Salt
Moon on the horizon,
The pale glow can no longer enliven.
It's in the sky with waxing motion,
Changes on the ocean, melancholy notion.
He's not...
Animal Alive
Fly out the door wanting to win,
My outfit is like a second skin.
Looking like a blur, a smear,
I do this dance 365 days a year.
Running down...
The Mountaineer's Crescendo
Old mountain,
Up up I go,
Again through the cold and through the snow,
To the little peak at the top,
Up a few thousand feet and...
Deserted
My fighter plane did indeed crash
But I got out from the rubble and from the ash.
By piercing through the debris,
Only then did I see.
Lime green...
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The Fullness of Life
Life is so empty.
I feel so doomed
All alone up in my room
As I close my eyes
Insomnia waits patiently
In the background of my mind.
Oh,...