8050 Woman in Love
[by S. David] [art by Bayou Faiza]

And they pervade
Your body
Your being
Your posture
Your carriage
Your face
When emotions
Run strong
Run hot
There is
A set
To a person
Others
Some others
Can see
Perhaps it is
That mysterious
Body glow
And here
In the pool
In the bath
He looked
At her back
And he knew
She was yes
She was
In love
But was it
With him

29§ [Orig 11/29/09] http://fazou.webs.com/apps/photos/

8038 Perdida de la inocencia
[by S. David] [art by Julia Fernandez]

Time love
The toys
Put them aside
You’ve put
Your toes in
Kicked off
Your heels
Kicked up
Your heels
No no waste
And only in
A vestige
A loss of
Innocence
For you are
You are
And butterflies
Ecstatic
Butterflies
Flitter
Though
Tasted
You still
Taste
Of that
Joy that
Beguiled
Smile love
Bring me
You again
Found

31§ [Orig 11/16/09] http://buncut.ning.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=1ynb0wap3h8a5

8034 Child of War 1
[by S. David] [art by Bayou Faiza]

War
Which war
Any war
Since ideology
Reared
Its ugly head
Any war
And there is
Death
Maiming
Tears
Grief
Separation
But life reaches
Out must
Reaffirm
Itself and
Goodbyes
Passion
And children
And war
Strikes home
Winners
Losers
Children
Of the war
Any war
Maimed
Behold what
War has done
Let the architects
Fight
The wars

33§ [Orig 11/15/09] http://fazou.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=4863532

8014 Angel
[by S. David] [art by Kristina Carroll]

But she came
To earth
No it couldn’t
Have been on
A mission
From above
The God is
Not that cruel
No she must
Have come
On vacation
Fell in with
The wrong crowd
They must have
Converted her
Perverted her
Or was she
In reality
A human
A woman
Named ‘Angel’
On yes an Angel
Angel of
The Night
A sinning
Tattooed
Bitch who’ll
Spread and
Make you pay
To play
Or else
Or maybe
Just ‘or else’

33§ [Orig 10/27/09] http://www.kristinacarrollart.com/

8016 The Last Sunset
[by S. David] [art by Kristina Carroll]

The flow
The thrumming
The drumming
In her body
In her arteries
In her veins
Begins
She had fallen
She had loved
In nightdark
His home
His dwelling
Heavy drapes
Had blocked
The day
The light
She had stayed
A night
A day
And the lust
The sex
Too powerful
Too much
Lust
Blind Lust
He was in her
And caresses
And kisses
Became nibbles
Became a bite
And she left
Bleeding
Into her
Last sunset
She would be
She now was
His

36§ [Orig 10/27/09] http://www.kristinacarrollart.com/

8032 Separation
[by S. David] [art by Bayou Faiza]

The colors of life
Change
The colors of memory
Change
Apart
Not as if
It never was
But
The colors change
She looks back
What was warm
What was bright
Now blue
And life
Continues
They walked
Together
So long
Treading no
Dancing on
The Spiral Path
Together
Yellow bright
Red fire
And now
Apart
Separation
Alone in
Her thoughts
The colors
Changed

31§ [Orig 11/15/09] http://www.fazou.webs.com/

5598

Behind the Red Curtain 1
[by S. David] [art by Gregory Sanville]

Christ he was afraid
To really speak to her
Couldn’t open his heart
He knew her mother
Didn’t like him trust him
Worth a damn so before
They sat together on
The couch he went over
Pulled the red curtain open
Stepped back in amazed
Disgust sitting in the
Alcove behind the red
Curtain was her mother
He turned back to her
“Did you know” “No”
He took her arm said
“Let’s go let’s leave
Are you ready” and so
She left the house of
Her mother never turning
Back to see now there’s
Definitely a moral here
Somewhere if you
Find it out me know

