behind time

  

with so many threads

postures and sentiment

being woven into a fabric

we too become interwoven

like neural pathways

just beginning to process

how comparable we are

though dolefully

behind time

~csr

Inspired by Amanda's Strings

what waits

closter phobic

a prison of sorts

and conceivably deeper

than the depth underneath

the bowels of this ship

cast off thy moorings

lay course in your heart

let your mind set sail

to far-flung familiar lands

who knows… what waits

~csr

Inspired by Her's beyond

deceive ourselves

it is an incessant effort

especially when scores

toil so hard

 at thinning

   the facility of those trying

      with

        smoke and mirrors

          straight-faced diversions!

not desiring us to discern

   ourselves clearly…

nor do they desire us

   peering through them!

we must stay genuine

    but how? 

when even we

   deceive ourselves

~csr

only you and i

in spite of the reason

   for the call

       your problematic struggle

              with your evil twin

it was rather natural

       talking with you

and for a moment in time

        we enjoy

               once more

       the bond we share

not aware of history

       nor expectations

not dissecting

       every word

              each intonation

 i can tell you

       with genuineness

in those inestimable moments

     there was only

              you and i 

            

~csr

breathe consciously

 

breathe consciously

sleep peacefully

eat moderately

talk reservedly

think sensibly

write habitually

dream wholeheartedly    

hope insistently

cry intermittently

grow progressively

live uncomplainingly

care genuinely   

love unconditionally

and

when all else fails

breathe consciously

~csr

a new direction

folded and golden

baked and sweet

crisp and crackling

a wise man's treat

with my lucky numbers

laid out so neat

how could possibly have known?

"right now there's an energy

pushing you in a new direction"?

~csr 

keys to my heart

had i only known
it was merely a test drive
i might have not
handed you the keys
to my heart




~csr

bright red

Michelle Brunmier - Burning Desire

 

us

cinders simply smoldering

  while the brushwood

      lays stacked in the shed

with

one venturing

   to fuel the flames

     the other hastily dowsing 

although

not snuffing it out

   no, not completely

      not that last ember

rather

adding small bits

   fruitless efforts

      to tame the conflagration

however 

flames such as this

   cannot be kept as pets

      like a candle on the mantle

and

the radiance

  will not be tamed

      it cannot be diminished

for

there is merely one shade

   this timber burns

      bright red

~csr

seductive mixture

brandy makes me warm
as does the sound of your voice
seductive mixture



~csr

your lips

dark and cold basement
the cobwebs are everywhere
except on your lips

~csr

kiss you

dark waves and lighting
wind sweeping my fears away
do i dare kiss you?

~csr

on your lips

dark and cold basement
the cobwebs are everywhere
except on your lips

~csr

drifting to your heart

softly plucking strings,
waves of sound fill the night air,
drifting to your heart

~csr

the pieces

a sky
   so filled with clouds
      not unlike a puzzle
a memo of uncertainty
    twisted in milky mist
and the gentle wind
    diffusing the pieces

~csr

within myself

now and again
 it is not easy to choose
which character
to project myself onto
i repeatedly discover
 i am the most intolerant
 of the thing
 i struggle with

 within myself



~csr

the radiance

i constantly felt you by me as a child
in the morning you made your company known to me
in silence you spoke to my spirit
i walk throughout the forest by the water
i sit next to the stream and you are with me
in the spring flowers and in the sorrowfulness of the rainfall
the sensation of light in my heart
then something distressing happened at an early age
i feel alone as if we were divided by some means
i begin to search for you in all places and in every person
i look within shadowy spaces as well as the daylight
craving to exist in the company of you
unmoved was my expedition to locate you once more
i open my heart over and yet again
to souls i shouldn't have by any means consent to let in
i considered you lost to me forever this time
however you were nearer than i might have assumed
you emerge in the sunlight that shines in my soul
the feeling i have when you are near
im in front of the water, i'm next to the flow with you once more
walking in the forest in the first light
the radiance that is you

~csr

this time

how good to see your smile
how good to hear your laugh
i had forgotten how it touches me
i had forgotten how deep inside
why don't we have some lunch
we could go to the park
wait
isn't that where it starts?
i find myself in your eyes
the hours pass too quickly
we hang on every moment
each breath an eternal picture
and you know we want so much more
and you know we only suffer
as we contemplate our options

i am intrigued by your mystery
you're scrolling through my wit
oh i am falling
i fall so easily into you
maybe i will just enjoy your smile
this time



~csr

i miss that

long long ago

i was so simple

so elemental

so peaceful

so light

i miss that

or

long ago

i was so easy

so basic

so tranquil

so light  

i  miss that

~csr

an acquired taste

it's an acquired taste

moderated hope

pragmatic perspicacity

seasoned with ideals

and served with sanguinity

 yet

woe to the obstinate heart

indulging in sentiment

naïve impetuosity

weathered by recompense

and handed out with cynicism

~csr

our moment

just like the snowflake,
beautiful and yet fleeting,
so is our moment

~csr