The Way

I’ll write what isn’t written;

I’ll do what isn’t done;

And when nobody listens,

I’ll pay the price of one.

For I can see the future,

As I know the past too well,

And I know the lies of violence,

Are bullshit that they sell.

I sat once by myself,

Rumbling in the dark,

And in that insane instant,

Lightning gave a spark.

It spoke to me of what will be,

For I knew what had already been;

It told me to seek out,

My spirit’s long lost kin.

But as I sought them out,

Each one hid from me,

And finally I realized,

That I’m not meant to be.

A path like this wasn’t trod,

Before that fateful day,

But in their silence I grew stronger,

And learned to pave The Way.

In the Universe's Time

I thought I wrote this all for you.

I was an idiot, through and through.

I wrote it all for me you see:

To break the bonds of my misery.

I can be free;

I am right now.

And I choose to soar -

And won’t worry how.

The gods will provide

The wings that I need,

And the Universe

Will unfurl its deeds.

I’ll soar higher

Than I thought I desired,

And forget all the bullshit

Stuck in the mire.

Free I will be

In body and mind.

Free I will be

In the Universe’s Time.

To Improve Upon Perfection

To improve upon perfection,

One must find what they do well,

Practice every day,

But it is not necessary to tell.

To improve upon perfection,

Each day try harder than the last,

And through the blood, sweat, and tears,

A better future you will cast.

To improve upon perfection,

Toward heaven one must strive,

And when at last you reach yourself,

Perfection is your drive.

The Shadow's Nepenthe

A nepenthe for my soul

The hermit brought to me;

Unbeckoned and uncalled for,

But just the remedy.

“Drink my dear,” he said to me,

“And all will soon be well;

I heard your soul calling out

As from grace it fell.”

I took the bottle in my hands

And put it to my lips,

But, Hesitating, as I do,

He guided my fingertips.

The fiery liquid warmed my soul,

And quickened all my thoughts,

“I told you do not fret, my dear;

You think all that you ought.”

And at these words, I saw him now,

And recognized his face:

The other half of my shadow,

That did not fall from grace.

I think I smiled wider,

Than I had done before,

As I filled with knowledge,

I used to have and more.

I remembered, in that moment,

Whom I used to be,

And my future flickered,

Like a light upon the sea

(From the nepenthe’s remedy).

I thanked the hermit for his kindness;

It was nice to see his face,

And I got up with mindfulness,

And put my shadow in its place.

'Pon an Aventine Hill

You'll spy a city

'Pon an Aventine Hill;

One built of bones

Of the victims I've killed.

But don't worry, dear friend,

Take strength, dear heart,

For the blood of the others

Won't keep us apart.

Boson

To be made of flesh

And marred by bone,

To be doomed by none

But forgotten tones,

To breathe the dark

Without a spark,

To be the faze

And feel the stark,

To want for nothing

And have it all,

To breathe in violence

And still stand tall,

To whisk away

The hearts of men,

To feel their souls

Shriveled then,

To be alone

Amongst the world,

To be untold

Fury unfurled.

Skipping Through Time

Life, order, logic -

Ties that bind the mind.

Thinking never lessens;

It only passes time.

But time without true structure,

Thought without true aim...

Will you pass the test,

Or live your life too tame?

A game of the mind

Surpasses sound and thought;

And skipping through time...

Will you reason all you ought?

Destiny Seized

To turn the tides,

And the hands of Fate,

To burn the bridges

And break the gates,

To dance upon

A moon-lit sun,

To glide with wings,

Or be bold and run,

To seek and to find,

To lose and then hide,

To raise your voice

In the eventide,

To behold stars’ glimmer,

And the shift of the sun,

To see a kindness,

Then realize there’s none,

To breathe the air,

To shift with the breeze,

To be and do all -

Is Destiny seized.

Soothing

Soothing with words,

Seething in vain,

Reviewing the past,

Learning from pain.

Finding like minds,

But being alone,

It's hard to be kind,

When you don't know the tone.

So without guidance,

And lost to the fray,

I'll sink into self,

And turn night into day.

Four

Four needles

Point to the sky,

Four lines,

To hide what we bide,

Four lines,

Eclipsing through you,

Four lines

To see what you’d do.

A Game

“Would you like to play a game?” she asked the boy.

He raised his eyebrows suspiciously at her. “What kinda’a game?” he slurred at her through his lisp.

She held up her hands, palms facing him. “What do you see?” she asked him, ignoring his question.

“Nothin’. Just yer stupid hands,” he answered, frustrated again.

