We are diamonds dining
On time and space
Making pathways
Through the grey skies and the grace
What path is our own you ask
For that is our predicament
To find it and walk through the fire
Please forget safety and harbor your haste
We are painting the places
We have yet to wander in
Lost hours of loneliness
Can never be salvaged
It's a promise you make to the creator
To wake and make wonder
Company can also be lonely
So we take walks in the countryside
We hike through the empty hours
And sleep in the dawn's embrace
All our hands are getting stronger
All our minds are getting longer
Extending beyond the earth
We fought for this moment
To bring form to the lonely
And songs to the lucid
We are confusing
Our consciousness with our intellect
For whomever the bell tolls
You alone must answer
When it calls you to connect

You appear to disappoint
The voices you avoid
Anoint you in the dawn
And haunt you softly

I’ve recently declined your invitations
Because there are at least a hundred valid reasons
One should never negotiate or try to reason
With a terrorist or a tourist (for that matter)
For each are very dangerous
The more obsequious the star
The harder and more likely it will fall
But if you happen to catch one
Please remember the following
That when you put it in your jar
You must close the lid immediately
I beg your pardon
Darling what’s the use in crying
You as well as anyone  
Must know (by now) how we are all trying
To be the best we can
Given the circumstances

I don’t even know if you exist
I can’t teach you
Anything about this
Or that
I can’t seek you
Or pretend that we are equals
I can’t let you face
The heat of all oblivion alone
I can’t make you
Treat me less than you already do
I can’t defeat you
If I waste my time deifying you
I can’t believe in you
If I feel betrayed by you
And you can’t agree with me
If you've already been deceived by
Everyone that speaks to you of me
Are we meeting ourselves
Or are we depleting ourselves
How are we creating healthy bodies
If we are flying too high in finite skies
Making the most of alibis and lying
Hungry for the ****** hands
And sacred lands
That used to destroy our enemies
We are defeated by silent legacies
Long before the turning of the skies
The procession of lies
Is oblivious to our cries
So we observe defiance
And can only attempt
To counteract the obvious

It's a symphony of harmonics
Flowers are the architects of desire
We are longing for a multitude of wisdom
So simply listen and all will be sung
An offering among the rosebuds
A little gift from the dandelions
A poem and a portrait of the moon
Hung against the memory
Of our fragile blossoming
We are apparitions
Appearing and disappearing too soon
We fear the indestructible
Has become one more puzzle
For you to unlock
But i am not a part of that prison system
I give my spark and my soul to god
We are forever
And just as we are
We all must eventually come
To touch the gardener’s heart
With our fingers and linger
In the sound of leaves
Rustling to the heartbeat of the wind
We are turning into tulips and hyacinths
We are shining sylphs
Making funny sounds with our mouths
We are lovers entwined
Like deadly vines in your backyard
We are the seeds of the new earth
And we have been reborn
From the chaos of hurt
That was sprinkled
Like compost over everything

Unknown dreams
Inside our eyes
Take time to shine
Images concretize
And i realize
That this rhythm
Is a poem in itself

I am imagining the active particle
The noun inevitably becomes a weapon
And the verb seeks it's naked rations
Of relative invigoration
We are actually traveling
Among our own relatives
While sisters deepen dents in their own bellies
We make the things that happen to salty sirens
As hundreds of huddled fishes
Whisper poems to the lips of elderly singers
Still we are just showmen singing for our dinners
What truly matters is can we listen
Or do we snicker at the working stiffs
Who bring liberal deposits of consciousness
To the empty coffers of our impermanent imaginations

Born of the froth and the spray
Of Aphrodite’s waves
Humans appear impervious to the future
Perhaps we are groomed to need solutions
For only in the juiciest of greenhouses
Can true lovers grow like flowers
And bloom in the darkness
Despite all resolutions
Obvious or not, to the contrary

