Have you noticed that there aren't any worms? Have you? When I was a kid, after it rained the sidewalks would be littered with worms that had been flooded out of their homes by the rain. Is it because my head is too far away from the ground? Is it because there are less worms then there were when I was a kid? Is it possible that I have outgrown ( Read more... )

So they pointed the way with a golden finger ( Read more... )

I have always depended on the kindness of Chris Soucy ( Read more... )

I am here. You could not be. And for that, I feel great sorrow. I have much. You have nothing. And for that, I feel great gratitude. I did not know that one day I would stop envying you. But I have. And sometimes I feel the guilt of it. You are not here. And today is a day to notice. We were boys. We were men. We were soldiers. We were playing army ( Read more... )

i long for the cure.

this life is too much for me.

Any minute now, my ship is coming in ( Read more... )

I am a god,
this is news to me,
the world does bend to my will,
and I am the darkness that you see.
No peace may endure,
no innocents will be spared,
no comfort will last,
only this pain will be shared.
And why am I so cruel?
A lesson learned from deities of old,
ignore the masses, be blind to hate,
and always show that love is merciless and cold.

I sense the storm of old fears brewing on the horizon. My back had been turned long enough for anyone to take aim with silver knives, but now I stand facing the coming pain ready for the piercing blow. I will almost be relieved when all my fears are realized. There is little hope that I will survive, and somehow, this too is relieving. There is ( Read more... )

To all of you who have left ( Read more... )

the stranger steals on silent feet across my bedroom floor
without obstruction he made his way through window and past door
his shining blade cuts through my dreams and threatens my very life
how I hate the dawn with it's shining light and it's dreaded sunbeam knife