24§ [Orig 2/05/07] http://gregorysanvillesart.tripod.com/id1.html

3128
The Goddess and the Sphinx
[by S. David] [art by Rich Buckler]

It was a meeting
Talked about for ages
Over the ages
Bastet she
Decided to
Go for tea
With the Sphinx
And so one fine day
They made
Themselves
Comfortable
On one of
Those worlds
That cater to
Such whims
A jolly time
Was had by both
So much so
They decided
To go for
A lope
Together
And a mighty
Run it was
Tired they took
Their ease on
A hot world
To get some
Sun in
Seeing them
So relaxed
Was such
A delight
I decided to keep
The memory

36§ [Orig 1/19/2005]http://www.richbuckler.com/

6711.1

Apocalyptic Dali: Memories of Egypt
[by S. David] [art by Rich Buckler]

Sex
Superiority
And shall we
Worship
The past
The beasts
Of the fields
Deify
The spirit
The archetypes
Without
Within
But what is
Does it mean
Does he mean
Ah sensuality
In dreams
In parts
And parts
And fingertips
Trace legs lips
Ah to kiss
But my eye
I see
And Dali
Remembered
Still
Remains

28§ [Orig 1/21/08]http://www.richbuckler.com/

6730

Asian
[by S. David] [art by Bienvenido Bones Banes]

Coming soon
On the block
On your block
New people
New stores
New tastes
New smells
New stories
And this
Neighborhood
Is changing
What’s new
Demographics
Change ethnic
Succession
Brooklyn
City of ethnics
And cosmopolitans
And the Japanese
The Chinese even
Tibetans find
New lives here
Indians east now
The west a while
Back but
Neighborhoods
Change some
Become Russian
Some Asian
Always new
Things to learn

31§.1[Orig 1/27/08]http://www.welcomebones666artworld.trilogistick.com/index.php?id=home

3243

Incantation [1]
[by S. David] [art by Daniel Victor]

Aye, they’re witches
Young ones, I could tell,
Their bodies firm,
Juicy, worth dwelling
On, even in, if you’re
One such as I. They
Came that night to
The forest to work
An incantation, deep
Spells to call forth
A denizen of the
Seventh Plane, why?
I was not sure for
A time, but I did
Observe the beginning
Workings, almost
From the start. Naturally,
It was after the very
First spell when they
Undressed and brought
Up the green mist
That I became aware
That they were there,
Trespassing on my land.
At their third spell, I
Took control, took control
Of them and rode
Each one hard and
Long until their bodies
Could orgasm no longer.
In turn, I let each
One rest then took
Them again. They should
Learn to ask an Unseleighe
Lord before they attempt
To use his land.

36§ [Orig 02/09/05]
http://danielvictor.net/huiles.htm

7772

Conceiving
[by S. David] [art by Anna Ravliuc]

Doorway between
Two dimensions
Two realities
More like between
Fantasy and
Reality
But the Veil
Was thin
And exploding
Into another
World
As if
The door way
Was a womb
Birthing
Full formed
They left
They entered
Snorting in
The new air
Their like
Only stories
From myth
And legend
And one by one
The herd came to
Looked into
An artist’s
Cabin
An artist’s
Forest retreat
Then with neighs
And a flashing
Of tails
The unicorns
Trotted off

36§ [Orig 5/26/09]

http://www.artcrematorium.com/news.html

7842

Music from Other’s Youth
[by S. David] [art by Anna Ravluic]

Old man
What do you
Want from them
So young
Old dog
Prowling
Sniffing
Ah but they are
So alive
So fresh
So vibrant
So bright
So naïve
What do I want
When I look
When I see
When I speak
Why
Their music
Of course
Their music
Brings me
Alive
Refreshed
Renewed
What do I want
Their smile
Their touch
Their music
For me

30§ [Orig 7/11/09]

http://www.artcrematorium.com/index_intro.html

7665

Conspiracy of Pleasure
[by S. David] [art by Anna Ravliuc]

