Tag Archives: time

January

Posted on January 18, 2015 by theminstrelscitadel

The Sun hides and crystals that have piled up remain. Hidden or not, the mere presence of his shy face sends the squirrels hurling down tree trunks and skittering across the crusty surface of the snow. I have the window … Continue reading →

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the long adventure

Posted on December 11, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Stones are rounded by the caress of water, three hundred thousand years without me. I am so small. I am so big. I am just a speck on the page of this long adventure. To breathe in the dust of … Continue reading →

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One Note

Posted on April 14, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Keeping time with your breathing as our bones shake and our eyes close. Your wings your heart strings your flight and the way we hold fast to each other. The ivory keys were once tusks, mammoth and only a memory … Continue reading →

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Until We Dreamed It So

Posted on March 9, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

I had my eyes closed when I saw it, infinite space darkness so complete in the distance, we were points of light and we were spinning together, the same orbit, the same galaxy. Time was just beginning to burst into … Continue reading →

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The Absence Of Nectar

Posted on October 5, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

When the storm clouds roll in, whip the sea into a frenzy I will know it from my perch up on the mountain. The hummingbird is tossed by currents smaller than the wingspan of solitude, slower than the heartbeat of … Continue reading →

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Back In Under

Posted on August 23, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

The repetition of screeching to a halt but slamming into old familiar walls. I keep searching beyond curtains and grey matter, wading through muck and marrow, colliding with mammals whose mouths are ribbon striped dusty caverns, exquisitely shaped by wind … Continue reading →

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yearning

Posted on August 13, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

My heart, fragile as a laser carved eggshell, still beats. Beautiful, i know it is, yet taken for granted and only appreciated when it pounds against my chest or breaks. Why must I live this life I have chosen, indeed … Continue reading →

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