https://www.alienated.me Poetry, short stories, and introspections into the soul of an alienated earthling. Feel free to leave at any time. Wed, 03 Apr 2024 21:47:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 https://www.alienated.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-Ufo-150x150.png https://www.alienated.me 32 32 noPoetic Exploration of the Heart https://www.alienated.me/from-my-soul/ https://www.alienated.me/from-my-soul/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2022 03:27:33 +0000 https://www.alienated.me/?p=86078 It’s been ages since I was in love, and I honestly can’t say if my heart in romance still believes, but I know that it’s an easy target for charming opportunists and emotional thieves. Yes, I know, I admit – I am harbouring a starved beast; keeping it quiet and well hidden. But it’s a […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/from-my-soul/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/how-do-you-get-over-something-like-that/ https://www.alienated.me/how-do-you-get-over-something-like-that/#comments Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:00:31 +0000 https://www.alienated.me/?p=8803 How do you get over something like that? I don’t know if you ever do. You just learn to deal with it. You split yourself in two. There is one part of me that rises above the pain, understands and accepts, and then there’s another, the one that never forgets. I split myself in two, […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/how-do-you-get-over-something-like-that/feed/ 5 https://www.alienated.me/tale-two-wolves/ https://www.alienated.me/tale-two-wolves/#respond Sat, 21 Jul 2018 19:33:12 +0000 https://www.alienated.me/?p=5034 Tale of Two Wolves is an old Cherokee Indian fable of inner conflict. One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/tale-two-wolves/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/kissable/ https://www.alienated.me/kissable/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2018 21:06:06 +0000 https://www.alienated.me/?p=3854 Burning bridges, turning new pages, it’s all becoming a bore… Nothing surprising – Been there, done that, so many times before. And just as people around me started to turn invisible, I came across someone who turned out to be so… kissable. And that changes everything. Cause when you find someone you really, really want […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/kissable/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/lady-luck/ https://www.alienated.me/lady-luck/#comments Mon, 01 Jan 2018 15:26:59 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=3592 There seems to be a strong connection between one’s luck and his sense of direction. In other words, there must be something that pulls your strings, something that happiness brings. If you ever hope to get any luck there must be someone, there must be something about which you give a fuck. But not so […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/lady-luck/feed/ 2 https://www.alienated.me/the-little-you-have-may-be-more-than-you-will-ever-need/ https://www.alienated.me/the-little-you-have-may-be-more-than-you-will-ever-need/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2017 16:30:03 +0000 https://www.alienated.me/?p=3840 I once knew an Alice, she was a real doll, stunningly beautiful, magnetic, grand… Wherever she went, whatever she did, she had men eating out of her hand. Yet for some fucked up reason that defies logic, more often than not, this Alice was sad. She felt misunderstood, alone, and above all – deeply unloved […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/the-little-you-have-may-be-more-than-you-will-ever-need/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/life-is-short-and-boring-as-fuck/ https://www.alienated.me/life-is-short-and-boring-as-fuck/#comments Sat, 23 Dec 2017 10:03:25 +0000 https://www.alienated.me/?p=3833 MAD BUNNY: I am a high flyer living a pedestrian life, as self-destructive as a lamb in love with the butcher’s knife. I read and walk and think and muse and contemplate and surmise. And every so often I actually act, much to everyone’s surprise. You see I’m more Hamlet than Romeo,  I am more […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/life-is-short-and-boring-as-fuck/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/the-one/ https://www.alienated.me/the-one/#comments Sat, 16 Dec 2017 00:11:49 +0000 https://www.alienated.me/?p=3822 ALICE: Not sure if I ever believed in the one. The one I’ve been waiting for all along The one who makes me feel I belong The one who makes my heart skip a beat The one who knocks me off my feet. The one who makes others pale in comparison, and God knows I’ve […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/the-one/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/dont-forget-to-flush/ https://www.alienated.me/dont-forget-to-flush/#respond Sat, 09 Dec 2017 08:09:38 +0000 https://www.alienated.me/?p=3817 THE MAD BUNNY: One goes through life meeting all kinds of people. (I’ve already elaborated on that, a few scenes back.) But the point is, so many of those people – though only a few will admit – freely disperse their shit in such a discriminating way, it’s hard to look away. Bullshit is present […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/dont-forget-to-flush/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/upside-down/ https://www.alienated.me/upside-down/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2017 18:46:12 +0000 https://www.alienated.me/?p=3696 Imagine waking up one day to find the world has turned upside down in every possible way… What was right has become left, what was