What
You’d have me
Remember
Remember
Hot blood
In me
Glowing skin
Deep seeing eyes
This is what
You’d have me
Remember
And the sound
Of your voice
A conspiracy
With
My memories
To return me
To life
Why
So that
I would touch
Your body
Only
To have you
Disappear
Again

26§ [Orig 3/18/09]

http://www.artcrematorium.com/index_intro.html

8028

Passion
[by S. David] [art by Julia Fernandez]

Come sit with me
Have some coffee
Breathe deep
Listen
He lied
He was an actor
An observer
He did not love
Another was
In his mind
With every act
Of passion
Oh here and
There lust
Even some
Tenderness
But it was
Not you
Another
Even as
He was in you
This is true
He wanted
My woman
Even as
I wanted you
I know
We spoke
He speaks
With her now
Even as I you
And all of us
We may lose

33§ [Orig 11/08/09]

http://www.pinturasjulia.net/

7455.1

Energia Positiva
[by S. David] [art by Julia Fernandez]

In tune with
The night
In tune with
The body
Her body
Pulsing
Energy
So strong
Calling from her
Calling me
She awaits
She wants
She needs
She
So ready
The passion
The energy
Pours from her
Calling
Calling me
My eyes see
My body readies
This is
A reality
This is
Reality

26§ [Orig 11/24/08]
26§ [Rev 12/24/09]

http://www.pinturasjulia.net/

7444

Eve
[by S. David] [art by Julia Fernandez]

And all symbols
All images
Merged
Into the vision
She became
My All
The fruit
I ate
The snake
That seduced
That swallowed
Me
My seductress
My tree
I learned of
Good and
Evil
As all became
One
My eyes
Opened
As I
Emerged
From her

24§ [Orig 11/17/08]

http://www.pinturasjulia.net/

8025
I Watched with Sad Eyes
While the Earth Burned
[by S. David] [art by Lavinia Young]

It was our world
A reality
We had created
And I knew then
It would stand
I was wrong
Wrong of course
For only
In dreams
Did it flourish
We separated
Why
So many reasons
I turned
As I was leaving
And saw you
Shorn of all
Your glory
I watched you
With sad eyes
While
The earth burned
Our reality
Destroyed
By us
Both

26§ [Orig 11/08/09]

http://buncut.ning.com/profile/LaviniaYoung

7951

Into the Light
[by S. David] [art by Lavinia Young]

I took her
By the hand
Led her out
From the party
We had met
There talked there
Long deep
There was no
Argument
When I took
Her hand
We went to
A quiet pub
Talked more
Then she took
My hand led me
To her place
Led me into
The light not
The dark

20§ [Orig 9/05/09]


http://buncut.ning.com/profile/LaviniaYoung

8065

Kalmarslott
[by S. David] [art by Dina Brodsky]

Three four steps
And I’ll cross
Into this night
The hid moonlight
Taking me
Certainly
Another place
A different world
Over there
On my left
A castle
Before me
A lake
Just a few
Steps and
I’ll be there
Strange
But I feel
Strange too
Ah and there’s
Such dark
Beauty in
This night
Before me
A few steps
Three four
I’ll be there
Will you
Miss me

29§ [Orig 12/11/09]

http://www.dinabrodsky.com/id75.html

7464

Pilgrimage
[by S. David] [art by Dina Brodsky]

An ostrich
Walks down
A forested
A green path
It doesn’t
Belong there
But it is
Whose fantasy
Whose symbolism
Where can it
Stop plant itself
So that it won’t
See what it can’t
Accept and
How often
Do you feel
Out of place
A pretty world
Almost lush
And you know
You don’t
Belong
But
There you are
Anyway
On a pilgrimage
To find
Your place

28§ [Orig 11/29/08]

http://www.dinabrodsky.com/id75.html

7438

To Fly Free
[by S. David] [art by Dina Brodsky]

Not caged
Not trapped
Perched
Choosing
Memories
Wings beginning
To open
To spread
For the thought
Becomes heavy
Her picture
On the wall
Always seen
Beginning
To tire
To get old
Flexing
Time
Time soon
To fly free

