It was said that all is mind,
however not his.
He was but a figment
of the world’s imagination.
200
October 27, 2013
199
April 25, 2013
he sought to be relieved of hope.
but in the end was forced
to give up even that desire.
198
March 20, 2013
As winter lingered he found
that all that remained him
were the certainties arising
from the habit of not knowing.
197
November 20, 2012
He had once seen something quite beautiful,
but no matter how hard he tried
he couldn’t quite remember what it was.
Nevertheless he was consoled by the fact
that though whatever it might have been
was now irretrievably lost
at least its beauty lingered.
195
September 18, 2012
looking down he realized that
the earth’s memory was but the earth.
looking up he realized that
the sky, in fact, had no memory.
looking at himself, on the other hand,
he simply forgot.
194
September 17, 2012
the sole heroic act
that he imagined himself capable of
would be to one day fade into oblivion
as easily and readily as his shadow
174
June 23, 2012
with few exceptions,
they preferred the luxuriant,
the profuse, the fertile.
yet seeing that they would often
lose themselves within it,
she had her ways to remind them
of the essential.
173
June 2, 2012
many found her vague
or inapparent;
yet she was anything but.
whenever necessary
she would supply
the world as proof.
172
May 13, 2012
it was also necessary
to become aware
that blood
coursed through the veins
of silence.
171
April 25, 2012
for those who had lost sight of her,
she left a trail of tears
dappling the pale blue of the sky.
