This World is a Widow

"Dear Mr. Carpenter, Sorry I haven't been by for awhile. Time has eroded me, And my vision grew shadows. My mother keeps saying to pay you a visit, Or when you do likewise, Your hands w..."

"I used to have wings,When I couldn't see.Smiles were family,And tomorrow carried me on its shoulders.There were no doors. There were no mirrors. There were no forks in the road.Misery was sterile, and..."

"If Beauty is beautiful, Then my eyes are numb from that which adorns it.And when loveliness claims a thought from my eye,I know it won't last, dying at the hands of Another's blink.Within Their lake o..."

"My tears born of today,Are on behalf of a tearless yesterday,When my Shadow didn't even know the sound of my voice.But now my Shadow clouds my heart's eye,Whispering needles into its skin.There's no h..."

"And when the Unanswered PathWhispers to the steps of today,Does our back hold true to it?Or does it dance behind our eyes?So easy, we think, to turn here or there,To trek through tomorrowArmed with ou..."

"I asked for ketchup. I don't know what you put there. What is that green stuff? Written October 8th, 2001 © on Oct 08 2001 11:52 AM PST   10 • 0"