There are secrets
whispered all around us,
the earth speaks
through her gentle fingers;
the grass
waves in the wind.

We are made
of the same stuff
as mud!
Yet something else
is happening here…

Show me the key
to our consciousness!

Humanity can observe
and pick at the cell,
we can stare at the atom,
the vibrating center
of the universe,
we are getting closer
it would seem,
but we aren’t
going to reach
It.

What if
I told you
It’s all around you,
Just breathing gently.

Relax,
inhale It,
let your consciousness expand
and contract,
all at once.

Set your soul free,
let it wander
gently through the darkness,
towards the light,
yes,
Closer.

See It now?
Glowing in front of your being?

Go ahead and touch
It,
Rub noses with
It,
Put your hands inside of
It.

Yes.

You are
It.

I prefer my hours unreasonable, And my friends and allies insane.


I prefer my fingers broken, and my phone disconnected


So even if you tried to call, I wouldn't get the message.
Or be able to reply.

Leave a message after the tone
Beep
You don't need me to jumpstart your solitude-
You seem to be doing fine on your own


I prefer my memories erased, and my saviors visible.
Not that i need saving.
Not that i need your help.*

I gave up on humans a long time ago
I prefer my my birds singing, my ears ringing
As your words echo in my head


I'd leave you for dead,
If ever the chance came my way.
I am no Good Samaritan,
As it turns out


I prefer my ink black anyway, and the horizon invisible
Losing my place, is what I always seem to do
Looking for the sounds
Listening to the sights

*Left in a cold darkness that is absence,
Of mind, of body,
But most notably, of you.

There was something flighty in your nature
How you avoided certain subject's
Its like your veins were on fire
Burning for something more than
this

And, well, umm I get that I really do
But I never felt like running
From something
that wasn't
chasing
you

So before you crap your pant's
Or spread those wings and "fly"
Remember you cant
outrun

you cant outrun the sky


And when you shake your head and say
your just looking for something more
Remember
The journey of a thousand miles
Begins when you have left the door

So don't hover in the doorway child
Or make a lucky run out "back"
There are something's you are afraid of
That don't always
attack

So while you're looking through the peep-hole
and checking for monsters under your bed
Remember some monsters
Only exist inside your head

And its okay to be afraid child
I'm sure we all are everyday
But sometimes you gotta stay and fight kiddo
Sometime's you gotta *stay

The dying songbird rested
Too weak to even fly.
The virus burning through her
wouldn’t let her try.
Still she kept on singing,
Giving song full throat
She knew life is too precious
To waste a single note.

Auchenorrhyncha I deny your song
Rest now brother
Tsukuyomi,
Silence your children
We must sleep
We must sleep
        
              Winter: sings his song in the churchyard
The Stone Village
           Where my family sleeps
The dog barks as a chorus
             On the earthen streets
The door is untouched
                     Unlatched
                    Silent
         I excpect your fingers tonight  upon the gilded handle
                    Warm-blooded bird
                     Rest your wings  at the branch
        Sound not your warning to me  At her arrival   /    
 for my bed
                   Is no longer her bed

Lover,
The neon lights called to you
Thickening  your blood
                
                  The alcohol ravaged you
        Your hands trembled at his touch

            Crossing your legs
               At
The knee
            Soaking
               The warmth of your belly
The flame of your        hips: tightening
                  As you   lighten  your grasp on
                         Control
       The cradle of your lips- no longer subdued
                  The grace of your eyes      melting
Into the back of your
Dry throat
                                  
                             ­                You sat in the car
With the heat on full blast

Looking at the ring I bled to buy for you

          You took it off- so it wouldn't cut him as you ******

When you put it back on


It's familiar weight

         felt so right