What does it feel like.. to see red?
What is it like.. to love someone?
Someone that likes you..
But that does not love you yet?
And are we merely arguing semantics?
And am I being..
unnecessarily pedantic?
Is there a disagreement over definitions
here at play?
Perhaps there is …

for the treasure of your love,
I would dive,
without a moment’s hesitation,
to the very bottom of the sea..
I merely hope
the keyhole on your chest lock
fits my key.

“””
I found love within myself.
You found whatever
in someone else.
“””
#nopoem #pillarpost #lyrics
#greetdeath #crush

A new moon is soon to grace our sky..
And this hermit’s heart is full of sorrow..
And he couldn’t tell you why.
The New Moon and The Old, Familiar Sun
were once foretold
to find their equilibrium upon a scale..
But only in The Devil’s Whispers …

You are the flint..
and I am the steel.
When we rub up
against each other..
a humble spark appears.

Given sufficient
oxygen and fuel..
for it to burn..
the humble spark gives rise
to a shimmering flame,
in turn.

And if the shimmering flame
is, for long enough, kept …

Once again I had a dream
in which I saw reflections of your light.
Morpheus, the cruel trickster..
sprinkled snow over my eyelids
in the dead of night.
Morpheus, the silly jokester..
sprinkled frost over my lashes..
as I slept.
And when I woke.. my heart was ice.
And when …

Hermes..
The messenger of elder gods.
He is a harbinger of lightning rods..
But he is not their bringer.
He is a herald of the rolling thunder..
But of its growling rumble
he is not a singer.

Hermes..
The god of quicksters..
With his quicksilver tongue
he always takes the …

Yay, life is strange,
Dearly beloved stranger.. it is true..
alas, tonight, I won’t be shedding
any salty tears for you.
For there are many stars
that may be gazed upon..
that sparkle gently in the sky.
And yet, the one I speak of here
is rather special..
She …

The Giver’s Folly - Part 2/2
“The Devil’s Dialectic”

Alas! To chime in now..
it is The Devil’s turn to brawl:
“But is not truest love..
the love that’s freely given?
Expecting nothing in return?
And if it carries an implicit expectation
of sufficiently explicit affirmation …

The Giver’s Folly - Part 1/2
“The Proof is Left as an Exercise For The Reader”

The ones we love
are best positioned
to bring us pain..
Especially when they are hesitant,
for one good reason or another,
to state that also.. they are fond of us..
in their …