enamored in an idea
fabricated by an assembly
individuals in cooperation
giving rise to a new entity
impressions and stimuli
together a new perception
in a a daze, a phase, a frenzy
a reality and creation
a network in labor
an identity as we see fit
unique as we all are
a machinery concomitant
with imperfection
and while the majority strives to thrive
stuck and blinded by a bubble
- of comfort, of their own making, incapacitating
well within their means and with little struggle
a solid few give all thats due
pushing beyond the biologically possible
treading a thin line, less than benign
playing with uncertainties, barely subtle!
oh! these callous hands meeting demands
as determined by abstract structures!
construed and bolstered by circumstance
improbable escape from default - nature?
shout! in defiance, flickering hopes alight
sweet perspiration, dreams of a nation
of the forsaken - in verge of flight.
Yearning, pining for an improbability to materialize, for a fleeting moment, fleeting pleasure and for a valuable sense of self.
an approval implicitly sought, brought a bashful bone dug deep into barren ground.
An anchor floating amidst the mist, shadows across and amiss.
I consciously swirl around, sensing drops of sweat slide down
my skin
and into a realm of mutuality
I dance along to the tunes, a rhythmic ride to each shrill tone
of subterfuge
and reality
Ensnared by blurry lines, thin soft impalpable divides
sweet delirium
and sanity
Naive - I frolick so, not privy of impending foes
innate
marginal possibilities.
Enebriated!
Intoxicated!
Just a single sip more
A viciously viscous concoction
Hollow hearts so adore
Lashes of exhilaration
Zealously pining for
a clandestine agenda
a revelation
A foregone conclusion of war.
In a warm mesh of blue and red
Wrapped around in eclectic fog
Stand three silhouettes that shed
A mixture of tunes and song
One cries as being touched
and in alternate succession sings
A faint tune that whistles through
Striding on top of the winds
A messy second pipes in and tells
a soliloquy like none of the rest
Taking the heat, in thunderous speed
Subsumed in an encompassing spell
Attuned the third slowly speaks
in a hushed drone to both
Together entranced in a magical dance
Of beauty in dissonance
Of song
Wandering, woeful, in a world full of wonder.
Weeping, yet wanting as I wish to win.
Wholesome, worn.
I stumble down.
Worried.
Wailing;
wandering and wondering why
I wait to live. And live to wait;
Wench;
Woman;
Tell me.
What wanton wounds you accept to suffer?
Washing away your identity.
Whimsical,
the world's wrath.
Waiting to live, and living to wait.
At some point in time, she started giving in: slowly closing her eyes, she let an emptiness in her heart transport her into a dimension of nothingness. Clasp after grasp, the void grappled with her being - the essence of herself that barely filled the earthly vessel she was given. Taking deep breaths in between, she tried summoning the now shattered pieces of herself. Her hands nimbly commenced piecing the puzzle into a functional whole. With every complementing piece, a part of her began to disintegrate, releasing vapor that disappeared into what seemed to be the edge of that abysmal devoid dimension. At once, she stopped scrambling for the
What would we pay for the price of pleasure?
For a glimpse of distraction
- of apparent perfection!
Repressing what is
a facade's our goal
Reality replaced
with ceaseless consumption.
In a forced truce
that enwraps the wall
Cries abound, ubiquitous
A society appalled
Alea iacta est!
The people have spoken!
With their vigor and valor
injustice shall be devour'd!
Echoes as weapons
They resonate at the square
Piercing into hostile territory
Unforgiveable treason!
The dynasty trembles
Your conviction's complete
Out of love for yourselves
hearts with hope replete
An unscrupulous tyrant
Rears its heavy hand
Abolishing an uprising
With its mercy scant
Rage takes over
The mass, unwavering
Advancing as one soldier
Demanding an unveiling!
The oppressor besieged
Recluse, he flees
A strike of lighting emerging
To enjoy an indef
Trickling droplets of water
dripping soundlessly at dawn
singing birds
rejoicing
as the artist drew on
picturesque sunsets of cotton
meadows of green
- silence
poisoned by beauty
his eyes barely see.
Zigzags and scribbles
in dark crimson red
caressing to and fro
the frail whiteness of death
shedding perspiration
chewing his bread
completing the last stroke
the last droplet of sweat shed.
enamored in an idea
fabricated by an assembly
individuals in cooperation
giving rise to a new entity
impressions and stimuli
together a new perception
in a a daze, a phase, a frenzy
a reality and creation
a network in labor
an identity as we see fit
unique as we all are
a machinery concomitant
with imperfection
and while the majority strives to thrive
stuck and blinded by a bubble
- of comfort, of their own making, incapacitating
well within their means and with little struggle
a solid few give all thats due
pushing beyond the biologically possible
treading a thin line, less than benign
playing with uncertainties, barely subtle!
oh! these callous hands meeting demands
as determined by abstract structures!
construed and bolstered by circumstance
improbable escape from default - nature?
shout! in defiance, flickering hopes alight
sweet perspiration, dreams of a nation
of the forsaken - in verge of flight.
Yearning, pining for an improbability to materialize, for a fleeting moment, fleeting pleasure and for a valuable sense of self.
an approval implicitly sought, brought a bashful bone dug deep into barren ground.
An anchor floating amidst the mist, shadows across and amiss.
I consciously swirl around, sensing drops of sweat slide down
my skin
and into a realm of mutuality
I dance along to the tunes, a rhythmic ride to each shrill tone
of subterfuge
and reality
Ensnared by blurry lines, thin soft impalpable divides
sweet delirium
and sanity
Naive - I frolick so, not privy of impending foes
innate
marginal possibilities.
Enebriated!
Intoxicated!
