Saving Grace

Sometimes, my goal is
Simple: don’t screw things 
Up, don’t make it worse. 

Really, the best I offer?
Love, to care, gently holding 
Small pieces of this
Life, and try to help them 
Feel their glorious uniqueness.
Maybe, just maybe, bring a
Little bit more light into
This angry, bitter world.

Of such I dream.

Enlightenment’s Mercies

Metal descends 
Hissing loudly
Linear flow 
Impacting bone 
Nerves, spine 
Seperated from 
Itself. These 
Strange acts 
Of brutal 
Mercy.  

Suburban Steps

Weariness grabs my soul
Dragging eyes downwards
Below my stride, footsteps
Striking quietly upon
Concrete, stone, pedestrian
Elements of suburban life.

Threadbare

We’re worn thin
Drifting through miles
Of mediocrity.
Gurgling though such
I found  myself resting.
Riding upon the camel
Of my dreams. 

Thoughts on collective horror

Eyes turn as one,
Moving gaze upon
Wretched scenes of
Mammoth misery.

Our breathes gasp
Together, at once,
Gathered as one
Into a collective
Expression of horror.