For the love of Soap

jabon pequeno

keep singing

with your beautiful voice.

you tore my heart in two

seeing you onstage

pouring out your heart

to such a small crowd.

i could have cried

right then 

but you were so lovely.

keep singing

keep singing

and i'll keep

listening.

keep singing

and stir the worlds

heart.

A bristling sense of disgust

DOGS

We gaze upon our own image on the screen

and marvel at the beauty

of ourselves.

We are like the dog growling

at its own reflection in the water.

Narcissist?

We have scarcely heard the word

much less know its meaning.

Do we dare climb down from this precipice?

Or will we marvel blankly

at our own magnificence

until the sun falls from the heavens?

Living the lies of everyday lives

a life theology

the mirror beholds 

that we can never truly see.

we can witness

the passing of time

through the days 

we cross off on calendars .

a scary thing is seeing 

all those days behind us

reappearing on our skin.

it is the price we pay

for the simple sin of life.

this is a realm without

innocents,

that is the contrition

which must be paid.

sin rason

throwaway?

it is impossible

to know all 

the hopes and struggles

we each face in our 

individual lives.

that does not mean 

we shouldn't seek

a better understanding

of each other.

through simple feats

of language we should

strive to gain insight

into our fellow travelers.

New Hearts and Old Starts

fiction / non-fiction

all our lives are fiction 

until the need for action becomes

great enough that we rise

from our day to day lives

to transcend the present

and become something

without measure.

shared sunrise

take comfort in the knowledge

that all men rise 

with the same new dawn

every morning.

as great as some 

of the differences 

between us are made to seem

we all share such simple

things.

a new muse?

your smiling face

makes me believe

in something better

for all of us.

don't give your heart away

so easily to men who

have no interest in it.

you are the guiding light

to those of us in search

of the undefinable.

you embody a worldliness and innocence unlike anyone else i have ever known.

we don't always know what is best for us.

Death has a Lifewish.

but beautiful

Hammer

it is 

necessary

for words

to have the 

crushing power

of a

hammer

in order  

for any effect

to occur

in the lives

of those hungry 

empty

eyes.

beautiful blonde

your kind has always known 

the way to tug at the strings

attached to the heart

and the will to get things done.

that beautiful face of yours

could make me do anything 

in your service.

we shall see how tomorrow

shall go.

A New Grey Dawn

Any Other Guess?

What prevents us

from living life

fearlessly?

Insecurity

and the hardship

that is sacrifice

would be high up

on the list

of these things.

Rising

Waking every morning

is the hardest part of living.

Coming out of the ether

and into the conscious realm

is harsh even in the best

of circumstances.

Sickness

I love you

because I cannot have you.

I dream of you

because you are beyond my grasp.

I idealize you

because I am afraid of being closer.

I do this

so I can keep this game going . 

We are made whole

through our struggles

and learn the worth

to all we accomplish.

For My Father

for my father

this is a memory 

that comes down 

loud and clear in my mind

through all the years.

i remember

being a child

so innocent

as to believe

the unbelievable.

sitting in the car with my father

and looking at the red light

and hearing him say

green

and gesturing with his hand

at the light 

as it magically 

turned green.

i was astonished at my daddy

as only a little boy could.

he told me how he knew

but that did nothing to take away

the magic i felt for my dad

and how much i looked up to him.

even now i still strive

to be half the man

my dad has always been.

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The comfort the night provides me

is only equal to the unease

that a night alone can give.

quip

the future

never ceases

to be full of promise

as it is daunting.

Work In Progress

Fantasy and reality are not quite what they seem.

Unbound, unchained through the dreamers domain.

Where you walk,

I will follow.

Where I wander,

you will never know.

Sunrise and sunset both beautiful to behold.

Your laugh, your smile haunt every marked mile.

When I remember

I will forget.

When I am over

that cannot be it.

You Made Me Realise

You Made Me Realise

I run to you

and away from you

time to time.

We near completion

with each other

but are yet 

to seal the bond

that has bound 

us to each other.

Life is the process of forgetting in order to reach the future.

Your touch always reminds me of better things.

If we did not hope then we would have no future.

An embrace can be life saving.

Get Out

Horror

war is waged everyday

in every conceivable

landscape

both inner and outer.

these wars suffer

casualties in flesh

and thought.

one needn't die 

to be a casualty 

any longer.

there are those

who walk among us

as the living dead.

true innovation is always subject to both extreme good and extreme evil.

destination(s)

the future 

becomes much easier

and much harder

to bear 

once you realize

how much of it

is in your

own hands.

Reactivate

pre sent

sometimes

a change in scenery

is all it takes

to make one

feel reborn.