Just a single sip more
A viciously viscous concoction
Hollow hearts so adore
Lashes of exhilaration
Zealously pining for
a clandestine agenda
a revelation
A foregone conclusion of war.
In a warm mesh of blue and red
Wrapped around in eclectic fog
Stand three silhouettes that shed
A mixture of tunes and song
One cries as being touched
and in alternate succession sings
A faint tune that whistles through
Striding on top of the winds
A messy second pipes in and tells
a soliloquy like none of the rest
Taking the heat, in thunderous speed
Subsumed in an encompassing spell
Attuned the third slowly speaks
in a hushed drone to both
Together entranced in a magical dance
Of beauty in dissonance
Of song
Wandering, woeful, in a world full of wonder.
Weeping, yet wanting as I wish to win.
Wholesome, worn.
I stumble down.
Worried.
Wailing;
wandering and wondering why
I wait to live. And live to wait;
Wench;
Woman;
Tell me.
What wanton wounds you accept to suffer?
Washing away your identity.
Whimsical,
the world's wrath.
Waiting to live, and living to wait.
At some point in time, she started giving in: slowly closing her eyes, she let an emptiness in her heart transport her into a dimension of nothingness. Clasp after grasp, the void grappled with her being - the essence of herself that barely filled the earthly vessel she was given. Taking deep breaths in between, she tried summoning the now shattered pieces of herself. Her hands nimbly commenced piecing the puzzle into a functional whole. With every complementing piece, a part of her began to disintegrate, releasing vapor that disappeared into what seemed to be the edge of that abysmal devoid dimension. At once, she stopped scrambling for the
What would we pay for the price of pleasure?
For a glimpse of distraction
- of apparent perfection!
Repressing what is
a facade's our goal
Reality replaced
with ceaseless consumption.
In a forced truce
that enwraps the wall
Cries abound, ubiquitous
A society appalled
Alea iacta est!
The people have spoken!
With their vigor and valor
injustice shall be devour'd!
Echoes as weapons
They resonate at the square
Piercing into hostile territory
Unforgiveable treason!
The dynasty trembles
Your conviction's complete
Out of love for yourselves
hearts with hope replete
An unscrupulous tyrant
Rears its heavy hand
Abolishing an uprising
With its mercy scant
Rage takes over
The mass, unwavering
Advancing as one soldier
Demanding an unveiling!
The oppressor besieged
Recluse, he flees
A strike of lighting emerging
To enjoy an indef
Trickling droplets of water
dripping soundlessly at dawn
singing birds
rejoicing
as the artist drew on
picturesque sunsets of cotton
meadows of green
- silence
poisoned by beauty
his eyes barely see.
Zigzags and scribbles
in dark crimson red
caressing to and fro
the frail whiteness of death
shedding perspiration
chewing his bread
completing the last stroke
the last droplet of sweat shed.
unleashed from the unknown
our alibis for being born
and since promulgated by old demiurges
who tried to cast an even
universe
but came up with the obverse
rehearsed and
redisbursed
all for the pride’s prosperity
…
yet a rock within this chaos rarely
finds it way to open sea
This year I will not walk
the same steps as last,
for the ground has shifted,
the earth bounced the underbellies
of continents against rough oceans.
The seasons have changed,
Brought forth on whim's will
And I do not look back on what was
For that is not who I will be;
Look forward to the new things
That you aspire to see
The earth has revolved around
the sun to come to this point again,
It has moved, changed, but
has kept true to itself : churning
its magma with bird songs strung taut
against the wind, and it has taught
me that I am ever-changing too.
Her oceans pull me to the moon
And her night skies brought me love;
The stories her moun
Overexposed memories conjure
old photographs - never quite you -
though I search with care
through layers of suspended silver halide,
processing the slightest chance
that an image might develop,
shifting blame to shades of gray
for every misdemeanor.
I wanted to coat glass with you, and plastic film,
even sheer cliffs - rising from a midnight sea,
rosy with all-night sun and fools' gold
strobed from crags of cupric oxide -
any substrate for my colloidal visions
but paper.
Never paper.
I could not bear impermanence
or the inevitable fade.
hotheart furnace, chest rising
falling rising- out-rushing
introvert/subvert pressure
fugue state symphonics, you in a window
west-facing, whistling to june
with the breeze-rebel rising
background fading
soul forgotten in the wind
is a voice that echoes
in a night of dead fellows;
it is a capricious thunder
that incites brilliant ardor
with an infectious nature,
compelled hearts will flutter
and eyes will see no other
than the woman that stands
amidst a parted crowd
gazing at a man
who holds a ring that will forever fit her timid hands
Languid smells from bronzen pots
were dun and thicked the air.
She stirred them in those tumid lots;
rags or leaves or flowers fair.
Her pungent potions wracked the panes
of pear shaped glass that barred the rains.
Quietly she stirred her tunes,
around and round those oozing fumes.
They thought she was afraid of death,
yet not afraid of dying.
In her humid hut and bubbling urns
was revealed her dreadful pining.
DOMINION ZERO [64/100] by Timothi-Ellim, literature
Literature
DOMINION ZERO [64/100]
Squadrons launched from titan hangars, and out from the maw of their deployment tubes, they raced forward into the infinite space with guns shouting at the silence and blaring fire at their enemies. Pounding barrages of cannon shot and pulsing laser flares filled the vision of every pilot on the flight decks of a thousand tactical fighters clamoring for dominion over the other.
Behind the quantum shields and the Neotritanium reinforced glass of the command bridge, captains and generals frowned at tactical screens, and at blips, humans lives visualized as holographic chess pieces. On both sides, friends were dyed blue and enemies were dyed re