by Bela Johnson | Sep 30, 2014 | lifestyle, personal, poetry
The glass is full, half-empty now, you know we all complain I copped a bye and grabbed the ring, to sum up this refrain. Or so I thought; came back with tears, of deepest gratitude; just down the road I sought relief in midst of plenitude. Will longing end, the...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 23, 2014 | lifestyle, musings, philosophy, poetry, relationships, Uncategorized
What is trust but insidious risk cloaked in a tender blanket of intimacy until violated; no return to desirable templates. Is it instinct to gamble where, combined with a heart’s deep yearning for acceptance and the purest love, we shed peril at the feet of the...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 16, 2014 | lifestyle, musings, philosophy, poetry
Gods and demons! False idols imbued with qualities we aspire to or thrust against; Not realizing culpability, admiring angels with blind eyes inured to consequences. Travel the whole world through not discovering any unlike yourself; and after the honeymoon’s over,...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 7, 2014 | lifestyle, musings, poetry, Uncategorized
I cannot fathom the man; no way to creep inside skin and hormones in order to sense pride or longing, nor to perceive cultural differences save observation; no first-person proficiency for priorities, dreams, visions. Can one ever truly know another? Meanwhile inside...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 31, 2014 | lifestyle, musings, personal, poetry, Uncategorized
I wanted to be short, landed somewhere in between; longed for slim hips and blond hair, blue-eyed Aphrodite piercing hearts with her Colgate smile. Trading politics for popularity, no idea how to fit in, delving into purgatorial perambulations; sex, drugs and rock and...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 19, 2014 | lifestyle, nature, philosophy, poetry, random thoughts, Uncategorized
Why be conflicted with death? It’s no new trend, fluorescent Nikes in the wake of black and white. This is not a game of thrones over which we could prevail; no defeat-able foe, steroidal match of will or wits. United in helplessness if nothing else, our humanity...
