Hope came in the form of a shadow dark and terrible threatening everything at the bar at the end of the street I was suicidal with joy and at the lonely table top at midnight sipping sweet despair spinning secrets of the heart in another tongue for the dog to howl at pretty soon afterContinue reading “Zenith “
Tag Archives: despair
breath
blank like the stars are blank and the leaf and all the leaves and the carpet and the ceiling nothing brings relief when not even love has meaning only breath only breathing
morning coffee
things fall apart cannot be repaired for that reason we sometimes despair a path leads up the field towards the ridge then peters out they should put an archive of broken things up there where uncertainty meets intangible air at first light I could photograph them put them in a book a resource for allContinue reading “morning coffee”
stand back from the edge
desolation despair these are common coins everywhere hang a curtain across the day build an imaginary marina and go sailing sun dappling the water white apartments reflecting in the bay take a deep breath stand back from the edge
sacred heart
the wasp knows no compassion no remorse it will sting and sting again until it dies we have built cathedrals to the stars we only need a cowshed in our hearts to find some peace pray for peace so beautiful the view from Sacré-Cœur it made me weep
high visibility jacket
just north of lonesome by several degrees more lost than someone has a right to be in boots so tight they shredded my feet I consulted the void that you left me and demanded an angel at the very least in a shining jacket high visibility to descend at midnight oh glory be and pullContinue reading “high visibility jacket”
welcome
welcome to the party that occurs every day under an awning blue often grey the music is painful and frequently martial and people pass by in tears or in laughter if anyone asks don’t say that I told you those who invited me both died years ago I stick around for something to do awaitingContinue reading “welcome”
