The Day the Lilies Died: An Inquiry into Suspicion and the Ornamented Truth

On one of my recent strolls around the garden, I found trouble when looking for food. My hunger, often for truth, made me a hound of despair. This is one of the many masks of disquiet, and it threatens the peace I have built around my garden. This time, I was fed a fallacy, whichContinue reading “The Day the Lilies Died: An Inquiry into Suspicion and the Ornamented Truth”

On the Persistence of Disquiet: Reflections on Memory and the Liminal Self

After the fact, my mind is overjoyed with relief, and it blooms in thought. Nonetheless, it is still a constant that I was stripped of my confidence. The uncertainty that defeat brings is a pellet, a rotten one, that I get force-fed after a loss.  But is this, in essence, a loss? Is receiving aContinue reading “On the Persistence of Disquiet: Reflections on Memory and the Liminal Self”

Who took the chairs?

We roamed without paying attention,unknowingly aiming our paths towards the conjuncture in which we would find each other,prematurity would have been a bad idea, like dark rum and car keys,a possibility that made me slaver and snivel,ethereal connection,blessed be,blessed be my path, for it found yoursthe purloined idea struck my head,thunderstroke with lethargic pace,peer atContinue reading “Who took the chairs?”

The Hand ๐“‚–

It all came in a dream. Eradicated pacifism, strayed reason, unstoppable changes. All of them are forces in action at the classic planes of farce.Subjugated to a verdict handed down by spiteful lions that charge unjustly on those so-called unhackneyed prophets. Intimidated by the colossal columns that held the flying arcs, each step required indescribableContinue reading “The Hand ๐“‚–”

Siren Chant ๐“…ฎ

The starving scavenger scouting for a morbid meal, eyebags corroded due to the blood of past transgressions. The psychic sight lessens clouded in the new day, slowly fading away as patience runs out as well. Nevertheless, the truth stays where it has always been, the patience of a man only shows completely when he hasContinue reading “Siren Chant ๐“…ฎ”

Nothing here is for sale

Living in a world of struggle turns hopeful nights into useless chips in a rigged game of chance. Choked by dices in a sea of strangers, inhibited by the glimpses of leeching portals that judge back as they see through. Hoarding memories as currency in exchange for public recognition and worthless reputation. The statement ofContinue reading “Nothing here is for sale”

Captain Collins! the boat is sinking

Time is when a story gets physical. There’s a point of breakthrough in an intellectual’s life where passion becomes cynical. Vision becomes blurred and actions become stereotypical. The one with the sense of the word can dodge madness and keep on track rolling smoothly like thin nickels. Precision is relative with the left hand butContinue reading “Captain Collins! the boat is sinking”