An aging ham ponders life
A misunderstanding. A mistake. A trust broken. A sense of deep shame. A crack opens. A body it takes. A sense of falling. I accept the blame. A darkness awaits. A hole of my making. A silence of mind. A feeling of hollow. A cold breeze blows. A dread is waking. A friend returns. I... Continue Reading →
The Life of a peaceful villager is turned around when a young girl turns up on his door. It's the beginning of the end.
I had a dream of late, of a man who came to the village of my people. He appeared quiet, reserved, and shy. Within his possession was a silver pipe of which many proclaimed he would play the most angelic of music, and win the hearts of many a woman, and the regard of many... Continue Reading →
Life, it goes in circles as I try to catch it. Its face is happy yet violently angry too. It temps me with a coyish beckoning and as I come close, it bites and screams pushing me away and the chase starts again. Why do I chase such a two faced thing you ask. It... Continue Reading →
I was clearly in a very strange place when writing this piece. Walking down the steps to the ground floor, of my single level caravan, I folded my arms to greet the old day. I hurriedly pulled off my shoes that I had worn all my life and yanked the cat's tail that tickled my... Continue Reading →
Multitudes of malingering mountain maggots! My mind is in the fogs of haze, the pits of confusion striding bravely though walls of solid snow not knowing but caring where it goes. Wearing naked cloth upon his clothed brow to soak the beads of pearl that pour from around his eyes. I see the fires of... Continue Reading →
Passing friends march together on different planes at different times. Their footsteps echo through murky fog that muffles and drags sound screaming through its own pomposity. They know each other well yet have not met and no matter how far they walk, they never will. Passing friends march together to different beats on different drums.... Continue Reading →
With time on my hands, I discover the uncovered country that had never been there all along. It drags me through sights that I had always forgotten and blew me back the breath I sighed. I have asked it to stop, but time it seems, is too short for rest. "I've never been able to... Continue Reading →
Cast adrift in a deep wide yonder I bide my time with sing-song. With too much time to wonder 'Where has all my life gone?' My futile paddling gains me little But helps to occupy my hopeless sole. The rain it falls like windswept spittle While water currents take full control. My boat, Leaky. With... Continue Reading →
There are times when the familiar cold hand reaches out to me, accompanied by a darkness in the skies of my mind. Like the disruptive friend who just doesn't seem to get the hint, no matter how blunt you make it, or maybe it is more like the uncomfortable yet obligatory visit of your parents... Continue Reading →
Reflection of a Ham 