Archives: April 2005

Mon Apr 25, 2005

Question

What do you do when your best isn't good enough?

Posted by: Theophany on Apr 25, 05 | 9:18 pm | Profile

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Thu Apr 21, 2005

Heritage

Yesterday's deeds descend on raptor's wings
talons flair and slice into my mind
tearing through the carefully constructed facade of hope
i bleed, into tomorrow

ancestoral wounds reopen with vengence
defecting logic and maming reason
proclaiming the torment of self loathing valid
i bleed, fill with sorrow

-Theo

Posted by: Theophany on Apr 21, 05 | 8:29 pm | Profile

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Tue Apr 19, 2005

An Iris for Theo

Just a quick click and you have the lastest in my flowering photo work.

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Posted by: Theophany on Apr 19, 05 | 9:08 pm | Profile

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Sun Apr 17, 2005

Parking Lot Thoughts

Was it yesterday? No, it was much longer ago than that. Time passes so quickly when you are living.

I sat in the grocery store parking lot tonight. I watched as youth passed by, full of laughter, snuggles walking hand-in-hand. I saw how she laughed with him. Her head tossed back in unreserved infatuation. Next to me a Buick parked. An older man grimaced as he twisted and pushed to rise from the car. I smiled. He nodded. He seemed pleasant and at peace.

Tonight I sit in between, no longer the man of youthful promises and unadulterated laughter, and not yet the slowed spirit of aged serenity struggling to move in once familiar ways. My spirit reaches desperately toward youth, to retreat frantically into the way of passionate musings, always secure in the promise of tomorrow. Can I once again yield to unbridled lust and cast caution to the winds, knowing that come what may, there are enough tomorrows to make a change? No. I have reached that place in life where there may very well be fewer tomorrows than yesterdays. So here tonight, among the melancholy mist of parking lot lights, I am faced with the reality of my own aging. I watch now as he returns and settles into his Buick again. There is still a twinkle in his eye, and a spring in his stuttering steps. Perhaps this prescribe momentum of my life, of all life, carries me to a pleasant place. Then why do I resist?

Is that laughter I hear?

Posted by: Theophany on Apr 17, 05 | 9:18 pm | Profile

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Sun Apr 10, 2005

Theo's Secret

It is my secret, but I'll share with you. My back yard is a place of earth, water and rock. It is a place such as is desired by many, and claimed by few. Today, on the eve of Spring's florish, I walked out of my gate in into my back yard. I took several pictures. As lovely as they are, they still fail to capture the magic of this place, yet they are not half bad.

Theo's Yard
Theo's Yard
Theo's Yard

Welcome to my secret place.

Posted by: Theophany on Apr 10, 05 | 6:23 pm | Profile

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Fri Apr 08, 2005

A Willow Weeps

does not every life begin
the pulsing moment of beginning
defiance of every restriction
destiny becoming
un-denied

thus each life strives toward its end
another growth toward waning
symmetrical layers and counting
being present
here

the end comes in the same time
termination of togetherness suddenly
emptiness fills memories
tempting despair
loss

does not every life begin..?

-Theo

(inspired over at InnerRoutings.)

Posted by: Theophany on Apr 08, 05 | 8:40 pm | Profile

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Tue Apr 05, 2005

Assessment

Pause. Breathe. Feel. Know.

My head aches. I'm tired. I need to remember to care for me. That is my number one job.

Pause. Breathe. Feel. Know.

Posted by: Theophany on Apr 05, 05 | 8:49 pm | Profile

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