Longo-Geremia

EGGPLANT Slice an eggplant or two Blue-black to purple In circles thin Salt and pepper And then Let each slice bath In a culinary sea Of beaten eggs, minced garlic And parsley Dry each circle tenderly In seasoned crumbs of bread Italian style Flower and a storm of grated Pecorino Romano For that... Sign in to see full entry.

Kronos It is not the night I fear When darkness brings me near Again To who I was then In dreams Fantasy’s realty And Time stands still Brief moments of my mind’s Creation Wrapped in sleep’s illusion Knowing but not caring Sensing but not feeling Seductive asymmetry This world dead to Day And Time... Sign in to see full entry.

PUPPET MAN I am a puppet on a string Yet I can do just about anything I walk with stilted grace Keeping a puppet’s pace A tear and a smile painted On a woodened face A tender heart beats to Imagination My mind runs to Dream and Fantasy With the speed of light I hide in places far and deep Inside... Sign in to see full entry.

Corners Hidden corners dark Streaming dreams Lonely Deeply sleeping in the heart Hidden knowing Like Spirits floating In relentless haunting Lying In dark corners of the heart Soulless creatures These That steal my reverie Sharp steel bleeding Through my soul Twisting Painful suffering In dark... Sign in to see full entry.

Intersecting Lines Family ties Friends and lovers Passing by Intersecting lines Of Affection Connections that die In Time Desire and passion Of another Just for a while Parallel lines Again Sign in to see full entry.

Madagascar Dreams Triangles white Floating in moonlight On waters glass Blue indigo Mornings burning Stillness Crimson red Afternoons of sunlight Brutal and unrelenting Dancing silver streams On aquamarine Life in forward motion Born again in tropical winds On eastern shoes of the Indian Ocean... Sign in to see full entry.

SOMETHING STRANGE something strange has taken away my ground my heart beats slowly now my spirit wills nothing more my dreams have grown cold my visions unclear my hopes languish in fantasy’s failure lost in a mist colorless i wander aimlessly in disillusion and fear something strange is coming this... Sign in to see full entry.

A silence broken I fall into silence Dark and deep A familiar melancholy Seizes my Being And I can no longer speak The lyrics of this soul of mine In images and rhyme Quiet eyes surprised by tears My Spirit locked in mortal fears All walls I’ve built around my heart Come tumbling down Not for my own... Sign in to see full entry.

Family Ties odd these family tree things a litany of names and dates we sing photographs and documents they are all back again and life has no end empty eyes paper dolls with phantom smiles fabricated resurrections broken connections shadows fading in memory and I too begin to fall Sign in to see full entry.

To A Greater Glory to a greater glory humankind aspires to a greater meaning we endure our beginning to a greater reason we suffer our end I sought my own immortality in understanding what my mind cannot fathom and what my heart knows memory and recollection wishful resurrections in scenes of souls... Sign in to see full entry.