shadows

are cast only in the wake of light

I’m sorry ***,

I never realizedwhat I meant to you. What you’ve done to meand what I’ve done to youis joyis painthere was weaknessand there was hopethere was sorrybut lots of joy.It hurts to moveit hurts to thinkof youwithout you.But sometimesthere’s more solacein the sanctuaryof solitude

As I realize

that what you are to meis unrealizableyou’re reaching out,sending parts of you,through screens and microphones.We will always be part of the same whole.

I love this story

lets let it unfoldand we’ll reveal itto each otherlike the stories of old

My eyes strain

to findeven a refraction of your lightshiningbeckoningwelcoming me toshelterfrom thedense grey fogdescended uponthe waters.

you were a radiating verisimilitude

of light consistenthoweverour seemingly transientsojourns seem to unanimouslyend in darknesswhen everythinggnostic and sensualhas an air of fallacy to itall you can do is search forsome semblance of truthand when that fails:hopeand when that fails:write it downand move on

you told me that my voice would be heard

and though I have no belief in prophecies-convincing utterances-your assurance is appreciated.it’s been a long time since mywaking dreams have beenfantasticwonderfulhopefulI have so little of thatso, regardless of your intentions,thanks,it helped.Why did those words help?Or, the real question,why do your words help?is it our agreed temporality?(facades still impress upon us)is it your conviction?(say anything convincingly […]

how to use:

as common as carbon is a poetic stream of consciousness.
there are 3 categories of “poems”:

(i) heteroglossic synesthesia (complete poems)
(ii) hobonyms (words with no homes)
(iii) mind jerky (thoughts to chew on)

after reading a poem you have 3 options to “turn the page”

“RANDOM” – takes you to a random poetic expression
#hastags – take you to another random poem with the same theme or motif
#category – takes you to a random poem in the same category

“no one can step in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and they are not the same person” – possibly Heraclitus

just as no one can step in the same river twice, no one can have the same experience of “as common as carbon” twice