two a.m. tarot

I asked the same question I always ask, And I received what I always receive. It would all work out if we just unmask, But in my heart I know that is naive. We lock away the words we wish to hear. Instead saying the ones we know are safe. We build up lies with the...

long awaited

When I was young I’d imagine myself overlooking the sea as the sun set into it. Wine in hand, atop an old stone bridge, I sigh and experience the beauty of the day ending all alone. These type of dreams are always solitary. I can never picture myself in them with...

ramblings 3/24/22

At the place I stayed in Switzerland they had a packet for “re-entering society” that we were encouraged to read through before leaving. A lot of it was tips about what to do if overwhelmed by large groups of people. Reading through the papers though I realized...

solstice

I have written much this year. Most words I will never share. Yet on this, the longest night of the year, I will reflect and tell you where I am. I failed to do what I promised I would never do, and instead returned to doing what I hate most. Somehow this seems like...

rambling 11/1/21

I’ve hidden a lot of the things I wrote in August. I’d share them again if you’d ask. Perhaps it was a turning point in Silence during those countless hours watching ripples. Or was it the mass unhinging of others’ minds that caused my prolific pen? I remember the...