Monday, March 29, 2010

Honestly.

Once:

I can still remember the words and what they meant, as we etched them with our fingers in years of wet cement. The days blurred into each other, though everything seemed clear. We cruised along at half speed, but then we shifted gears.

Now:

We ran like vampires from a thousand burning suns, but even then we should have stayed. But we ran away.
Now all my friends gone. Maybe we’ve outgrown all the things that we once loved. Runaway! But what are we running from? A show of hands from those in this audience of one. Where have they gone?


Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Beware of Bear

we are lighting matches just to watch them burn.
"Watch the matches. Turn to ashes.
I could tell as you turned.
I smelled the sulfur so clear.
And fire's a beautiful sound"

i am not so good at what I do.
i am not so good.

i am again to be the kid with the chemicals. ("I think he said to meet him here but I'm not sure")
i carry death on my back with my own world between my ears.
who will keep me company?
who will keep me . . .