Serpent flails; shallow water.
Joker smiles; never speaks.
On top of the mountain,
Hands grasping each other,
One behind our backs.
Gazing into the jokers eyes
The serpent clenches the hand behind his back.
His last defense.

Pulsating blood; pushed through uneasy veins,
Sideways glances,
Grips tightening,
Eyes locking,Tongues melting.
Our goodbyes; easy.

One dagger.
One rose.
Covered in a single tear of crimson.

Perennials:
Never to be given away to a serpent.
Dagger concealed behind him.

Once a voluptuous rose,
Left now to die, decay.

Blade:
Rose,
Fell,
A tear from the only one left laughing

Disembodied;
Flesh gains solidity.
Concrete pours into my pose.
Disembarking the ecdysiast
Seething eyes,
Insight projected.
Traveling through tunnel vision.

Gazing out this open casement
Entranced by the crisp breeze,
Conducted by the moon
The blue of the sky painting the room

Imposing despondence annexing hypnogogic state escapes;
                             dominating
                  Precariously constructed walls;
                                stifling
      Presentiment projected, callous shadow castles;
                              towering
       Looming structures of concentrated contempt;
                              ensnared
              A solitary luminescent casement;
                     revealing radiant retreat
      Evanescent relief...
         Enticing evacuation from encasement;
                          a Dusty Miller
Flourishing amongst debris and ruin
The first sign of life...
                                                   in years

With no anticipation
demoralization
of normal communication
with no hesitation


act out, act on
Strive for a virtue
aquire a vice

Spherical passion you exude
Introverted you conclude
Your heart, your lungs collapse
You take no time to relapse

Crytpic entries
PullApart
The Trees
Roots
Stems
HemYour eyes


PullPullPull
Push Push?

Bleeding embers
Overencumber
My cold heart
It burns


Taken to the skies
Wind against my eyes
Drying,
my sight dies