Tuesday, February 26, 2008

PERIPHERAL VISION.


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She walks as though she holds a secret.

Muffles around her fail to reach the heat beneath her skin.
Step off the edge of his jawline.

Let him lose your scent.
Hot Red Lights.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Did you doubt the curve of the earth?

I ached for you. And though I would never look back, I broke a part of myself in order to break free, and sometimes, this new skin is colder than the original, tougher—by necessity, but nonetheless lonely. I am not the innocent blonde in your backyard anymore. I am not the summer girl in your bed. I am not your letter-writing illusion across the country.
My words are mine. But because they belong solely to me, they are often alone.
Strong. But alone.
I am frustrated with the way I have slapped myself in the face.
Because with Jesse, I head-on trusted what I’ve been running away from all along.
And so, it is not about what he did to me, it is about the self-guided collision course I blindly drove through.
It is about the small feeling that somewhere within me, I am back where I started.
And that others have found their place in the space I sensed I would fill.
Stephanie Draughon.
Stephanie Jensen.
I am nowhere near what you’ve found.
When no one is listening, a stealthy sense of self-pity offers its company.
I loathe its voice.
I can be strong alone, but must I be?

Lyndsi Shae 2:48 AM
February 16th, 2008.


"There is no excellent beauty which hath not some strangeness of proportions."
--Francis Bacon

Thursday, February 14, 2008

.You're vicious like the blue sky.

THE DAY: Valentine's Day.
THE TIME: 9:27 pm
THE MUSIC: Curve of the Earth; Matt Nathanson
THE MOMENT: to come.


You're listening tree is losing its leaves
I am your friend but not that naive
All the clouds you have seeded astray
Will open the sky into rain
Just how long it'll last I can't say
But it's time you get out
Stand under the heavens
And put your umbrella away
--Umbrella; Brett Bixby


기만
I will not say that I thought all unrest had come to a conclusion,
though I was hoping my anticipation would soon find calmer waves.
A mirage of the sunrising:
Flickered into a deceptive twilight.
I was shocked into
black and white
half and half
eliza and lyndsi shae.
Inganno. engaño. Täuschung. Deception.

Sonata Allegro.
Exposition, Recapitulation...
Coda.
I will not be snowed in by your agenda.
My path deviates, and away I fly.
Not fleeing, but choosing, with calm resolution, to not end up with this version of my Father, of your Father, of what is not enough.
I do not apologize, to myself, for my false perception of your character.
I do not apologize to you at all.
The reality of now: my doubtless staccato goodbye.