20§ [Orig 11/13/08]

http://www.dinabrodsky.com/id75.html

6869
Broken
[by S. David] [art by Daniel Victor]

And the toy
It walked
It talked
And did silly
Things and
The youngling
Played and
Played let it
Do those things
Youth is gawky
Youth is clumsy
And the toy
Was broken
A tear a sigh
A keening sound
A mournful sound
And sadness
And the youngling
Knew pain inside
Though it tried
It could not
Fix its pet
Human being

23§ [Orig 3/06/08]

http://danielvictor.net/index2.htm

3604
Succubus [1]
[by S. David] [art by Daniel Victor]

I know where I’m
Headed according
To your lights
So do you mind
If I get in a
Little tonight
I need the ecstasy
Of the exhaustion
Of my body
My flesh
And since you’re
Not so interested
I’ll just have to
Call out from Hell
A succubus
She’ll take care
Of my needs
I’ll pay the bill
When I get there


19§ [Orig 6/27/05]

http://danielvictor.net/index2.htm

3247.1

La Beauté du Diable [1]
[by S. David] [art by Daniel Victor]

Dark
With flaming lips
And piercing stare
A haunting beauty
Of His own
A magnetism that
Causes men and
Both to stare and
Then mesmerized
They yield and
Kneel humbly
To the very Devil
Himself
Too few
Can withstand
His looks
His silky voice
His sly words
He is
After all
An Angel
Fallen yes
But an Angel
For all that

13§ [Orig 2/22/05]
24§ [Alt 12/20/09]

http://danielvictor.net/index2.htm

6312
Serene Demons
[by S. David] [art by Darcy Merante]

Well done
I say
Well done
And now
Take your rest
In the warmth
And the glow
Of the fires
Of Hell
You’ve given
The world above
A solid blow
And each of you
Contributed well

So they were told
So these demons
Rested so serene
In the bowels
Of Hell


19§ [Orig 9/23/07] http://www.darcymerante.com/

5034

The Death of the Lady’s Man 2
[by S. David] [art by Chuchumuru (Carlos Cortes)]

He was a rue
He was a rake
A Don Juan
A Casanova
Dashing magnetic
Energetic once
He approached
A woman she
Would could not
Leave him alone
He did not spend
Many nights alone
And a juggler
So many at once
Until he was found out
Until he was found
And now some of the
Many having compared
Lives celebrate like
The Baptist his head
Lies on a platter
Jealousy is a
Powerful emotion
Hate is another
They cloud reason
Though not vengeance


26§[Orig8/21/06]http://au.artmajeur.com/index.php?go=artworks/display_list_artworks&login=cortes

7522
The Moon Can Give Testimony Only
[by S. David] [art by Pari Ravan]

There were stories
There was a history
Now nothing
Only ruins
What had been
A house
A manor
Where the plain
Ran down
To the sea
Ruins
The moon knows
No one hears now
Nor even sees now
And the moon
Can give
Testimony
Only
To the night

19§ [Orig 12/30/08] http://www.pariravan.de/en/main.html

6529

Vast Universe
[by S. David] [art by Audrey Frank Anastasi]

What in the night
Frightens
Think
Of the world
So large
It appears
As you face it and
The immensity
Of night
The forest
Sounds
That haunt
That trick
The mind
Into fears
Of what
A clearing
In truth
All is relative
To the vast universe
This is
A small world
Yes to you
Large
To a mouse
Infinite

26§ [Orig 12/03/07] http://audreyanastasi.com/

6240

The Invisible Woman
[by S. David] [art by Julie Unruh]

Back and forth
And she chooses
What she will be
Crossing that bridge
Both ways and then
Was it a broken heart
Or something else
There was a change
Found herself feeling
Invisible to everyone
Else let’s not get
Into the psychology
Accept her
Determination
So now she’s ready
To play arsonist burn
Her bridges behind her
She can try

