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Under the paper moon
red dragonflies
disappearing into bamboo
red dragonflies
disappearing into bamboo
Literature
Melancholia
Soothe and subdue me,
overthrow the ferocity
that harrows me nightly,
and all through the day,
when I should be
happy with you.
Say you will slay
all of my fears
and the forces that drive me
always to tears,
or this intensity
will surely devour me.
You won't escape its teeth, dear,
because you love me so.
You stand by your woman,
even when the wind is blowin',
threatening to tear our house down.
And the colder the winter,
you just hold me tighter,
vowing nothing
will tear us asunder.
Golden-hearted you,
bravest of lovers,
have withstood all the tempests I bring,
but together we will drown,
stuck in its
Literature
The Nature of Things
Here, with my hands in the dirt.
I never imagined myself
as much of a gardener.
Then again,
I never imagined myself as much of a cook either,
let alone a poet.
Knuckles so broken,
I can barely hold a pencil.
Every time I take a breath,
I feel the ribs that never healed.
Though they should've,
long ago.
So I guess I've changed.
So much so
there are times when I don't recognize myself
in the mirror.
I think,
who is this person standing before me?
Where did he come from?
When did he get here?
But he doesn’t answer.
I guess this is the nature of things.
Though part of me longs to reach out.
To tell the `me that was,
there i
Literature
Ghosts
Night time musings;
hollow-eyed and shallow-breathed,
filling the spaces between clouds.
Quivering shadow skin
And there are voices in the dark,
lost sighs and weight upon whisper;
but, we are all whispers here.
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