tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223217472024-03-14T01:00:10.109-05:00Beyond the BlueRambling thoughts from a strange, creative mind.W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.comBlogger227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-70586324014951621972014-09-23T10:35:00.000-05:002014-09-23T10:35:25.693-05:00Pierce the Night<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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monkeys</div>
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then inspired dead</div>
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in heaven</div>
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and hell</div>
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a melodic embrace</div>
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that you couldn't</div>
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so fierce it raised</div>
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</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-84029459359993034362013-04-05T17:09:00.003-05:002013-04-05T17:09:56.934-05:00"Suicide Poems" now on Facebook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<b><i>I'm also reworking the short story "Evangeline" and hope to have it published with new chapters by summer.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Thanks for following. Some of you have been a great inspiration to me over the years - either with your own poems, or words of encouragement. I truly appreciate you.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>I'll also be starting a Facebook page for "Suicide Poems", where poets can share their own work, if you're interested in participating.</i></b><br />
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We are small,</div>
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stretching out beyond</div>
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where time is not</div>
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stretching out beyond</div>
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the fabric of dreams</div>
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where life is not</div>
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one heartbeat,</div>
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<i>echoing</i></div>
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</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-2894005892815682742012-04-30T14:31:00.001-05:002012-04-30T14:31:29.923-05:00Water Falling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I dream of places</div>
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deep part of me</div>
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to other times</div>
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other worlds</div>
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water falls from</div>
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in to a purple sea</div>
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while I spin in</div>
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the marble ballroom</div>
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a perfect waltz</div>
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silk, taffeta,</div>
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and gems</div>
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I know this place</div>
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though I have only</div>
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danced</div>
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it in dreams</div>
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strange music</div>
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echoes in</div>
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vine covered</div>
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walls along memory's</div>
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passages</div>
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vanish</div>
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like smoke</div>
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towards the dawn</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-72464582915950796652012-01-20T08:38:00.000-06:002012-01-20T08:38:44.471-06:00The Grove<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_SiOLOe8kwE/Txl5kwwCkkI/AAAAAAAAAdA/L6u7pUTZOuU/s1600/iStock_000015712507Medium.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" nfa="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_SiOLOe8kwE/Txl5kwwCkkI/AAAAAAAAAdA/L6u7pUTZOuU/s640/iStock_000015712507Medium.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ancient</div><div style="text-align: center;">kings</div><div style="text-align: center;">stand in </div><div style="text-align: center;">quiet </div><div style="text-align: center;">majesty</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>(listening)</em></div><div style="text-align: center;">sunlight </div><div style="text-align: center;">in golden</div><div style="text-align: center;">ladders</div><div style="text-align: center;">marks a</div><div style="text-align: center;">slanted</div><div style="text-align: center;">path </div><div style="text-align: center;">to heaven's</div><div style="text-align: center;">gate</div><div style="text-align: center;">The soft</div><div style="text-align: center;">ground below</div><div style="text-align: center;">a royal carpet</div><div style="text-align: center;">of ferns</div><div style="text-align: center;">and clover</div><div style="text-align: center;">and vines</div><div style="text-align: center;">In this kingdom</div><div style="text-align: center;">of old saints</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">there is</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">truth</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">if</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">you</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>listen</em></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-6882449520552616922011-09-03T15:01:00.002-05:002011-09-03T15:01:54.433-05:00The Laughing Heart - Charles Bukowski - A Short Film<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nEbIuDuW7l8?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-20218988765465711932011-08-24T15:20:00.000-05:002011-08-24T15:20:54.854-05:00My Country<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OHmaA1Reo6U/TlVcsIjnbwI/AAAAAAAAAc8/sTqxZVDmusU/s1600/stamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OHmaA1Reo6U/TlVcsIjnbwI/AAAAAAAAAc8/sTqxZVDmusU/s320/stamp.