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Chasing the Fog
Born here upside down Branches breaking skin Kin to every wolf Child of every sin Timid on the rooftops Colors coalesce Rushing for the...

Paul Clive
Jun 23, 20221 min read
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Roots and Roadways
It can be difficult, even when things are going well, to not get our wires crossed or follow those paths we are most tempted to follow....

Paul Clive
Jun 1, 20222 min read
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The Dragon's Gold
The Dragon's Gold Along the dragon's back Down by the verdant steppe Binaural stones that skip Across river's deep and black A...

Paul Clive
May 14, 20222 min read
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Stars and Stones
Where are our fates written? In the stars above, in the stones below? Are we destined for love or disaster? Our paths may seem set, but...

Paul Clive
May 9, 20221 min read
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Pursuant
Say less Pursuant Pursuing a sound Windswept Constant Melodies that echo down A sheltered shadowed place Chambers twist like valves A...

Paul Clive
Mar 25, 20222 min read
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Manufactured Heart
What happens in a world where love is a commodity and we are forced to sell ourselves like products? Cut out the vulnerability, brush...

Paul Clive
Mar 18, 20222 min read
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Outcast, Outlast
There are a lot of different factors that go into determining who we are and how we live our lives. Where we are born, who are parents...

Paul Clive
Mar 15, 20222 min read
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Nowhere
Sometimes we find ourselves nowhere in particular. Consumed with a kind of empty dread, a numbing feeling of not belonging anywhere and...

Paul Clive
Jan 23, 20221 min read
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Down
It's a cool place and they say it gets colder. You're bundled up now, wait 'til you get older... Down And out, for a count And a...

Paul Clive
Dec 28, 20211 min read
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Orbit
The seasons change. It can be hard to tell if we'll ever see the sun. Sometimes it's easy to forget, as we build ourselves up and lie to...

Paul Clive
Nov 29, 20212 min read
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The Rock
The Rock Echoes of this piecemeal thunder Crushing clanking gears of stone Unwieldy chains like words unspoken The ungodly strong...

Paul Clive
Nov 19, 20212 min read
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Iron Roses
Exhaustion sometimes over takes us and our dreams are the only relief. But what are dreams? Visions of other worlds? Other lives? The...

Paul Clive
Oct 4, 20212 min read
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(Smooth) Transitions
Some transitions in life aren't easy but some are timeless. We are transient beings but we are surrounded by deep natural beauty. In many...

Paul Clive
Aug 28, 20212 min read
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Unforgotten Stars
Inspiration can feel like another world, an inner fire, pulling at us from some deep unspoken place. A primordial realm where we walk...

Paul Clive
Jul 26, 20212 min read
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Bright and Blue and Beautiful
It feels like society is struggling to get back on it's feet, and as things return to semi-normal we are suddenly seeing a spike in...

Paul Clive
Jul 8, 20212 min read
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Mercurian Summer
Sometimes the sun beats down on us, there seems to be no relief and even the nights are barely a reprieve. All of us practice some form...

Paul Clive
Jun 28, 20212 min read
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Dead End
It's hard to realize you're living through historical events as they happen. Everything in the here and now seems so incremental and yet...

Paul Clive
Jun 5, 20212 min read
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Misunderstood
Is anything more misunderstood than love? We carry our torches, keep our crushes secret and even when we finally take the plunge it...

Paul Clive
May 26, 20211 min read
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