18§ [Orig 8/28/07]

http://www.julieunruh.org

1847 Mictlancihuatl [1]
[by S. David] [art by Arturo Macias]

Was I not born
To die
Again
And again
My bodies
Lie in
Become earth
And
Again
And again
My Spirit
Leaves
Returns
To the One
My Soul
Flies free
Again
And again
Returns
Rebirth
Another life
Another body
Awaits
Mictlancihuatl


24§ [Orig 8/07/03] http://www.zihrena.com/ixchelm/women.html

4255
Saga [part 1] 1
[by S. David] [art by Michael Cheval]

Attend! Hear! Obey!
Wyrd Sisters take up this decree!
Let Spirit animate flesh!
Let there be a new home
For this Soul!
Let it infuse a body!
Flood a mind!
Time and again
A new thread
In the tapestry
Another interweaving
Let this story commence
Let the saga continue

She haunts me still
She haunted me then
She haunts me now
This is a tale that
Does not will not
And perhaps cannot end
And we are both
Cursed to keep fragments
Of memories a scene
A cameo a moment
In time all interwoven
Into the linked tapestries
Of our Souls

From the high plains
Before the Sarasvati
Disappeared they came
And our first chapter
Was laid down she and I
And then across miles
And time our tale
Continues Pharonic Egypt
Many more centuries
The forests of Gaul
Again time now to
The North and Viking we
Still intersect interweave



39§ [Orig 12/02/05] http://chevalfineart.com/gallery/illusions/

7484
Practical Mythology 4
[by S. David] [art by Michael Cheval]

So he nodded off
Drifted into
Light sleep
And dreams
Raced through
His mind
Hurrying
Scurrying
Before he woke
And she came
Springing full
Grown
Like Athena
More like Sin
Appealing
Temping
In and of
Herself
To be worshipped
And he built
A world
Around her
Vested powers
In her
Powers over
Himself
Though he
Was walking
Among Gods
Walking to her
In adoration
Shameless
Adoration
And he fell
Forward
Before her
Worshipped
Awoke
Refreshed

39§ [Orig 12/10/08] http://chevalfineart.com/

3644

March of the Lonely Hearts [1]
[by S. David] [art by Michael Cheval]

Not I
But I play
For thee
In thy multitudes
That line
To dance
To my accordion’s
Sad music
For love is
On my lap
Her my arms
Surround
And the Gods approve
But thee
Thou lonely hearts
That dance
A march
Through this
World
This mansion
Of beauty
The Gods Willed
To us
Alone
This life
Alone
In line
One behind
Another
Alone

30§ [Orig 7/3/05] http://chevalfineart.com/

5648

Nocturne 5
[by S. David] [art by Michael Cheval]

And Fate is a joker
A teller of tales
A singer of songs
One in Three
Three in One
Which of the Sisters
Do you give
The name
Depends on what
You believe and
What you know
The Three sisters
Or the One
Whatever
Or Name Her
A Name
A title
A concept
But always
A ’She’
A puppeteer
If you will
What do we
What does she
Know of ‘Free Will’
Coincidence
Synchronicity
Lift your glass
Raise a toast
All dance to
The Piper’s tune
And strings that
Lead us our lives
To that dance and
Perhaps romance

35§ [Orig 2/20/07] http://chevalfineart.com/

6442

Inanna
[by S. David] [art by Josephine Maisonet]

Danger
Danger
Danger
Inanna’s
On the loose
On the prowl
Again
She’s looking
She’s hot
She’s the pickup
Queen
Inflaming
Men and boys
Goddess
Of lust
And war
She intoxicates
Men
To riot
To battle
She takes on
Entire armies
Takes in
The men
Each leaving
Satisfied
Each contributing
His seed
For a next
Generation
Of warriors

31§ [Orig 11/06/07] http://www.josephinemaisonet.com/html_pages/MythicalGoddesses/mythic.html

6959

Surfing the Third Rail
[by S. David] [art by Dennis W Bernhardt]