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I saw America</div><div style="text-align: center;">on a postage stamp</div><div style="text-align: center;">she was young</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>promise-filled</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">naive and proud</div><div style="text-align: center;">before Korea</div><div style="text-align: center;">and Vietnam</div><div style="text-align: center;">and all the wars</div><div style="text-align: center;">before and after</div><div style="text-align: center;">she was a refuge</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>a champion</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">her eyes bright</div><div style="text-align: center;">with spirit and dreams</div><div style="text-align: center;">I saw America</div><div style="text-align: center;">on a postage stamp</div><div style="text-align: center;">she was faded</div><div style="text-align: center;">and worn</div><div style="text-align: center;">her glory, diminished</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>heart-broken</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">drowning in the shadows</div><div style="text-align: center;">of greed, apathy</div><div style="text-align: center;">and regret</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-73416781996437309312011-07-05T16:23:00.002-05:002011-07-05T16:23:50.698-05:00Day's End<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kg3rOjHXb5c/ThOAHaE-TYI/AAAAAAAAAc4/xDlKVahajAQ/s1600/woman+beach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kg3rOjHXb5c/ThOAHaE-TYI/AAAAAAAAAc4/xDlKVahajAQ/s400/woman+beach.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">the sun set quickly</div><div style="text-align: center;">in a rush</div><div style="text-align: center;">like a stolen kiss</div><div style="text-align: center;">it was there</div><div style="text-align: center;">then it was</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>just a glow</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">along the edge of the world.</div><div style="text-align: center;">her hair caught in the wind</div><div style="text-align: center;">danced and whipped </div><div style="text-align: center;">about her golden face</div><div style="text-align: center;">like the forgotten flags</div><div style="text-align: center;">of a lost country.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>she sighed</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">and her heart felt full</div><div style="text-align: center;">but also empty.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-84658831517369290852011-03-15T22:41:00.000-05:002011-03-15T22:41:34.218-05:00World's End<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-230sZO0pxpk/TYAutDYxUXI/AAAAAAAAAc0/LwZYZDLGHWM/s1600/IMG_0063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-230sZO0pxpk/TYAutDYxUXI/AAAAAAAAAc0/LwZYZDLGHWM/s400/IMG_0063.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">will you hold my hand</div><div style="text-align: center;">when it all comes</div><div style="text-align: center;">crashing down</div><div style="text-align: center;">when the world ends</div><div style="text-align: center;">when the mind bends</div><div style="text-align: center;">will you fall with me</div><div style="text-align: center;">sink like a stone</div><div style="text-align: center;">tell me you love me</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>take me to the quiet</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>take me to the night</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">will I feel you there</div><div style="text-align: center;">when the world ends</div><div style="text-align: center;">will you look in my eyes</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>will you smile</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>will we cry</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">when the world ends</div><div style="text-align: center;">will you hold my hand</div><div style="text-align: center;">tell me you love me</div><div style="text-align: center;">tell me goodbye</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>then nothing else matters</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">just hold my hand</div><div style="text-align: center;">when the world ends</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-72492396451185548092010-12-16T17:54:00.000-06:002010-12-16T17:54:39.782-06:00Deep Space<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TQqk7kaBFNI/AAAAAAAAAck/NueQhOepAIw/s1600/Snow-Planet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TQqk7kaBFNI/AAAAAAAAAck/NueQhOepAIw/s400/Snow-Planet.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">grief</div><div style="text-align: center;">was a bitter</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>planet</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">a cold,</div><div style="text-align: center;">endless dark.</div><div style="text-align: center;">a sky</div><div style="text-align: center;">that rained</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>broken</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">glass.</div><div style="text-align: center;">a self-conducted</div><div style="text-align: center;">symphony of</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>misery</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">and</div><div style="text-align: center;">loathing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">grief </div><div style="text-align: center;">was my </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>exile</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">my punishment</div><div style="text-align: center;">my </div><div style="text-align: center;">torture.</div><div style="text-align: center;">but that planet was</div><div style="text-align: center;">never my</div><div style="text-align: center;">home.</div><div style="text-align: center;">though in </div><div style="text-align: center;">the still of </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>night</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">in an empty</div><div style="text-align: center;">bed</div><div style="text-align: center;">i remember</div><div style="text-align: center;">the pull</div><div style="text-align: center;">of its</div><div style="text-align: center;">gravity.</div><div style="text-align: center;">long, long</div><div style="text-align: center;">before</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>love</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">sent</div><div style="text-align: center;">a rocket to </div><div style="text-align: center;">rescue</div><div style="text-align: center;">me.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-44467902132823905012010-12-13T22:07:00.001-06:002010-12-13T22:23:28.556-06:00Bittersweet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TQbpRz-j49I/AAAAAAAAAcg/mf268cTgcgs/s1600/ice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TQbpRz-j49I/AAAAAAAAAcg/mf268cTgcgs/s400/ice.