The Passage of Time
The Passage of Time
From the naivities of the mind,
To the callouses of the heart.
Through beauty of one’s kind,
To the decadence of its art.
Stare
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If I were to ponder that one afternoon,
Down the rabbit hole I’d fall again.
I’d walked until I saw myself in your glare,
Through the sea, the throng, the crowd,
You were there, still and intense,
Like the barrel of a cocked gun.
It wasn’t your stance or…
Pretty Questions
We can describe the reactions that beauty evokes: pleasure, satisfaction, admiration.
-But what of its origins? What is beauty?
We could argue beautiful art is art that conveys its essence or subject well. For example, a painting of a horse would…
Collect your fuel
Let the flames erupt
from your kindled mind, the ash
shall never settle.
Your mind is but a furnace and the world
is your fuel.
When the licking flames,
gently recede,
into uninspired embers
you must remember
this.
In a Perfect World
In a perfect little world
That scintillates with good
The bleached and dull excel
at doing what they should.
With not a single thing awry
The sun and moon retire:
What’s the use in noting days
When virtue can’t expire?
The downpours only truly shine
The Vagabond’s Song
The Vagabond
There was a man who roamed with no direction. He would wander the rolling pastures and then traverse the great cities, never once stopping to observe his tracks. Those who encountered this vagabond greeted his presence with indifference, his appearance…
The Lofty Man
I stared at him eagerly. Like so many of his passing moments, he was in one of his reveries. His eyes were gazing at a corner of the room, suspended not with vacancy, but with an acute awareness. A thin, warm smile painted his mouth. It was one of those…
An Incident of Awareness
An Incident of Awareness
If there was ever a more lucid rage, I would not believe it. He was enhanced with fervor. His face burned with gravity and spirit so ensnaring that I could not help but watch him.
“I will not endure this any longer!” He barked, “Don’t you see! All of…
We should have the right of sovereignty over our own consciousness.
