Sunday, May 18, 2008

The Words


"Words are loaded pistols."--Jean-Paul Sartre



Words that swirl and dive. Words that pinch and sting. Words that warm and comfort. Words that ache and throb. Words that scream and startle. Words that gather on the ceiling and cyclone down over the insomniac mind. The forced hand writes. The black vein bleeds onto paper. The canvas drips with thought. There is always the constant static, perhaps from some nebulous space of time where the muses and daimons hide and transmit muted prophecies that no one hears. Another region of the consciousness where the imagination consumes the ego and freedom is the Words. Where is the artist whose hands paint our future, the writer whose words infuse our being, the musician whose notes stand as emotions frozen in space? In the Words, consumed by the Words, trampled by the Words.

Friday, May 9, 2008

Great Photo...


I was recently browsing images for a paper I had been writing and came across this photo. What a perfect cover photo for a queer theology book.

Monday, May 5, 2008

this is how..


this is how it begins

this is how it ends

a running stitch

an open wound

a will that does not bend


this is how it feels

this is how it burns

a letter opened

words unspoken

a mind that does not learn


this is how i cry

this is how i bleed

a needle to the heart

an ache in the head

you are something that i need


this is how it begins

this is how it ends

always running

always waiting

for letters you never send

--EC