Monthly Archives: November 2011

NOW is about time!

Posted on November 30, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Listen up – before you wipe that tear of happiness from your eye….THERE IS NO PAST TO RECONCILE IN ORDER FOR YOU TO MOVE FORWARD – OKAY!? THERE IS ONLY A NOW TO WHICH YOU MUST CONCEDE. It’s amazing how … Continue reading →

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What the hell happened

Posted on November 28, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

60 something degrees today… emphasis on “something.” Emphasis on “TODAY.” Spent a day giving gifts to strangers because of my unbridled desire to excite the world with whatever the hell excites me. I waste more time and money on this…7 … Continue reading →

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Stars (3/16/05)

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

How many times have I looked up in the sky To feel a tear roll back I never saw you, but I knew you were thereObscured by the fog of a bad day,Engulfed by the sunA sailors moonChasing Away cloudsReflecting … Continue reading →

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Indonesia (it took a while to grow on me)

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

I’ve only been here a very short while. Less than a day. I’m tired and nothing in particular appeals to me about Indonesia. Not even the name, it seems to be a term whose etymology is founded in an inability … Continue reading →

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Silence

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Silence is the great harbinger of possibilitiesThe open space of thoughtsThe elixir of two souls Universal, it is always thereEven as sounds play upon itTaunting I am in that silence around youStay and tease meI need your companyYou and the … Continue reading →

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PRODIGAL LOVE (explained, 10.18.2004)

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Prodigal Love Amidst the raucous chorus of soul-work,A shard of sweet harmony bristles.As love is carved by reckless masonsBeating down mountains with chisels. I pictured a million souls all singing at the same time. Their own tunes, melodies, sole voices…like … Continue reading →

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Dali Sun

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Like a once broken promise, she came to me Out of my past, across forever seas Recasting truth into the furrows of dreams Sewing intimate seeds that hushed the screams And unsolved riddles of throttling fear If one day more, … Continue reading →

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Life in Three (explained in 9.8.2004)

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

I recite all my blessings As is known to happen occasionallyA moment of tranquil lucidityI glimpse my life in sets of three. Guilt for fucking everything up…sometimes I’m so far in it, I can’t quite figure it out. But there … Continue reading →

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It Just Hurts (7/27/05)

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

It just hurts. Something cold to drink, something like ether to reflect on. Across the vast sea of hope and possibility,The bounty and debris of shipwrecksDrift in and out of contactHere and gone, here and gone. In the views interceded … Continue reading →

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Ignoring the Breeze of a Promise (1/21/06)

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Ignoring the breeze of promiseI turn my face into the pillowAnd shield your lightIn it, tonight, I find only darkness The phone rings,And you seem only feet awayOh if you were,Only the thin skin of our lipsWould keep us apart … Continue reading →

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