Rambler

"There was a time when You could not see me Imprisoned as you were At the spectrum's lower end Peering through eyes of standard issue Perceiving a form While sounding no depth Was I a barren br..."

"Treasure filled vistas, though nearRemain unseen, untouchedWhispers of their reality fadeAmid a cacophony of earth bound chatterCreative potentials witherSiphoned off in purposeless dissipationCore di..."

"Intricate sophistries abound Dressed in gaudy plausibilities Reasonable facsimilies of meaning Filling minds while starving spirits Medals of malnourishment Worn as proud olympic attainment Supp..."

"You've run the gauntlet, I can tell Tis etched into your visage well You bear the unmistakable air Of one who's learned to gauge his care By substance alone, while shadow you shun The gauntlet of illu..."

"We talked for sometime, not long ago The two of us, pensive, haltingly slow About past regrets and nameless fears Marked only by long dry tracks of tears You told me how it hurt you most That recurrin..."

"Mediocrity in my blood Mediocrity in my bones Certified cog in a society of clones Original thought Gold dust rare Died in mediocre thin air The most pathetic thing of all I have no consciousness of b..."

"The child found the shells of locusts Anchored to backyard trees And spied the shells of floral seeds Floating lazily on the breeze He pressed a shell of aquatic life Against his listening ear To hea..."

"I'm the flesh behind the statistics With children two point five Subscribing to mammon's golden rule To live and not just survive I dwell in the midst of plenty, have more than I can use Always fillin..."

"Where'd I put the cereal box? Where'd I put the brush? Why is it that far too often, my life's in such a rush? Jumped in my car and drove to work Oh no! I'm off today! Went to the post office, wound u..."

"Cynical eyes survey the human scene Accustomed and expectant To spy misshapen forms Of aborted hope and choked potential Maintaining effortless dominance of panoramic sweep By nature weak Yet strong t..."

"Once they had me flummoxed Once they had me duped Back in those early years Still coalescing Leaves yet to unfold My naiveté a neon sign Lighting my path to slaughter And like missing that last step W..."

"Solo intellect Absent the Siamese twin of prudence Scintillating yet barren Unlike Archimedes Moves not the world But follows it Discernment’s crippled leg dragging Answering plaguing questions Not t..."

"Poets birth insight Words fetch and carry their pleasure Painting semantic portraits Fathomed depths framed The invisible finds tongue Colors deepen, textures richen Momentarily all is touch Berlin Wa..."

"Lovers burn for consummation Souls hunger in famine Junkies yearn for the fix Cravings Parched hearts thirst Sick through a history of draughts Drawn from substitution's beckoning well Ready to sell a..."