Saturday, April 5, 2008

Shadows, Ghosts, Flashes of Light, & Other Tricks Your Eyes Play On You

I swear I saw you
just yesterday
You were dressed in black from head to toe
and walked beside me
As I turned to say "Good Morning.."
You disappeared
And I thought..."How rude."
Quite elusive
I vowed to catch you the next time I saw you
Only the next time
I couldn't see you at all
I only felt your touch
as you moved the hair away from my neck
your warm breath sent chills down my spine
a shiver through my body
but a jumpstart to my heart
my blood flowed like hot lava
I closed my eyes
Next time.....
next time, I vowed to hold on to you
But it was not to be
A flash of light
out of the corner of me eye
was all you gave to me
Clever
You snap me back from my daydream
and into the reality of my life
the bright light awakens me
and helps me see a new path
And I vow
Next time........


Until then...Thank YOU.

191 comments:

Anonymous said...

Morning!!

sdock10 said...

Morning!!!

Anonymous said...

morning!

Anonymous said...

mustard!!!!!!

have great saturdays everyone!

Anonymous said...

You too, FASC!

Everyone have a great Saturday! I'm off for a while, so I'll see you all sometime later.

Stay safe, have fun, and listen to la musica!

Later, dudettes.

Smoke said...

I wanna see a scary movie today. What the hell is playing at the movies?

Absolutely nothing. >_<

Have a great Saturday!
See you all later!

Anonymous said...

Nice, Solly!

How are you guys today?

Today is a weird day for me. But I'm going out shopping with my Mom, my cousin and the Boychild so it should turn out to be a nice day. :)

Hope to catch you guys later!

Anonymous said...

Sdock?

Everything snazzy?

sdock10 said...

Yeah, I figured...why make a new post...there were only 9 comments on the last one.

I might pull a Mayo and leave it up for the next 4 days.

Anonymous said...

Hot damn! You'll be a mighty popular person! ;)


So, spring cleaning, eh? I soooo need to be doing that.

sdock10 said...

Yeah, I might spew it all over the porch or indoors so look out!

Anonymous said...

I have my hard hat ready!

Let 'er rip!

sdock10 said...

sdock10 said...
Oh, give me time, Mustard...I want you to spew too. mmmkay?

It doesn't matter if it makes sense or not.


Damnit, this was supposed to be over here...not waaaaaay over there.

Anonymous said...

Okay, I'm here!

Anonymous said...

Honestly, where is that meffer? I'm having withdrawals.

farawaysoclose said...

hi guys!!

i'd quite like to make the 5000 comments though??!!

farawaysoclose said...

which it won't! new mayo!

sdock10 said...

*yawns, stretches, plops down on the swing*

Smoke said...

*runs up behind Solly and flips her out of the swing*

HA! Gotcha!

sdock10 said...

You are so mean!

MissTottenham said...

Hi ladies, room for one more?

sdock10 said...

So WTF? How many of you have read the Mayo post at least 42 times already raise your hand?

*raises both hands*

sdock10 said...

Yes ma'am, there sure is.

resurrected wreck said...

Any idea on the new post?

I'm lost, as always.

Smoke said...

Me, too, RW.

O_O

MissTottenham said...

Hi solly babes.

I don't understand poetry, never have and never will.

Anonymous said...

Damn, sorry guys.


I just accidentally went deep at Mayo's. Pretty cool to think about though. :)

I only have an hour, then I'll be back after that.

resurrected wreck said...

Is the poem one of Mayo's, or is he quoting someone else's work?

Anonymous said...

I'd venture a guess that it's one of his.

Smoke said...

I dunno, RW.

MissTottenham said...

I would never be able to even guess that much.

sdock10 said...

Well, it's one of those posts that I'm not sure I get but I think I do but I don't know why I think I do...make sense? Uh no, no it does not.

sdock10 said...

I think I get the 2nd part but not sure about the rest...the title, the title, the first part, or the ps....woo hoo for me!

resurrected wreck said...

I'm not a fan of the cryptics.

sdock10 said...

Hmmmm...well, I just keep reading it over and over.

MissTottenham said...

I read it, go "Nope, don't get it" and walk away.

Going over it makes my head hurt.

