miami way Fast and free I fled From something chasing me Then I turned to see My father smiling at me I said: “What are you doing here, Dad? I’m so alone and want t go home Can you take me there?” Together... Sign in to see full entry.

Credidi II Credidi I believed In the Resurrection The mystery of The Trinity A Heaven above A Hell below A Purgatory A Limbo The Fall and the Passion I believed in an eternal soul A continuation A Place where I would be With all of them again And It all held me together For I believed in me Then... Sign in to see full entry.