Fred Aiken Writing

Holding Back Wandering Desires

amidst the vastness of space//a wanderer roams// seeking joy//pleasant melodies//and a place without so many bodies; with each step// a new world unfolds//filled with surreal vistas that stir the soul//drum//beat//strum//flow

through diamond fields of dreams and desire treads the unconquerable spirit soaring higher with every passing moment//tick//mountains shift and oceans roar//navigate through the wonders that lay before//unlocking hidden doors that have long been forgotten

a light shines within//a flame that flickers but never fades//blue flame burns with a fierce passion//igniting singular moments into a thousand//million//billion//atoms floating off into the ether//safe travels//uncover a truth that surpasses comprehension//envision life// pure and unadulterated

magic reigns supreme in these lands of fantasy//unknown//dreams become their own//so wander//continues on//past//flea with emboldened steps//the journey’s long but peace of mind remains short lived

Missed Stacks of Profiles that Look Like Romance

Ashtray cologne. Prime of life. Dead music. Punk music. Dead punk funk skunk music.

Tender. Tinder. Rooftop dates on budgets. Slavic slurs. Buzzing.

Crestfallen. Alcohol swipes. Right. Animal fever. Fervor. Weightless expressions.

Repurposed Strobe Lights Used for Raves as a Stand-in for the Light of Hope; aka Hope’s Light

flutter and flit, wings a blur of gold; a whisper promises at night,

of bright futures and dreams fulfilled

careful hands reach out to grasp it, but its feathers slip through fingers like dust collecting in the corner

a world where truth and meaning are elusive, wings snipped

power down; paper crown; chords cut

searching for the fragments of meaning in the shattered pieces of gossamer dreams; but often, all that is found is disillusionment and despair sitting in the corner of the room with legs and arms crossed

yet still, wings expand, lift, cut through ozone,

hoping against hope;

even in the midst of fragments, a neon beacon glows, strobe lights repurposed for this dance

in flight