Magic In the palm of my hand as I call up Your image Your preferred diet Sacrifices, rituals, holy texts Your name above all namesBuried in the archives of my address book under an absurd nickname And I forgot you In the land of my fathers Iliad, Odyssey, Epic of Gilgamesh To tire is toContinue reading “Myth, Legend, History”
Tag Archives: friendship
WD 190 “He Prunes Every Branch That Bears Fruit”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. He Prunes Every Branch That Bears Fruit We never stop growing Or dying As the train comes in to the station of cyclical undoing Redoing I want to lay down roots Wrap and entangle you in a kingdom of green fiber Phylum, genus, species Forever aContinue reading “WD 190 “He Prunes Every Branch That Bears Fruit””
WD 182 “Things Come to Pass”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Things Come to Pass I suppose I deserve some contraction Meddling with old metals, locks and lockets Smearing my liquid thoughts like paint across your dashboard Sunlight to sun-dip (But it rises again so quickly, and the dark barely has time) To win you over toContinue reading “WD 182 “Things Come to Pass””
WD 159 “This Was Home”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. This Was Home The first syllable rises from my tongue As I twist it in a knot Evoke There are frogs singing in the darkness behind my house and Today of all days, the day of my unmaking You came in to my castle, broke theContinue reading “WD 159 “This Was Home””
WD 155 “Frozen Flowers III”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Frozen Flowers III I tried everything to fix The tether that connected our worlds but These dreams of winter never began to thaw The sun hides from you, like anyone who has been Invited, engaged, forgotten Lost to your distance I can’t drive all that wayContinue reading “WD 155 “Frozen Flowers III””
WD 154 “Frozen Flowers II”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Frozen Flowers II I came to know A deep sense of longing The sensations of a stray walking the cold sidewalk Hunting for food But there was never any lack of resource No locked up larter Simply a mind that could not fathom Generosity of beingContinue reading “WD 154 “Frozen Flowers II””
WD 134 “Partners in Mystery”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Partners in Mystery I partake in the harvest. Reaping my reward A place among the stars A seat with the karmic masters Called to drag rugged scoundrels to account for their Soft offenses, cushioned by darkness and shielded by mystery -There is a hand to hold,Continue reading “WD 134 “Partners in Mystery””
WD 91 “Beginning to Breathe”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Beginning to Breathe -I whistle as I skip past the graveyard Centuries watch unmoving, stone, Eviscerated, shorn to the core War torn, born, unmourned Like a blanket in the shiftless night Whistle with me and hold my hand tight lest I remember the days I wasContinue reading “WD 91 “Beginning to Breathe””
WD 89 “Lunar”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth Luna Put in my place by The quiet between your words You have no object permanence And I’m an immaterial object Like the light of the moon Which can be seen from thousands of miles away I cannot be heard but I can move the tides Continue reading “WD 89 “Lunar””
paullang.blog 