heartbreak and cigarettes

Tag: learning

  • Lost.

    Lost.

    Yesterday, I got lost.
    But,
    I didn’t realize it until I
    reached my destination. Somehow,
    I got to where I was going
    without a map —

    my phone died,
    I couldn’t recognize any strangers
    on the sidewalk with faces
    that looked like they knew
    where they were going either.

    But,
    I’m sure they arrived where they’d intended,
    just as I did, and
    I’m sure, like me,
    they’d had no idea
    they were even trying
    to get somewhere
    in the first place,
    or that they were even

    lost.

    “Lost.” – bem

  • Serpents.

    Serpents.

    Don’t be fooled –
    the deceiver loves to be
    deceived.

    A mirror –
    feeding their ultimate
    reflection.

    You and I get what we want
    and they get what they
    deserve.

    For the rest of time
    slithering around on
    top of each other in
    the heat,
    hissing and writhing –

    convincing each other their
    songs sound as sweet as
    the birds high in the treetops and
    clouds, flying, soaring,

    while they’re confined
    to their own ignorance
    in dank baskets on
    solid, cold, ground,
    their imagined palaces sheltering
    them, hidden from the light, feeding
    on each other’s poison. Unable
    to recognize the soft, smoothness
    of a blooming flower, the
    masterful, shimmering cut
    of a clear diamond – the
    freshness of the Mediterranean
    in the springtime.

    No.
    They only see
    the mirror’s reflection:
    glassy eyes, flickering forked
    tongues and joker’s smiles
    spreading wide in demented contentment.

    “Serpents.” – bem

  • Illumination.

    Illumination.

    I open my eyes and I open
    my soul.

    My mind perceives
    far more depth
    than I can fathom.

    Through observation,
    I accumulate the wisdom
    of countless libraries,
    vaults,
    tombs.

    As long as I am breathing and
    seeing,
    I am learning.

    “Illumination.” – bem