My Literary Indulgences...

Hey there! What’s with these sunken eyes? Why the tousled hair and this shabby guise? What ails you dear friend, I cannot surmise! Pray speak your heart, and spare me the lies! Escaping from my demons, I can only go so far! Pangs of emptiness, my sleep relentlessly mar! For in these nights, thick, choking, black hot tar, I wait for my Angel, who calls me at Devil’s Hour.

Look around, and you'd see mulishness, And recalcitrance, in droves; alas unfortunate! Yet in this age of the glorified "headstrong", How fortunate to find, an enduring, endearing obstinate! It's not the short lived torrent that carves, But the slow, patient, unyielding water that cuts. Turbulent, putting it mildly, she might appear, But her dogged persistence, is what drives her guts. It's not the momentary inferno that transforms, But the unwavering, growing fire that revolutionizes. Her giggling, jocular, jovial self may have you fooled, But I have gazed into the flames that hide behind this guise. Her few moments of misguided willfulness, Beg the question - I am crazy. What do you see in me? I see a pure soul, an undeterred fighter; A whole lot of passion, lacking in, and endearing to me.

Crafted glistening white like fresh snow, Unblemished, seamless, symmetrical; I was whole. 'Til catastrophe fell; assaulted and damaged My body, but for all its vehemence, could not hurt my soul. Shaken, and broken, I picked up the pieces; This carcass, an assemblage of remnants, wouldn't hold. 'Tis then when my soul, a force of sheer will, Conjured mortar from stardust, and bound my body in gold. From hideous perfection, to glorious imperfection, I hurt, learned, and built myself anew; only to be broken again. 'C'est la vie' I thought, and put my spirit to work. This time, paid its weight in platinum as bind, was my pain. Now I wait, for the storm bells to toll again. For ring loud and proud they will, 'tis providence. Let them come I say, for cataclysms will wreak carnage. To my unshakable soul, my rebirth in stardust will be evidence.