Affix the mind on nothing
Using missing screws 
Let your mind wander
Until it's finally lost
Drift, and cease to drift
In the never ending void
Forget your life's purpose 
Discard all you hold dear
For in true nothingness
You will discover everything 

SR Romney 2024

I am a broken porcelain vase
Each shattered piece carefully resting in its right place
Loosely held together by some glue
Doing my best impersonation of something new
But year over year, and crack by crack
I lose a little more of myself I won't get back
One day there will be so little left
My pieces all eroded, and my true self bereft
The vase is no more, no longer me
I'm the porcelain and lacquer washed away in the sea

SR Romney 2024

Destruction is part of life;
One that we all deal with someday.
Possessions, our intentions, 
Our cherished ones, and then ourselves.
But also our difficulties.
Through destruction we all grow.

SR Romney 2024

There is nothing like
Having a day full of things
You really wanted to get done
Only to have them
So ruthlessly thwarted
By the truly diabolical creature
Who is currently purring
Contentedly on my lap

SR Romney 2024

It's nice sometimes 
To lay back
And float along
The river of my mind
Memories lapping my feet
Dreams shimmering below
Letting my thoughts
Pull me further downstream 

SR Romney 2024

Whirling magic subsumes my mind and soul
Fractals and phantasms flying past me
Dulcet tones of infinity ringing
As the everything opens before me
I am you, we are her, and she is all
I am a newborn and an ancient crone 
The rocks and the trees breathe deep my essence 
Bathing in the divine and mystical 
Before I depart true reality 
Retaining the indelible markings
Of the cosmos and universe itself

SR Romney 2024

We all wear masks of ourselves
Carried with us from birth 'til death.
Some carry just a few masks,
Others carry far too many.
What if we dropped them on the ground,
Bathing the world in our truth?

SR Romney 2024

Stare at the sun until your eyes start to hurt
Bury your ideals six feet in the dirt
Wash in the blood of your innermost child
Become the prophet,eyes desperate and wild
Become the monster, devour their dreams
Drink in their misery, bathe in their screams
Become the demon you know you must be.
Become the demon that they want to see.

SR Romney 2024

Worrying about futures that won't exist
Dreaming up battles I don't need to win
Seeking temptations that I won't resist 
Facing the ending before I begin

Dwelling on problems that have come and gone 
Commiserating over my mistakes 
Replaying the game when all's said and done
Losing my chips after seeing the stakes

Never embracing the moment I'm in
Never taking time to enjoy the show
Not taking a second to gaze within 
Worrying about then, not here and now

Dreading the future, and stuck in the past
Without the present, my first is my last.

SR Romney 2024

I spent my time away
From my responsibilities today.
My duties can make way;
It's time to go and play!
I spent this time for me
And let myself be free
'Cause tomorrow I will be
The pinnacle of responsibility.

SR Romney 2024