abundant is now bereft and remember has turned to forget just like that Polarities are never in contradiction the truth is rooted deeply in fiction Here followers lead, and leaders […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/upside-down/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/wrong-or-right/ https://www.alienated.me/wrong-or-right/#respond Fri, 23 Jun 2017 02:38:54 +0000 https://www.alienated.me/?p=3685 If you are a giver, don’t let anyone tell you that you should think twice before you give or that you should ration your heart’s desire and watch out who you love or how you live. If you are a giver, do what you do best: give them all you have, and when they think […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/wrong-or-right/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/alice-and-the-mad-bunny-2/ https://www.alienated.me/alice-and-the-mad-bunny-2/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:04:00 +0000 https://www.alienated.me/?p=86440 https://www.alienated.me/alice-and-the-mad-bunny-2/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/out-at-last/ https://www.alienated.me/out-at-last/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2016 08:50:43 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=3596 Stepping out I look about – It’s crazy, to see in full color on such a gloomy day… I’m used to seeing the world around me in fifty shades of grey. As I inhale the smell of the rain my fingers clutch with throbbing pain my hands warm out of deep freeze ready to give, […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/out-at-last/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/tere-bina-od-nusrata-do-rakile/ https://www.alienated.me/tere-bina-od-nusrata-do-rakile/#respond Mon, 11 Apr 2016 07:48:06 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=3566 Malo je muzike koju uvek mogu da slusam, bez obzira na raspolozenje, kao muziku Nusrata Fateh Ali Khana. Jedna od pesama koju posebno volim je Sajna Tere Bina. Davnih 90tih sam je toliko slusala, da je u glavi pocela da mi se formira pesma, reci toliko jednostavne i ciste, na ivici banalnosti, ali su se mom […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/tere-bina-od-nusrata-do-rakile/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/rakila/ https://www.alienated.me/rakila/#respond Mon, 11 Apr 2016 06:46:29 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=3553 ŽIVOT ME NOSI Zivot me nosi, zivot je voda I svaka kap si ti A ja sam bez tebe pustinja zedna U moru ljubavi Da, dug je put do usca gde se Dva u jedno uliva I tamo stignem uvek kad se Posle dugih lutanja tebi vratim ja. Ti si mir, ti si vir U […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/rakila/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/superhero-dreams/ https://www.alienated.me/superhero-dreams/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:18:20 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=3540 My favorite dream is to walk on water, and fight like a man, and not be scared… – Lucas River]]> https://www.alienated.me/superhero-dreams/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/go-all-the-way/ https://www.alienated.me/go-all-the-way/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2016 09:41:48 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=3532 Go all the way – Charles Bukowski Poem Find your meaning of life, create your meaning of life, then go all the way Tom O’Bedlam Spoken Verse Poet: Charles Bukowski The Laughing Heart; Roll the Dice Narrated by: Tom O’Bedlam if you’re going to try, go all the way. otherwise, don’t even start. if you’re […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/go-all-the-way/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/social-chameleon/ https://www.alienated.me/social-chameleon/#respond Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:26:50 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2616 I’ve traveled wide and far from Cape Town to Big Ben from Graceland to Mumbai I’ve met so many men Multitude of faces different countries, races Each with their traditions, customs and religions, contradicting laws, opposing opinions. And then, if at all possible things even further to dishevel, you have to consider that – on a more personal […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/social-chameleon/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/innocence/ https://www.alienated.me/innocence/#respond Sun, 26 Jul 2015 18:51:59 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2649 The first things that come to mind when I think of innocence are boldness and lack of experience. The lack of experience believe it or not can be the greatest advantage that some of us have got. Take for one my sweet son: the first time he sat on a bike with just two wheels […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/innocence/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/be-a-winner/ https://www.alienated.me/be-a-winner/#respond Sat, 25 Jul 2015 10:35:29 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2628 There are two kinds of people: winners and losers and I am not going to waste my words on the latter since the latter don’t matter. I will tell you about the winners, those bold, daring sinners. They are the ones who deserve my word: creative, fearless, they change the world! With every thought With every […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/be-a-winner/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/shedding-skin/ https://www.alienated.me/shedding-skin/#respond Sat, 18 Jul 2015 09:11:29 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2609 I’ve tried shedding skin Just like snakes