– The Stability of Conflict – There is a difference in the pattern where from resistance becomes rebellion. If you… Read more Prose – The Stability of Conflict
Category: Collection 10 – Of Faith and Power
– Of Faith and Power –
It is from within us that the faith comes
which we all seek to fill our souls
This collection explores aspects of religion, spiritualism, faith, mythology, and the power that these concepts can hold over us both as individuals and within the construct of society as a whole. Further works note on concepts of marginalization, systemic abuse, and the misuse of power when retained by those who would seek to harm, or to elevate themselves over the disenfranchised among us.
Prose – The Urban Dream
– The Urban Dream – Midnight on the downtown strip;I watch a painted paper crownblow in circles among the roadworks… Read more Prose – The Urban Dream
Prose – Defensive marginalization
– Defensive marginalization – Tolerance of the individual identity is long dead. In its place now sits a code of… Read more Prose – Defensive marginalization
Prose – Xenophon
– Xenophon – When the fae come forward to sing their laments, we will come to know that our world… Read more Prose – Xenophon
Prose – The Madonnas’ Rose
– The Madonnas’ Rose – Ascending from the sacred waters, she washes away the marks of her passing, footprints left… Read more Prose – The Madonnas’ Rose
Prose – Karmatic Commodities
– Karmatic Commodities – Karma is an active currency, rather than an act of courtesy. Despite the search for equality,… Read more Prose – Karmatic Commodities
Prose – Cannibals of Faith
– Cannibals of Faith – We exist in a world where there is little difference between a bill of rights… Read more Prose – Cannibals of Faith
Prose – Airwaves
– Airwaves – The sky is shattered; Blood like water, falling on the ruins of a once magnificent city. Broken… Read more Prose – Airwaves
Prose – Ambulant Angels
– Ambulant Angels – With no prayers left to answer, without flight and wings of love, my voice becomes silent,… Read more Prose – Ambulant Angels
Prose – Anaxagoras (The Assembly)
– Anaxagoras (The Assembly) – I call the scholars to our final order; Stand fast at the gates as the… Read more Prose – Anaxagoras (The Assembly)
Prose – Antithesis in Stoicism
– Antithesis in Stoicism – Our stricter moral code is so often incompatible with the sense of our better virtues.… Read more Prose – Antithesis in Stoicism
Prose – Cathartic Possibilities
– Cathartic Possibilities – Catharsis is a journey of strength, which contrary to its free-falling nature requires such moments to… Read more Prose – Cathartic Possibilities
Prose – Crown of Thorns
– Crown of Thorns – You stand atop your pedestals, stretching skyward in golden glory; But when I don my… Read more Prose – Crown of Thorns
Prose – Crusades
– Crusades – Uplift As a shepherd leads the flock, I stand with staff crooked To defend against the wolves,… Read more Prose – Crusades
Prose – Deus Ex Romantica
– Deus Ex Romantica – She is his loving apostle, worshiping at the temple of their bodies entwined. And with… Read more Prose – Deus Ex Romantica
Prose – Eidolon
– Eidolon – The image of me is mounted high, in the framework of a bigger picture. I have become… Read more Prose – Eidolon
Prose – Elysian
– Elysian – 1: Gateway I am the place before heaven where heroes pass into legend. I am the space… Read more Prose – Elysian
Prose – En Garde
– En Garde – Fuck the king, and his band of heavy men, that which could never stand as strong… Read more Prose – En Garde
Prose – Faith of the Void
– Faith of the Void – I built my Gods from the essence of the void. Those Gods are my… Read more Prose – Faith of the Void
Prose – Hospitality and Pain
– Hospitality and Pain – These sensual dimensions that I have lovingly created have been brutally invaded, and my sacred… Read more Prose – Hospitality and Pain
Prose – Icarus Flight
– Icarus Flight – 1: Upward In want of freedom, on wings of wax and paper, I cast off into… Read more Prose – Icarus Flight
Prose – In Corpus Memoria
– In Corpus Memoria – Life is the process of separating my faith from a statistic. What do I really… Read more Prose – In Corpus Memoria
Prose – Janus
– Janus – He sits in the centre of a great round room, lit with the gentle yellow glow of… Read more Prose – Janus
Prose – Karmas’ Army
– Karmas’ Army – Your lack of presence has me retching with the taste of social malnutrition. How can your… Read more Prose – Karmas’ Army
Prose – Knots in Crosses
– Knots in Crosses – I walk the city as a stranger, my prayers now borne on the crosses of… Read more Prose – Knots in Crosses
Prose – La Sylphide
– La Sylphide – The night breeze enters through the open door, cool and soft as it runs across my… Read more Prose – La Sylphide
Prose – Maenad (The Madness of the Muse)
– Maenad (The Madness of the Muse) – I am a lover by nature, not ever to be as loved… Read more Prose – Maenad (The Madness of the Muse)
Prose – Moirai (The Fates)
– Moirai (The Fates) – Sometimes in my haste to live, I forget to breathe, I forget the beauty of… Read more Prose – Moirai (The Fates)
Prose – Oneiros
– Oneiros – I am the iconoclast; The shaper of freedom, the breaker of forms. I rest in the place… Read more Prose – Oneiros
Prose – Orion Rising
– Orion Rising – Rising under eastern stars, with red sun fading on his broad back, night falls upon the… Read more Prose – Orion Rising
Prose – Phoenix
– Phoenix – The world has become a battleground, cities burning for days without relief. I was not prepared for… Read more Prose – Phoenix
Prose – Reflecting Gods
– Reflecting Gods – You hide behind me in the mirror, reflecting the vision of your Gods upon me, reflecting… Read more Prose – Reflecting Gods
Prose – Remains of the Day
– Remains of the Day – Our lucid dreams are like a liquid pool reflecting our shifting presence, a shared… Read more Prose – Remains of the Day
Prose – Sword and Ink
– Sword and Ink – They say a true shield draws no blood, yet behind that shield, we cannot stop… Read more Prose – Sword and Ink
Prose – The Curse of Light
– The Curse of Light – The shape of me is broken and I need to feel you closer, the… Read more Prose – The Curse of Light
Prose – The Days’ Prayer
– The Days’ Prayer – When my life grows short, may I live longer for every passing moment. And when… Read more Prose – The Days’ Prayer
Prose – The Human Contraband
– The Human Contraband – I imbibe your holy spirit, wasted in my sacred spaces, empty like the bottle lying… Read more Prose – The Human Contraband
Prose – The Valkyrie Heart
– The Valkyrie Heart – I cannot bring you peace, but I will learn to love your rage. I will… Read more Prose – The Valkyrie Heart
The Mythical Earth – Thorn in the Glade
– Thorn in the Glade – He wanders deep into the undergrowth, into the cloister of the Dryad, seeking shelter… Read more The Mythical Earth – Thorn in the Glade
Prose – Torches Burning Cities
– Torches Burning Cities – The world is harsher now, the ideals of our rights defiled, and privilege given first… Read more Prose – Torches Burning Cities
Prose – Tracing Spirals
– Tracing Spirals – Dust and druzy sand moves swiftly in the wind, tracing spirals around me across the planes… Read more Prose – Tracing Spirals