Visionary Heads
It came to rest in the corner of my room, concealing its face under the cover of a cool twilight.
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Barnowl71
This being, that becomes; from the arising of this, that arises. This not being, that does not become; from the ceasing of this, that ceases.
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November
Midnight fell upon the earth and with it came the artic breath of winter. Shadows of trees danced with ravaged motion below the dim, insignificant glow of the street lamps.
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For Her Light
I could hardly feel the cigarette end between my fingers. Only a slight warmth from the faint shimmering glow as the smoke stroked my fingers before fading into the sterilized white light.
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Cuauhtemoc
August light catches the roosting falcon. In Indian summer twilight. A momentary lapse in the sombre hues. Cast from the sinking sun. A pause enough for the pale grey feathers. To catch fire.
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A Prayer For Rain
The morning was heralded only with. A bitter swirling wind. In the distance clouds gathered. Dark and immense. Phantoms from some lost age. Crossing this dull planet.
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The Changeling
'I am a changeling, see me grow new wings'. Almost silence hangs upon his breath. Ancient tongues of forgotten language. In this place of death and dying. The rejected moans diffuse darkness.
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Silent Wings
Death's own immortal kingdom Rests on the other side of morning Its breath rises above the sweet air of living And it holds us down Clutches at us through the veil of night It devours No dignity No...
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Winter
The Earth rolls evermore, its diurnal course stirring. Alluring the tempest, the ice-tipped blast from the savage north. Though waves of frenzied motion defy an icebound existence.
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Death Row
His eyes retract from the white glare of the outside. On the inside his blood retracts from the tubes. That drain his life and confuse him with drugs. The nursed sheets smother his breath.
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Pillars Of The Church
Young choir girl. Slender innocence. Falling lightly across. Her smooth chest. Angelical androgyny. Ageless and forever. A cold consecrated flame. Finding no reflection. Ascends the skies.
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Night Of The Lunatic
The darkness broods. Over the lovers' embrace. A cloak that covers the. Remains of a tiring day. Yet there is a strangeness in the light. It shines radiates through midnight airs.
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Soul Mining
'I have to see what's out there' Earth-drunk he staggered across hilltops Dark crow-song flung across the harvest land And into the night chill warmed with fear The old man valley-veered and was gone.
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Mind The Gap
Last night I slipped from the rock Plunged Earth-sea Earth-sky The infinite in one.
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