I Prefer Not To.
a pen is in my hand
standing on the edge of eden
unfurled fruition of fancied frolic
or icy exile of self domain
imminent refrain
constraining commune
immune yet immured
as marred as marital malady
the mighty unmentionable
extension of our pretense
portending wrath so tender
rending mathematics
moot as mute mire’s mooring
swaying blades of peridot
alight amid azurite horizon
of clement citrine sunset
in velveteen palanquin
draped in silk brocade
jade hairpin askew
wonted truth presaging
the seizing solemnity
by crook of Anubis
we tendered the ferryman’s toll
stolid in this stagnant state
as fate shed its veils before us
upon the hourglass’ turn
emergent, we shuffled off
our toilsome coils rejoicing
unabashed silphium sleeve
impassioned pleas
uttered free from restraint
spirit, bold as black damask
in meadows of pasque
with prose unsurpassed
peculiarly non pareil
pressed onto parchment
in prismatic pigments sprawling
arranged in the strangeness
of strands set at random
expanding in nebulous bloom
wreath of sloe flowing
in slow rippled cadence
diffusely drawn out reaching all
as an echo eternalized
amid jutting earth scarred
and scattering sky of ensconcing
ethereal energies emanate
from mien marred by mask
of perpetual phantom interface
with each passing era
my loss becomes greater
greater than the gains I stood to enjoy
textured from trudging
against every grain
abstaining from that which my peers would embrace
though much have I learned
having leapt into darkness
the pages turned have since shed their words
falling like life as decay takes its setting
to make room for the new
this once I knew
expressing in ebb and flow
exploring existence
from exile to exit consumed by exhaustion
pin pricks of rarest occurrence have flourished
into the tapestried vaults of my heart
silently singing the truth of my love
my gratitude still greater than all I have voiced
for every encounter
of chance or choice
moments stirred mountains
yet spawned from a speck
a single simple notion that gathered such moss
hastening upward the apex was sudden
but in this descent my heart has abandoned
this trek, still I remain
framed by all that I have lost
all that I have gained
I now refrain
Should you ever shine on these salt sodden shores
I pray that your radiance will judge me not
I can only be all that I have known of love
Max or Not 