The Beautiful One

He was always so talented;
always so driven,

Always so drawn
to the darkness forbidden,

For he was the light of love;
he was a vision,

And yet he was blind
but kept that part hidden.

His friends never knew
and of those there were legion,

For he’d traveled the world;
he’d taught great collegians,

And all of them blinded
by his dazzling beacon,

The blind leading blind
teaching bliss behind treason.

He could not believe
and though he was a cutie,

Because he was blind
he could not believe beauty,

And so he befriended
and seemed to have plenty,

But behind his disguise
he believed he was empty.

I know this is true
for I’ve tasted his honey,

I’ve loved him so gently
and I’ve loved him roughly,

I love him so much that his pain
leaves me bloody,

But I fear to be beautiful
he’s made himself ugly.

Written by Jason Wright
June 26, 2017

Rnsrk

The name means nothing;
I’ve no idea why it was chosen
or what it’s intended symbolism could be.

I tell myself
I’ve made peace with “Rnsrk”;
I feel for him and his struggles.

All of that is true,
but when I see those letters,
that face
returning from across the planet
to lunge back
into my world
I shudder.

I’m making too much of this.
I don’t want them to read this.
I don’t want them to know
how much this still hurts me,
even after almost seven months.

“Fuck.”, I curse,
which immediately makes me smile.

Fucking “Rnsrk”
is what got us into this mess in the first place.

Written by Jason Wright
January 14, 2017

For A & Z – who I won’t share this with.

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