Monday, October 22, 2018

one oh oh four (outside image, decade later, all the same, heart on fire)


Blood red flowers in the hair and a muse is reborn.  Such an arrogant word from my lips.  I truly am despicable.  When will I stop writing these words?  I can remember everything.  He was desperately looking for a replacement; such a hopeless fool.  And what he found was so far beyond his comprehension.  In a spring dress as true journalism arises (he would of course later learn that true sailing is dead).  And nothing else besides.  Every thought in every moment and then an encounter later on after the fact and I was so very wrong about everything.  What have I done?  He sees another life and another chance encounter he knows will never come.  Out on the patio, no, out on the deck.  Or something.  Some fucking thing.  Good grief, where is she?  But out there on a cool summer evening, glass of wine in hand.  What have I done?  Why does he still feel anything?  He takes so much for the numbness to kick in.  I am nothing.  The doctor is in.  the voice was too low, I never understood a fucking thing.  I need to have some hot tea or something.  I see it all now through a prism of joyous obligation.  Please forgive me.  I so long to kill myself.  I see this, I look back and see you and I often wish a loaded gun would materialize in front of me that I could stick in my foolish mouth and promptly blow my worthless brains.  What was this so close approximation to love he was feeling.  He should have gone out dancing that night.  I’m such a fool.  I’m such a worthless individual.  He will dedicate that song and many others to you.  Perhaps one day there will be true success on the table and then something else could be organized and that would be a blissfully dishonest and cherished moment.  Dishonesty from whom?  I don’t really know.  My feelings are my own and they are not.  I could never be deserving and that is so utterly proper (I think, as my head goes light).  My heart bleeds and my spirit sings a sad song.  There are so many likes.  He should extinguished everything a long time ago.  Let’s not beat around…I should have extinguished everything a long time ago, starting with myself.  Reading over the same words again and again and realizing I have always been and forever will be nothing.  Let him torture himself.  It is deserved and it all amounts to nothing in the end.  Spring dress.  And blood red now.  Kissed by the moon and stars.  I see the error in everything now and I was always wrong. 

Do you see them at dance now?  Do you them embracing?  The talks.  Always those were everything and now they continue about anything, about all, already hundreds of thousands of words dedicated; her appearances and pieces of all his nothing in everything that’s been written down. 

Flowers again and a desire to be embraced.  Happened once.  He is less than nothing.  To be the center of your attention.  To have you favor.  To have your love.  So hard to be so open.  Mysterious watcher.  No one knows who is on the other end of the glass.  In words he finds misery and solace.  Only in fantasy does he find love. 

I’d like to look through your things.  such a pure and natural desire.  And this case found in the midst of precious thievery.  These gorgeous memories are not my own.  He felt real love.  For once he believed he could be happy.  He attended every event.  This was all so brief.  That’s when I realized, just right now in this moment.  I want to be with you everywhere.  He laughs a bit now at the happy thief but the hearts knows it to be true.  Somewhere with music and water and words spoken in a mysterious language and a tone of such loving wonderful comfort.  Squeezed so tight and tender.  Days of abandon, days of love and devotion. 

All these soft evenings that never came true.   I feel the breath of the sunset and I know it’s a lie but such a glorious lie and there are tears in my eyes because I want it so bad.  He knows exactly what music would be playing and at least there is one dance for which she will always be present. 

I’m so fucking worthless, nothing I do matters.  It was always going to be this way.  Of course the only sane option was to leave him behind.  One mind is always somewhere else.  Ah, I see things so clearly now.  I don’t know anything.  I don’t know anything. 

Things cease to make sense and cease to matter.  I suppose that’s okay.  She never let me down.  he wonders about the physicality of it all and about the possibilities.  Absolutely nothing could ever be different but this does not stop him from wondering.  Delayed communication.  What help?  Do you remember celebrating the holiday and the desperation on raw display.  Don’t try so hard to make someone laugh. 

Zero really is my number.  Lets laugh and talk about torture.  Lets run and fall down.  she listened to his meaningless words and for a brief moment he was in her favor and that was everything.  It was all that could ever matter.  If only he’d extinguished soon after and that could be the only lingering sensation.  Or even better, if he could somehow eliminate all traces of himself, present and past and that she could not even recall even the faintest hint of his visage, voice or utterly worthless feelings and desires.  He now asks forgiveness for all those things. 

Please never settle.  He had nothing to worry about.  It was one of the only beautiful things he ever felt.  Warm embrace and warm invitation.  Everything so undeserved. 

I cackle as I realize there will absolutely never be a limit to how many words he can spill in her name. 

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