The Embroidery
The genealogical table lives by itselfAn embroidery, made stitch by stichnever to be finished, always in the makingIt keeps the hearts and fates of generationsdead parents live ....
Date Written: 2009-06-02 17:22:01
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The Door
I found myself a doorLocked and solid oak woodI knock on it, I even kickbut no one answersThen I push up against itmy shoulder to the woodIt doesn't budgeI f ....
Date Written: 2009-05-31 07:27:27
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Blinded Eyes
I've eyes everywhere, they come and gosometimes they go blind I cover them in tears to protect themput on bandages and casketssit in dark rooms, covered in tearsblind eyed, ....
Date Written: 2009-05-30 16:38:20
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Key For A Diary
Once more I found a key, a dwarfish princessvery small, chiseled and silvery, fairy tale-looksI held it in my hand and it spoke to menothing in the world was foreign to this key ....
Date Written: 2009-05-30 05:08:02
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Avalanches
What is this torrent from my lipswords and sentiments, lies and truthstumbling down like avalanchesalarming everybody as they fall?Don't get alarmed, I yellthey are strong ....
Date Written: 2009-05-23 12:33:01
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Eyeless
I saw a blind lady, her stick was her guideeyeless behind dark glasses, pretty thoughso very old and frail, tapping her life on stonewas it a drumbeat, a warning to the world?It ....
Date Written: 2009-05-19 13:16:09
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The Hand
look at my hand, so closed, so firmly closedwhen I force it up, it opens like a rusty lockfinger by finger folds back into a fistI look at my hand, surprisedthe fist is th ....
Date Written: 2009-05-18 16:08:09
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The Screams
This one was a screamerall his spiritual power came out in screamsEverybody listened, but no one could make it outWhat was it he screamt? "Help" or "Hello"?& ....
Date Written: 2009-05-18 14:34:46
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The Snake
A ticklish little one, all nerves, all sensesBut soulless? Nothing but instincts?Well, all green and moving like magicfat and juicy, a tasty meal for birdsTo me you are the ....
Date Written: 2009-05-18 14:23:28
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Another Planet
She feels her way, eyes closed, ears alertno sounds, lots of colours for the closed eyesNever mind, the feet trail the track forwardseeking, seeking, seekingoops, stumbling she ....
Date Written: 2009-05-15 19:31:20
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Powefull-Powerless People
Powerful people get so powerless on sunny daysthey sneeze and sob in secret, handkerchiefs hide their actionsscary stuff for those who wage wars on all those powerless onesbasking, h ....
Date Written: 2009-05-15 05:06:48
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Lying Skills
Did you take lessons in hypocricy?You do it so well, should teach your skillEven standing upside down on one fingerNo end to your lying skills, I'm in aweMaybe lying down, all ....
Date Written: 2009-05-15 04:25:09
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Star Child
You are so very, very tinyA new one, never seen beforeAre you sure you belong?Maybe another planet bid you comePluto, Jupiter, the Moon?So it's here you aim to live ....
Date Written: 2009-05-15 04:11:24
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Transparent
Transparent, yes, the sun pierces everythingeven shades reveal the threadbare livesno hiding will make them solid in sunlightI lift the fabric high and it crumblesmy hands full ....
Date Written: 2009-05-15 03:36:31
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Flying
This is the day, the chosen oneDon't rush it they shout to deaf earsI bat my arms, but don't liftstill on the ground, still not flyingmaybe I should stamp my feet?The ....
Date Written: 2009-05-14 12:54:03
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A Bed of Flowers
It was a flowery bedno spikes anywherea few thorns thoughcan't be helped when onelies down with rosesWhat fragrants, what glowing coloursand no bald spots anywher ....
Date Written: 2009-05-13 02:20:01
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Nowhere Land
The narrowness of the path should have warned meNowhere is a large place to be, a place to get lostThere were shadows, suns, even birds and treesall of them as close as close could b ....
Date Written: 2009-05-12 12:18:08
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The Invite from Above
Suspended in mid-air I simply freaked outcouldn't help it, but had to laughgiggling I was lowered unto the floorstern faces all around, very disapprovingDon't you understan ....
Date Written: 2009-05-10 15:09:55
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Patterings of Paws
Minute paws, tracks nonethelessthe patterings have become ghost whispersdown the alley, inside the house, up the bedso, are you still attempting an escape?Buzzings go away ....
Date Written: 2009-05-08 19:23:58
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Elephants
Strangely enough the answer is not in the mirrorI let my hands form the question and feel for itbut it's not in bodily frames or anything I knowSo this is a secret, something no ....
Date Written: 2009-05-06 03:05:40
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Alice-Lands
No-no, not with me, am too smartthe costs are all too highbut I am, yes, am much too smartshould take courses in dumbnessThe friendly idiot plays funny gamesthe not-to ....
Date Written: 2009-05-06 03:00:21
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Disguised Invisibility
Mini-kisses, disguised into invisibilityno mistakes trample underfoot like evilnessdried-up feelings stripping into tritenessmade visible in the spotlight of remorseNo, mi ....
Date Written: 2009-05-02 17:14:04
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Dervishes of Deceit
Dead in the arms of sorrowbrought down by agony?No, kissed into oblivion by soulless atomsdisguised as dancing dervishespretending merrimentOne step and seduced into s ....
Date Written: 2009-05-02 12:14:40
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The Past
Past times came by, paid a visithollow eyes, haggard faceall telltale signs of what had beenNothing like a pointed nosehovering above thin lipsto tell of wants and hardship ....
Date Written: 2009-05-01 22:54:20
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Mirrors
I came upon a friend at the mirrorShe looked at me, all in shockas she cried out: "Oh, my God, whatever happened? Was pretty yesterday, smooth skin, stary eyesbreasts ....
Date Written: 2009-05-01 16:04:24
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Edges
Walking in the past, hand in hand with youlaughter between us, everything is funnone of us understands the edgesall those that move like walls on wheelsfencing us in, moving bac ....
Date Written: 2009-05-01 13:58:01
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Memes of Gods and Demons
Is this true? Up there, wherever it isup high is whatever we need?My stomach says "no", my heart "maybe"but my head says "no way" so I'm caught&quo ....
Date Written: 2009-04-30 14:51:58
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Love Armour
Am I pierced? Was my heart gored?And I didn't feel it, only saw the bloodtrickling down in telltale patterns trailing forgotten words and kisses So this is love? ....
Date Written: 2009-04-30 14:32:24
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Soul Survival
Astrology said that I would be dead before today
Yes, quite dead, not living, not breathing
dissolving into nothingness I would remember
that Hyleg is the true ruler of the ....
Date Written: 2009-04-29 19:56:28
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Messy Dreams
The hand was wise, it knew how to holdwhat was dumb was the headtoo many thoughts, too many regretsMessy dreams of love eternally mineheld out for me to browse, to peruse ....
Date Written: 2009-04-29 13:05:04
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