Tag Archives: fear

holocaust -the bondage of death – April 17

Posted on April 18, 2015 by landl30

4.15.2015 a long slick narrow bridge over waters filled with death   hate filled people gleeful in pot-shotting at random victims   a gauntlet of terror each movement only forward   unsure if the next moment will be the halted … Continue reading →

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has-been feelings – March 16

Posted on March 17, 2015 by landl30

3.16.2015 has-been feelings spread so easily   they left my name off   they didn’t answer my email, phone, yell for notice   don’t they know, yes they don’t   and so what, so who is to care   but … Continue reading →

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the deep end – February 6

Posted on February 8, 2015 by landl30

2.6.2015 I was born into a world where fathers threw their sons into the deep end to teach them how to swim.   it is a terrible cruel world and I can’t always be there. you need to learn to … Continue reading →

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frigid – January 24

Posted on January 24, 2015 by landl30

1.24 frigid. wind like razor blades on skin. what am I doing out here. when will I know to step inside.   cold of the world numbs long before we understand that braving it out is a fool’s game.   … Continue reading →

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road warrior harries – October 17

Posted on October 18, 2014 by landl30

10.17.2014 exhausted nerves airport veterans flee to rooms, hotels, booking desks for any version of get me out of here. —————–

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airport empty – October 3

Posted on October 4, 2014 by landl30

10.3.2014 airport empty, acres of polished granite, voices echoing through spaces designed for masses   lonely sparse, blank in between at the baggage claim waiting, waiting waiting for something to turn   overlapping disks for movement while hope rises anxious. … Continue reading →

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fears about faith – September 15

Posted on September 17, 2014 by landl30

9.15.2014 fears about faith about God and life and love and death   fantasies or connections to the really real beneath the world’s veneer   fears. that it won’t be true. that it is.   and will I have lived … Continue reading →

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MRI – August 4

Posted on August 5, 2014 by landl30

8.4.2014 rattle screeches, knocks pings, obstructed music panging against piano wire magnetically resonating endlessly.   silence and waiting. doctor doctor please tell me. no. don’t. look hard enough and you’ll find something.   what’s that. nothing. nothing. nothing.   happiest … Continue reading →

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walking into space – May 5

Posted on May 6, 2014 by landl30

5.5.2014 walking into space bridge to nowhere above the falls terrifies   run, flee, knees going going. Lord pull me back. breath come quick   terror hits at hearts out of control fearing the death lying close to hand   … Continue reading →

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Lent Prayer 21 – March 25

Posted on March 26, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 21 so many die too soon too soon, yet nothing went wrong the mortality rate is still one-hundred percent Lord have mercy. ——————-

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