#settlement
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can't sleep (mind pacing) lift up in bed
i look to the window :
night ballooning
irrigation set dense in the air
a forestry of dreams and scents
they'd said
'move over and give us a fortune'
some fumbles and growth
provide furnish and much seed
teaming industry and repaid formalities
secrets knit under it all
they even do dark business at the border
and families did sprout houses
surround The Work
as the god fir trees were felled
the mystery recedes
and other jobs buckle
into the needs
of The Community
all this to be plundered
through generations
of small town innocents
hunting deer
haunting tones of church sermon
and sewing badges on the uniform
with coded handshakes
playing detective
and tales told
of the natives held at bay
all those who wander alone at dusk
(sins of the feathered nest)
night marooned infancy
malefic spirits in the theatre wings
prepare their practical jokes
fantasies to answer solitary prayer
riddles phantoms mockery perfume
and veils
with labor task
and labyrinth
true darkness holds sway
for those who wander
amongst the trees at night
beyond banishment
they may simply vanish
become spirits in company
join the pain of the land
leaving remain a corpse
to be cried over
and puzzled with
i puff back through my window
and retake my form in bed
inflate it with a sleepy breath
Jan 16
Jan 16, 2026 at 9:31 AM UTC
I was doing just fine
without you
without anyone
finally, I sighed in relief
I forgot to close the door
Suddenly
I was pulled in
Cautious, I simply peeked out the door
I shouldn't have
I should've closed the door
I had forgotten to
Maybe not
Maybe I hoped
But the door closed on it's own
and I thought
What a good thing it did
It opens again
To pull
pushed
and pulled
push...and pull...
I grew weaker to resist with each force
I am a tired soul now
Only so much strength left in me to
either
open the door for the last time
or close it for once and for all
I hate these games,
the pushing and the pulling
I want to settle.
but who's there to settle with?
So I push the door open
to walk away
to enter another
and pull it shut.
Feb 4, 2025
Feb 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM UTC
There is Another Way
By Choices Given
There is No Life
For All Who ToiL
Set Down
That Knife
And Turn
To Clear Decisions Made
Set Down That Hive
Refuse the Blade
With Love And Ease
Each One Made Whole
To Share Heart's Please
Our Greatest Role
Oct 6, 2016
Oct 6, 2016 at 2:42 PM UTC