like sacred clowns we fell down
in the cold of yesterday's fingerprints
and laughed at ourselves
have we finished eating those memories
i see you are once again resting
upon your established positions
gone are the rivers and the givers
so forever we will shiver  
while laughing at ourselves
are we finished with these watered down drinks
or do we sink to the bottom of the stream
like watered down drunks
we punched the edges of our seams
and demanded attention from your daughters
control your ambitions
and you may not get slaughtered
or perhaps you will anyway
for no one is safe in this hay pile
like needles we must wrestle with our own edges
and demand that the entrails be read
form is a figment of the imagination
and your eyes have the pigment
that i have always yearned for
please return the urns
that you’ve borrowed from those owls
whose looms are purposefully empty
like rooms without a view
you’ve burned plenty of carpets
and i'm surprised how it still amazes me
when money is shed like fleas from your armpits

let’s suspend judgements, threats and demands
neglect the ways we never understand
and try to maintain a state of graceful suspense
as the swell of illusions displays it defense
in masticated and masochistic allusions
the jaundiced complexions
demonstrate our instability and weak erections
***** waters left sullied by man
they swam in our rivers and polluted the dams
if you can perceive all these violations
you would never give up
or sigh in consolation
hours pass before the tires drove off
and the trucks were wary
of getting off course
for hours they rode
through the dark of the night
and under the cover of silence
they thought that they could hide
but no shelter was left
and all of their weapons were useless
in the face of an enemy such as this

i am blissfully happy
to be hunted by creatures
who seek to know infinity
simplicity is splendor
and tender like the leaves
are you awake or are you asleep
lost in dreams of falsehood
reality awaits for your impossible fate
to become activated
i am all that i let go of
in releasing i am free
has our ship run aground
or have we found safe harbor
the pounding of the waters is all i hear
expectations shatter my invitation
so let’s ready ourselves for battle
the sweetness of the morning
like honey in your tea
the shades of beauty that we rarely see
confide in me and i’ll confide in you
oh darling don’t you see that we are all of this
the beginning is the end and the middle too
i am lost in spite of you
please caress the hanging flowers
from within your pockets
i see love dangling like a locket
from around your neck in double bends of splendor
your hands are tied and i am wild
signs of submission
are always trying
to untie themselves from these cords
self assured and failing to notice
that her feet were bound as well
she tried to take a step
and you can guess that she fell
you were an easy target
so sweet and eager
what a complete lack of identity
so meager and false
i have remorse for the ways i punished you
all the seaside adventures
left their marks on our souls
like seagulls hunting for fish in the evening
i went and bought you that ring
the taste of death is delicious
do these sounds offend you
or do you still pretend that we are family
somebody lost themselves
along the road to the temple
and now is lying naked
distraught and derelict
somewhere between a drunken tiger
and a water buffalo

*******
A creatrix
Of compassionate
Attraction
Manifests action
And submission
In perfect symmetry
The balance of
Equality
Is pleasurable
And inviting
If you are willing
To be dominated
Politely

Control is a wager with the unknown

your strategies are rusted
like cast-iron in the rain
grains of rice are fussed over
by hands too small to hold
weeds are plucked with flowers
and softer are the hours
than you’ve ever even known

Come keep time and rhythm by my side
For a bucket is as good a drum
As any that I’ve ever played before
Let's come crashing together
Like comets in the sand
Like salty lovers in the waves
It could be our last chance
To bathe in clean water
For once you are found naked
You can never again misbehave
With innocent abandon

Maybe it's all just a bit random
Perhaps we are a part of a poem
Or was it an ancient potion
Written down or swallowed long ago
Made from snow and ash
That turned us all into animals
From dirt to bone and earth to flesh
We rose from soil into soul

Maybe we're only organic forms
After all, is said and done
Growing like ancient ferns
Dangling from the earth’s *****
Maybe we are commas and semi colons
Just a few squiggly lines
Learning how to bend real low
So as not to get hurt again

Maybe we are just formica cabinets
Stashed with cash and cigarettes
And desiccated bodies
Desperately in need of some whiskey
Maybe we are impertinent cathedrals
And meaningful glances
Stolen from misleading women
Wearing only black eyeshadow

