images by “french__kissed” :: original post
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

until the waterfall

painfully
fluid strands
plummet upon
jagged shoulders

ledges below ledges
boulders beneath boulders
legends fading before legends
in a neverending series of echoes

whispering their forgotten mists of yore
weeping for tragic loves and glorious wars
cascading towards earth in their brutal crusade
until the waterfall princess casts her crystal forgiveness

images by “spunky_m” :: original post
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

one of her eyes

as the spiraling maple leaves
lazily descended and veiled
the cobble-stoned boulevard
in a copper-shaded fantasy

she strolled beside him
her slender hand in his grasp
her chestnut gaze shimmering
beneath her black pin-striped hat

as they glided past my bench
humming in their happiness
one of her eyes winked at me
and i recognized the friendly tune

“i’ll be there for you…
when the rain starts to pour”
“i’ll be there for you…
like i’ve been there before”

as they faded into the distance
like memories into the past
i stared at my own gloved hands
and wished i had been there for you

images by “benderrrrr” :: original post 1 2
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

what if

“what if life
is just a dream?”
she asked me
as i pulled my sleeve
and turned to check my watch

“what if you
are just playing
a role in that dream?”
she wondered aloud
and leaned towards the mirror

“i don’t know”
i said softly yet hurriedly
to her long-haired silhouette

“what if it’s not
even your own dream?
and death is simply waking up?”

“i don’t know”
i repeated quickly
with less time to spare
and less patience to share
as showtime loomed even closer

then a flash hit me

“so without
free will, you wouldn’t
mind if we missed the concert?”

she smiled widely
and then approvingly
at my black-tied reflection

before applying her bright pink lipstick

images by “_intherain_” :: original post 1 2
remixed image by “xjaymanx”

yearning

i am the fire hydrant in your chilly rainstorm
wanting to spill my bottled oceans
and swirling emotions into your
soaked concrete streets

i am the red hydrant in your silver reflection
wishing to free my imprisoned tears
and windswept fears into your
mirrored asphalt roads

longing to flow and flee
in your turbulence
and tolerance

yearning to be furious and free in the streams and the sea

but forever bound
to the muddled
and puddled

earth.

images by “shakalaka_baby” & “xjaymanx” :: no original post
remixed image by “xjaymanx”
words written in 1994 by “xjaymanx”

unsheltered

i gaze
gazing

waiting

i await the rain
    the storm
as a flower opens
    helplessly and willingly
yielding to the summer
    shower

i gaze
into the turbulence
    the thunderclouds
as your fingers soon rain
    upon the willing keys
pouring
drizzling
and sprinkling
and pouring yet again
    upon the black and white
       leaves
splashing the passionate
    melodies
upon me
    my body
    my face
    into my smiling eyes
       my yielding ears

i weather the emotional
    downpour
your powerful swirl of musical
    wind and water
as my body shivers
    in the chilling breeze
soaking
dripping
and breathing quickly

but your rain softens
your clouds lighten

and i gaze
gazing
my heart beating loudly

until the clouds
leave me
again

waiting

images & words by “night_huntress” :: original post
remixed image by “xjaymanx”

shadow of my smile

the shadow of my smile
is something you once knew
but now a shadow is all i can be
to hide my tears from you

how could you do that to me?

images & words by “1poetic_tragedy” :: original post
remixed image & words by “1poetic_tragedy” & “xjaymanx”

good to be bad

my
parents
went away
for the weekend

hahaha

i know that
if my daughter
were just like me
and acted just like
i’ve been acting lately

there’s no way in hell
i’d leave her alone
for the weekend

not that i’m complaining

just blasting my music
and dancing around
in my undies

sometimes it
just feels
so good
to be
bad