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Freedom is a Drop of Mercury

Posted on January 6, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Freedom is a drop of mercury under our thumb. We press it for answers, we seek to contain it, and it eludes us. It is what is left after we discover everything it is not. What is not “not free.” … Continue reading →

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Love does not rule lovers from a throne

Posted on January 5, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Love does not rule lovers from a throne. It is far more humble, the sapling within the trunk. Even the apple at the top of the tree knows better. Its leaves wake and quiver and turn toward the morning light. The … Continue reading →

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The Keepsake Box

Posted on January 3, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

There’s a silver ring in a wooden box Set in its bezel is an acorn I found On a path I took When you weren’t around Half buried it hid Just below the ground. Placed over these is a secret … Continue reading →

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Endless Unwrapping

Posted on January 3, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

I received such a peculiar combination of gifts. What is not peculiar about the diversity of unanticipated gifts is that “everything” is peculiar. The giving, the receiving – Oh, nothing can ever be so fully revealed with all this endless … Continue reading →

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Diminutive

Posted on January 3, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

I laid down on the sand, humbling myself before this majesty and felt diminutive in the foreground of such immense love shared between the Sun and Moon. The ocean tides ebbed and flowed, and mountains blew down, forests were razed, glaciers … Continue reading →

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Quivering Hearts Be Still

Posted on January 3, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Quivering hearts be still Even a rising mountain is but a tear drop slipping into the universe Worlds are built anew from sorrows like these. Greater mysteries weep for you than you for those, Soothe these channels, twisted saline braids that carve … Continue reading →

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abandon our camera (#25wtT)

Posted on January 3, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

We cannot always capture beauty with a camera; perhaps it is best to simply BE the beauty we hope to expose through device and instrumentation. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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Labyrinth of Mirrors

Posted on January 2, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

My love is a besotted moth flying deliriously in a labyrinth of mirrored passages; my Beloved is the glowing lantern hidden within its center. I am a vessel of senses and impulse; Whenever I run with my love to Her flame, I find … Continue reading →

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The Known and the Knowing

Posted on December 31, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

I have spent a lifetime trusting men I’ve never personally come to know particularly well on this earthly plane and dimension, and they have never let me down. Rather, it is those I think I know all too well that … Continue reading →

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Lovers Devoured Page by Page

Posted on December 28, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

Your ebullience becomes the gilded leaf to my aging pages, a lingering touch along precious edges. Each golden blade shows your mettle, turned slowly into the flesh of a heart. Every sliver, the mete for eyes and ears, for the … Continue reading →

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