you are not my captain

turning a greek myth into a modern reality.
turning unmeasurable limitations into readable symptoms.
turning a simple statement into a lasting creed.
turning descriptions into actual events.
a masterpiece of a mind turning an idea into life.

Roman Rule

believe in the simplest of things.
the day shined brighter than you ever had.
the souls of my shoes are worn
sole driven.
ink is running - minds are too.
reflect off the snow and into your eyes.
diamonds.
phases of my mood come easy in the morning
you come easiest with the phases of the moon.
there's a new face for every shadow.
winking man, sinking feeling.
cry in the dark
let the notes knock your brain.
ache for your voice
the songs send you mine.
lonely wishing on a lucky spark that went out.
thank God we're young, kid
still waiting for the light.

without you, i'm just me

"For her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes,
Brightly expressive as the twins of Leda,
Shall find her own sweet name, that nestling lies
Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader.
Search narrowly the lines!- they hold a treasure
Divine- a talisman- an amulet
That must be worn at heart. Search well the measure-
The words- the syllables! Do not forget
The trivialest point, or you may lose your labor
And yet there is in this no Gordian knot
Which one might not undo without a sabre,
If one could merely comprehend the plot.
Enwritten upon the leaf where now are peering
Eyes scintillating soul, there lie perdus
Three eloquent words oft uttered in the hearing
Of poets, by poets- as the name is a poet's, too,
Its letters, although naturally lying
Like the knight Pinto- Mendez Ferdinando-
Still form a synonym for Truth- Cease trying!
You will not read the riddle, though you do the best you can do."


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asking only to be your Frances Sargent Osgood.

losing sleep over this

how do you live in a space
without the words to explain



want to put this into words for once. this style comes from the most admired soul - it isn't my own. where this belongs changes from year to year. for now its yours. skin blazing. i'll set fire to the building (just don't go.) the thought of you in the world skips a beat and rewinds to the first day i remember the light. never imagined how it would feel to understand. the bone stiffening, back breaking weight tightens. it doesn't lift. reaching out. know i'll never feel level.



you were never mine.

stay with me, love

driving down roads we paved together. sharper intensity with you becomes dull and lifeless without you. said this before and i'll say it again, "you arn't my good luck charm anymore." tell me what your dark eyes see. do you even remember how to see in the light? pictures remind me of what you were. give a glimpse into what you've become. haven't even begun to scratch the surface. still told to wait here for the change. stuck on a pause with the only thing i've ever understood. always understand what i mean better than anyone. i'm my own better half. ready to do it all over again - but this time get it right. it's too late to write me off. i've already casted you aside.

staring at a computer screen gets you no where.
"I will never believe in anything again"




the world will end
the sky will fall
focused on the brightest star i've ever seen
going down on a day one in a million
the destruction is black in the starlight

talking in circles again

the new year always brings new promises. break the pattern. could use somebody, if only for a while. drive on the highway and pour over the nameless people and their endless possibilities. the sky mixes and somehow twists my heart into a beatiftul version of its former self. it feels new. its welcomed. your notes stick to my skin - send electricity up my spine. this feels like home on my end. exactly where i want to be.



foolish.
2009 bring some insight along with the new year.
This is it.