(2014)
The storm is brewing. I smell it in the air. I am panicking. I can barely breathe. I fear this tempest
Are you the one I have no words f… Are you the one who seeks the space between these lines? I used to think I’d know you inst… Now I don’t know anything at all.
A sudden gust of bitter wind from somewhere hot and foul, whooped and howled throughout the scattered waste and scrabble down that God-forsaken alley.
These words, gently laid upon this page, amount to my sincere prayer they reach within you, and touch your secret self,
I humbly bow before your tender me… for no other reason than I’m sorry… As I listen to my old pal, Leonar… crooning out his holy tunes, there’s a message sounding clear
Alone, in the same old crowd, trying to ignore this stifling pain. I am but
Neon lights buzzed in staccato out… Sleep seemed something I dare not… I took myself looking to ease my a… keeping to steamy side-streets and… heading for the part of town beyon…
You play your cards so well. Looks like you’ve had a lot of pra… You seem to have a thorough grasp of all the rules of the game. As you cover every angle,
This trembling grief is for a long lost soul, a young, guileless child I once knew as me. I truly believed
My garments have been stripped awa… along with any hope of tender merc… These feet made bare and sorely bl… It’s time again to bear your earth… Still it seems you know not what y…
I come to the village well today, though without a need to drink. My worldly thirst now quenched, with home and hearth supplied. I am here to fill a deeper vessel
Some time ago, I made my way down to the crossroads, to try my lucky hand at the devil’s gaming tables.
No words of wisdom. No clever rhymes. Not this day. Something heavy weighs me down.
Oh, knower of my heart, this trembling voice cries out in words that cannot begin to tell how deep my longing is for thee.
Who of you will follow where I’m bound to go? None that I can see. None that I can name. No-one that I know.