You dance
in prismatic arrays
of glimmers.
Light
drawn to you
and bending
at your beauty.
– matt at shadow of iris
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Obligations of the heart
a spell written deep
released
as you bring your warm face
staggeringly near
and whisper
my hidden name.
– matt at shadow of iris
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Skeletons
could care less
if they drop jars of jelly
onto supermarket floors
after all
what's broken glass
to a skeleton?
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First here
then there
the same spot
reappearing;
time wrinkled
and straightened out again;
a conjuration
nature demurring
a stumble
coming at me
like a warm breath
on a cold day
and just for a moment
you are here –
with me again
one last time.
– matt at shadow of iris
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A charm
formed into a construct
cobbled together
from the remains
of tampered time
left in your wake
as you pass near
and leave me
grasping
at the remains
of your presence.
– matt at shadow of iris
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Unusual
intriguing
largely unknown
droll
dwarves
that flit about
at night
largely unseen
panning for
fallen star dust
in places
where
little girls have cried
and left a trail
of tears that sparkle
only in the twilight.
– matt at shadow of iris
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Small gentle waves
on a beach far away
crashing
one at a time
to a rhythm more ancient
than the first drop
of life
in a small pool
long ago.
A small word
finding itself
in a big sentence
young awkward legs
trying to stand
walk
run
out the door
into the world.
Pricks of light
that illuminate the night
guide me
past ancient places
where once life thrived
but now nothing grows;
old empty houses
a hallowed out city
where once a busy folk lived
confident
in their own
inevitability.
– matt at shadow of iris
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If the you that reads
is not the you that writes
then does anyone really write
only for themselves
or is it that they write
not to be read?
– matt at shadow of iris
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Lines
written across a divide
that seeps into eternity
and holds me there
entranced
until the end.
Words
awakening spirits
that call me out
and tell me
what I should have known
all along.
Tiny little flowers
shivering in the wind
and little insects
scattering
at the first drop of rain
as it crashes
on to the tiny leaves
of a thirsty
four leaf clover.
– matt at shadow of iris
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You don’t see them
but unknown to mainstream media
large black invisible spiders
have begun to take over our planet;
these spiders cast webs
over our faces
creating a feeling of serenity
and passive acceptance
hence our only desire
to vote for mainstream political parties
to watch banal TV programs
and unbeknown to us
to eat plump flies
in the dead of night
while we sleep.
– matt at shadow of iris
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