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>far away</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>your voice</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>is </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>far away</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>your lips</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>are</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>far away</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>your heart</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>beats</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>i miss you</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>yet i've done such an excellent job</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>of pretending i didn't</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>silly me,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>i fooled myself</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>so thoroughly</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>then</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>it comes rushing</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>rushing,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the delicious wave</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>whenever i hear</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>you whisper</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>my name</i><br />
<i>all</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the frozen wishes</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>m</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>e</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>l</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>t</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and i drown, and drown</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(again)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>sweet misery, brutal ecstasy,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>fire</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i>bliss</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i>tears</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i>ice</i><br />
<i><br />
</i><br />
<i>(bitter</i><i>, sweet)</i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-90420153743736877452010-12-13T21:38:00.001-06:002010-12-16T14:24:28.616-06:00Reincarnate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TQbloVEr4xI/AAAAAAAAAcc/Pp8FCdhZUtI/s1600/Ireland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TQbloVEr4xI/AAAAAAAAAcc/Pp8FCdhZUtI/s320/Ireland.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><i>I walked across the ocean from Liberty’s island,</i><br />
<i>on top of the water.</i><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><i>The dolphins swam beside me, circling.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>My head sleeping</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>while my body moved.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>Sea foam tickled my bare feet.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>Purple toenails like grapes, floating</i><br />
<i>above the deep blue.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>I walked not knowing</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>only going, going.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>Until I felt the pebbles of Ireland.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>A fisherman dropped his catch, gasping.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>He lifted his finger to point, mouth wide in wonder.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>I had wings, wings of a gull. It did not seem odd.</i><br />
<i>It was not strange to me.</i><br />
<i>It gave me courage</i><br />
<i>to </i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>ask him for food. </i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>His wife made a fine stew with fish and carrots and</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>buttered potatoes. Her weathered hands working</i><br />
<i>like a cello virtuoso.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>I told them of the dolphins, and they drank plenty whisky,</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>singing songs that made my bones remember</i><br />
<i>centuries past,</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>a life long ago, whispered in lyrics.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>In a cottage of stone we ate by a crackling fire and</i><br />
<i>I felt the dead kings. The dead kings listened.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>I fell asleep on a tattered rug. My mind traveled </i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>high in the clouds over the ancient circles and ruins of</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>stone and green hills, sighing.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>Time had no beginning and no end</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>I was not an angel on a tomb,</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>curly moss, covered.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>I was molecules, </i><br />
<i>flesh and bone,</i><br />
<i>alive and</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>home, a promise kept,</i><br />
<i>a dream,</i><br />
<i>living</i><i>.</i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-82858583915470289452010-11-08T18:57:00.005-06:002010-11-08T19:00:02.054-06:00Truth<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TNiWyt8bbFI/AAAAAAAAAcY/o9OWF28MSqQ/s1600/Winding+road.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TNiWyt8bbFI/AAAAAAAAAcY/o9OWF28MSqQ/s400/Winding+road.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I wrote your name</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a thousand times</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">next to mine like some</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">high school crush</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">until my pen ran</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">dry coloring the page</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">with the blood in my veins</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Love, love is a winding road</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">bending around the</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">granite walls, curving</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">up and down the misty</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">valleys of the ragged soul</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">finding its way like the</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">icy water from a glacier</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">seeking the lake below</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I dip my toe in, shivering</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">in the cynical rain, hopeful</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">diving headfirst</span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">fear and breath</span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">leave in a rush</span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I imagine you</span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">swimming</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I imagine you </span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">mine</span></span></i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-54726708319725111272010-10-30T22:47:00.000-05:002010-10-30T22:47:20.667-05:00Words<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TMzmvASLu3I/AAAAAAAAAcU/UqkBhLZiwGI/s1600/words.