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Saturated
Wolfing down Lapping up Hungry maw Open cup O'er flowing Tangle foot Brambles broken Tied in knots Roots below Sky above Crying out...

Paul Clive
Apr 7, 20251 min read


Elysium
A machine-man brought to life. Built in a world submerged. Industrial. Used. But brought to life by something unexpected. The spark, like...

Paul Clive
Jan 26, 20241 min read


a devil and a crone
set for liftoff get these machine parts moving right these wrongs reset these bones somehow eldritch someone silent something wicked this...

Paul Clive
Aug 22, 20231 min read


Be Kind, Rewind
The Rewound Heart Bleeding backwards Into a dying sun Waning crescent Descending crescendo Cascading energetic cycles Data still backing up Collapsing, I just hit reset Still moving back in time Such sanguine words Flushed with color Of how with cheeks like fired coals I found my feelings grown And now in ascending order Listing wonders of your garden How in sunlight flowers towered How in darkness you still glow Scattered orbits like electrons The pitter-patter pattern start

Paul Clive
Feb 9, 20232 min read


Ready to Fall
Like a ton of bricks Like a waterfall Like an avalanche Just say the word I gather my dry heart Like sticks primed for the kindling I pray there will be sparks I wish you'd see me different I hold this torch and hope That it casts me in a better light Worth a chance or just a try Worth making an offer I bite my lip the thousandth time Your beauty still unfathomable I hold my tongue in spite Of the way you make my brain light up Of the fire you might yet ignite Of the shadow w

Paul Clive
Feb 8, 20231 min read


Nova Blossoms
She was the first thought. Waking. Walking in the void. Image or idol or maybe a whisper. Voices. A melody across the deep. And so he dreamt the world. Orbit. He set the stars to spinning. Galaxies flashed like neurons. Beauty. Nova blossoms blooming. And so the emptiness was filled up. Earth. The rocks, the rivers, rain. Oceans against the shoreline. Thunder. Echoes of a sudden flame. Promethean the spark was made. Life. A breath beneath the waters. Splinters of light

Paul Clive
Dec 13, 20221 min read


Fever Pitch Witching Hour
Fever Pitch Fever pitching Voices rising Season for Witching Toiling, boiling, brewing Klaxons blaring, houses burning Stirred up all...

Paul Clive
Sep 25, 20222 min read


Without Further Ado
All these unnecessary plateaus Every one of these I can't let goes Stop gap and pass through How I wished you'd fall for me Without...

Paul Clive
Jun 10, 20221 min read


Strings of Doubt
We sometimes get caught in our own web. Afraid to let go of past trauma or present mistakes or the fear of the future being a repetition...

Paul Clive
May 23, 20221 min read


Worthier
Trying to focus on dreams worthy of pursuing and keep yourself from getting discouraged. It can be hard to find that balance between hope...

Paul Clive
Apr 15, 20222 min read


Nether Tether
How many of us are slaves to our dreams? Even when things seem to be moving forward and firing on all cylinders we can find ourselves...

Paul Clive
Apr 8, 20222 min read


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


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


Perfect Distortions
As we grow older memories distort, growing more exaggeratedly vivid in some ways, more dull in others. Music and smell are the two things...

Paul Clive
Feb 8, 20221 min read


Wildflower
Different people thrive under different conditions. Sometimes we meet someone or spot someone who doesn't seem to belong where they are....

Paul Clive
Jan 14, 20222 min read


Observation
If there's anything physics teaches us it's that the very act of measuring something, of observing it, of discovery itself, changes...

Paul Clive
Jan 7, 20222 min read


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


Goosebumps
Love is like a force of nature. No matter how long humanity has existed we have had different ways of symbolizing love. Across endless...

Paul Clive
Oct 30, 20211 min read


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


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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