I've had my lights knocked out before. Still the light shines from above. I've heard the thunder, felt the rain, but blue skies always came again. I've felt the madness, known the fear, to be alone in droves of friends. I've been alone. I may still be. Who knows?
Month: July 2014
Songbird
Lone on the road another year. Don't look back no time to cry. Tell the tales they wish to hear. Play the pleasing music once again. Tear your heart out make them smile. They own you now, you know. They put you in your gilded cage and they possess the key. Primp your feathers now's … Continue reading Songbird
Dreamlike
Voices, silent music of the night, flood the world, dismissing ancient fears. The waking eyes turn and perceive a new days dawn. Rampant visions of the past fade in the light of forgotten sunrises. Painted figures walk the streets, greeting one another with fire and smoke. Naked dancers sell their souls for a fleeting moment … Continue reading Dreamlike
Brain Cancer
Who I am I do not know, for darkness lies a blanket in my mind, a shroud upon the window to my soul. My face unknown, my name not called and yet a sense of worth escapes me not. I am a man, unknown to time, existing only in my mind, and with this thought … Continue reading Brain Cancer
Artistry
A chilling wind blows by outside. Scattered gusts enter the window of the small studio, fighting back the faint warmth of an overworked radiant heater. A young man stands before his easel reproducing on canvas the gaunt, hollow-eyed, skeletal figures which attack him in his dreams.Five floors below the people of the city are just … Continue reading Artistry
Late Night Poet
The staccato rhythm of the broken typewriter echoes throughout the rooms and disappears outside in the streets. Gradually increasing the size of the paper heap beside him in the trashcan, the young man finds himself no closer to solving earthly mysteries than he was this time last year. Giving up on silence, glaring at the … Continue reading Late Night Poet
The Carvings on Stone Mountain, Part 2
In a previous posting, I researched some of the people who appear in the individual carvings along the walk-up trail at Stone Mountain, some more than a hundred years old. I've researched a few more and manged to dig up some info on them. G.A. GOLDSMITH, C.T. WELLS, J.O. WELLS, 1884 This carving can be … Continue reading The Carvings on Stone Mountain, Part 2