Immortal Musings

A collection of poetic works captured from the immortal consciousness of poet/author Bard Constantine. Surreal and poignant dreams of beauty, pain, love and madness. A trek through time, space, and the mystery of the human experience..."She is tired.Tired of the whispers, the stares,the contempt from strangers, thefalsified dentures in an upside down frown.If only she were a dragonfly, she thinks;she'd fly somewhere that thesehypocrites,these Janus-faced pity sprinklersdidn't know who she was.She looks at a reflection of flaws;a carnival mirror of distorted proportionsand doesn't recognize the person whostares back at her with rain in hereyes..." -Vantage Point"...And so I write, I capture dreams in butterfly nets, sip of theiressence before they dissolve, before I awake from the esoteric, the clandestine world of poetic sorcery.And so I write, untilcrimson stains the pages, until the cogs rust and crumble, chalky dust powdersacross the keyboard,teardropsfade into the gnarled valleys, twilightswallows every starin the sky.And so I write..." -Runes"...No tears, for they are theluxury of those who are blessed with arms to run to.I became steel to feel no pain,and tundra on the inside,for it is better to feel nothingthan to hang on meat hooksscreamingwhile the masses pass by withblindfolds onand smiling masks upon their faces..."-Victim