June 2019

writing books

I told her the only likely path ahead was writing books

not looking back

a writer? her response in the native tongue we share

hesitating

no… well… maybe… just writing…

doubts rising

maybe not

writing books, I said, but only time will tell if good or ill success befalls me 

feed me

I eat.
I remember.
I eat to remember.

We fell in love.
We ate.
We were.

I still remember.
That life, that love.
The food we shared.

I eat.
I remember.
I eat to remember --

You.

sell me some courage

sell me some courage / sell me a pint / a wannabe human declared / before resisting the plunge / sell me some courage / a bottle of dew / so I might continue / I beg you / I do

the unbreakable chains

the unbreakable chains holding me in place / the bars of my involuntary cage / the locks to which I have no keys / …

“Of what are those unbreakable devices made?”, you ask

“Fear”, I say, “out of fear are they made, out of fear are they kept alive. Fear I fear; the answer…”

Resurrection

An accidental departing the box

called home,

I found plants limping and my frog

belly up just so,

Hoseing down the pots in joyless

sunshine then,

Plants in recovery; my frog - unlikely I say

as I rise

Tomorrow, as I rise
all will be as they intended,
Black and white across my skies
the magpies sure will fly

Tomorrow, as I fall
all will be as they intended,
Bloody crosses under purple skies;
the magic slowly gathering

Tomorrow, in the land of addictions;
they will wake me; hurting

Tomorrow, in the land of searching;
my fingers crossed and bleeding

Tomorrow, as I rise and fall
all will be as they intended,
Black and white; turning grey
their observations I obey
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