what are words but sound decaying
how absurd, how profound, what are we saying
taken out of context, texting and perfecting
neglecting the reflection that glares from the surface
echoes etch away
sonically eroding the deepened valley
ricocheted dialogues
chip away our chipper ways
ardently absorbing infinite arrangements
yet flippantly forgoing featured subtext
utterance unfolding, unsurpassable
through the window of our mind
plausibly presuming, grooming narratives inside
to hide the looming paradox to which we’re all confined
adjectives synonymous to every known truth await
to be conveyed and captured
kept inside or pushed away
knowing these narratives which speak our only voice
detailing every moment
logging long, the loss of day
the thoughts that ground our consciousness
subconsciously displayed
will grant us not the notion, nor the knowing what to say
connected disconnection in impressions that we make
subjectively surround the severed sounds that fall prostrate
the function of our wallowing
the cognitive cascade of chemical biology
systemic in its ways
like frozen fractals falling soon to melt and dissipate
to sate the seeds we sow and grow
the garden of our fate
Pilfered Wit
how i reach in wretched vain
from pits of inadequate compensation
vanishing fast from false perspective
where infinity reigns as hope eternal
iridescent blooms aligning neatly
drape skyward walls internalized
pin pricks draw forth vacant breath
from home, to house, to emptiness
our illusory existence shall set adrift
so hear these words but soon forget
these harbingers of pilfered wit
as paltry as our impermanence
Sharing Is Caring:
Synthetic Eyes of Ghostliness
moments pass
without discretion
woolen tangerine yet blares
framed
as though it were alone
as i
when every tear
touched paper
those rising redwoods stand
aloft
stark in contrast
bark to flesh
an old friend’s triumph
over fallen redwood
ever forefront
his eyes still speak
to me
this day
subtle dreams
were left between
to foster love
less nuanced
even i cannot recall
in light
of geometric wrest
frozen
into false creation
stories cast upon
recall
life once ventured
beyond
the vague demise
captured
by synthetic eyes
of ghostly senses
Sharing Is Caring:
Folding Inward Blackened Wreath
Desiccation upon glass heart
Hastily sprawling splinters
Streaking sullen surface
Spoils unearthed to whet the weary
Wilting as waters wage war
Washing the rue of the ravaged
Succumbing, this savage breast recoils
Deep into the soil of surrender
Layered, tenderly to mend
Slitting sights on set horizons
Errands nestle in nocturne’s numbing
Known fool to lair retreats
Viewed through shades of discontent
Comes unrelenting lack of reticence
Ambivalence wracks the senses
Folding inward blackened wreath
Reaching long to breach the onset
Blade unsheathed to greet its hour
Heaven’s heights elude embedding
Subdued by sights shed
Red with bloodlet blighting
Brought to light, beset to dimmer
Sink or swim on wavering whims
Begin anew the steadied sting
Barren as the blinded eye
of mind that would foresee such stars
Marred by ceremonious compliance
Sharing Is Caring:
Under the Ruby Speckled Tree
under the ruby
speckled tree
hours passed
as our past
spilled out before us
random shapes
saw growth
unravel
as strange
as what we have become
soaked in sun-drawn salted dew
so few
I had come to know
softened smiles
would crumble walls
as tall as mountains
exiled
in forgotten flesh
that forged anew
toward the crimson dawn
in sacred solitude
we held forever
ever knowing
nothing more
than love’s gentle cradling
kissed by a fallen gem
now stained
the hues of human
sacrifice
every loss we suffered
shone through
this crooked canvas
as covert cries
wisdom watching
as we wept
vivid breaths
that stilled the air
in wintry wafts
of stolen strength
this lengthy load
now turns languid
Sharing Is Caring:
Revered Red Rose
revered red rose
plucked perfection
silken sheen of sworn silphium
passion implied through echoed glances
sparking bursts amid darkness reborn
gaze into ephemeral beauty
bathe now in the sweet aroma
ardently drink of its naked nectar
meandering through the copious crevices
the coming onset of the scarab horde persists
as breaths of dormant decay allay the boatman
reaping what was smote, in amorous embalming
witness the wanton wilting of lilting languish
spill unto the fetid fragrance freed
silence seeds the silt that striates solemnly
in semblances of stranded sky dust blanched
await the reunion of remnants restructured
Sharing Is Caring:
Shedding My Soul for Bedding
In Chambers of abundant void
Decadent decay ensues
Peering past spectacled sphere
Allaying my undoing
Fear cast upon mangled mass
Dangling over moral mendacity
In pendulant descent
Shedding my soul for bedding
To usher in the dawn
Amorous armor, brittle and tarnished
Halted momentum
Of bare wire frame
Cognizance compromised
With time’s absconding
The hour’s toll looming
I pray, not awaken
Sharing Is Caring:
Like a Deftly Sewn Death Shroud Secured
Bereft; lay my heart upon ocean’s floor
Forever once wandered from her lips
Now eclipsed in shadowed solitude
Indiscernible, such impetus gives way
Allaying the allure of erstwhile spirit
Spent; things rent yet remain
As plain as ivory iridescence upon desolate eve
In gloaming, elucidation ensues
Expanding our minds in the umbral embrace
Essences escape in eager entreaties
Erupting like flames from chasmal cliffs
Arriving at the altar of fated farewell
Felled like forests denied deponent
Enduring etchings bespeckle this quarry
Quietus gathering as dust fills void
Raging resilience now recoiled
Bravado that bellowed and burned
Spurned reason, inquisition ever looming
Like a deftly sewn death shroud secured
Sharing Is Caring:
Monochromatic Cell
Visions flourished with age
Cradled palette mirroring life
Unbound by consciousness
Subjective grandeur
In subconscious expanse
Ere I knew naught but this monochromatic cell
Though once I dwelled
In untold triumph
Freedom seldom deemed
Leaves absent; revealing lament
In reverie descending
Totality’s truth abiding
Fragile fruit bears mind
Vying for validation
Amid Eternity hastened
To taste infinity alone
Sharing Is Caring:
Left to Desert
wafting ripples edging inward
when the sky had reached conclusion
treading long in earnest failing
foot sworn fate at rocky stream bed
spark embedded moment’s passing
left to right; in captive caption
trails grow cold and starburst shattered
at what great lengths do we now surface
only to return our silence
i stood watch for you; draped in new moon clashing
as all the wind found its resolve
Max, or Not 
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