do To reinvent myself To be more like you But I’m not a snake However hard I try to be Underneath my skin Is just another me. Digital Manipulation by Christophe Huet]]> https://www.alienated.me/shedding-skin/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/filthy-and-stained/ https://www.alienated.me/filthy-and-stained/#respond Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:46:34 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2601 Discarded and forgotten like pieces of junk left on the beach at day’s end to slowly deteriorate in the sand. Nothing to do but wait for time to obliterate what still remains of this fucked up love Filthy and stained like a worn out rubber glove, I shall pick myself up again. Photo manipulation by […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/filthy-and-stained/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/my-bad/ https://www.alienated.me/my-bad/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2015 11:39:41 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2552 He’d take one look at me and see the birth of wrath, walk through the mirror and into my heart He would deliver my tears, and after – he’d convert my pain into laughter. I thought he knew me better than anyone Pure telepathy that friendship transcends I thought that my crippled heart was safe in his […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/my-bad/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/mad-bunny-on-art/ https://www.alienated.me/mad-bunny-on-art/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2015 21:11:50 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2580 “I’ll make it easy for you, Alice. I’ll go first.” the Mad Bunny offered. “Go where?” Alice was puzzled. “Go look into my heart” the Mad Bunny retorted. Alice’s head was obviously in the clouds. “Oh? I thought you just did… Didn’t you see yourself lost among obscenely beautiful women?” “Oh yes” the Mad Bunny […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/mad-bunny-on-art/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/bruce-lee/ https://www.alienated.me/bruce-lee/#respond Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:51:36 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2574 Some people in life hold the key to understanding you and me. Like Bruce Lee. Why anyone would not like Bruce Lee I cannot comprehend so if you don’t like Bruce Lee you clearly can’t be my friend. The same goes for Ayerton Senna Krishnamurti Kohen Brel And let us not forget the unforgettable Silverstein […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/bruce-lee/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/red-is-the-color-i-dread/ https://www.alienated.me/red-is-the-color-i-dread/#respond Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:15:54 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2567 This three headed dragon I am trying to behead is spitting out at me scorching flames of red. Red is the color I dread. For one, There is no going ahead When traffic lights turn red. But that’s the least of it. Color red gives me the shivers it makes me think of crimson rivers […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/red-is-the-color-i-dread/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/if-i-die/ https://www.alienated.me/if-i-die/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2015 09:11:03 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2546 If I die And you live I will be alive As soon as I die. (Poem by my son Skye, age 8) Accessories – Photo manipulation by Caras Ionut]]> https://www.alienated.me/if-i-die/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/where-are-you-now/ https://www.alienated.me/where-are-you-now/#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2015 09:11:26 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2534 Where are you now you poets you rebels you punks you sorry ass drunks you hippies you loners you inert stoners Where are you now you sweet-talking users promisciouos djs substance abusers Where are you now you anarchists you freeloaders you faithful you altruists you doctors without borders Where are you now you queers you […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/where-are-you-now/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/a-coming-of-middle-age/ https://www.alienated.me/a-coming-of-middle-age/#respond Sat, 04 Jul 2015 09:11:55 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2523 In my twenties (was that really so long ago?) I knew the words of every song that played on the radio. I had my heroes I was an avid reader, a zealous fan In my twenties I still believed in kindness of men. At any given time I had at least three best friends, always […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/a-coming-of-middle-age/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/a-hundred-years-old/ https://www.alienated.me/a-hundred-years-old/#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2015 09:11:53 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2518 There are days when nothing feels right I see the sun but I can’t see the light it must be the transiting alignment of stars that provokes the itching of old scars, all those lives I lived before enfold and suddenly it feels like I’m a hundred years old. In one of my past lives […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/a-hundred-years-old/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/clouds/ https://www.alienated.me/clouds/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2015 09:11:42 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2503 Making way across the sky clouds are engaged in proving that the