Tuesday, July 28, 2015

To Want

To want for more, a greater self, adrift a daydream. I need
for life, the rarest gem, to utter a perfect sentence. We edge
a passion, a deadly fringe, totally awkward. I’m soon to
laugh, left alone, hosting auditions. So many classes, a
featured atmosphere, forced to engage. Life is gentle this
way, quelling insecurities—for a greater good; and look
at her: a wordsmith, standing stalwart, gesturing with
palms and fingers. I stare in awe, sifting knowledge, a
walking robot. Days are moving, a scythe to soul, ever a
hermit. It’s an urge to long, lost in composition, chiseling
every segment. But life is uncooked, as raw as an
introduction, where walls form fortresses. Once so gentle,
prior to fear, a fever for others. I’ve grown aloof, deeply
absorbed, open to like-willed souls. Art is a paradox,
fraught with murky ponds. It’s a spear, even a fiber,
driving a vision, a need for understanding. 

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