You gift me armor In leather and spikes Patches of property And runes of power Lush to the scent That all at once Smells of incense bombs And demon blood Perfumed by and To be picked clean Of impurity Receiving a guard Drawing card and sword “I will set you free” To drink white-hot realityContinue reading “Heroic Curiass”
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Photic Ray
Grinding away Siege Breaking Surroundings By unending Magma bursts Atop sunspots Simmer heat Boils over this forge As sunshots Wear the plates Of metamorphic rock Punch through As a volcano Through clouds Thermite of dawn And mortar strikes Weaponize light As melting heat Fearsome Roaring energy As fast as the Speed of light Charging withContinue reading “Photic Ray”
Hydras
Around my studios coil Hydras of light Burning with the sound Of the music In my head They speak to me Reach out to me Tell me to see The light they bring Spent hours Understanding Their language And tongue I know how to speak it But forgot it How come? Lest the hydras CeaseContinue reading “Hydras”
No More Heroes – Journal 7/3/17
I’ve accidentally just done some math that says if I play my cards perfectly, I’ll have grown to an audience of over 15,000 by the end of this year. With the exponential growth of this place I would still be surprised to, but I’m staying humble. No one got anywhere with great expectations, Mr. Dickens.Continue reading “No More Heroes – Journal 7/3/17”
Bide
Bide Tank top Battle axe Sunglasses Stereo Are the jeans cut at knees Adding to the axe’s shine? Thirty-nine hours to go Sandals Leg hair Arm scars Long shorts Is the big backpack A friend enough to defend? Twenty-five hours of glow Backpack White scarf Umbrella shade Sitting down Is the pole tall enough ToContinue reading “Bide”
Borrowed Arms
Borrowed Arms Hoist up a shield Breath deeply in Wrap up your hands With leather and Withdraw a sword from the field Of fallen knights and heroes Borrow a helmet That doesn’t fit Put on two boots Each sized too big These are epilogues that were writ After strength and stress of heroes shed TakeContinue reading “Borrowed Arms”
Memento
Memento After the beast was slain I dropped my lance and shield And as it lay writhing I stood upon its chest afield, Gripped one of its great tusks And wrenched free a tooth from its maw, Holding it from behind gauntlets. A jagged blade of bone and dread, A trophy ripped free in victoryContinue reading “Memento”
Carbon Gas
Carbon Gas The last of the light peeks through thundering clouds Standing in the rays, is our hero Abbadon Swirling around him, the smoke creeps closer Lightning charges ions and fuels electric fog His eyes flickered all colors known to man Looking at the dancing dust in fading light Abbadon stared at the sun aboutContinue reading “Carbon Gas”