To my father
(2013)
Neon lights buzzed in staccato out… Sleep seemed something I dare not… I took myself looking to ease my a… keeping to steamy side-streets and… heading for the part of town beyon…
These words, gently laid upon this page, amount to my sincere prayer they reach within you, and touch your secret self,
I saw him for the first time ever; the one who stole my soul away. He appeared in a dream. I had never seem him before, yet no doubt it was him.
There’s a fearsome beast within, huddled tense and waiting, in the furthest corner of this brittle heart. It lies alert to any signal
You think you know me, that figment dancing in your mind’… You think you understand me, that puppet dangling from imaginar… You believe you know what’s best f…
How are you? The maiden turned and whispered soft, her turquoise eyes as deep as time.
I’m not angry with you. I am hurting, and as usual, I don’t know why. I don’t know why I cry
You play your cards so well. Looks like you’ve had a lot of pra… You seem to have a thorough grasp of all the rules of the game. As you cover every angle,
There ain’t no precious gold comin’ outa that there mountain, if all I wanna do is sit and dream of what I’ll do when I get some.
Some time ago, I made my way down to the crossroads, to try my lucky hand at the devil’s gaming tables.
My bucket had a hole in it. I kept trying to fill it. The more I tried, the more flowed down the drain. It wasn’t for lack of what was nee…
Something whispers, certainly not nothing. A subtle impetus to choose to stir and rise
I was addressed today in the secret silent language that everyone knows; except for me. It was assumed I’d know exactly
I am awash with tears of mourning for what I thought was dead and go… as though a flood of holy water has broken through the stony dam I contrived to spare this brittle…
Here he comes again, riding tall upon his hellish steed… Dead eyes red, charging straight towards me. No joy in that demonic laugh,