from Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli ( Read more... )

eyes seen only from afar
meeting of souls without a touch
    fate's devices unseen
    its ever-turning wheels silent as breath
        ceaseless motion, ever unnoticed

DEAD STARS
STILL BURN
"Dead Stars", Covenentdark stars forged of wire ( Read more... )

   darkened hair and evasive eyes
   you draw shadow closer about your thin shoulders
       soul lost and not wanting to be found

...one in your eyes ( Read more... )

dreams so strong they bind a life
   unable now to pull away
   without losing pieces of soul
   without peeling away layers of heart
       invisible chains are ever-strongest
       for what cannot be perceived
          cannot be undone

what does it feel like when
   your head is full of song?
              "Wake Up and Take Me Down", U2the ( Read more... )

"what a drag it is, these gold lamé jeans
 is this the coolest way to get through your teens?"
                         "Teenage Lament '74", Alice Cooperlife both mirrored and altered ( Read more... )

  reliefs brought out in sunlight
     details long-hidden in shadow
     which is pushed back into place
       to reveal all facets of an aspect
  time caught in the smallest of cracks
     age in subtle shades painted
       the infinite regress
       of faces dying in life

"recognise your age"
                   "Teenage Rampage", Sweet ( Read more... )

water-shaped heart and eyes ( Read more... )

every light causes shadow

sundazed eyes see only darkness
   in this place of man's creation

however bright the sun
   it never quite burns away the blue of the sky
   or the violet twilight
       wherein my soul lies
as brightly as your star may shine
   when at last its light reaches me
   the warmth has gone
       and I remain cold and

sunlight spills rainbows over the earth ( Read more... )

desperation soaks the sheets in which tonight you may sleep ( Read more... )