Robin Sneed's Open Salon Blog

DOA

Sat, 26 May 2012 17:05:33 -0400

i see you there in stark relief

no legs

no arms

i see you look to the heavens

catch rain in your mouth

smile at me

wet lashes

no tears

you ask how i am

good and you?

lost a lot of friends

you tell me

had lots to lose

veteran of desperate measures

uneven means

unwarded territories

depth of mines

veteran of a squadron of loyal hearts

i tell you i'm not sure i've had lots of friends to lose until now

until just this last little while

many many now

the rain pounds harder

you begin to roll away

do anything you can to save them

you

quietly

say

-Robin Sneed, From These Pages I Do Rise

Angels Who Hold Sway

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:03:25 -0400

And so it is like this

So it is this way

Along the paths of devils

With angels who hold sway

And so it is like this

So it is this way

Are you willing to hand your soul over

Along the paths of devils

With Angels who hold sway

And so it is like this

So it is this way

A kind of effortless knowing

Things always go your way

What of the gift of intuition

What could it possibly serve

A kind of effortless knowing

Hoping it won't go that way

And so it is like this

So it is this way

A ray of light still piercing

Bringing too bright a day

Along a glaring surface

A distorted shine

Baring imperfection

Covering the sun

The shadow of the moon sliding

Slipping to your knees

Looking over your shoulder

Such folly this

Praying to who to what to where

Talking madly to the air

Begging for forgiveness

Begging for release

Dis-ease mend

Tear it away

Do not let me die this way

The voice gently speaks

Come closer, dear one, come

Go one step more

Sit next to me here

And so it is this way

So it is this way

Along the paths of devils

With angels who hold sway

-Robin Sneed, From These Pages I Do Rise

The Capitalist Shuffle

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:03:47 -0400

racing down aisles

shuffling feet in line

it's mine!

the register cranks

the clink of despair

ragged envy

distinctive trades

shuffling lives

markets collapse

banks fail

free at last

from the capitalist shuffle

-Robin Sneed, From These Pages I Do Rise

From These Pages I Do Rise

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:01:49 -0500

From these pages I do rise

From pasts and futures bleak omnipresent curses upon souls

From these pages I do rise

Of love and passion degradatation death sex and God

From these pages I do rise

Into ancient texts stained with love and blood and eternities

From these pages I do rise

At night now with you my love

-Robin Sneed, January 2012

Thank you for all of the PM's...

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:08:08 -0400

I'm in love, having an amazing summer...almost finished writing Marne...it will be published next rather than The American Daughter. Thank you to everyone who wrote asking how I am...I am...just so in love...

Robin