Jeremy Peters

Spray the wind did,
her bite thrashing a cheek
and icy hook
tears thru unblocked raw

“I’ll turn back.”, I say
Pointing from directions explored
“Where warmth once was, waits…”

“You see, the funny thing:
the mind a blockade makes.”

Possibilities endless were, now deflated seem
“Perhaps it was a ghost I saw,”
my mind it said to me.

“Alas tis true,”
a ghost of fated future, hope
were I not a mute

aghast, scarred, scared, affright’d
it to mention

And so the seasoned pattern endless turns
in ornamental form
and thin spread spirit bears the brunted thought
displayed in selfish morn.

The wind whips thru the leafless trees,
rushing,
with the whistle and woosh,
coldly rasping by nook and in cranny.

Tapping on the window in counterpoint with the
clock hand tick
tocking a language intertwined and corkscrewed
toward the interplay, fleeting.

I hear, o God, a chime
pealing out to the dark expanse
the peal appeals a pallish tune
dirging,
digging deeply downward.

And yet the clock tick, she marches.
On,
forward, and forth, for the time of
reflection
has drawn nigh, and to close
her lights doused and shutters drawn tight
and sleep,
shall come,
again.

Sidenote: I wish I had more time to write like this. I used to do it all the time.

I know there’s not a wide reader base here, and if you don’t know, I’ve had the honor of playing in this guy’s band, putting out his records, listening to his brilliant songwriting, and above all calling him a friend. I tend to do favors all the time because I get enjoyment from it — and that’s all the repayment I care for. However, if you’ve ever considered repaying a favor I’ve done for you, I humbly ask you to do it here. I’ll appreciate it just as much as Chris will.

“Family Values” have everything to do with social norms, and the idea that those who are generally scared of change or modernization will tend to clamp down and try to make a values based argument for their views. Family Values is nothing more than a marketing term, as it leaves out happy and positive non-traditional (single parent, same sex parent, happily single, non-theists, non-christian). Continue Reading →