Untethered
Iceberg eyes shoot towards me like spears piercing through my soul, exposing me.
Knocked on my metaphorical ass
I feel naked, aware, terrified
Alive in their presence
Immediately I question
Am I a fraud in my own life?
My hand says “taken” but my eyes say “take me away from here.”
If only we met before I went down this very straight and narrow path.
Still, if you asked.. would I ruin it all for you?
I try my best not to stare in awe when you speak- so passionately about the topics you feel so strongly.
Words tangle in your tongue and the exuded passion makes me weak.
Years have passed since we last saw each other, yet I’m undone once again by your intoxicating presence
Utterly and completely
Untethered
After the 4th
Early morning after the 4th, and there's a
Stillness to the air...
The void howls out beyond the stillness...
In the far distance there are tears;
Nicks in the cities' consciousness...
At long last tiny plots break through...
A car alarm from somewhere cries...
A siren trails off in the gloom...
The roar of commerce has subsided mostly...
On the periphery: a background sound
Like one would find inside a conch shell;
Night air assailants sleeping sound...
...Tomorrow they'll regain their footing,
Stumble groggily to work...
So few will think about the night before,
And how unconsciously they tried
To rend a hole in the monotony...
To send their message through the sky...
Of course it's gift wrapped in patriotic pablum...
So many things we do are veiled...
Early morning after July 4th's madness...
There is a sense of relief
Among the frail
Foothills of imaginings...
We are descending back to our roots...
Basking in hollowness of the empty gun shells...
...Somewhere the Anarchists salute
Their pilings of documentation of
Long past flirtings with the law...
Now they revel in their golden years
Mouthing a toothless
Proud guffaw...
Who's really won?...
Who's really lost?...
It seems so senseless
By halflight...
The birds outside begin their chirpings
As sleep's returning without a fight...
Bunny Villaire
7/5/23
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