Melancholy Song

Melancholy Song The past is gone,
the future may not stretch far enough to begin.
The most fruitless task:
thinking about someone
who does not think about you. Read more from here...
Where We Once Met

Where We Once Met Intersection logged and deleted-
coordinates touched once,
now unregistered.
No fragrance scheduled for release-
no bud, no breeze, Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 150 – Interlude: What Even the Lowest Get

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 150 - Interlude: What Even the Lowest Get Not my right-
not even that reaches me.
Not what matches my worth-
not even that.
What every human needs, Read more from here...
Claim (24 years ago, in 28 February 2002)

Claim (24 years ago, in 28 February 2002) Those which came and will come for years
Are all the same clouds,
Which rain and rain again.
In a way, the world might have changed,
But nothing has changed on this side of the window. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 133 – Impact of Courage

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 133 - Impact of Courage Food heat, spice heat,
the rush of young blood,
the fever of a misfiring mind-
all cheap, fleeting trash.
Against them burns something colder, cleaner: Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 132 – The World Runs on Courage

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 132 – The World Runs on Courage The world runs on courage alone-
otherwise the monsters
would have devoured everything.
Somewhere in her heart,
something must have been saved for me too; Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 125 – Where do I go?

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 125 - Where do I go? Some found God.
Some found the one God carved out just for them.
I found neither God
nor even a fleeting glimpse of my beloved.
The universe flared into being and winked out again- Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 119 – Five Monasteries

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 119 - Five Monasteries I am the lighthouse that doesn’t care
if ships pass blind through salted air-
as long as the filament stays fair,
burning on, beyond repair.
The trouble has always been this plight: Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 116 – Nehru Place, Twenty-Something

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 116 - Nehru Place, Twenty-Something Twenty-something,
college backpack heavy on my shoulders,
T-shirt and jeans,
standing by the front door of a crowded bus
headed to Nehru Place. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 115 – Stubborn

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 115 - Stubborn When courage, bravery, and luck surrender,
and even character offers no choice,
my spirit lifts the heart,
teaching it to feel alive-even in the stubborn dark.
I cling to the act of walking, Read more from here...
