Sunday, April 3, 2016

Another Last Day of Pompeii (a prose poem)






He thought he knew her by analyzing what he could not know for he missed himself within it all like  the foam churned up by a loud clamorous wave of wicked depths unplumbed by the soul that is left so alone stuck inside the creature's armor of smug bravado as a final authority to all but himself.  Such is the presentation of a frightened ego.  


Imagine how the disconnect leaves the heart flapping about like a sail untethered but yet the ego pretends to guide a ship that needs none from such a mere mortal when eternity's very breath is that of the energy of souls collected into a black hole then spewed out the white side of forever.  


It is all a miserable charade that like chameleons changing color amongst the surroundings stagnant remains chameleons all the same.  


One does not know another unless  time sat across from one another with hearts listening to the halves of the whole silence the minds that would wish to be oh so wise and if per chance that moment arrives simultaneously the hearts collide in knowing the known that the souls dreamed to connect again in hope the disconnect could be thrown to the cosmic winds never to return again.


One moment the whispers were crying and the next moment they were in unison singing the only song that ever mattered for any soul that longed to be  released from the brief chambers of a house cluttered with distortions and a lack of stardust perfumes due to the negligence of rich growths of mold so sadly cherished as if the older they were the better kept they must be.  


Sadly the robe worn by the recalcitrant old lady was not nearly as present as yoda's hopsack cloak but certainly provided mystery for the casuistry.  Is that a small red cloth sew on the arm of the purple robe so worn that the salty sea spray crusted over any rich color that had been applied ancient years beyond the fires of the land fallen into the sea.


Ash rained down upon the jester's yellow head causing grey to falsely trick the eyes into prompting the lips to speak as if the jester were the final authority on everything the world knew albeit that world was no large than a thimble used to protect an old weathered finger from the prick of the needle right before the essence slipped through the eye to the other side where light once again melted into breaths of angel aire that was far and away nothing the human grotesque lung could suck in to glean even a few more molecules of life that extended a day into a parched thirsty night.  Drink up for tomorrow never comes.


Ever wonder what gets spewed out the other end of that black hole into the WHITE NOISE?

Not you nor me nor the final self proclaimed authority.  Not anything as humans we might see or feel or taste.

I know you see for I have been there with her dancing as it were whilst listening to the music emitted from the realm of that one universal energy that so many clouded creatures years gone wished they could obtain not realizing it was there deep inside all the while if only the egos let go.  


Yes yes the tragedy of our lives encumbered by the seriousness of the puny mind that wasted itself unable to gain any real self control other than having oone last word somewhere anywhere at all.  


BOOM.  As the mountain explodes with those on top blown to bits and those below covered in the hot lava.   Cling to flesh as it melts like jello left sitting on the sidewalk of time under the heat of a flaming sun.  It is like grabbing for love that refuses to be caged or held tight but is always there ready and waiting to revive what is only worthy of revision in cosmic aire.  


Want to play it safe without committing to any thoughts that might somehow bring a judgment down upon the head of the lamb that was shepherded mistakenly to slaughter with presumptions that turned into assumptions only so that the protection of imaginary friends could be uncovered as windmills left over from an energy that was priced for cowards consumption?   There is no safe place for you.  Now for that heart so neglected we have some extra golden rope to lash it to the mast that the ship might carry on across the waters of forever.  


Alas spacetime crept up and stole away what could have been one more useless day of the condor but for that old woman in the faded purple robe who had a mystery shape inhuman.


Burning ~ no remains.




 © 1998-2016 by KLB


Saturday, April 2, 2016

introspection of nothingness


what is it that damages the most

tis the mind turning like stones over and over
 the ruinations of others infections from such unconcerned damnations of all others
 which then visits upon this one like a knife at first puncturing slowly then going deeper
 ripping more than flesh more than bone
 ripping into the inner circle of the hopes that trust was born



perhaps the crude sharp metal
 has finally hit the very essence 
that no one even knew was just born



perhaps this is the final straw
 that was so heavy
 not even summer harsh breezes could send it away



like a cat pawing at its prey playful 
enjoying only its own senses
 oblivious to the life within its object of attention



how to let now all that has descended
 not eat alive in hungry consumation
 this tender essence that was,
 who knows if still is,
 a cosmic sensation indescribable 
with any puny human words



what if this time
 the center is torn wide open
 and left to bleed completely out



alas all matter 
never really did matter
 not so for some
 the I-guesses tis true



stunned with nothing left to give



not even movement of any kind would now assist



the sinking down down down into the abyss



finds more pain than any grip



and maybe this time
 nothingness will even have any power to stop this descent



past desperation
 beyond 
and deeper
 than aching reaching



 the free fall may well be forever



and the writings on the darkest walls of this deep black hole



tell of far too many losses than any soul alone could forbear



not even the chanting voices from above singing out the unfairs



nor the promises all so vaguely broken in shattering shards



snag the essence
 to stop its winding fluttering descent
 into this the abyss



nothingness now would be so welcome

yet indeed this might be the very worst

no imagination could have ever conjured up


not even the I can save this


when all human senses fall away

when not even the distant feeling comes this way

the long awaited once seen warmth of totality

can not even be envisioned in a wish


it simply was that is that was not that never became that could but for not

 how is it that there is no outward caring from which to reach even the small finger tip extended now from this that may well have lost all grip




Copyright©1998-2016 byKLB



Friday, April 1, 2016

At The Edge of The Sea



At The Edge of The Sea

~~~ because it all began at the sea's edge ~~~



Living On 



You remain in my mind
This brightest moment in time
You survive right here
In my memories as I breathe.

Even when I first held you
Being able to sing to you
Sharing laughter with you
Crying hurt tears for you.

We grew together
Far above the mountain tops of time
Way past the loftiest breeze
To wherever you would be.

I am now feeling you
Looking at you in those moments
Knowing how this is you
So many memories ago.

You there with me here
Yet in the eye of my thoughts
I still hold you in love
For it is here you are
Living on ~~~



Copyright©1998-2016 byKLB



Have You Ever

inspired by this song




Have You Ever



Have you ever sat across from someone where the silence grew on for not only days but weeks and months and yet neither of you could walk away becuz giving up had been done in silent emptiness weeks and years before?  Becuz the LOVE was so intense even in the years of silence that giving up suddenly could not happen?  


What ~ what to do?   



the word resurrect seems impossible to make work.  the word surrender seems hollow at best.

As if suspended in a dead aire space that can never be erased.


It is kinda strange how willingly 
the two are held hostage
and wait ~ for either to ~

say something!!



Copyright©1998-2016 KLB