diamonds within
July 6, 2017
we gaze into
encrusted sky,
keep company
with
half moon
pond.
starlight
ripples in disguise
how can
i know
beyond.
this sky feels
like home –
the air,
from
long ago.
armageddon oops
July 6, 2017
What if it all explodes,
the universe inside
punches through
overwhelming
all existence
above the breach.
What if bricks fly
as leaves in a firestorm,
cellos burn like straw,
fingers napalm
lips like paper.
Will you hail the second coming?
Render freedom irrelevant
July 4, 2017
Keep the masses
occupied –
celebrity
focused.
Feed them
must see
must hear
must play
must have
content.
Imply jobs
are supposed
to suck.
Escape!
Consume!
Normalize
EXCESS,
call it
life’s GOAL.
Believe it
uncool
unpatriotic
to think
otherwise.
Winter Stars – by Sara Teasdale
October 29, 2011
Winter Stars
I went out at night alone;
The young blood flowing beyond the sea
Seemed to have drenched my spirit’s wings—
I bore my sorrow heavily.
But when I lifted up my head
From shadows shaken on the snow,
I saw Orion in the east
Burn steadily as long ago.
From windows in my father’s house,
Dreaming my dreams on winter nights,
I watched Orion as a girl
Above another city’s lights.
Years go, dreams go, and youth goes too,
The world’s heart breaks beneath its wars,
All things are changed, save in the east
The faithful beauty of the stars.
Source: Flame and Shadow (1920)
Illustration by Winifred Bromhall (1925)