Anonymous said...

i think i get the ps. i think solly should get it as well but i may be wrong.

cant stay, doing work on computer and on aim.

catch you later

sdock10 said...

hhahaha, but does it make you feel anything, missT?

Anonymous said...

I only get the image.

What I said at Mayo's is how I pictured it and how it made me feel.

What he meant by it, I don't really know.

sdock10 said...

I get the images, but I'm also getting a lot of mixed meanings behind the images and words.

Hard to sort them all out.

MissTottenham said...

See you later fimmy.

It only makes me feel confused solly.

resurrected wreck said...

Anyone else's radar going off re: that anon at Mayo's right now?

Smoke said...

O_O

resurrected wreck said...

0_0

Right back at ya, S&V!

resurrected wreck said...

SS, do you think? Or Mayo in disguise?

MissTottenham said...

Not sure.

resurrected wreck said...

Me neither. Doesn't sound like the usual anon, though.

MissTottenham said...

I agree, but does it sound like mayo.

A bit too chatty I think. Mayo never says that much in one go.

resurrected wreck said...

Mayo logged in in blue never says that much.

But Mayo as an anon? Maybe.

Smoke said...

Doesn't sound like the usual, right? O_O

MissTottenham said...

Maybe RW.


Or as Princess says, Oer.

resurrected wreck said...

Lol!

sdock10 said...

Well it was someone calling people by their whole names, so umm I dunno. Strange, but I like it! I like interesting convo's!

resurrected wreck said...

It was making me cranky for some reason. The love convo, I mean, though I'm not sure why. I bailed so that I wouldn't spoil it for everyone else there.

MissTottenham said...

It's nice when a good convo gets going.

Makes people stop arguing for a while.

sdock10 said...

Now, I am going to eat my supper..yum yum...brb!

resurrected wreck said...

Enjoy, Sdock! :D

MissTottenham said...

Bring some for me solly.


RW, I know what you mean. I wasn't in the mood somehow so I stayed out of it too apart from my one Egyptian reference.

resurrected wreck said...

I guess it irks me to have the idea presented to me that love's validity is somehow based on the notion that it's more real if it resides outside of the consciousness.

MissTottenham said...

It's just the subject of love full stop. If you aren't in the mood.

MissTottenham said...

Bugger, I've been drawn in.

resurrected wreck said...

Speaking personally, there's always been a moment when I find myself falling for someone where I ask myself if I'm willing to face the risks involved in loving this person.

Knowing the possible dangers and proceeding anyway... that's more romantic to me than the thought that I have absolutely no control over it.

resurrected wreck said...

Bugger, I've been drawn in.

Oh no, Miss T!

I thought I wasn't going to discuss it either, yet here I am :/

MissTottenham said...

LOL RW.

I agree though, it is romantic to actually have thought about it and choosen to go ahead whatever the risks.

Smoke said...

Well, I ♥ you, MissT and you, RW.

O_O

There.

Now feel the meffin' love. ^_^

MissTottenham said...

I ♥ you too princess.


I feel it, I feel the love.

Smoke said...

You was #69, too.

Just so you know. Whoop! Whoop!

MissTottenham said...

#69 dude ha ha ha ha ha!

sdock10 said...

Wassup? I don't want to wash dishes.

Smoke said...

Then don't. ^_^

resurrected wreck said...

Princess = love :)

Smoke said...

Leave them there all week and make dude do it when he gets home.

BWAH!

Smoke said...

Hee-hee!

MissTottenham said...

Listen to the princess.

MissTottenham said...

If you don't wanna wash em, smash them all then buy new ones.

sdock10 said...

Awwh, you guys, I have to wash em.

resurrected wreck said...

I like Miss T's suggestion.

MissTottenham said...

Use paper ones then you never need to wash em.

resurrected wreck said...

Paper ones don't smash as nicely as the regular kind.

sdock10 said...

Well, I had run out of paper plates, and besides I had to use pots and pans to cook.

MissTottenham said...

Aw solly, you can lick them clean.

Smoke said...

Which reminds me, did I leave my spoon sitting on the desk beside the computer? O_O

MissTottenham said...

LOL princess.

sdock10 said...

Yes, yes you did.

Smoke said...

I thought about it on the way home.

