December 2011
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Life in the Hour Glass
The patient feed off of the salt of anticipation
Listening and waiting
For a phrase
To let them in. Sometimes I still walk
These flats
Licking at the earth
Head down
Beneath this glaring sun
Mouth dry,
Brow wet.
The path we travel
Is fools-gold,
The burden we carry
Is a mighty load.
Serving forever in this kingdom of sand
Our castles crumble
With the dissolution of the land.
We patient...
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Traveler
One million shards of glass lodged in time,
I can feel the diamonds embedded in my mind.
Take me higher,
higher still,
past the heavens, past the stars.
Lay me down on the moon,
let her craters cradle me.
I am a traveler
Crossing over distant lands.
I’ve been grounded there too long,
Singin’ those old songs.
I want to write you a letter, but my well has run dry.
Take the...