________

it is inconsequential.
it will not be heard.
it will not be understood.

read it and reread it.
it's crypted, crystal clear.

if you see it, will you read it?
(even though you wont look here)

-MRS 7/23/08

i hate to rhyme.

faceless days seemed so simple in the moonlight

Enter: Foreign, strange graveyards and battlefields.

I tried to stop the carrier for you.
Don't jump so dangerously.

Rooted here, shut eyes--glued and pinned--
are the only screen from reasonlessness

Yet: Past the fountain and around the corner
all along, forever was closer than we never knew.

I am following this map over eggshells and glass.
Vows to alertness can drag me after the bread crumbs.

The screens and stiflers may extinguish my fire.
[and may the pain fall out of step]

Could one only be sure of intentions
never to want their own puzzle pieces.

Some serpent you are, deduce for yourself.
The wrapping suffocation burns.

Hold on tighter, serpent,
let instinct overcome what it can.

It may be for no lack of effort
--but an obstacle course--greater than insignificance and fairytales

So molten and explosive...
stars so bright cannot keep wings.

When the feathers dry and dust away
the scale will adjust to accommodate me.

Gagged and bound, my message machine,
your stone can't match your ring so easily.

the hands push me on, but, snake, you can chase me with my words
to make me grasp subconsciousness while the filters age against you.

The natives know the ground
and they know (as do i) you've got it bad.

can you reach it?

-MRS 7/18/08

feel stronger, ____________

let her speak
let her breathe
let her tell you what she's saying
don't drown her where she should be
let her wander
let her stop.

it isn't fair to have her listen
then to leave her on a thought
wait for her words and her stories
then you may take off.

two-sided means two-sided.
it's only rambling if she's quiet.
it's only different when you're settled
but different isn't good.

let her see things
let her say things
don't be what you are afraid of.
even if she's just an echo.

-MRS 7/7/08