Play with danger
It’s sharp
Gets the blood
Flowing we say
The adrenalin
Pumping
And it takes
A fine balance
To keep from
Being dead
But what a thrill
Playing
On the third rail
Surfing
Balancing
Death
Cheating

17§ [Orig 3/31/08] http://www.bernhardtsculptor.com/figurative.php

6955

The Nerve System
[by S. David] [art by Logan Hicks]

So I’m down again
Here in the underbelly
Of the city the nerve
System and it was
Everyday the same
Thing back then
The Brighton to
The Canarsie line
And school high
School First Avenue
And my friends coming
From all over most
Getting off Union
Square molecules
Traveling to the brain
High school brain trust
And we earned it
Exciting the city number
One years of reputation
Traveling with white
Blue collar workers daily
But we were the brain
Trust of the nerve
System riding the train
The subway that made
New York one and
Number one

27§ [Orig 3/31/08] http://www.loganhicks.com/

7662

Drowned Cathedral
[by S. David] [art by Brigid Marlin]

Come let us go
Seek the time before
Time when man
Fully formed was
Young when the world
Was not as it is
The age before the age
Before the last
Ice age when
The very land was
Different before
The seas took
Into their bosom
A world that only
Legend now knows
Atlantis Mu and
The Mediterranean
Had not appeared
Great works by
The hand of man
Have since dis-
-appeared and Ys
Is no more
Still when the sun
Strikes the sea
At strange angles
Light is cast upon
The seabed
Passing through
Once windows
Of a drowned
Cathedral fish
Swim through
Works that time
Finally overcame

35§ [Orig 3/17/09] http://www.brigidmarlin.com/

7436

Ancient Future
[by S. David] [art by Olga Spiegel]

Have courage
Walk into
Your dreams
Coffee fueled
Exhausted sleep
Where buildings
Stutter
Porticos come
And stay
From days
You did
Not know
Elements
Suggested
By fantasies
Robots and
Strange biologies
And you look
Into your futures
Create passwords
To recall
Your dreams
The hell with
Sanity
You can live it
Days of
Ancient
Futures
Whatever
World
You choose

31§ [Orig 11/13/08] http://www.olgaspiegel.com/

7707

Genevieve
[by S. David] [art by Lauren Mills]

Will you
Miss me
Darling
In fall
As the chill
Begins
In winter
When you
Sleep alone
In spring
As life
Begins again
Will you
Miss me
Darling
For I’m leaving
Now a far
Shore calls
Will you
Miss me

20§ [Orig 4/21/09] http://www.laurenmillsart.com/

7689

The Monk’s Torments
[by S. David] [art by Olivier Zappelli]

Memories
The Lord
Death women
And more
Hold witness
Against you
And they
Haunt you
Taunt you
And you
Can’t run
They ‘re there
Part of you
So you wake
And you had
Dreamed one or
Another or
More and
You can’t
Juggle your way
Out so you
Sweat
Still
They are
Now daylight
And still
They are
Before your
Eyes torment
Torment
You turn
To self
Flagellation
And still
No
Now what

36§ [Orig 4/07/09] http://www.zappelli.ch/page22/page22.html

5273

Angels on my Shoulders 2
[by S. David] [art by Miguel Tio]

Really they’re there
Worse than the ghosts
That sometimes haunt me
Now I have to deal with
Angels of the Light
And of the Dark my choice
They say I must chose
But I don’t want to
I want to let things be
And for a change be
Passive receptive be
Acted upon not the one
That takes the lead
Let it be her not me
A relationship what else
I’m tired of pushing and
I’m trying to convince
These angels to stop
Harassing me let the
Woman choose
This time go away
I don’t need these
Angels on my shoulders


21§ [Orig 10/29/06] http://www.migueltio.com/English/Home%20page%20English/Home%20page%20English.htm

7598

Haunted Room
[by S. David] [art by Miguel Tio]

