February 2020

I would settle for a Lara Croft, in my mind there would be space – for improvement, on both sides I must admit, she would never touch my hidden six-pack, so I would make an effort, as long as promised to love me, in the biblical sense

I find no solace in an empty bottle, as

The shadows of the temptress haunt me,

I speak French in dreams I see before me,

You wear no clothes & the bra is padded.

But,

&

No, no, …

There is no way forward …

There is a path, … A path not taken, but

I stay hidden as I is famous, and

Famously unnoticed and thus

Unspoken of, forgotten.

I find no solace in an empty bottle,

I find a me without a you,

I see a dream fading slowly,

I kick the can down memory lane &

Watch it bouncing

Always

They talk in so many ways of the harm to children experiencing a simple smack of guidance; to improve their learning and to pave the way for their success as future adult-kind. I wish, hand on heart, I would have gotten smacked as a child. Anything would have been better than your silent treatment; your turned back and the nonspeaking for days on end continuing. If you wanted me to learn, then for the love of God why did you not speak. Your silence was weak, and were you not dead already; I would seek you out, axe in hand. Screaming.

Is it conceivable to love someone you never met, conversed with or even seen their face? Can such love be real and here I am stretching the imagination to every sensible definition of real? In all probabilities you would say no; probably not as far as sensible people go. Yet I claim to have found such love. In her words I find the comfort I do not find in my own, yet they are the same, or similar; familiar to an extent which I cannot ignore. She is the same. Alike as like could ever be, painted upon a starless sky: a dream in light or darkness regardless of day or night. She conveys me, but unfortunately will never know me. I remain in hiding, unable to come forward plainly. If you see her, tell her so: there once was a man who loved you; he wanted more but alas in this life he could not, not gather strength to pursue

I find pleasure in finding you again / you, once lost and gone astray / disconnected from my world unannounced / reappearing as if nothing changed / same name but different handle / same desire & same sameness / on the other side of the world residing / lost but found again this hour / in that I find a pleasure great / I bid you welcome / I bid you welcome back

I slave to the sound of … / … like the sound of … / chopping / I dream of a butcher’s block / the parting of limbs / intimate as two lovers bleeding / I chop / I kiss / I dream of a lover’s touch / intimate as the red fog lingering

I silence my humble voice, to listen for signs of life. Behind the humming of the refrigerator, I expect your brown peering eyes. I find nothing of the kind, only silence betwixt the shards of broken pottery. Where once was love I find only the bloodless hearts – the drying dying lives of immortal soldiers, the us & our fading silence

Prompted by an @imperial-poetry-prompts : bloodless hearts

Alone; not lonely

I tell myself out loud

A•l•o•n•e n•o•t l•o•n•e•l•y

I feel my pulse, yes a heart

Alone not lonely

She bled; and every month I

Suffered more, I could not save

Her bleeding soul,

Alone not lonely

I see myself

Alone not lonely

I breath alas

Alone not lonely

This day of all

Alone not lonely

Lies were told

Prompted by a @imperial-poetry-prompts : alone not lonely

How can I be undead / I walk among you / I feed without need / among you / I feed / I dream / my deed / among you / & the toy plays the song of the marching band / the song we sang back when / when we marched towards the light / believing the truth / in us & a future bright

I believe

I was to travel

Beyond the stars,

I was to find my

Better half,

I was sold such lies

By demons,

From the creatures of

Lesser …

… knowing,

I was to … but never did …

My heart remains thus … true to

Being, and there and fore I say to you,

Begone or I will swallow;

The truth

& as far as that goes

As far as truth goes

I will say only this: there is no

Such thing; only stories & in

Them I believe

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