Enter Dragon

•March 5, 2014 • Leave a Comment

The subtlety of medicinal mist is tempting
But eventually, inevitably, I need direct the sting
Of the needle puncturing my vein, infusing
Immediate, immaculate, this drug called life, enticing
Suggestion, innuendo, only goes so far till fading
A touch, a pinprick, direct connection, humming
From injection outward coursing through, infecting
I will chase the dragon, passion, always hunting
Even if it takes me down, I will go revved up, buzzing

–A.R.

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I cannot remember how I found this image, or its  title.
If be when I track it down I will cite it properly.
Apologies to the artist.

Intimate Season (repost)

•March 4, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Because lately, I have been dormant in the drift,
and instead of fighting it because I feel so unproductive,
perhaps it’s best to let it be and know that spring is on its way.

Intimate Season (repost).

Blank

•March 2, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Tonight
I am blank
Having finished the chapter
Excited to see what happens
Next…and then…nothing
No page numbers, no story
Not even an errant smudge, only
Empty unblinking pages
A mistake by the binder, or…
For a millisecond of a moment
Fear catches, steals my breath
What if all the rest are blank
Do I dare test it, turn the page
Or put it down and close my eyes
Content enough to know that I
Even got this far, yes, perhaps
Tomorrow I’ll have the courage
Because tonight
I am blank

–a.r.

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Blank Stare by nothought on deviantART

My Happiness

•February 27, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Art in all its forms
Makes me happy
In a way few people can
Because it asks nothing
Of me except this
“Who are you and what
do you bring?”
And patiently it waits
Long, for my answer

–A.R.

Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love by Amberlite on devaintART

(un)Balanced

•February 26, 2014 • Leave a Comment

  Perfect Permanent Balance

Does not exist

Do not wish it

Is simply the midpoint

Of our own pointy pendulum

While we find our swing

To the next extreme

A talent perfected

      Only in death

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Well Deserved Respite After a Particularly Brutal Goring by Bill Carman

Part of his Unbalanced series.

Filled

•February 23, 2014 • Leave a Comment

I prefer a thrill
To emptiness
Even if it fills
Me only to be
Spilled again
Splattered
Everywhere
And wanting

— a.r.

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Splatter Paint by M-I-Arias on deviantART

Baudelaire over Buddha next to Nietzsche

•February 22, 2014 • 4 Comments

I have been drunk
I have been empty
I have been catatonic
I much prefer the guzzling
Or the complete checking out
To the walking dead of nothingness
I’d rather fight and fuck and make mistakes
I’d rather collapse into my own battened brainscape
Than I would choose again this hollowed out detachment
Neither drink of wine, of virtue, of poetry, of passion, of attachment
Can destroy beauty born of pain as much as the letting go can
Because when I did that, all will to live let go of me
It was not enlightenment I found but depression
A safe and cold cocoon away from contact
A flatlined plateau of perfect peace
No, that escape is not for me
You may keep it
If it helps, but I
Will save myself

–A.R.

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The Turin Horse by KatarinaRss on deviantART

Anonymous

•February 21, 2014 • Leave a Comment

I am already
Wrapped
Tightly in shroud
Simply
Biding my time
With the air running out

— A.R.

Life Reading Patty Carroll

Life Reading by Patty Carroll, part of her Anonymous Women: Draped series

The One (repost)

•February 14, 2014 • 3 Comments

I am not one dimension
Though many need me to be
Twists and turns and blind corners
Make a labyrinth in me

There is more than one note
Pinging off walls in my skull
Whispers, sonnets, and screams
Escaping freely when full

I make multiple movements
Inside this skin of mine
At once lady and whore
Rebellious and refined

Then there are moments
I am quiet and still
Teaching me of observance
Small control of my will

I’ll take it all while I’m making
You want to smile and to run
But wanting all of it with me
Is what makes you the one

— April Resnick

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Husband and Wife, Love and Life by Frank McFadden

Happy Valentine’s Day

Just Jitters

•February 12, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Just Jitters

Reposted for my upcoming flight.
Here’s hoping Mother Nature allows the trip.
I need a warmer climate,
so much so that I am willing to get on a plane.