Category: meaning
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The Outside Called (Audio)
The Outside called. Anxious nauseous anger Weakness, vitality drains Like open vein How should I answer Scenarios played out in my head If this, then that, then this, then that Same old round and round Seeking answer, resolution, victory Weaker with each turn of the wheel Same old round and round Turning inside I asked…
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Change the world? (Audio)
I have decided I no longer want to change the world I have failed utterly at that My powers spent in futile efforts I am weak I am so tired I can only focus on what is right in font of me The huge problems can no longer even hold my attention But even if…
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Tenderness and the Real (Audio)
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Tenderness hidden. Concealed behind the humor, the talent, the success. Those who know sometimes betray. Sometimes ignorantly. Sometimes with a will. Tenderness hidden. The betrayal steals life. But it can also give it. Illusions shattered. Only the Real will survive. Tenderness hidden. Now uncovered. Raw, burning, new-born. Atmosphere sears new lungs. Life demands pain.…
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Deep Thoughts (Audio)
Brow furrowed Deepening thoughts Pondering, probing, attempting to pierce the still cloud of unknowing Existential realities Finitude’s polarities The Forge and the Crucible of my Soul’s Alchemy Transformation From Base to Noble Seeking the secret to Life’s hidden Elixir Peering deeply Unblinking I see vague forms, hear strange utterances Straining now On the edge of…
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Fishing in Bad Weather (Audio)
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in Creativity, Depth, Legacy Archive, meaning, Poetry, Self, Solitude, Spoken-Word, Stagnant, waiting, WritingEnergy No focus, scattered, diffused Where is the center now Black marks on white Symbols like bait dangled Over the choppy grey waters of me Hoping to coax a bite Enticing emotion to rise and strike Latch on to a word a sentence That I may draw out of the inky black depths Meaning, to…