So Small

So small in comparison Words that make giants shy Spoken to make heavens seem like stars Stars seen from millions of miles away Mouth of fire and heart of stone Brain of wire and soul unknown

Overdue

Lovely pills are hard to swallow Scratching, holding on my tongue Brainwashed lover bleeding Hammerheads and all is black Needles catching up to follow Thirsty veins, they run like hell

Requiem For Innocence

Low has not seen the depths which I fall. Softly, quietly, I am dissolved. The wind no longer stirs my soul. The sun no longer dries my tears. I sold this all for my endless fears.

True North Strong and Free

poorly littered streets so clean, so dirty park across the street, new park benches… contrast the village of homeless angels asleep on the ground snowplows drive by,

Communist Love

Forgotten nights of Russian fury Translates to memories of childhood fairytale Frightened children come out from hiding Tears dried to unwashed faces

Reinvention

"She’d always believed in reinvention: she was paper scrawled on with would-be-profound words so many times that she’d ripped..."

Grizzled Haikus

bored, flailing mind smokes a marlboro out of utter nothingness Anna’s eyes sparkle bright… I give her cigarettes to smell her pheremones I resist the pull of the toxic TV noise…

The God Within

That pause between breath in and out, in truth is what this is about. That pivot point within the spin, That experience of God within.

Loyalty

When God is Master of your soul, on troubled waters He pours oil. On darkened nights a candle flame gently soothes your silent pain.

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