Communication

A Murder of Crows
caw directly to my heart.
They have nothing to say
but I listen intently.
Meaning and nothingness
are often first cousins.

~ mce

A Plan

Sick
of nothingness,
I believe
I'll return
to war
and join
the circus.

~ mce

Progress

the bright morning
no longer invites

every TV show
is a rerun

books that screamed
now murmur

even the body
speaks in the past tense

now becomes was

the falling away
of self
into shadow

even when time
falls and freezes
like winter leaves

the urge to consciousness
resists surrender

how we long for
bright new moments

right to the brink
of night fall

even as the white flag of death
unfurls

~ mce

Citizens

They swim the cesspit
of greed and usury
mouths wide open
hungry always
for more
and deserving it,
too.

~ mce

Celibacy

Two years of no flesh.
The romantic lie
is a parasite
in the human brain.
You only think
bodies are important.
Respect your aloneness;
find peace.

~ mce

String Theory

Electrons whirl and leap
able to be in more
than one place at a time.
They move between
many worlds with ease
sometimes more than one
at at a time.
Many lives;
many worlds.
Nothing ever as simple
as it appears.

~ mce

Walls

Most folks
live in small yards
curtailed by walls;
eventually the walls
become reality.
This is known
as death.

~ mce

Why I Live Alone

I live alone because
when I wake for no reason
at 2:30 AM there
is no one to disturb.

I live alone because
you only get so much love
in one life and I've used up
my quota.

I live alone because
loneliness is a fruit
I have learned
to digest easily.

I live alone because
my failures
belong only to me.

I live alone because
I no longer have the gall
to inflict myself on another.

I live alone because
I have learned the wisdom
of silence.

I live alone because
I live alone and mostly
I like it.

~mce