if woe were me

I self-deprecate

to the point of negation

across all dimensions

beyond space and time

deferring to other’s desired projections

toward futile endeavors

I am not inclined

for I am entwined in objective analysis

however circuitous though it may be

endlessly fraught with a self-wrought paralysis

in the morass of vast obliquities

forever beholden

to untold afflictions

depicting the forgone conclusions

yet known

the cyclical scripts

playing out sempiternally

If woe were me

it would never had shown

ways unwinding

plunged into the great abandon

trauma bound

in ways unwinding

waiting

where her absence

found me

placid walls

pitched lucid squander

precedents

yet linger

onward

solace whispered wistful plunder

suns, surrendered

moons, shone monstrous

shifting umbral

e’er i pondered

nonetheless

i loved you

always

Ode to Theo Wren

there is a dude named Theo Wren whose talents I revere

his thoughtful words have resonated sentiments sincere

for many times has he expressed philosophies sublime

that linger in the efflorescing landscape of the mind

 so oft has he displayed a sensitivity profound

with precedents of relevance,  and insights most abound

his love for kittens knows no match, adorning them with kiisu

and somehow, I just know he makes an epic tiramisu

and holy wow! should he choose to avow you of his gift

of musical vibrations, through his voice’s cosmic rift

your soul will be uplifted, and your heart will know its home

his melodies bring harmony to those who feel alone

and when it comes to humor, let me just say, he had won

my everlasting love with his command of seamless puns

I often wonder, what grace did beget our world this man

who understands the nuances of truths Hyrulean

perhaps it is the Link from which his trinity is culled

its empathy, compassion, and great intellect untold

let me not be remiss, in addressing this last point

yes, mister Wren is verily a hunk, I doth anoint

it truly is an honor just to call this man my friend

to see me through the consequence of trials which e’er impend 

image credit: Louis Wain

from earth to ether

burden

of her own existence

wrought

between ends isolated

martyrs tamed

at shames known altar

thoughts in kind

requite swore not

shed as lash

from earth to ether

stranded

at her muted grasp

of fluent sun

if all but one breath

could depart

the wested will

would burden none

beneath the prose

of fluent sun

and restive breast

since tamed invalid

in this sanity

I squandered

slowly

on the arrow’s edge

’til sorrow overcame my fondness

whence such forbidden thoughts

did stray

unavailing.

a fever dream

perperuant

of fervid flight

unearthed.

enshrined.

thine ever-looming

unavailing

vortices

through time, though fragile

squander even death’s decay

in verses

of mine own aver

e’er wrought

on planes of sole implicit

disilluded

the hours arouse disillusion

bedraped

upon fraughted remorse

fretful meander

propels its pulse

onward

exacting a will

fit for none

with fury

unfurling

and blusterous breast

the “worst”

would conspire

amid chaos

so tireless

did prove

as a victor unwitting

then felled by a fire

resolute