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Juxtaposition of Fear and Love

Posted on May 22, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Beneath an ocean of fear are the plunging depths of mantle and core — the root of all we are and that which clutches the mass of our being — the gravity of our ground, the Self. The causal forces … Continue reading →

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The Nearly American Dream

Posted on May 5, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

It was dinnertime and these guys were waiting on their truck-ride home. They caught me taking this photo – and we all shared in the amusing irony of the event. By the time the light had turned green, they’d loaded … Continue reading →

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What the Dead May Pray

Posted on April 29, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Make us worthy in our passing, for what we could not achieve in our living. For Life subsumes death – and while the evidence may show we had not fully lived the way we’d hoped, we have the right to … Continue reading →

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The Talented Tragically Shattered

Posted on April 19, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

the tragically shattered can slip into blackness like an anvil through ether.  But they weren’t pushed…they jumped. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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Two Red Rockers

Posted on April 4, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Encouraged by promises I made to myself, Chased by memories of dreams never come true. Here in the maundering dereliction of presence, coffee brown moments in blue. Stones unturned, life kept at bay, swept back by aromas and flavors of … Continue reading →

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The silence hurts my ears, time to make my own noise!

Posted on March 25, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Hear it?! tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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Love is the finest form of dying

Posted on March 25, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

There is a thin fine line between giving up on yourself and giving up on needing another…between striving for that spring green flexibility and tormenting ourselves when we bend in the slightest way, in the slightest breeze. The hollowing pain … Continue reading →

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just a box of fuck

Posted on March 24, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

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Where Love Lives

Posted on March 18, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Love is such a nostalgic condition, a candle in a familiar window I suppose… filled with this, passion and angst to be home in safe and familiar currents.  Love, a condition where we find peace in the blurring of what … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 17, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

We are born, we live, we die…. It was all out of control from very beginning and will be out of control when it ends. The paradox is that the only control we have is the choice to begin and … Continue reading →

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