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TMzmvASLu3I/AAAAAAAAAcU/UqkBhLZiwGI/s400/words.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">tormentor</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>torment me</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">i can never leave you</div><div style="text-align: center;">you are part of me </div><div style="text-align: center;">flesh of my flesh</div><div style="text-align: center;">wound around my heart</div><div style="text-align: center;">relentless vine</div><div style="text-align: center;">i carry part of you</div><div style="text-align: center;">here you live</div><div style="text-align: center;">and breathe my </div><div style="text-align: center;">thoughts expand</div><div style="text-align: center;">contract and fly</div><div style="text-align: center;">on wings</div><div style="text-align: center;">blue butterflies</div><div style="text-align: center;">take flight</div><div style="text-align: center;">i belong to a vision</div><div style="text-align: center;">walking through </div><div style="text-align: center;">a dismal membrane</div><div style="text-align: center;">illuminated by </div><div style="text-align: center;">the memory of your</div><div style="text-align: center;">mouth on mine</div><div style="text-align: center;">blur the lines of </div><div style="text-align: center;">now with yesterday</div><div style="text-align: center;">and tomorrow</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(immortal visions)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">hold the cup i drink </div><div style="text-align: center;">from gladly poison</div><div style="text-align: center;">me with more</div><div style="text-align: center;">i need the rush</div><div style="text-align: center;">of you my one</div><div style="text-align: center;">and only drug</div><div style="text-align: center;">give me the cup</div><div style="text-align: center;">and make my</div><div style="text-align: center;">suffering</div><div style="text-align: center;">sweet</div><div style="text-align: center;">and endless</div><div style="text-align: center;">fill me with the</div><div style="text-align: center;">agony of</div><div style="text-align: center;">all that longs</div><div style="text-align: center;">to be</div><div style="text-align: center;">true and real</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(forever)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">fill the hollow</div><div style="text-align: center;">spaces with words</div><div style="text-align: center;">the only rhyme</div><div style="text-align: center;">that can save me</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-82934694523856641302010-10-29T20:36:00.010-05:002010-10-30T16:39:03.476-05:00Glow<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TMt2bGyBWEI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/4hIjaaIlJPc/s1600/Candle+Glow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TMt2bGyBWEI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/4hIjaaIlJPc/s400/Candle+Glow.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">skin</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">warm</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">silk</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">beckons</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">stirs</span></i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">night</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">dream</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">quiet</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">rain</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">sighs</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lips</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">seek</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">bliss</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">melt</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">soft</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">wine</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">me</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">love</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">us</span></i></span></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-28286801035585718572010-10-15T11:59:00.006-05:002010-10-15T12:17:39.745-05:00Dream Walker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TLiHyC_WtoI/AAAAAAAAAbM/CsomNzPd7co/s1600/dreamwalker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TLiHyC_WtoI/AAAAAAAAAbM/CsomNzPd7co/s400/dreamwalker.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I do not scheme to walk in your dreams.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I fly to the edge of the universe. I run faraway.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I sink in the ocean.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">But </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">my eyes open and here I am, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">awake inside your sleeping mind.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">You must have conjured me </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">because I would never haunt you. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I promised.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Inside your dreams, your heart betrays you while your ego</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> rests,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">secretly calling </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">my spirit to come to you with its </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">magic unharnessed, set free by mysterious truth.