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I once defied the pull of the earth Now I fight from its womb As I claw for the sun I once reached the clearing in a forest Of bereaved and barren trees; Plucked clean By a deathly breeze And now they rise above My buried crusade; Flourishing in the rays That hunt for my…
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Solitude, is always sweet to me When it charms me in To its thoughtful embrace But my solitude, Isn’t what it seems At its merciful curtain, In its siren song My solitude lets loose, Its foaming hounds of hell To chase me throughout The dark chambers of my skull
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Pain-stricken faces emerge From this maze of headstones; Reuniting old friends An infernal crime Now rumbles in the east On a guilty retreat; Chased away By the bereaved
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Relaxation, had latched itself To his turbulent frame; Spun around him Thrice over, Til he offered up a sigh Relaxation Had ground his bones into dust And he crumbled with a smile, On his hazy descent
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Originally posted on Raja's Insight: Ideals have seized the day How they churn our minds To mulch So the youth, will surpass us all Through the ruins Through our troubles long past May they climb From the tremor and grime Of these fear-ridden times May they nourish their words To the full bloom of brilliance…
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He lives, like a kite without a string; Swept up by any breeze, Constantly cleaving all ties to his name He soars in the moment, Gradually sinking To the weathered wreckage Of his former self
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The fires now rise in the west Leaving mountains of cinders To climb in their wake A bittersweet silence lurks In the burned-out husk of a city; Pursuing the flames On their murderous path
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It began as a rumor, A distant rumbling in the east, Then a trail of survivors It began behind a veil of smoke, Now it brightens my hollow nights As it fills them with ashes
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Today I stared down Yet another, Winding lane that curved out of view I locked wary eyes With a life Of nameless miseries and joys; Trembling, As I inched in reverse With a reckless tongue, I could have spiraled frightened; Taken For the sweetest ride Or tricked Into a shady descent
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Originally posted on Raja's Insight: Congratulations to the following contributors whom have been chosen for the literary publication ESSENTIAL EXISTENTIALISM – the meaning of life. ESSENTIAL EXISTENTIALISM Contributors: Alicia Minjarez Ramírez – Nocturnal Sun, Faraway Air, Insights Amanda J. Evans – The Game of Life, Three Words, The Meaning of Life Andrena Zawinski – Another…
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