Abandoned log house decaying.

When I Die

~Poetry~ When I DieThe whole world will endOr at least as I’ve imagined itAs my eyes have perceivedIn the unique way that this bodies feltHow its sensed all the lights and soundAll that I’ve experiencedAll that I’ve lived and feltAll this beautiful world will cease to existFor the eyes that hold itWill no longer see outThe form will so too come to passForever as fleeting … Continue reading When I Die

Male abdomen muscles rendered in black and white

Desires Of The Flesh

~Poetry~ I am not this bodyThough I do feelSensation of touchNot me, yet for meAn experience of lifePerhaps even of loveThough I doubt that pullCould ever be as deepAs the endless oceanOf true eternal loveYet It’s pretty to believeIn the opiate of desireTo call it love, to satisfyThat burning hungerThat yearns for the fleshTo use the body’s vigourAgainst some otherWho yearns in returnScratch that itchFor … Continue reading Desires Of The Flesh

Young man rendered in black and white play button in his eye.

The Internet Rub

~Poetry~ The Internet It’s virtually infiniteGo pilgrimage to a libraryPick up a bookRead it, even re-read itEventually though you understand the storyYou reach the last pageYou put it downYou may mull it over for a timeTo assimilate the informationBut eventually, the experience endsYou can be freeYour attention is releasedYou can go back homeIn contrastThe internet is an endless oceanAlways always an endless stream of moreYou … Continue reading The Internet Rub

An anatomically accurate human heart sits upon blood red leafless trees encircled with a mandala.

As Within So Without

~Poetry~ Those treated cruellyDo so cruelly others treatNot as with intentThough in desperationTo try and rid the painThat horrid internal hellWhere you exist aloneIn shame, in fear,In painIt becomes youAnd so, all you touchWill too feel youAs painUntil they too become as youAs lost as youIn pain as youExponentiation occursSoon all there is to be knownPain within spreads outReaching cold tendrilsThrough time and spaceUntil we … Continue reading As Within So Without

A golden full moon reflects across a clear blue lake.

A Lifetime To Drown

~Poetry~ With ease, with eloquencePassionately praiseThis earth which I roam The truth I see clearNo riddle the miracleI know beyond doubt Yet a fool I beTo explain that within meHere the truth do hide Illusions doth veilQuestions and answers bothI’m Deaf dumb and blind An endless oceanAdrift drowning, lost aloneTry to float but flail The ache for rest burnsThe weight of my wearied soulPulls me … Continue reading A Lifetime To Drown