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Here, you kiss me long and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">deep like a man who has crawled </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">across</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">the desert and finds cool </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">water. You gulp me down </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">with a feverish thirst,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i>(insatiable)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i>(reckless)</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">drinking me in haste, lest your sentinels discover and end the dream.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I feel the intensity of your </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">sadness and desire to</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> hold me here forever,</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">hiding from the intelligence that </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">gives you so many reasons </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">not to hold me.</span></span></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Inside your sleeping mind, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">we are moonlit lovers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i>(eternal)</i></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-61470773943444724012010-09-27T15:36:00.001-05:002010-09-28T10:01:19.312-05:00Cat Nap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TKEAFNHpVTI/AAAAAAAAAbI/JHy2-IYsXDs/s1600/blinds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TKEAFNHpVTI/AAAAAAAAAbI/JHy2-IYsXDs/s320/blinds.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">there you are</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">asleep in the afternoon sun</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">streaming through windows and </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">painting your skin in ribbons of light</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and shadow stripes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>deeply breathing</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">far away in a</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">lucid dream, your face shifting</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">from boy to man and back again</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and i wish you would wake</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">so that i could kiss you</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">instead, I'll drink the wine</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and watch you sleep </span><span style="font-size: large;">and</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>miss you</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but sleep too long and the wine will be gone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">then you'll wake to find me</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>(sleeping)</em></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-16766114664401024092010-09-27T14:33:00.000-05:002010-09-27T14:33:54.000-05:00Moondrops<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TKDwTJgw98I/AAAAAAAAAbE/j2OgC8qK-hQ/s1600/depression.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TKDwTJgw98I/AAAAAAAAAbE/j2OgC8qK-hQ/s320/depression.jpg" width="270" /></a></div>i drove home in the night<br />
that awful moon reflecting<br />
drops on my cheeks <br />
black rivers of truth<br />
washing away my paper charade<br />
a heart exposed, reborn, denied<br />
still beating<br />
<br />
<em>(thump, thump, thump)</em><br />
<br />
my bed welcomes me<br />
"i knew you'd be back"<br />
deep in blankets<br />
deep in darkness<br />
deep in silence<br />
"come and hide"<br />
i would die for you, i think<br />
i would die<br />
for<br />
you<br />
and yet i live, still<br />
breathing on the same planet<br />
we share, apart<br />
we tear apart<br />
we part<br />
and<br />
sleep comes softly<br />
<em>(sighs like the ocean against the shore)</em><br />
your taste fades on my tongue<br />
but my heart<br />
is not free of your hands<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">(thump)</span><br />
<br />
(thump)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(thump)</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-78201004883253393852010-09-05T12:51:00.001-05:002010-09-05T22:55:00.777-05:00Haunted<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TIPWgRwp-jI/AAAAAAAAAa0/qr2vDEgOdvo/s1600/iStock_000012194456Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="419" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TIPWgRwp-jI/AAAAAAAAAa0/qr2vDEgOdvo/s640/iStock_000012194456Small.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>will you remember me in</div><div style="text-align: center;">the dark blanket of stars?</div><div style="text-align: center;">i cast my heart to the heavens</div><div style="text-align: center;">and whispered prayers</div><div style="text-align: center;">in a language i did not speak<br />
but understood with<br />
infinite measure</div><div style="text-align: center;">your ghost and my ghost</div><div style="text-align: center;">followed and led</div><div style="text-align: center;">leaving footprints in </div><div style="text-align: center;">the soft earth like a child</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>running</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">from a devil in a</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>dream</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">will you remember me in</div><div style="text-align: center;">the quiet moments of the night?</div><div style="text-align: center;">when you wake to the </div><div style="text-align: center;">pounding of your heart<br />
(that dream of black birds on grey sky)</div><div style="text-align: center;">the universe divides us</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the stars pour through your</div><div style="text-align: center;">fingers like sand<br />
there is grief in the darkness<br />
a sentence unfinished<br />
<i>untested</i><br />
<i>undone</i><br />
my ghost stands in the<br />
corner of your bedroom<br />
sadly watching<br />
still longing as<br />
the new moon bathes you in<br />
blue light and shadows<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">From my journal: December 2006</span></i></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-25456660574209322882010-08-21T12:23:00.001-05:002010-08-24T22:07:30.255-05:00Dark Road<object height="344" style="background-image: url(http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/vGvzsPRhsUo/hqdefault.jpg);" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vGvzsPRhsUo?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vGvzsPRhsUo?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br />
