...for the night offered me none,
I spoke of refuge and liberation.

Would my dark horse turn to white
upon the crossing of the river,
offering me time to escape?

                                             ...Toffears

...there was a figure on the hill
and a tree with purple leaves.
Then, there was rain
and a silhouette.
Then, nothing.

I sat there, on the levee,
watching,
falling into what might have been.

                                                ...Toffears

...the frames were hung,
printed paper,
memories.

Faces,
voiceless,
whose names were lost
but for a likeness from another time,
in sepia or black and white.

There was a chain in between the pictures
and a path we could not see.

Slightly torn and damaged,
young, as they once were,
now gone,
forgotten,
but for a likeness from another time,
in sepia or black and white.

These are your ancestors,
your history,
your DNA.

They are part of your culture.

                                                      ...Toffears

SOCIAL MEDIA

...there is nothing viral in your comment,
only something visceral in its concept

                                                   ...Toffears

...and the wind carried her
over the horizon,
to another land,
another continent.

Walking blindfolded...

                                ...Toffears

"...as I can only speak to you in my sleep,
I will say this:

"The only regret I've had during this life
is not knowing when to die.""

Said Escher to the lithograph.

                                                   ...Toffears

...the Outside world,
he said,
is only a reflection.

A broken mirror hanging on a closed door.

What is Perception
but an erroneous interpretation of facts
through ignorance and curiosity...

I will be Sisyphus' rock no more.

                                                        ...Toffears

...I have settled the bill with all my doings,
not all were sins
and none were free.

My bags are packed,
they are all worn,
thorned...

​...so is my conscience...

and now,
I'm free.

                                                  ...Toffears

...deafening, unkind,
the Joker was released
and the last laught killed the beast.

                                           ...Toffears

...Religion is caused by the fear of death.
Politics make you afraid of life.

                                                    ...Toffears