The Sultan's Elephant

Any time I find myself in any kind of funk, this pulls me out of it almost immediately. I was introduced to The Sultan's Elephant by a good friend who has always been able to show me the most beauty I have ever seen. Not only in a person, but in life as well. 

So for that, I think you Robbo. You're incredible.

"I guess I'm pretty much of a lone wolf. I don't say I don't like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and minds."

-Bela Lugosi

"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."

-Buddha

"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake."

-Henry David Thoreau

Locked away in a deep and uninviting basement, she plays. Her minor chords strike into the pit of her heart. Desperately longing for an escape, she pours her sorrows onto scrolls and sheet music. Playing deep through the night, the circles under her eyes tell the story of her painfully afflicted mind. Her fingers blister and bleed staining the once ivory keys a dark crimson. The dark melody seeps through the cracks to the streets above. Robotic bodies hustle by, minding only their watches, celebrities and diets. Her heart beats like a mellow drum, though the pace of the song quickens. Paying close attention to its slow pulse, she wonders...

"Have I, too, become mechanical?"

The Black Widow

"This spider's bite is much feared because its venom is reported to be fifteen times stronger than a rattlesnake's. In humans, bites produce muscle aches, nausea, and a paralysis of the diaphragm that can make breathing difficult; however, contrary to popular belief, most people who are bitten suffer no serious damage--let alone death."

"Females sometimes kill and eat their counterparts after mating in a macabre behavior that gave the insect its name. Black widows are solitary year-round except during this violent mating ritual."

NW Memory Ln.

We descend through the night, the deep roar of the ocean far off in the distance. Though the wind is rushing through my body sending chills down my spine, holding on to your arm I am warm. You wrap your scarf tightly around my neck and I place my fingers gently beneath the stiff collar of your coat, pressing myself closer to you as we stroll towards our destination. We laugh about everything and nothing, giggling our way over train tracks and sidewalks. Your smile and the way your eyes look after laughing, so glossy and bright, captivate me and I cannot look away. The knowledge behind those eyes, the passion... Our lips meet and my mind spins faster and faster. My chest swells with excitement as if it were the moment we first laid eyes on each other. 

My heart sinks to the pit of my stomach.

This is temporary.