Monthly Archives: Feb 2025

Then Everything Changed

“Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed …”AirIt was always thereI breathed it inEven to the depths of the oceanIt filled my lungsIn my darkest despairAlways thereFor 100 years or moreI needed nothing moreThe change in me was like water flowing from the sea.The river flowedContinue reading “Then Everything Changed”

From The Dirt

Got here from the dirtYou mean the mud?No, mud had waterWe had none.Salt of the earthCause our fields were saltedKilling crops, growing on nothin’.Hard packed soilMade into clayBuilding walls to make us stay.Going down by the river Jordan?Nah, we keep our feet in the soilTouching grassCause we working off our assReach up to the skyKissContinue reading “From The Dirt”

Shades

Shades Black and whiteWhy hast thou forsaken me? No colorThe rainbow does not fill the page All the discourse seems black and whiteWhere are the shades? Nuance paints within the greysStark lines No curves or bendsInorganic ArtificialNot like the tides or the waves It makes me sadLike Jesus within the garden He weptShadesBlack and whiteNoContinue reading “Shades”

Consummation Consumption Compulsion

Like lust I want to consume your bodyA junkie for the taste of your skinFill my mouth, my senses overwhelm I want you like a drowning man wants airI wake, not from a dream of you,But to manifest my dreams with you upon reality.I will eat you, messily, greedily, completely Wiping your juice from myContinue reading “Consummation Consumption Compulsion”

Comic Book Sans

Zing! Bang! Boom! Do that thing you do. That supercalifragilistic, bombastic, pop ‘em in the lip shtick. Batguy or superwhirl, spiderfan or wander female I marvel at your decency  Better you, couldn’t be me. With power comes responsibility All it takes is one day. A dVerse Quadrille with zing. The prompt: Just pen us aContinue reading “Comic Book Sans”