I’m thinking of her
I’m letting my mind
Roll back the time
And imagine
What she would
have been like now
It doesn’t last very long
My memory gives out
Far too soon
And I wonder
If she ever existed
— GLB
Category Archives: ECT
The Same Way
It’s the same way
Most of the time
Then I’m not
And I can’t find
The spots to make it
The same way again
Constancy keeps me
Centered,
In the moment,
Ready
Then it doesn’t
When it happens
Everything I touch
Is in question
Right or wrong
Caring or indifferent
This is the way
My cookie crumbles
Time
Time and solitude
May be the only antidote
— GLB
Something Missing
It has taken a lifetime from me
No end to tears when I discover
Something missing
With no way to bring it back
Afraid of how it will progress
I search for a way
To keep the memories I have
Hidden from the horrible monster
I have no way of knowing
What will get gobbled up next
Something old
Something new
All eventually passing into oblivion
The time between now and
Eventually is the only promise I can accept
What I have for now brings solace
— GLB
Survive?
When the copper stops buzzing in your brain
And the sweat pours down your neck
I will be there to hold you when the spasm begins
The application of pain is the antidote
70 times now…
It’s hard to tell where the victory lies
The strange attractors have done their damage
Tolerance raises the bar for the next
A number drawn at a random tells you how long,
How deep you’ll have to reach to survive
Down deep enveloped in gloom
Cast by the only bulb in the cavernous hall
You prepare to put on your show,
Daring to expose all in attendance
As patrons of the darkest art of all
You mime kindness
Whisper intimacy
Talk of hope
Shriek out love
The cacophony deafens
Voices drawn tight
Refusing to admit
That the one thing they have in common…
(Humanity)
Is the hardest thing
To achieve
— GLB
In Thoughts
In thoughts
Of years
In memories
I cannot find
I know you are there
With pain I admit
That I do not recall
Times I should never have forgotten
It was my choice
I carry the pain
But I am not the only one that suffers
— GLB
Things Fail
It is horrific
To have things fail
In part, or completely,
What’s worse…
Experiencing it
While it is happening
Knowing it is happening
And not being able to
Do a thing about it
But that is not all
Then comes the shame
Then comes the regret
Then comes the embarrassment
Then comes the wondering
Looking them in the face
Did you see me?
Did you catch that SLIP?
Have I been discovered?
— GLB
69 Times
I feel it tighter
The flow moving slower
I anticipate
The flow stopping
Nothing passes
All is possible
One encompasses
Serenity
I have always been here
It feels so new
Since the first time
I hold it to my chest
Omniscient waves break
Over the bough
Everything for all
Who feel the spray
Gather round and listen
To the voice of wisdom
To the voice of treachery
To the voice of reason
They are all the same color
They are all the same
They are tighter
They are flowing slower
The flow
Stops
— GLB