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<i>I hope you enjoy.</i><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-64500291901211186992010-08-10T11:26:00.000-05:002010-08-10T11:26:50.059-05:00Back to Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TGF8LRGwqOI/AAAAAAAAAas/kUAgzYIrkiw/s1600/iStock_000013310850Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TGF8LRGwqOI/AAAAAAAAAas/kUAgzYIrkiw/s400/iStock_000013310850Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Standing at the</div><div style="text-align: center;">bottom</div><div style="text-align: center;">of the steps</div><div style="text-align: center;">so wide,</div><div style="text-align: center;">feeling the wind</div><div style="text-align: center;">blow around me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can sense there's</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>something</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">moving quickly now</div><div style="text-align: center;">towards me-</div><div style="text-align: center;">towards the sky.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Take my hand</div><div style="text-align: center;">and please don't let</div><div style="text-align: center;">me go.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You're the only</div><div style="text-align: center;">one I truly know.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You're the reason</div><div style="text-align: center;">that I made</div><div style="text-align: center;">it here alive and</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>whole.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">We've only got</div><div style="text-align: center;">so much time left</div><div style="text-align: center;">to go, so let's go</div><div style="text-align: center;">together.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Your love released me from the stone</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a journey</div><div style="text-align: center;">we have longed to</div><div style="text-align: center;">make. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We'll reach the summit</div><div style="text-align: center;">before the morning breaks.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kiss me and tell</div><div style="text-align: center;">what I need to </div><div style="text-align: center;">know.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My eyes will</div><div style="text-align: center;">answer all your </div><div style="text-align: center;">questions</div><div style="text-align: center;">and fill</div><div style="text-align: center;">that hollow</div><div style="text-align: center;">in your soul.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-51005222609601572052010-08-02T19:29:00.000-05:002010-08-02T19:29:10.954-05:00Love Starved<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TFdiHWEoQDI/AAAAAAAAAak/t2yJmVIR8P0/s1600/skinny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TFdiHWEoQDI/AAAAAAAAAak/t2yJmVIR8P0/s320/skinny.jpg" /></a></div>Inside,</div><div style="text-align: center;">she was sinister</div><div style="text-align: center;">her heart a black stone<br />
motivated by <br />
greed and power and fame</div><div style="text-align: center;">but the magazines and <br />
movie screens</div><div style="text-align: center;">hailed her beauty</div><div style="text-align: center;">and her visible bones</div><div style="text-align: center;">as perfection in female form.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Show us your ribs</div><div style="text-align: center;">and every link of your spine</div><div style="text-align: center;">then you'll be the woman</div><div style="text-align: center;">every man will desire</div><div style="text-align: center;">but until we see bones</div><div style="text-align: center;">you will grow older,<br />
forgotten, alone.</div><div style="text-align: center;">No one cares about the</div><div style="text-align: center;">depth of your soul</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>(or your heart)</em><br />
We truly do not care<br />
if you're kind, honest, and smart.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You need to be young</div><div style="text-align: center;">and we need to see</div><div style="text-align: center;">bones.<br />
So the little girls<br />
run in the cold of night<br />
starving for love<br />
so often denied because <br />
the message they hear<br />
so loud and so clear:<br />
We Measure Your Worth<br />
By The Bones We See, Dear.<br />
The skeleton girls on the<br />
runway sigh,<br />
<i>once you hit 30 you</i><br />
<i>might as well die.</i><br />
(Nothing can tempt me, not even mom's apple pie.)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
</div>W.M. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236181843049360328noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22321747.post-8720025246799152872010-07-22T08:51:00.000-05:002010-07-22T08:51:13.586-05:00Summer Rain<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TEhMqI3OtII/AAAAAAAAAaY/s-O47MXkTKo/s1600/summer+rain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" hw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VQRKMQCp9ig/TEhMqI3OtII/AAAAAAAAAaY/s-O47MXkTKo/s320/summer+rain.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>You pull me in to</div><div style="text-align: center;">your tender place,</div><div style="text-align: center;">shelter and warmth</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>(your heart is a blanket)</em></div><div style="text-align: center;">embracing me with</div><div style="text-align: center;">arms and words</div><div style="text-align: center;">that soothe my soul</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>my friend</em></div><div style="text-align: center;">my lover</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>my dreamer</em></div><div style="text-align: center;">my muse</div><div style="text-align: center;">soft in the light</div><div style="text-align: center;">you reveal me with<br />
<em>your truth</em></div><div style="text-align: center;">your hope</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>your trust</em></div><div style="text-align: center;">your grace</div><div style="text-align: center;">and selfless love.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lost in the safety</div><div style="text-align: center;">of our bond,</div><div style="text-align: center;">passion fueled </div><div style="text-align: center;">you heal me</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I, you.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like summer rain,</div><div style="text-align: center;">summer rain,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>again.</em></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
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