Sorcery

Sorcery I came back having lost-so who has ever come back having won?
I lived by my own will; this is not called losing.
I became Ronie to the whole world-from five-year-old children to everyone at the table, at the door, or on the floor.
In return for the love I gave the boy within me, I could not gather love from a girl for myself.
The generosity of my spirit, my character in action, my golden intent-and yet my desire proved fruitless. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 131 – The Fear of Solitude

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 131 - The Fear of Solitude He walks in fear of being left behind,
in fear of ending up alone.
Yet he walks alone-
and always remains alone,
no matter what. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 134 – The Law of Inevitability

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 134 - The Law of Inevitability What was meant to happen
has already passed.
What is unfolding now
unfolds as it must.
What is destined to be Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 127 – What Is Love?

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 127 - What Is Love? A seat in the university lecture hall
always saved for me-
her Ronie, the only one allowed to sit.
She would wait in the room,
never calling, never texting, Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 122 – Hibernation of the Self

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 122 - Hibernation of the Self I am not just what happened to me.
When you rejected your friend-
because you are a woman,
you had that right-
I felt insulted, Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 123 – Collapsed Twice

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 123 – Collapsed Twice I collapsed twice in my life.
The first time was at twenty-one.
Family pressed in:
“Why aren’t you studying?
What are you even doing there? Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 121 – 103 Degrees Low

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 121 - 103 Degrees Low Verse 1 Feeling doesn’t make it real-
only knowing does.
I burned inside; you never felt
the fire I carried just because. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 120 – Frooti Shot Me Down

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 120 - Frooti Shot Me Down Verse 1 You wanted fire without a name,
corner me dark, take all the same.
No title needed, no promise spoken-
just hands in shadows, rules left broken. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur – The Unsold Man

Ronie Dinosaur (The Unsold Man) (Verse 1) I loved at first sight, got laughed at by noon,
turned the pain into iron, forged muscle from ruin.
College crowned me king, girls kept my seat warm,
but the one who held my heart said, “No, that’s not the form.” 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...
