Thursday, May 17, 2018

94. Whole No More

Once whole
Before the fright of the fight
Flight denied
He fell apart
Or so it seemed
Pull yourself together
He was told
Be bold
He gathered up his parts
Those he could find
But try as he might
He just couldn't find his right mind
He tried again
And again
Then as fatigue set in
Whole no more
Broken by war
He gave up the fight
Took flight
And died
By suicide


Tuesday, May 15, 2018

93. The Entity

As I slip into sleep
The entanglement of fragments I know as me
Lose their cohesion
And float free
Remixing repeatedly
In reams of dreams
Or so it seems
As I awakened
And reassembled the entity
I know as my personal identity

Greater than the sum of its parts
My soul was made whole once more