earth is moving. But more than that, each cloud knows in its heart that every end is a start. They let go of history to follow their destiny Shifting shapes and leaving traces drawing animals and faces turning blue into art sublime They […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/clouds/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/look-into-your-heart/ https://www.alienated.me/look-into-your-heart/#respond Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:11:19 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2512 With her hands resting on her hips, Alice turned to the Mad Bunny. If I am to get a hold of my passion and grow I’d have to go where I don’t want to go. And there you are, asking how hard could it be – is it possible you know so little about me? […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/look-into-your-heart/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/skyping-the-great-wizard/ https://www.alienated.me/skyping-the-great-wizard/#respond Mon, 29 Jun 2015 09:11:12 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2496 “I am always up for an adventure!” the Mad Bunny exclaimed. “Lets go find the Great Wizard and get that ego back, so that you can be the great artist that you are!” “You wanna go to him?” Alice was surprised. “Hell, yeah! I always wanted to meet the man.” with that the Mad Bunny […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/skyping-the-great-wizard/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/the-magic-of-ego/ https://www.alienated.me/the-magic-of-ego/#respond Sun, 28 Jun 2015 09:11:10 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2441 Before Alice had time to knock on the door, she heard the Mad Bunny yell out, “Come on in, it’s open!” Alice walked into a spacious, creatively very messed up room. An old concert piano sat in one corner, domineering the space, with a guitar laying on top of it. Alice noticed a few curiously […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/the-magic-of-ego/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/fear-of-exposure/ https://www.alienated.me/fear-of-exposure/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2015 09:11:38 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2385 “You have so many talents, Alice. You write, you paint, you make all kinds of art with your hands; not to mention those perfect joints you roll… You can cook, you can sure give mind-blowing head… I mean… Gees girl, where does the list end?” The Mad Bunny lifted both his arms in resignation. “If […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/fear-of-exposure/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/the-secret/ https://www.alienated.me/the-secret/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:11:16 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2450 “What’s that you’re writing, Alice?” asked the Mad Bunny. “I am writing a personals ad.” “You don’t say?” This Alice never fails to surprise me, he thought to himself. “It’s true. Been thinking about all that positive thinking shit. So much has been said on the subject, and it always makes me wanna puke. Not […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/the-secret/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/lets-fuck-like-bunnies/ https://www.alienated.me/lets-fuck-like-bunnies/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:52:17 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2457 The Mad Bunny woke up feeling great after a long night of hot sex with Alice. He was full of energy and wanted to do something special, like go out and celebrate life. It sure felt good. “It’s another beautiful day in the Never-Fucking-Land! Rise and shine, you beauty!” he exclaimed joyously as he drew […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/lets-fuck-like-bunnies/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/i-am-like-an-elephant/ https://www.alienated.me/i-am-like-an-elephant/#respond Wed, 24 Jun 2015 20:30:14 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2488 I am like an elephant, I have a long memory for things that tear me apart like a fighter in a ring round after round fight after fight night after night… And if you’d ask me what’s that that hurts I couldn’t point my finger at the demons that linger in the back of my […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/i-am-like-an-elephant/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/give-me-a-lever/ https://www.alienated.me/give-me-a-lever/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2015 12:41:55 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2479 Some things are just impossible, you say planting a kiss on my hair. Why do I get a feeling that you’re thinking of us? If you are, don’t think that, ever. Didn’t Archimedes say that you could move the world as long as you had a lever? Lover I’ll be your lever as long as […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/give-me-a-lever/feed/ 2 https://www.alienated.me/i-fink-u-freeky/ https://www.alienated.me/i-fink-u-freeky/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:49:15 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2425 Die Antwoord are weird, freaky, disgusting even, but somehow, incredibly awesome. They bring an entirely new style of music and culture, with a blast!  ]]> https://www.alienated.me/i-fink-u-freeky/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/born-this-way/ https://www.alienated.me/born-this-way/#respond Sat, 30 May 2015 16:40:27 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2398 “I’d love to know more about you.” Alice turned to the Mad Bunny, “Were you born this way?” A puzzled look crossed the Mad Bunny’s face. Alice felt she needed to elaborate, “Were you born as The Mad Bunny? Or was there a point in time when you, a bunny, turned into you, The Mad […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/born-this-way/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/like-smoking-candy/ https://www.alienated.me/like-smoking-candy/#respond Thu, 28 May 2015 11:46:46 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2371 After the photo shoot was over, the Mad Bunny asked Alice to make him another one of her majestic joints. The secret of a good joint is in the weed, and the secret of good weed is that you can never get enough of it. The Mad Bunny knew this. He also knew that he could […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/like-smoking-candy/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/hobbit-feet/ https://www.alienated.me/hobbit-feet/#respond Tue, 26 May 2015 15:34:44 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2360 My mom says that I’ve got hobbit feet Soon enough these feet will hit the street Soon enough these feet will walk a mile Carrying me with a lot of style. Hobbit feet, hobbit feet, Take me to where I will meet Someone who is just as sweet As my hobbit feet. Time sure flies […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/hobbit-feet/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/i-wonder-about-you/ https://www.alienated.me/i-wonder-about-you/#respond Sun, 17 May 2015 10:28:05 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2339 I wonder about you but dare not decide on what kind of ride this is or isn’t. Still, in the back of my mind there’s a buzz and throughout the day around me there is a special glow I think about you a whole lot more than you know.]]> https://www.alienated.me/i-wonder-about-you/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/the-key-of-time/ https://www.alienated.me/the-key-of-time/#comments Sat, 02 May 2015 19:31:56 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2329 The leaves have fallen The time has passed The crow has landed without a blast. It has the urge the words to say the secret it’s guarding to give away If only it wasn’t holding tightly the Key of Time with its beak This crow would love to speak… And if it could say the […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/the-key-of-time/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/iboga-dreamtime/ https://www.alienated.me/iboga-dreamtime/#respond Sat, 25 Apr 2015 14:57:30 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2323 The Embassadors – Iboga Dreamtime – Official Music video To view, type in the secret code: filipgajic Entheogen initiation with the plant teacher of the highest order.]]> https://www.alienated.me/iboga-dreamtime/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/i-want-you-but-i-dont-need-you/ https://www.alienated.me/i-want-you-but-i-dont-need-you/#respond Sat, 28 Mar 2015 10:11:38 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2257 Momus cover by Amanda Palmer I like you, and I’d like you to like me to like you But I don’t need you Don’t need you to want me to like you Because if you didn’t like me I would still like you, you see La la la La la la I lick you, I […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/i-want-you-but-i-dont-need-you/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/wet-dreams/ https://www.alienated.me/wet-dreams/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:57:49 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2251 I had wet dreams all night long, turning and tossing in my bed, in worship my mouth raved on your body, drawing out patches of red. I heard myself cry out and I heard myself moan, your prying hands and fingers just wouldn’t leave me alone. It was so real that I woke up all […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/wet-dreams/feed/ 2 https://www.alienated.me/id-like-to-know/ https://www.alienated.me/id-like-to-know/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:49:47 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2247 I have a few questions A few things I’d like to know… What is it that pulls us this or that way, to and fro? How do we know which course to steer? How did we start out, how did we end up here? What comes next, different color, shape, and sound? different hands to […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/id-like-to-know/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/people-like-me/ https://www.alienated.me/people-like-me/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2015 19:58:26 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2236 When people like me run into people like you it’s an opposites attraction, and there isn’t much one can do Just watch the sparks fly while they fly between you and i make the most of it before it’s gone all the good times are just a loan the better the times the higher the […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/people-like-me/feed/ 2 https://www.alienated.me/r-i-p/ https://www.alienated.me/r-i-p/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2015 20:12:27 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2219 When a light goes out it invites misgiving and uncertainty – the whole world becomes darker for a moment for an eternity And suddenly here feels like a foreign land arid, unforgiving, and vast In a split second what we most treasure becomes a thing of the past. Death is insidious Death is selective and […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/r-i-p/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/flying-with-birds/ https://www.alienated.me/flying-with-birds/#respond Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:31:29 