Insecurity laugh
he opened skin
impatient cleaning
bestowed pills
flowing peeling
preoccupation
poison knives
desire stitches
bleeding fades
thoughts silence

Everything is never fully rational
Happens to all of us at some point
For no one is really perfect
A few specks on a clean record
Reason enough to try harder

Walking miles
deep night
distant sleep
shore found
naked sea
sky overhead
clouds winds
eyes tear
stretched out
delicious dreaming

People walk along my beach
footprints trace the soft sand
a brisk blue breeze appeared
the same unwarm unknown sky

Strolling across the intricate design
a pulsing kaleidoscope of light
living between dull and dancing
existence rests beyond my shadow

The Poetry in Motion entry on 7/31/06, the French one, I won the contest for that day! Woot a free $25.

Au le tristesse de jeunesse
soleil danse parmi champs de tournesols
le vent tisse doucement
loin dans la terre neigeux

translation:
With the sadness of youth
sun dances among fields of sunflowers
the wind weaves gently
far in the snow-covered ground

folklore predicts reality
truth found within myth
theories alter the world
all five senses burn
see only with faith

...dedicated to a friend that I will not let be destroyed ( Read more... )

outstretched October willow tree
low-hanging branches falling leave
autumn's green-gold luminescence
weeping winter's winds advances
protesting limbs lament unmoved