Desiderio Domini

It's said that in his twilight years
Saint Peter's eyes would fill with tears

There's a game I recall playing with rubber bands as a kid. It involved holding one end between your fingers, and giving the other end to a friend. We would then alternate taking steps backwards, flinching as the band stretched tighter and tighter. The thin strip of rubber would quiver under the pressure, until finally, it snapped.

Planet Arson

It started with a match
Just a slender, brittle flame

The Magic is Gone

I walked beneath the trees one winter's eve
And followed paths I'd trodden as a child

Musings in the Mud

Blue and green.

I see a lot of it working on a Christmas tree farm. In fact with hundreds of acres of pine trees it's nearly all I can see. The deep vault of Pennsylvania sky bends in to touch the mountains, and the countless conifers around me rise to meet it. Lately however, the sky has been dark and overcast, shutting the valley in like the lid on a coffin.

Dodging Raindrops

Tonight the wind blows bitter cold
Arms tight, I fight to keep out the chill

Barabass' Cross

You opened the eyes of those who were blind
I opened the throats of the innocent