Oops.

Ha!

It's Mayo's fault.

sdock10 said...

Yeah, totally...

Blame it on Mayo...

MissTottenham said...

It's all that bloody mayos fault, that's what I say.

Smoke said...

It really is. Everything is his fault.

Do you think if he causes my divorce, unemployment and possibe bankruptcy....I can file suit against him?

Can I hold him liable?

^_^

resurrected wreck said...

I think you could give it a shot, S&V!

MissTottenham said...

Without a doubt princess.

Smoke said...

Then he'd have no choice but to build me that castle in the sky and feed me grapes.

resurrected wreck said...

Peeled ones, naturally.

MissTottenham said...

With no pips.

resurrected wreck said...

I first read that as "no nips".

0_0

MissTottenham said...

Nope RW, you don't want them in your grapes either.

resurrected wreck said...

I might do!

sdock10 said...

*nom nom nom*

I just got through eating more ice cream.

Smoke said...

Ummmm, no nips! ^_^

resurrected wreck said...

Ice cream = love!

MissTottenham said...

LOL RW.



Yum ice cream. I love cookie dough flavour.




Anyway, I am off to bed as it is 1am here.

You ladies have a lovely night.
Goodnight all.

resurrected wreck said...

Night night, Miss T! :)

My fave ice cream is Hagen Daaz vanilla swiss almond - scrum!!

Anonymous said...

Back!

And pretty sure I missed everyone. :(

Smoke said...

Mustard! ^_^

Anonymous said...

Smoke!

RW!

Sdock, if you're here!


I totally missed half the conversation here while I was at Mayo's.

I dunno who that one was. It didn't feel like Mayo to me, but you know, you never know.

Smoke said...

I don't know either, Mustard.

resurrected wreck said...

Mustard!!

Anonymous said...

So, are we gonna paint the walls of DM pitchfork red?



I'm still trying to figure out this post, but I'm getting nothing. Did any of you come to any conclusions?

sdock10 said...

Mustard,

I've been taking this line by fucking line and it's still not coming together for me.

sdock10 said...

want me to paint the porch pitchfork red?

that might hurt our eyes though.

Smoke said...

Mustard,

What do you call the little thing that you put on a guitar to hold a certain key down. It clips on, do you know?

Anonymous said...

AIM

resurrected wreck said...

I haven't got a frickin' clue, Mustard :/

I sometimes wonder if we're even supposed to get all the posts. Maybe this one was meant for one specific person to understand.

resurrected wreck said...

FIRE?

Anonymous said...

I don't know either. He always speaks in metaphors to me even if he's being literal. It throws me off.


Sdock, you can paint them pitchfork red if you'd like, but I was actually referring to your morning comment about spewing. It made me think of spewing paint, you know, like painting the town red or sumthin'.

Anonymous said...

Bah, uh, is it a bridge or somethin' like that?

I don't know. I don't use one.

resurrected wreck said...

then rising full in the sky
for the time I hide away.


For the time I put on a mask/get in character?

Anonymous said...

RW, I think maybe so. Sometimes I think that's often the case, and then I feel bad for tearing it apart trying to find meaning.

sdock10 said...

Mustard,

Oooooooooooooooh, okay, duh....dude, I was totally thinking literal and I never think literally. WTF is up with that?

resurrected wreck said...

The p.s. sounds like he's on hold on the telephone.

resurrected wreck said...

slips through severed slats

Severed slats = venetian blinds?

Anonymous said...

Oooo, yeah! Didn't think of that.

Venetian blinds sounds good, or those bamboo blinds they make.

sdock10 said...

Go, RW....keep it flowing...you're like hot lava!

resurrected wreck said...

I'm grasping at straws, I fear, Solly!

Smoke said...

Capo! That's it! ^_^

resurrected wreck said...

catching sight by chance
announcing a worthy time


A billboard or marquee announcing some sort of entertainment?

sdock10 said...

WTF is CAPO?

Anonymous said...

then rising full in the sky
for the time I hide away.



I kinda saw this part as him actually hiding.

Like, "During the meantime, while I'm watching all of this, I'm hiding." Maybe in his thoughts or something.

Smoke said...

