Monthly Archives: January 2010

He was changed irrevocably by things that never happened. In the gaps and crevices, he began to understand – understand that he did not and that he was not, as well as that he was and that he did.

Sanity is just a state of mind.

Birds sing in the night,

we are fooled by reflections

of a sunlight past.

I may skip today. I may not skip today. I may run today, but it’s unlikely.

Since he was young, Kyle had always avoided fowl play, but once, at Eric’s insistence, he attended the Chicken Derby. When Eric heard that one of the riders had come down with the pox, he immediately volunteered to take his place. When Kyle caught a glimpse of his mount, a big red cock with a glint in his eye, he knew that Eric was in for a bumpy ride. Out of habit, Kyle began slicing cucumber.

I weave myself a cocoon of thought, secure in its restraints. But one day I will break it open and emerge, unthinking.

I play with fire, knowing it is fire. I walk on fire, knowing what this means. No fire: no life, so I choose fire, knowing it is life.

Logic has no hope and hope has no logic.

He was as a stone, hard and unflinching. Within himself, he saw nothing, knew nothing. But within a stone, a rock, a pebble, he could sense an exquisite crystal heart, he felt energy leaking through it. He sought the treasures therein and displayed them as his own.

….Nothing to see here folks, move along now….move along….