All along #fifthavenue
catching glimpses
of myself reflected in
dormant, #storefront windows
flashing on flitting
blackened panels
of passing #limousines.
strange that I'm #alone in
#downtown scenes

#davidpatrone
#napkindiaries
#midnightrendezvous

#poetry

The sublime displays
don't phase us anymore;
Beauty only reminds us
of giving up on
who we could have been.

#denial #deception #fear #relationships #poetry #poetry #sapiosexual #shortstory #thiscouldbeus #writingcommunity #internetpoets #napkindiaries

Separate Lives;
Different Paths;
"X" Marks the spot
Where they've crossed:
"Treasure Maps"

david patrone
#napkindiaries

#buriedtreasure #lostandfound #treasurehunter #instalove #romanticsayings #poetry #gold #chanceencounters #treasuremap

An adaptation of the #gayatrimantra

ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः
तत्स॑वि॒तुर्वरे॑ण्यं॒
भर्गो॑ दे॒वस्य॑ धीमहि।
धियो॒ यो नः॑ प्रचो॒दया॑त्॥

oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ
tat savitur vareṇyaṃ
bhargo devasya dhīmahi
dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt
Ṛgveda 03.062.10

#omtatsat #om #mantra #sacredsyllable #rigveda #advaitavedanta #bhaktiyoga #iskcon #parameshvara #guitar

First #bsky post:
"Mistaken Identity"

You don't even know
Who you really are
Like the Catarpillar
Fearing the heights:
Watching the flights
Of Butterflies cries
"Oh! I'll never go
Up in one of those!"

#destiny #dreamer #fearofflying #mistakenidentity #purposeinlife #fear #recovery #catarrhine