high

up and up.
higher and higher.
i feel like i'm floating.
like i'm soaring.
like i'm flying.
my wings are strong.
my feathers, soft and smooth.
they glisten and they shine.
like they sparkle in the sun.
i want to leap.
i want to rise above.
the edge is near. just a few steps away.
i toe it.
i can do this.
i am invincible. i am indestructible.
i dive into space.
into nothing.
into air.
for one brief moment i am floating once more.
then i am falling.
tumbling.
i'm plummeting out of the sky.
like a meteor.
one that ends in a bright flash of light.
my wings are dingy. my feathers tarnished.
then they are no more.
and neither am i.

just. be.

thump thump. thump thump.

thump thump. thump thump.

hearts. pounding.

pleasure. mounding.

passion. seizes.

yearning. teases.

tempt me. taste me.

touch me. take me.

release. pouring.

elation. soaring.

bodies. welded.

souls. melded.

rhyme. reason. divided.

love. lust. united.

video camera

the light beams red.

it does not waver. it pulses.

steady. like a drum. or a heart.

blinking. flashing. beating.

do you see it?

it see all.

it knows all.

moments in time. captured. in perfect clarity.

beauty and imperfection joined.

gasps of pleasure.

cries of pain.

blood. sweat. tears.

frozen in time.

immortality has but one price.

the road i've traveled

awkwardness surrounds me, threatening to choke me. isolate me. but i turn right.

desperation claws at me, drags me down and holds me captive. but i turn left.

solitude engulfs me. i kick and scream. i make no sound. i'm pulled beneath the surface. i'm numb. but i forge on.

i'm lost. i have no purpose. i have no way. i'm weak and i'm weary and i slow my pace. where am i?

the light is bright in the dark. the sound is harsh in the stagnant air.

controlled chaos.

fractured peace.

splintered sanity.

i stop. it's warm.

home.