Ana Lien

When You Yell

analien — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:33:49 +0000

When you yell I slip
far downdowndown
until I’m almost out.
When you yellyellyell
you make me want
to join a silent cult.
I will not be sucked
up by the sound
of yellyellyell–I’ll be
lured by soft and clear and true
to a place where my ears
don’t need muffs.

Crying

analien — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:01:46 +0000

How do you know when crying is rain
that wets the dry soil for new flowers?
How do you know when crying’s a flood
that drowns the doubtful and the hopeless?
And what about the doomed?
What about the doomed?
What’s the last wish of the doomed?

When stars were enough

analien — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:56:18 +0000

When stars were enough
exhaustion was sweet.
Pining and pain
were eclipsed.

Heroic vs. Zeroic

analien — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:42:43 +0000

Keeping up hope
in the form
of a schedule.

Continuing.

Mixed.

analien — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:29:26 +0000

“You knew your angels loved you
but you also knew they would leave
someone they could not save.”

From “The Silence” by Philip Schultz

Happiness

analien — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:57:41 +0000

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” –Mohandas Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948)

Mordant Red

analien — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:42:28 +0000

Alizarin is derived
from the root
of the madder plant.

Genie Bottle Rage

analien — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:22:20 +0000

Encapsulated crimson.
If red could kill
it might.

Too Gnawed

analien — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:19:56 +0000

Sometimes I answer my cell and let
the voices of madness chew me
until my skin exposes bone
and my marrow shouts:
hey, put some clothes on!

On Second Thought

analien — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:24:04 +0000

Crashing into a tree does not
seem like a peaceful resolution.