phoenix

You are about to experience a rebirth -- about to be given another chance, a new lease on life.
You have persevered, gone the distance through an entire cycle -- through the Spring of hope or new passion, through a Summer of growth and building, only to be sacrificed like the archetypal Harvest King at the Autumn reaping.
You lie dormant like seed beneath Winter snows now, healing and absorbing new energies in preparation for the new young Spring coming shortly to your life

Hexagram 24 Fu - Return

i(t)ching to know

The showdown comes, with the opponents too evenly matched.
Just as all hopes of survival are dashed, three strangers appear.
They will tip the scales in favor of the contender who recognizes them for what they are.

Taking your post in the sand, ceaselessly watching the far shore for enemy movements, you must endure the taunts and contempt of your comrades.
Good fortune in the end.

No trouble in sight, but vague anxieties about what lies beyond the horizon.
Whether real or not, the threat has already won your peace of mind.

morning drives

I woke up missing you,
my body insisting
that you be here beside me

My ears were ringing with the whispers
leaving me as a drifter
in the wind
trying to catch the wisps
of your laugh upon the drafts
until I fell upon a patch
of earth as dry and warm
as your embrace during a storm of me.

The morning smelled like long drives
and so, filled me with long sighs
of what it would be like
to drive away
with you.

Turtles

Feeling used and abused, and genuinely insane..
Am I too straightforward to live this world?  There are so many masks and illusions, and while, yes I did wear my mask to hide fear, I never realized that sometimes, I WAS a mask.

You heartless goons, depravity scum, why.. Am I a shell to be put on for your pleasure?

timid

Don't talk with me, if you ain't gonna walk with me,
because I'm on the move and looking to improve,
and if you live the way you should, that's good!
that's great, but I wanna grow at a fast-paced rate,
if you looking for a date, I ain't your mate.

Don't talk the fluff if you haven't done enough,
I'm a being of action, no more words
can scourge the deck of neglect
so jump that plank
and thank
the gods for an ocean
to be drunk.