I adore the morning's silent symphony
When hundreds of birds are as bright
As a canopy of sunflowers
Leaning into the trees like fallen buffalo
We dream of Navajo sunsets
And isolated islands of innocence
Embedded but not embodied in a sea of ignorance

i am dancing and rising in the heat of lightning
your armies can’t keep us down any longer
armed with youth and mint leaves
our examples are no longer relevant
i dreamed of imprisonment in universities
and the mind’s enslavement to various degrees of indignity
sever attachment to external measurement
and allow harmony to approach infinity
there are no boundaries to our creative capacity
so limitless are we to define our space and time
as amazing lovers and artists
while we slowly whither away indefinitely
in spiral towers, office buildings and glass ceilings
bubbles of complexity burst
leaving stains in the fabric of our spaceships
i seek whispered solace
and comfort on lips that address our divinity
impertinent nightmares about dolphins
wearing fedoras behind those flimsy curtains
its not their fault that they know for certain
that our ambitions imprison us in costume dungeons
i made love to you at all the dress rehearsals
while we were torn from the limbs of elm trees
like bumble bees from hives of honey
you sang this peaceful drunken warning
in hopes that our karma was already burning

We are crazy to be innocent but crazier not to wait
For love to break out of it's eternal cage
And deny the rage we placed there in it's place
A fate too hard to comprehend lest we go insane in vain
We remain sitting on the ground of approximations
Fascinated with form as lovers long to warm their bodies
And practice turning symbolic apples into complicated stories

The greatest minds of all time have often been prepared to dine alone.
While the those with the biggest hearts have been welcomed in every home.

I peek into your window
A mountain of steam comes from your heart
A volcano awakens and your lips part
Your legs quiver but I beg to differ
Cause long ago I made a promise
To never hang around
Where i'm not truly wanted

I see you naked, wasted, hungry, lonely, tired....
Human

We are firmly embraced in our nature
And gathering often equates with happiness
And a massive amount of self-reflection
Or was it done to our own detriment
Have we fallen into complacency
Are we at the extremities of extrapolation
In a metropolis in dire need of a vacation
Or a makeover and respite from its own annihilation
So tonight we are busy buying the moon’s diapers
And singing bedtime songs a little bit too early

There are stars that we can never hide from
What we look upon shall see us as we are
What remains to be said
Is that the love in your head is blessed
And we have tried our best to find a nest
Despite the tides and strides of men
We are only half represented
By the songs of our fathers
And the names that we've made from them
Could only ever give you
Representations of our nakedness
So who's to blame you, certainly not I
If you choose to fade quite readily
Into nets of safety and obscurity, instead

What is your weapon of choice
Go on you can tell me
I really don’t need to defend myself
Are you ready for a fight
Or a father figure to come rescue you
From tonight’s estranged entanglement
We shared our stories with the lightning
Broadcast on your stereos
The radio beckons us to listen
We are shifting into higher definition
Our ancestors bellow across the airwaves
We were framed and failed to recognize
The actual price we paid for our freedom
It's irrelevant and not reverential
To deny the light it's own fantasy of vision
We are deterred by sedentary slaves
Afraid of falling into better circumstances
Inertia is always the last man standing
I confess my ignorance to you again
It's a gamble or a preamble waiting to happen
Can you really imagine me taking your examples for granted
Taking time to untangle my differences
In atavistic states of participation mystique
And undifferentiated ecstasy
Mistakes are made too easily
At what cost are we lost to our friends and families
I believe in love at first grip
When your lips ripped me open
I instantly slipped into the hands
Of your embezzlement

the outcomes are certain
all will fade away indefinitely
understand this and measure your life
by breaths and not complexity
densities are hiding in visionary lightning
finding new faculties every moment
we are swift in our limitless  
capacity for adaptation
a refulgent emulsion
immersed in water and poetry
under the highest authority
or just higher scrutiny
wrapped in a paranoid blanket
of heightened security
all is being watched right now
as judges redefine your beauty
if you are truly interested
in finding happiness
you must understand
that all magic is abraxas
and satisfaction attacks this
as we collapse upon the backs
of ecstatic languages....

your eyelids fly in tragic circles
under black skies
your mountains crumble
putrid apples and hillbillies all return
from chaos came compassion
from darkness came the word
kindness gave birth to sorrow
and silence was never earned
your antithesis presents itself
in every situation myth is ever heard

Loneliness is a monotone tiger
When you want to destroy the world
It comes boiling down
To your courage
To resist
Or fit in
With all the other
Victims
We are bigger than our fears
When we quiver in the here and now
I have found the only way to speak
Loudly and truthfully
Is to always listen quietly
From some place deep enough within

Another afternoon spent alone,
Cataloging and curtailing her desires.

