where was it one first heard of the truth. The, the.

and the falling in/

from the night’s blue and falling in/ which shapes already are these/ or measurable unshapes/ the casualness of death/ switching/ shifting/ dancing to cast the anchors of the drowning off/ drowning for a cure/ one day we will risk everything/ in pain’s past tower of the guard; pain wins/ we malign the asphyxiation of our second selves all the while knowing/ we are simply lifeless bodies floating/ lay groveling/ that were arms and shoulders in the waves/ out of what destruction did it bring/ and slept/ the tiger chest for tea/ the sounding shallow what cure/ and making love with the same animal/ bone’ flesh/ family/ swims the same result/ passion for nobility/ now, there’s the shifting cure of the abyss/ if you can hold your breath/

long enough/

Tristan's Moon initiative

Ten original signed photographic collages created for Tristan's Moon initiative by Tim Barrus.

Poetic response created by Carolyn Srygley-Moore.

**Please note: Real Stories Gallery Foundation is a registered 501c in the USA. All proceeds from sales will go to the Tristan's Moon initiative. http://realstoriesgallery@gmail.com

she dreams of islands (artworks)

1. she dreams of islands

2. question everything boy

3. memories

4. my arms around them

5. floatingboy

6. treeboy

7. eyelashboy

8. overhaulboy

9. showerboy

10. question everything everything, artboy

**poetry to follow