Trusting
A promise is
A promise and
His word
He always kept
And so
She believed
And so
She waited
And so
She grew old
Awaiting
His return
Dead
He died
In the war
She never
Heard
She was not
Next of Kin
And they
Never knew
About her
And so
She sits
Waiting
Dead
Long ago
Still
She sits
Waiting

31§ [Orig 2/03/09] http://www.migueltio.com/English/Home%20page%20English/Home%20page%20English.htm

7570

Return of the Cheshire Cat
[by S. David] [art by Frank Krasicki]

Last seen
Leaving its smile
Behind
After posing
Questions of
Ill-repute
Philosophizing
On living life
Why not fantasy
But now behold
The Dreamer
Dreams again
On the road again
The road goes on
Again
To when to where
And there in space
In a new place
Without trees
The air shimmers
A glimmer of
Sparkling
White flashes
And a smile
Is born reborn
In the air
Though
Nothing is there
But teeth meet
Lips appear
Drawn up into
The notorious
The glorious
Smile we
Remembered

35§ [Orig 1/23/09] http://arttube.blogspot.com/ See Frank's Feb 15, 2009 post for his comments on the poem

7638

Metamorphose
[by S. David] [art by Beatrice Burel]

Change
Growth
Perhaps
Just perhaps
Maturity
Sharp edges
Once so
Present
Once so
Prevalent
Slowly
Dissolving
Disappearing
A logic
A consistency
Is demanding
Recognition
Acceptance
Superiority
Control
And she did
Not like
The way
Her life was
Spinning
Out of
Non-control
She found
Herself
Actually
Planning
For her future

32§ [Orig 2/28/09] http://www.beatriceburel.com/

5776

World Gone Wrong
[by S. David] [art by Joel Carpenter]

I looked at her
And I knew
So wounded
Her entire world
Gone wrong
It was written
In how she
Carried herself
It was written
On her face
She wasn’t a loser
She had lost
I watched a dude
Pick her up
No surprise there

15§ [Orig 3/27/07]http://www.brooklynartproject.com/profile/JoelCarpenter

5328

The Trip of Infinite Steps 1
[by S. David] [art by Maria de Echevarria]

To be that which
You wish to be
A long journey
And the path is
Not always straight
Nor so narrow many
Branches many choices
Loom up in front of you

And she pressed
Forward upon
Her chosen road
No guideposts
Save from within
And every decision
She made she
Believed carried her
Onwards on her trip

She was so careful
Yet never seemed
To arrive where she
Thought her Path
Would lead though
Her steps were small
And infinitely many


24§ [Orig 11/15/06] http://www.mariadeechevarria.com/

1752

Me, Talking to Myself in a Ray of Light
[by S. David] [art by Richard Gins]

It finally happened
To me too.
Too many of my friends
Were
This way already,
But,
Now, it reached me too,
For I just can’t seem
To find someone with
A willing ear,
I mean someone, female, new.
The guys have heard it, know it,
Live it themselves, yeah, they’re
Doing it too, so they say.
Anyway,
It was a cloudy, funky
Kind of day,
I was standing outside,
Trying to figure it out,
Talk myself through,
Out loud, it seems.
Finally made some decisions
When,
Well, the Gods must have
Approved, the clouds
Parted a space and
If anyone had come along,
They’d have seen
Me, talking to myself
In a ray of light.


30§ [Orig 6/28/03] http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=creativityking&view=videos OR http://www.brooklynartproject.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=335v1tz48pteu

1468

Legs and a High Skirt
[by S. David] [art by Richard Gins]

She
Finally decided
She
Wasn’t as ugly as
She
Thought she was. Everybody says
She
Has great legs, a great body and
She’s
Good to look at, so
She’s
Taking the risk to show the world.
She’s
Coming out of her shell.
She’s
Put herself on display.
She’s
Actually having fun.
She’s
Enjoying the looks men give
Her.


21§ [Orig 2/02/03] http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=creativityking&view=videos OR http://www.brooklynartproject.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=335v1tz48pteu