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The Mystic

The Mystic

A Story by Thomas Kainaroi


I dreamt that I walked in a courtyard with a married couple, a man in a black suit and woman in a white nightgown.The courtyard was unlike many others..
Return Again

Return Again

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


A step upon the keystoneMarks the returnOf the prince of salt,The beggar of salt.The shadow goes forthInto the shade-swelling crowds,To observe the an..
Stop Motion

Stop Motion

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


Consuming the hoursTo devour the minutes,And to make life a transparency.My eyes can not follow the action.The effect is not a cause.We will plug ours..
Oasis

Oasis

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


A travel across a desert plainCompels the water to fallAnd the birds to fallAnd the feathers to rise.The orchestra will play softlyAs I reach the oasi..
Color

Color

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


My mind narrates the earthly patternsAnd seeks the earthly essenceTo discover what lies ahead.In the hollow space I conform,But a certain iridescence ..
Emptiness

Emptiness

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


The shadow train released itsFollowers onto the dry and barren ground,And returned to it's labyrinthine pattern.All the broken widows made their wayTo..
Flood

Flood

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


At dawn, the shadows ebbed and flowed in my crown,And when I entered the outside worldOn it's newly laden blanket,I felt cold, and did not utter a sou..
Amy's Dream

Amy's Dream

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


I sat at the kitchen table,To await my morning tea.I seek what is real, no fables.Observe what happened to me.A crash and a clangSang lightly above my..
The Icing Fell

The Icing Fell

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


The icing fell.Silence, a whisper I will not sell.The white blanket slept,But above it slowly crept.Its bite crawled up my spine,Stealing my precious ..
Harvest

Harvest

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


I sit and waitAbove my own reflectionAnd little change in directionFor the cautious guests to arrive.Out of the dark depths they comeTo bite and taste..
Hypnotisms

Hypnotisms

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


Blank is the hovering facade of lightThat is ever watchful, ever glowing.I stare back in the cold of the night.I feel my mind's eye rapidly slowingAs ..
Ghostly Petrifications

Ghostly Petrifications

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


A random gatheringOf desire and dismay,Assembles in the blank roomTo extract the moldings of the day.The stages of the mindConstruct the sculptures,An..
Spectres

Spectres

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


My mind's eyeBecomes a silent hallway,Flickering and dark.Transparencies cross my path.This way is hollowAnd the silent parades do not last,So I go a ..
Graduation

Graduation

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


"Are you in despair,or in thought?" The teacher asked."In thought," I replied.Then came theRoom with the yellow wallpaper,The chamber to holdmy insani..
The Two Figures

The Two Figures

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


On my daytime journey,Upon pathways ofCountless pilgrimages,I gazed through the lens of the sun.Before me were two figures,Dancing in the distance.Han..
Spotlight

Spotlight

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


The spotlight jumps toMy attention as I hang upon the flagpoleFor all to see.The audience singsThe Alma Mater and I stand aloneIn that lonely family c..
Coil

Coil

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


In the upper rooms lives a man with a black suit and a silver cane.Day by day he paces in circular patterns, reliving his dreams again and again.You w..
Birth of a Drifter

Birth of a Drifter

A Story by Thomas Kainaroi


There's a house deep in the woods that everyone talks about.I had never seen it myself, but I had vaguely dreamt about it.People tell me to stay away ..
Sleep

Sleep

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


Boarded up roomsAnd boarded up mouthsForce the words to sleepIn the nightmarish journeysOf night and day.Murmuring corpsesIn their wedding gowns and w..
Distant Lullaby

Distant Lullaby

A Poem by Thomas Kainaroi


The outside sun dims itsGolden voice upon theWoven fabrics below.Glass strawberries dangleIn the twinkling chimesOf yesterday's joy.The souls are read..