images by “french__kissed” :: original post
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”
painfully
fluid strands
plummet upon
jagged shouldersledges below ledges
boulders beneath boulders
legends fading before legends
in a neverending series of echoeswhispering 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”
as the spiraling maple leaves
lazily descended and veiled
the cobble-stoned boulevard
in a copper-shaded fantasyshe strolled beside him
her slender hand in his grasp
her chestnut gaze shimmering
beneath her black pin-striped hatas 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 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 closerthen 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 reflectionbefore applying her bright pink lipstick
images by “_intherain_” :: original post 1 2
remixed image by “xjaymanx”
i am the fire hydrant in your chilly rainstorm
wanting to spill my bottled oceans
and swirling emotions into your
soaked concrete streetsi am the red hydrant in your silver reflection
wishing to free my imprisoned tears
and windswept fears into your
mirrored asphalt roadslonging to flow and flee
in your turbulence
and toleranceyearning to be furious and free in the streams and the sea
but forever bound
to the muddled
and puddledearth.
images by “shakalaka_baby” & “xjaymanx” :: no original post
remixed image by “xjaymanx”
words written in 1994 by “xjaymanx”
i gaze
gazingwaiting
i await the rain
the storm
as a flower opens
helplessly and willingly
yielding to the summer
showeri 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 earsi weather the emotional
downpour
your powerful swirl of musical
wind and water
as my body shivers
in the chilling breeze
soaking
dripping
and breathing quicklybut your rain softens
your clouds lightenand i gaze
gazing
my heart beating loudlyuntil the clouds
leave me
againwaiting
images & words by “night_huntress” :: original post
remixed image by “xjaymanx”
the shadow of my smile
is something you once knew
but now a shadow is all i can be
to hide my tears from youhow could you do that to me?
images & words by “1poetic_tragedy” :: original post
remixed image & words by “1poetic_tragedy” & “xjaymanx”
my
parents
went away
for the weekendhahaha
i know that
if my daughter
were just like me
and acted just like
i’ve been acting latelythere’s no way in hell
i’d leave her alone
for the weekendnot that i’m complaining
just blasting my music
and dancing around
in my undiessometimes it
just feels
so good
to be
bad
images by “french__kissed” :: original post 1 2
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”
i gaze at her
laying in the grass
with her skirt strings trailing
like lazy kite tails swaying in the hazedoes she realize her influence?
i smile at her
shining in the sun
as i spiral around her gravity
like icy satellites captivated by the firedoes she realize her power?
she winks at me
as sixty seconds whirl
and another sixty minutes swirl
and another twenty-four hours take flightdoes she realize at all?
images by “jennyboozz” :: original post
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”
rising
and falling
with her breathing tidesfloating
and flowing
upon her caressing wavestossing
and turning
beneath her shimmering mistsshe
curls
and
unfurls
with the
undulating
elegance of an
emerald mermaidglimmering
and gleaming
with her own little fairy tale
within her own little mystical world
images by “cardboardboxed” :: various original posts
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”
“what’s wrong?” i said,
“i don’t understand!”“that’s right!” she screamed,
“you don’t understand!”“get out!” she shoved
and slammed the door behind me
yet all i could do was stand numbly in the hallwayto nurse my wounds,
both physical and cynical,
under the crackling cackling fluorescent lightshe was right, after all,
i didn’t understand heri couldn’t understand her
narcissistic loves or
monotheistic fears or
anti-depressant hopes or
self-destructive dreams or
decapitating nightmares orher intermittent urge
to inscribe her bitter misery
onto her deftly-traced double-spaced skinand all i could do was stare blankly down the hallway
in bruised silence.
but when i heard her cry,
her sobs shattered my doubts
and i turned to her door once morewith a determined sigh,
i shut my bloodshot eyes
and raised my knuckle to the artificial woodand knock-knocked.
images & words by “benderrrrr” :: link to original post no longer exists
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”
you used to love that freckle. always said so.
funny how i had a dream about you last night.
i’ve never had a dream of things in the past.you were saying that thing from ‘vanilla sky’
i kept mentioning things like ‘vanilla’ until you understood.
i loved your face when you realized i knew that quote too.you loved to say that corny stuff.
i guess i liked it deep down,
but now i just roll my eyes at it.the magic is gone you know.
new person,
new start,
new times
i guess.this isn’t about missing you. because i don’t.
i actually think i dreamt this because i don’t miss you.
does that sound weird? at least confusing?maybe the dream presented a closed chapter?
i’m not looking back. or wishing i have what i had.
i’m just praising this memory
as it popped up uninvited,
in my dreams,
last night.
scrapbook notes
images by “jennyboozz” :: original post 1 2 3 4
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”
short but sweet
we’re jake and jenny
cupcakes and strawberries
we’re cup-jakes and straw-jennies!“aaah!”
two peas in a pod“oooh!”
two snozzberries on the wall“eeeh!”
two three-year-olds giggling and wiggling on the floorone playing and straying like one
another playacting and reacting like one
but both of us smirking and snickering and ticklingwe’re sticking out our tongues!
i love him
his visit was
sweet but shortand i miss him already
images by “spunky_m” & “french__kissed” :: original post 1 2
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”
“i’ll be back soon”
he said“just a few days”
he smiledshe smiled back
“okay, you promise?”he nodded
“i promise”one week passed
but he still couldn’t
bear the thoughthe still couldn’t
bear the heart-breaking thought
of looking into her eyeshe still couldn’t
look into her soul-searching eyes
and tell her the truthhe still couldn’t
tell her that he never meant
to keep his promisenever meant
to be with her againnever meant
to see her againnever meant
to fall for hernever meant
to fall in love
with her
againone month passed
he was never given
more than
six
images by “benderrrrr” :: original post
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”
daddy’s little girl is growing up
but she still keeps it
with herher old pink and mirrored music box
given to her by her dad
on her fourth
birthdayadorned with amethyst musical notes
and emerald spirals
and sapphire
ribbonsshe still keeps it
with herafter twelve birthdays have passed
its jumbled contents
look a little
differentbut the contents within her heart
have hardly
changed
images by “shakalaka_baby” & “xjaymanx” :: no original post
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”
as night fell
the distant melodies
tiptoed across her memoriesas delicately
as winged messengers
skimming upon the fragile icechirping
echoing
recalling songs
of glowing youth
and boundless truthbefore the moon
silently tore
her fading
tunes
apart
images by “angelseraphim” :: original post
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”
tied
denied
from hidingterrified
of her cryingshe can’t bear the
obliterating sound of abandonmentpetrified
so
petrified
images by “caboosylucy” :: original post
remixed original by unknown
words by “xjaymanx”
cracked | remixed original by unknown
cracked
cracked
her golden soulfocuses on
the black emptiness
and the white nothingness
within her
without her
without himwithout him
without his candlelit presence
with nothing
to console her
but herfading
cracking
memories
images by “xjaymanx” :: related post
remixed image by “xjaymanx”
dreaming
deliberating
debating
waiting for the
inspiration to emerge
in her sapphire clarity
from beyond the instantwrestling with the
formation of emotions
pouring from her oceans
of photos and phrases tocrystallize
materialize
realize
a piercing moment
of existence
in the universea consuming moment
dreaming
in digital