She smiled back at his frown. “Look closer.”

He leaned in, squinting his eyes. “Nothin’ still, lady. Quit wastin’ my time.” He got up off the ground, dusted the dirt from his shorts, and trotted off to his group of gangly friends.

She smiled to herself. They just don’t want to try, do they?

Prometheus Falling, Karma is Calling

On a day as dark as night,

With sun hidden out of sight,

When the shadow of the moon,

Smells of her perfume -

On that day you’ll see,

Then revel full of glee,

That my prophecy rang true -

And men will meet their doom,

For they have lived their lot -

Stealing fire from her spot,

And when it’s given back,

They will know what they did lack…

For stealing from the Gods

Is the Gravest Sin…

And with this new reset,

Man begins again…

Abhorrence

One body, one soul,

One voice & one mind,

Never again

To be two of a Kind.

I felt all alone,

Until I found you,

And your kindness, compassion -

Your love, all shone through.

Never before

Did I know comfort or trust,

And never again,

Will I give all that I must.

I thought I could change

All the wrongs in my life,

But without your love,

I only know strife.

I’ve seen all my errors,

And calculated their cost,

But what hurts the most,

Is the love that I lost.

And no matter what life,

Or pathway I choose,

I will give it my all,

For I have no excuse.

I discarded your love,

And didn’t give you the chance,

But what befell us,

Was not happenstance.

So I turn to the Heavens,

And her stars in the sky,

I turn to the silence…

Though I still wonder why.

But I’ll pray for the best,

Though you deserve more,

And I pray I will rest,

Though I am all I abhor.

Come to Pass

We are at the threshold,

Of a new world;

The Apocalypse came,

And from Earth we were hurled.

But I vow I’ll be back,

In space and due time;

I swear I’m on track,

And of sound mind.

But I am coming for you,

And I don’t back down -

My thoughts reverbing

Through minds with sound.

And all that you think,

See, hear, and do -

All that you are

Is in my mind, too.

I will not run,

And never again hide,

Whether or not

You’ll be by my side.

For this is my lot;

The die have been cast,

And all that is foretold,

Will soon come to pass.

Seize the Wounds

Seize the wounds

Of my tacit heart,

Seize the fissures

As we grow in parts.

Complicit in

All that you’ve done,

Complicitly tacit,

Though not yet One.

But I gift my heart,

And my life to you,

As you seize the wounds

I never knew.

August 2, 2017

I met you on my journey,

Ages and aeons ago,

But when I see you know,

I know not where to go.

I commiserate with Silence,

As love exacts its toll,

But I will keep the Promise,

I made once, long ago.

All You Need to Know

I’ve seen it all before,

And it begins again:

The blood, violence, and lust,

Of very powerful men.

They seek it as they did;

The cycle is renewed;

Look to the past,

For the future you.

Learn to be braver,

Than you thought you could;

Even if you cannot save her,

You will see that you are good.

And when our fates are set,

No matter where they go,

I wish you the best;

This is all you need to know.

Pushed, Then Pulled

To be pushed, then pulled,

Then thrown away. . .

I thought I knew you,

But I didn’t that day.

It hurt my heart

To think I was free,

Only to be chained

With bonds of Misery.

But I will rise stronger

Than I thought I could.

I will unchain my heart,

And burn it by the wood.

For without my heart,

I know I will be free;

Free to be myself

And know not Misery.

Tranquil Reflections

Tranquil Reflections

On all I see and do,

Tranquil Deflections

As the winds blow through.

I think I smell a tempest,

I can hear it in the breeze,

And it is time to reflect

On my soul’s dis-ease.

Once I found a friend,

A friend within myself,

But upon further thinking,

I put it on the shelf.

And now I sit alone,

Contemplating whom to be,

As I sit and reflect,

Breathing tranquilly.

The Moon & Rays of Sun

And though life may be hard,

I gift mine now to you,

Willing at the last

To do what I must do.

I will balance Karma,

And right where I went wrong,

And sing in darkened hour

Of my own dirge song.

I know I’ve died before,

Not very long ago;

I know I’ll die again,

It was always to be so.

But. my dear, don’t fret,

One day we’ll meet again,

Two halves joined as one:

The moon and rays of sun.

And when I have no one,

I will turn to you:

A family divined from gods

I channel unto you.

And I will resurrect

By the evening dew

The souls you once knew well -

I give their lives to you.

We will travel in the dark,

Under cover of the night,

And though we wring our hands,

We do not feel fright.

A family like this,

There has never been before:

A long forgotten prophecy,

From the days of yore.