The little clippy thing that you can use on a guitar to hold a certain key down. Don't ask me, hell, this was Da Rake asking me.

He'd lost his.

resurrected wreck said...

while bringing rust to rhyme.

Some reference to older songs/lyrics or words?

Anonymous said...

Well, in the first stanza, it was catching sight off guard. That was when there was sunlight.

In the second stanza when it's nighttime and the moon is out, it's catching sight by chance.


Why would anything be caught off guard in daylight?

Smoke said...

That's what I thought, RW.

resurrected wreck said...

(As we depart, we arrive.)

I think this is significant. But damned if I can make heads or tails out of it :/

Anonymous said...

Maybe he's burning his words?

sdock10 said...

In the daytime is when you pretend
and you make believe that everything is okay.

Anonymous said...

O_O


"I wouldn't burn my own house down."

Smoke said...

Snap.

Anonymous said...

In the daytime is when you pretend
and you make believe that everything is okay.


True.

And then nighttime, that's when shit catches up with you.

sdock10 said...

Mustard,

That was my first thought...the burning of his words....but then I thought maybe he doesnt want to think about something.

Anonymous said...

From lyric baring branches
pick the last pack of matches
and set alight this balefire
for grieving my darkest desire.



OR!

"From lyric baring branches, pick the last pack of matches..." Maybe the lyrics are the matches. Maybe the words are doing the igniting.

sdock10 said...

Mustard,

exactly...at night it all catches up with you and the truth comes out...it haunts you.

Smoke said...

That could be it. Hmmmmmm.....

Anonymous said...

Dude, that shit sings me to sleep. I need a muzzle is what I really need.

sdock10 said...

for grieving my darkest desire

hmmmm.....that's my favorite line

Anonymous said...

RW?!?! Where are you with your intelligence?


Fimble: I'm still working on it! Just a few more minutes!


Why does it always feel like it's the end with Mayo?

Smoke said...

Nah. Surely not.

sdock10 said...

No, I don't think so....not at all.

Anonymous said...

No, no! :)

I'm not saying it is at all. I'm just asking why it always feels like it's going to be the end.

Like RW said, this kind of feels like it's to someone else.

I immediately thought of that post when he was talking to the girl. Remember that one? And he was cold and sitting in the middle of the room?

That's what I thought of.

resurrected wreck said...

RW?!?! Where are you with your intelligence?

With my what? 0_0

resurrected wreck said...

Maybe he's burning his words?

Symbolically? You could be onto something there.

Smoke said...

Oh, yeah, I see what you're saying. I think sometimes it's not meant for us to figure out, ya know?

Which is good for me cuz I usually can't figure him out. ^_^

Anonymous said...

Smoke: Sometimes I think that, too. Sometimes I just let the post sit there and I draw what I can from it.


RW: How do you mean?

Anonymous said...

And also, what's the smashing of the glass got to do with this?

How does that play in?

resurrected wreck said...

RW: How do you mean?

Discarding old songs. Getting them out of his system, moving on.

Anonymous said...

Okay, yeah. I can see that.

Maybe he's trying to quit sing the same song, as it were. Yeah, I can see that.

resurrected wreck said...

The smashing of the glass reads to me like carnival games. You know, win a prize for knocking over the bottles.

Actually, this whole post feels of carnival/fairground to me.

Smoke said...

Okay, you guys keep working on this. I'll be back in a bit. ^_^

Anonymous said...

Bah!

RW, I think that's it. Here, look:

Until evening’s effulgence
slips through severed slats
catching sight by chance
announcing a worthy time
while bringing rust to rhyme.
From lyric baring branches
pick the last pack of matches
and set alight this balefire
for grieving my darkest desire.


It's nighttime, the moon's out and slipping through the venetian blinds (severed slats), and he realizes that that night, is the "worthy time." Tonight's the night to do this.

"While bringing rust to rhyme..." Think love letters/songs. Maybe he's written love songs or poetry to someone, someone he loves? Maybe he's crying? Having to let go of some memories, so I'm sure it's painful.

So, he uses the love notes/letters/poetry/songs to burn the thing down.

How's that?

Anonymous said...

Okay, Smoke! See you in a bit!

Anonymous said...

Maybe this is actually just a continuation of that other post.

