simplistic to the point of incomprehensible,
love lingers on the lips and in the heart -
seemingly for but the briefest of moments,
while ever cavorting on the brink of eternity.
...
subsequent to reflection
and after considerable self-recrimination
i have graciously forgiven myself any past transgressions -
the voluntarily imposed veil of deceit
...
radiant lady of mystery, all is as it should be -
I am your enigma, as you are mine;
lucky be divinity's angels to embrace you as their own.
...
theirs a well conducted symphony of emotional inertia,
measured out in perfect synchronization;
the dance of two hearts poised in harmony,
secure in the knowledge of what the next movement brings.
...
much as other men before me
i'd heard my share of fantasies and fairy tales
but ere i gazed upon her lyrical countenance
i had not known enchantment of the heart
...
had i but known in time,
what sorrow from love doth spring:
what torment the soul be made to endure
in the the name of that capricious maiden:
...
a life of addiction
one after another after another
sex tobacco alcohol drugs
an appetite without limits
...
the pensive juxtaposition of these unbidden insights -
surreal glimpses into the evolution of what my world could become -
and the intense reality of the concrete
(yet even still malleable) here and now,
...
teenage wasteland/last chance texaco
..... ghost towns along the highway
voices of the voiceless/high on rebellion
...
only in the lucidity of madness,
anchored deep in the exquisite screams of melancholy,
was the birth of my humanity made possible.
...