background thoughtsinterfere with lifechange structuresof spacesI choose to live - clear debrisbefore you build homes all new thoughtsenter, move aroundin circlesget processedtill you achieve the peak statemind your processors Written for dVerse Poetics - The strange houses of Lee Madgwick
from there to herefrom here to wherewhat a journeyin search of querencia he derides my kneeling posturethen, my folded handsand saysGo find it within … What a laconic expressionfor an iconic journeyfrom my world perceptionto a place inside me I only want sturmfreiwithout going astraythe devil’s wayA smooth sashayOf inspiring raysinto the core It matters … Continue reading Better connected
Yes, you’re right, you’re spoilt for choicenot as simple as meat, veggies or ricethere’s a door to heaven, a gate to unknownif you don’t say yes, one is forever gone… Will you choose the obvious, Mom told you soor taste the thunder and let caution go?Will you regret giving up a bed of rosesbreathing in … Continue reading Only way to grow
I stay fixatedon mysterious bluesboundlessness of etherglued on the sky -fascinatedas it pulls a shrouddarkness on the day I’m sure gods live thereto hold sun, moon, starsclouds and windsbattles not spared-the sky never attacksthe sky never rescinds It’s a myth they sayyou’ll hit nothingnessyet blues hold a worlddivinity holds swaycherished and chasedstraightened, unfurled It flags … Continue reading Boundless Sky
waterlogged streets, cloudy skiesheavy downpour, clothes won’t dry yet, drop in temperaturea tremendous reliefheat is such an alienator my birthday’s just passed bybut Leo month keeps me high will this year be worse or betteror between the yearsjust another connector? A time to reflect, a time to dreammaybe it’s a chuckle or a scream I … Continue reading August
ADVENTUREBreak the alphabetto write a new spellingthis one is skewedwith U creeping in betweenIt’s UR ventureI see callow cadetsbrandishing bayonetsshowing crowdsthe only path to success Goodbye, yellow brick roadI retreatto write my own storywhere words are notdefined by bibliophilesredefining saps meI’d rather reinventyour norms defiednot deified It doesn’t matterif roads are blue or red-it’s energy … Continue reading Goodbye, yellow brick road
that twitch of an eyea broken smile….Why does it giveA feel that I know it? Who smiled like this decades ago?Who reacted like this toimagined provocations?Who just stopped short of waraverted altercations?It’s another eraIt’s another generation... Certain things I likeSome certainly I don’t..Yet can’t deny….the power of genetics.. Do perpetrators knowwhat’s being unleashedAre they in … Continue reading Genetics
I envy the artist or filmmaker who fleshes out imagination, and presents it in two or three dimensions. Some people can relate to the characters. To all others, it’s as vague as the sky - an illusion to keep imagination engaged. The root of all disappointment in the world is that we derive comfort from … Continue reading Sky
Who does that? raised eyebrows mockThere are words in my mouthBut I swallow thoseand get on with my life calendars changeso do mindsetsI can’t connecttheir irrepressible instinctsto enter doorwaysnow gone digital social isolationis not lonelinessI feel completein my work - thoughtsbordering on unboundedness And of course…those disruptive peopleare only a button awaywaiting to enter doorwaysto … Continue reading Peer Pressure
Do I want to write a bookbefore I go away?for that bookwill die inside me…but who cares reallyfor what I have to say? It’s the map ofmy brain synapsesof what was framedin those spacesbefore responseafter stimulus-somewhere in betweenincoherenceand actionto make sense of lifeit just had to be done I know nowthere’s no going backto reframe … Continue reading Die Empty