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2213 Imagination on the loose is a blessing and a curse it invites trouble it makes one into double. But how does one break free from freedom? How do you deny a heart’s plight or close eyes to sight? The more I try the harder it gets to find the words If only now I could […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/flying-with-birds/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/love/ https://www.alienated.me/love/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2014 13:18:44 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2199 It’s nice to read about it in the poem, to think, yes, i’ve known this once and more than once, this force, this fever, this madness… i can die now. but no one dies not from Love and just to rub your nose in it, once it’s over the world keeps spinning and we keep […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/love/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/taming-the-beast/ https://www.alienated.me/taming-the-beast/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2014 10:26:42 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2083 The worst thing you can do when faced with a beast is act like a deer. Look at him straight in the eyes show him no fear. Hold his gaze, make him see his reflection in your eyes, let him know you can see right through his disguise. I learned this from a book that […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/taming-the-beast/feed/ 2 https://www.alienated.me/nothing/ https://www.alienated.me/nothing/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2014 23:10:03 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2193 Thousands of warriors celebrate life, and die as the Wall turns into a Well trying to quench its own thirst trying to draw a parting of the lips called a smile in its mind before it dries out before it becomes a void bottomless hole this Well that once was a Wall You’ve seen me […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/nothing/feed/ 4 https://www.alienated.me/sad-clown/ https://www.alienated.me/sad-clown/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:25:21 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2190 I am me, that’s what I’ll always be although I may not always stay as you see me today. You see, this me transforms it tends to change shapes and even shift forms I live, I move, I grow sometimes the process of growing is slow. Like a crab that comes out of a little […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/sad-clown/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/little-boys/ https://www.alienated.me/little-boys/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2014 16:35:24 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2118 I bet you don’t know how much food two little boys can devour in less than an hour. And keep on asking for more, hour after hour, until the fridge is empty and there is nothing left to devour. And all I do day after day is cook, wash, and clean. There is no time […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/little-boys/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/inside-of-me/ https://www.alienated.me/inside-of-me/#respond Thu, 19 Jun 2014 09:11:23 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2112 Inside of me there is a place where fireflies their destiny face Memories of childhood long carefree days playing hide and seek in cobble maze Climbing tree tops and flying kites counting falling stars at nights Then there is that first clumsy kiss the feeling that I will forever miss The smell of the sea […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/inside-of-me/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/river/ https://www.alienated.me/river/#respond Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:30:38 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2098 River is just like his name deep and fluid, and with a sense of direction just thinking about it gives me an erection, figuratively speaking. Nobody knows how important a sense of direction is, after all is said and done, than those of us who have none. It’s not an easy fate to live in […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/river/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/skye/ https://www.alienated.me/skye/#respond Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:21:21 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2095 Skye is just like his name open and wide and blue, and when at times clouds get in the way the wind comes to blow them away, usually in less than a day. Some say that Skye looks like his dad and maybe on the outside he does, a little, but if you look real […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/skye/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/a-bit-more-honest/ https://www.alienated.me/a-bit-more-honest/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2014 22:28:24 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2088 My memory resembles a finely crafted needlepoint lace hole after hole, a pattern appears that i somehow fail to retrace. So many faces, places lost in the labyrinth of my mind that I shall never find. But then there are times when the nights are long, and the moon misleading, I forget the things that […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/a-bit-more-honest/feed/ 2 https://www.alienated.me/swimming-in-sunset/ https://www.alienated.me/swimming-in-sunset/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2014 20:24:36 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2072 There is nothing quite like