Lifeless tree
deep summer swell
mind is weapon
sky is hell  
branch is thorn
silence key
gateless godless  
atrophy

Summer fire
winter locks
ice and flame
in equinox
bloom and buzz
fruit alight
yet lifeless tree
in darkness blight

Hint of blood
in gnarled bough
spits of life
somewhere somehow
chain of fire
knitted sun
whip and thrash
in twilight spun

‘til quiver flick
sweet root and ghost
the twisted spine
consume the host
a lowly bud
through brackish skin
immaculate
in life begin  

A single leaf
from sacred breath
flits upon
this tree of death
little flame
holy hues
on burning sea
our god imbues

So, when darkest dreams  
in wrath arise
stroking red
the silent skies
I hold within
however brief
against my heart
a little leaf

…the shape of dreams
              …ocean glass
blunted drunk
on pebble tumble
under deep winter wave
bleeding darkness
into sparks of fire
effervescent
stirs in old memory
deep colors, tossed beautiful
with a flick of the sun
where nimble cheek kisses
on cold wind
find
a wandering tear

between darkness and memory
split the night
dispossess the parasite
purge the venom from my skull
give me proper burial

Spring - lifeless in palm
Rendered inarticulate
By winter held hard
~the~
Erroneous truth
Breath of fire traces the mind
Opens eye upon
~wayward~
Icons, tombs of flesh
Bury the heart, withers love
Weeping silence blind
~shall~
In red cut fields strike
The fallen shields, kin in death
Haunting songs lament
~in stillness~
Raise the sea skyward
****** in brutal madness
Thunder sings soundless
~rise~
And scream into light
A beating distant land, where
Dormant, blooms the night
~eternal~

WE interrupt our program to brINg you this imporrr…tAnt MESSSSSS…

White wall…
canvas of blood…
symmetrical…
battered consciousness of time…signals switched?
(Aberration)
password: “pepper” …
red skin of the burdened goddess…
breaking the fourth wall…
shattering innocence…
breath of hunger…
awaken…
(I…resist)
teardrops soften…
like rain on a coffin…
but her memory…
my gift, not mine to give…
heterogenesis, external causation…
impute…
(I re…sist)
before the chamber door…
revelation of angles…
wings unfolding…
the golden ratio…
in the palm of my hand…
rain of salt…
offerings for the virgins…
recalibrate…
the heart of the goat…

strike me dead!

in the cradle of my tongue
burns a small pearl

shaped like the moon
heavy as death

in the rift between shadows
pulls my skull into the earth

mouth and fire effervescent
sleight of winter sky  

in sheens of thick molten blue
cruel and raw

cut like god
cracks to life

the face of thunder  
in the cradle of my tongue beset

a pearl of blackest night born
my oath to keep

you wander
through my body
like a child
with a pack
of matches