We are bleeding in the eyes of our country
A mockery of justice is spread out like sand in the desert
Combed for their treasures
I made you a nest out of an old necklace
And bribed the guards of your eyes
To surprise you with your own face's resemblance
This gaze is only a phase of remembrance
As a vase is only a vice we cannot name
The victorious space remains conspicuous
As I yearn for more than I’ve learned to make do with
We display no kindness or failure to smile
For a blemish is no mere replacement for virtue
Upon dismantled mansions I have come to know you
Upon the shores of impermanence we danced a million failures
While I played games to remind myself that I was a fool
Only our abused lovers can ever claim to know the truth

A sovereign can either be
A king or a magician
But never both simultaneously

sentience implies you have the ability to feel and sense
can we test the hypothesis that we are anything less than this
semantics overrun our mind’s programs
stop the schedule of thoughts and immerse yourself in a sabbatical
from self governance and defiance
simply deny it any power over you
choose to face the unknown with a smile and kind demeanor
see the world to be a reflection of your own inner theater
steer clear of madness for it wants to be nearer to your soul than you should let it
lean back and relax
our children’s children are making contact through the arctic summer
articulating the precise moment that we will remember our yearning
for dialects undiluted by time’s vinegar
simple as honey on a sunny afternoon
i see the moon rise above the mountains
a statue in the square above the fountain
shadows of hummingbirds barely leave a trace
of the graceful feathers that massage the air
slices of moonlight cut through the fog
hours of darkness become our hearts
shattered silhouettes
stiff as logs
splinters of freedom longing for open arms
and i suspect that i've seduced one too many hearts

You bring me to my knees
Humbly speaking of course
Could I have some more please
You ask inquiring meekly
I think you already know what i need
Or is it a bit too cheeky of me to presume
And what shall we do with all this heat
And the energy that moves between us

why do we pontificate to the point of no return
if language is a bridge than i wish to toss you over the railing
and what if i did
would you despise me or be grateful
are we certain that we are angels
or perhaps we came about by accident
our opposable articulations mere artifacts of evolution
and would you be opposed to me
knowing your other names
forever shaming each other
for the ways that we are the same

same language
same bodies
same insecurities
same feelings
same meanings

looking out through a sea of disenchantment
her heart is breaking and his breath is labored
she cries softly into the ear of night
and though night whispers that everything will be alright
in this moment all is lost and nothing gained
all is a cost and nothing is the same
the piercing point has hit its mark
and our sky has grown bitter and dark
as justice requires virtue and courage
our faith is kindled solely by our spirit

Under the sheets we scream
It's an eternal dream
Feelings interweave
We seethe with anger
And breathe in steam
We are the softness underneath
Each with our own needs
Fires in our bellies
Roaring like lions
Heavy on the warpath
Quiet in the darkness
Following the impulses
Which speak to our innermost being
I'm sorry for your loss
I’m by your side
Of course
I am with you in this struggle
Come love we are double
More powerful than the pain
We are individuating
Sanity is unsanitary
You satiate me with your dignity
Infinite possibilities
Are bleeding in our vicinity

It's invigorating
Like the sound
Of oil frying in a pan
We are on fire
All of us
Tonight and forever
We have heaven in our spines
And can resume flying
Any time we’d like to
Remember who you are
It's now or never
For feathers are embers
Of the Sun
That have become
Flaming wings
To bring you
Back to eternity
We seek beings and virtues
Not material things
Money and fame
Are but arrows
Guiding us forward
On our path
We alone trust
The breath of god
And the space
Of kindness embodied
In the gentle touch
And melodic laughter
That resonates between
A lover and beloved

My song slips from my heart into the words on this paper
You start to unfurl them like threads curling around your ego
Dreams drift from pages into eyelids
Taking their time to remind us
That we are all just impermanent visitors here
We enter and rise to the sound of a fire burning
Turning morning into night and lightning into thunder
In slumber we shudder at the angels that take no prisoners
Gifts and poison all have their reasons
As everything is a part of every other being

Illustrated by isolated breaths,
The math teacher denies his duty.