Tag: contemplation

  • Are you seeing this?

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    Do you see the Moon as I do? I wonder if we’re looking at it together. I watch my breath in the cold air, Unceasing until it ceases. Is death an ending, Your name making guest appearances Like the longest post credit scene Or are those moments a continuation, The little utterances of a legacy,…

  • The Entrails Hold the Truth

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    There’s a disconnect,An understanding behind glass.Observed, but not seen,Not touchedLike warped shapes,Hands outstretched from that oblivionWaiting to be grasped.I reach out and draw out entrails.This is truth,Warm and bloody.-k.r.r.

  • The Illusion of Fullness

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    I remember the day I embraced the thought of you. My eyes, full of hunger, Closed gently as my stomach swelled. I was made content, My cravings locked away And contained. I remember the day I relinquished the thought of you. The hunger never left, my appetite merely suppressed. What was my purpose? I turned…

  • A Haiku about Painting

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    Nuances of care Like colors on a palette Such as red or blue. -k.r.r.

  • I Lick My Wounds Just To Taste The Iron

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    Placid by discretion, I’ve had the means to act out But kept my tongue bloody. Words unsaid became my scarred tissue, Leaving abrasions so thin I’d sooner forget them Yet once you speak, they become fresh wounds again. How many taste buds have I lost? The remaining ones still recall the taste of iron; That,…