Remember the one where he smashed all of the dishes?

resurrected wreck said...

I don't remember that one, Mustard. I am going to have to read back.

Anonymous said...

Here it is:

I spread out the cloth for the dishes to lay.
The chipped rims and faded patterns
of plates that held the sustenance
of our years, pulled from the hutch.
Once careful, I now slam them down hard.
And it feels good that way.
The sharp clink of ceramic
greater comfort than the quiet smooth edges.
I wrap the sharp and cold pieces for trash
swallowing more pride than food.

resurrected wreck said...

Mustard @ 9:06pm:

Could be!

To be honest, this post has me baffled.

resurrected wreck said...

Ah, okay. I remember that one now.

That one felt of a break with the past. Maybe this one is too?

Anonymous said...

Maybe so, it's kind of feeling like that.

So, maybe he's letting go of some things. Breaking new ground or something?

I don't really know.

sdock10 said...

Mustard,

That's the way I read the 2nd part too..exactly.

resurrected wreck said...

(As we depart, we arrive.)

As we leave behind what we've done in the past, we come to our future.

Or something like that.

resurrected wreck said...

Something to do with letting go of the past and living in the now.

sdock10 said...

Totally, RW...or as we leave one place we arrive at another...like a tour.

...just sayin

Anonymous said...

Okay, hot damn.

So, we're onto something.

He's leaving something behind, maybe a relationship, maybe not. Maybe it's just a feeling. Maybe he's changing himself or something.

Stepping out into the great unknown.

RW, As we leave behind what we've done in the past, we come to our future,
that ties perfectly into what we were saying.

sdock10 said...

Ok, so what is the subliminal message?

Anonymous said...

And to tie in the camera thing, we normally associate cameras with taking pictures.

Producing memories. So, there's that.

Anonymous said...

Uh, I dunno, Sdock.

sdock10 said...

Well, me neither...I guess that's why it's subliminal...right?

Or maybe I do get it and I just don't know that I get it..hmmm...

Anonymous said...

Producing memories. So, there's that.

And also destroying them as it seems he's doing that here.

resurrected wreck said...

Totally, RW...or as we leave one place we arrive at another...like a tour.

...just sayin


Yep. I hear you.

resurrected wreck said...

This post is very much tour/venue grounds-like to me.

resurrected wreck said...

It feels like PR.

Anonymous said...

A subliminal message is a signal or message embedded in another medium, designed to pass below the normal limits of perception. These messages are unrecognizable by the conscious mind, but in certain situations can affect the subconscious or deeper mind and later actions or attitudes.



I wonder if tomorrow when we wake up we will all be craving mayo on our food or something. The dude is pretty crafty. I wouldn't put it past him :)

resurrected wreck said...

"Thoughtfully holding the line"

I'd thought that was in reference to being on hold on a phone. But it could also meaning holding someone's place in a line-up.

resurrected wreck said...

I wonder if tomorrow when we wake up we will all be craving mayo on our food or something.

That would be a first for me, anon. I don't even like mayo!

Anonymous said...

I don't get a carnival or fairgrounds feel.

I feel a house. Like, a really big, spacious, beautiful, empty house.

resurrected wreck said...

Hmm.

I'll have to reread, Mustard.

resurrected wreck said...

But not tonight, 'cause it's making me dizzy!

Anonymous said...

Maybe we should sleep on it.

I think we've done pretty well though! It's hard to make sense out of that dude, because like the Anon has said and like we all have said, he's good and crafty.

resurrected wreck said...

You know, I've gotten so used to cryptic posts being left for us that whenever SS posts a riddle or something I find myself reading way more into it than is actually there.

SS is pretty straighforward, thankfully!

resurrected wreck said...

Time for me to head to bed.

Have a good night, all :)

sdock10 said...

Nite, RW.

I think I'm heading off too...

Nite, Mustard.

Nite, Porchies!


PPU, I haven't left you ♥ in a few days...so here's some
♥s.

Anonymous said...

Could it be about night time poetry?

Anonymous said...

Anyone around, want to go on AIM?

Anonymous said...

i have AIM toothpaste.

Anonymous said...

LOL, Anon!

Cinnamon? I've used it before. It's cheap, but it totally does the job.