Howling Winter Wind

Fury

Winter's howling winds

Blow the Old Man's deepest breaths

into weary lungs

Something to talk about, a Story to tell...

The Outcome, if you so choose it.

This is a true story. For what that’s worth, and what difference that makes, is anyone’s guess.

The World is a strange place, populated mostly by strangers and strange people.

This is not a perfect world. It is the world we have – often devoid of reason and empathy; a world without solidarity; an unfair, often cruel world.

It is not a perfect world, but it is the world we have.

Before, I launch into my story, some perspective might be important. The thoughts that follow are mine and mine alone. I would not dare speak for anyone else.

Starlight (A Serialized Novella): Part One - The Lost and Damned

The stars of life shine

As bright as supernovas

As dark as black holes

– Technicolor Dreams 

Chapter 1 – The Lost and Damned

Helicopters fly

In single file across a

Dream’s barren landscapes

– Technicolor Dreams

In the austere, almost sterile main library in the DATUS Space Cadet Academy, Anthony Van Neuzer sat, preparing diligently for his COMPS Exams. A hum of activity buzzed around him, faceless fellow Cadets and support workers on the floating space ship they all called home, flittered back and forth; doing everything and nothing, simultaneously, and at the same time. He had no difficulty ignoring the sound and noise and fury. He’d had a lot of practice. 

A Dream, fulfilled, but still a lot to do

I finally took the plunge and decided to compile all my poetry in an easily accessible format. Self-publishing in E-book format with Amazon seemed like the simplest and most efficient way to do this, and I'm fairly pleased with the results. It may not be perfect, but it's a dream fulfilled and it's a good start.

Download early and download often. I hope you enjoy

Technicolor Dreams: Circumnavigate to Yourself

Of Mysteries and Surprises

The Long Meandering Spring Road to Summer

Lingering self-doubts

Like pockets of unmelted snow

Vanish in the sun

I can feel the sun washing over me

I can see the sun watching over me

Of Forgotten Myths and Warped Legends

Homecoming

Everybody loves you, after - 

When you’re no longer a threat.

They never much cared for you,

In life – They ridiculed and belittled you,

But – They love you in death.

In Life – they misrepresented you.

In death – They misappropriate you.

They add and subtract,

Chop and change,

Until in death, no one remembers –

What you stood for –  in life.

Nothing can be done about that - 

That’s the way of this world,

The way of all flesh.

That's just what happens to Legends

When they return home far too soon.

Heavy as Heaven

I write it down, so I don't have to swallow it, so for now, it remains -

Forever yours

Lloyd Webber

The Fifth Horseman

Death and Her Friends

The Final Horseman,

Her cur-sed name was death and -

Hell Followed with Her

Viva La Vida

Harlequinade

Freeze/Thaw

Wondrously tainted

A Crazy Demented Gag - 

This thing, they call love

Frozen forever, like Time

Of Open Eyes and Vain Dreams

Daydreamers

Climb the mountaintop

Away from the people stuck

Firmly to the ground

Unequal dreamers

Real or Fantasea?

Hyper-real 

Phantasy 

She appeared to me – 

A dream within the mists, borne 

of deep fantasy 

Shakespearean 

Life’s Inspiration – 

The focal point of making 

Much ado about not much 

Chaplin 

Life: ever silent 

Ever watching, nevermore 

Time: never loving

Fantastic

Written by Matthew Kaikai.
Edited and compiled by Andrew Kaikai

  - There is a time for solitude; but collaboration has its rightful place, too.

Tales Of Painted Sorrows

Suicide Blade

Tender flesh, waiting - 

For the dropping Guillotine - 

Eyes Blank, Wide Open

Bleek

Of Soft Hearts and Hard Goodbyes

Candy Heart

Take a bite out of

My Heart, as you say goodbye

To my Heart tonight

Delicious...

Inspired by the inimitable Neon Trees and their wonderful track, "Animal"

Of Living Tragedy and Half Dead Truth

Rhapsodical

Written Rhapsodies

Unearth living truths in our

Hidden Tragedies

Red Pill/Blue Pill

Of Lighthouses and Ships

Dichotomous

Before

Even Far From Home -

After ev'ry Stormy Night 

Comes a Sunny Day

And After

Of Stormy Skies and Broken Butterflies

World, Out of Reach

A cruel life goes on

Heavy as a Waterfall

Relief out of Reach

Yet, still she flies

Of Faith and Fear

A Hand at the End of the World

In grip of feverish fear, through fuzzy lights

Seen through a black and painted sea,

She waits – For the world, and it’s end.

Her timid hands clasp tight under rocking waves - 

as she breathes icicles of cold sea

Still, she waits – For the world, and it’s end.

The distant roar of faint mountain sounds,

Peals of thunder and cracks of lightning abound

As she waits – Far from home

For the world and it’s end.

Alone – She fights her faith and fear

As a ghostly wind howls in blackest night.

She drifts with the gentle caress of waves,

Watched raptly by lurking creatures of deep.

She drifts Into the eye of the storm

With bated breath and eyes shut tight as

She waits – For her world, and its end.

Twinkling stars gaze in dark sorrow at her shadow

She waits – her heart in her hand.

With weary bones – she waits

For the peace of slumber,

and a hand to hold –

At the end of the world.

Faith is fear turned inward

Stereoscopic

Of Lies and Magic Tricks

Serendipitous

A splash of summer sun in - 

The Dead of Winter

Peek-a-boo

The Funny Side

Of Daggers and Hidden Smiles

Hidden in plain sight -

Piercing enigmatic smiles

Lie Mankind's daggers

Why aren't you laughing?

The Prestige

Of Lightning and Broken Bottles

Captured Lightning, trapped - 

with bated breath and bare hands

in a glass bottle

Message in a Bottle

The Hourglass

Of Broken Clocks and Promises

A tale of Broken Time - 

Leaving promise unfulfilled,

Spring, departs again

Cries for you and I

I think this qualifies as sufficiently Elegant and Obtuse. When all around you is hyper-real, sometimes...it's better to be misunderstood.

Toy Soldiers

Slippery Slide

Slick Coating of ice,

covering snowy sidewalks-

Nature's Skating Rink

Eventually fall down