swimmingin that short intervaljust before the day breathes out its last breath. The sun bleeds out,leaving a smudged stain across the sky meeting its deathThe wind is quietthe sea is stillLast rays of lightglued to my skin,As I dive into the sea, I think,this is the way it’s always been.This is the wayit always should be, to […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/swimming-in-sunset/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/my-body/ https://www.alienated.me/my-body/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2014 17:32:20 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2040 You’ve given me a difficult task, to write about my body. Not sure if I can find much inspiration, if it’s any consolation, it’s not my body that’s at fault as much as I am, putting it at a halt for such a long time that now it doesn’t feel like it’s mine. My body […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/my-body/feed/ 3 https://www.alienated.me/without-memories/ https://www.alienated.me/without-memories/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2014 09:11:40 +0000 http://opajdara.wordpress.com/?p=200 We will leave here without memories To tender tremor of morning husk To sadness and moonlight in the woods To some lonely place at dusk I will leave here without memories A scent of grass that In their sleeves Farmers bring home From a day in the fields A secret that hidden Under eyelashes escapes […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/without-memories/feed/ 3 https://www.alienated.me/all-those-mes/ https://www.alienated.me/all-those-mes/#respond Thu, 29 May 2014 23:03:31 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2004 I am not really a player, just someone who’s come to know that if you take yourself seriously life quickly turns to a foe. I do what I can to make things light mine is the only life I keep in sight there are so many of me, and sometimes we fight about who is […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/all-those-mes/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/peeking/ https://www.alienated.me/peeking/#respond Tue, 27 May 2014 22:59:59 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1883 Dark clouds come typing themselves on my screen, in fast strokes of angry blunter. Funny, the ram would be tiger still thinks he can rattle this panther. I roll my eyes and wonder should i roll my sleeves too and with my arms push at shutter doors of that dark place you go to. But […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/peeking/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/like-alice-in-wonderland/ https://www.alienated.me/like-alice-in-wonderland/#comments Tue, 27 May 2014 16:27:30 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1909 “You are quite a pleasant surprise. You make a good doobie”, said the Mad Bunny as he took another drag of Alice’s giant joint. She shrugged her shoulders in indifference. The secret of a good joint is in the weed. Nothing more to it, really. “Tell me about yourself.” said the Mad Bunny, inhaling deeply. Alice could […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/like-alice-in-wonderland/feed/ 3 https://www.alienated.me/making-up-as-i-go/ https://www.alienated.me/making-up-as-i-go/#comments Mon, 26 May 2014 09:11:15 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1889 I thought I heard somebody call my name though i couldn’t see the man, only a hand written invitation – I almost mistook it for a citation. I must have imagined. Still, I put on my happy-go-lucky dress and a matching bag to impress, stuffing it with all my charms, spells and dreams. The address written by hand was wrong, so it […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/making-up-as-i-go/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/it-used-to-fly/ https://www.alienated.me/it-used-to-fly/#comments Sun, 25 May 2014 09:11:39 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1870 There was a time when I used to wear my heart on my hair. To be more exact, on a hairpin pinned to my hair, but that was a long time ago, before I learned all I now know. I remember how you used to reach for the moon every night, and you’d cry because […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/it-used-to-fly/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/it-is-how-it-feels/ https://www.alienated.me/it-is-how-it-feels/#respond Sat, 24 May 2014 13:10:13 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1866 As I glide above thick layers of puffy clouds I can see the world is a truly beautiful place. Rooftops and skyscrapers, mountains and seas, even cities with people humming like bees. I’ve packed my most precious belongings – rolling papers with a bag of weed, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, one to write […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/it-is-how-it-feels/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/i-imagine/ https://www.alienated.me/i-imagine/#comments Fri, 23 May 2014 21:16:08 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1854 I imagine you’d know how to touch me, and where, you would look into my eyes and see the moon there locked inside each other, we remain for a while You are afraid to trace the contour of my smile. So you reach out boldly for my breasts instead Can you feel the fever rising in […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/i-imagine/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/the-balancing-act/ https://www.alienated.me/the-balancing-act/#respond Thu, 22 May 2014 09:11:09 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1828 When I was little, the gypsies stole me. They carried me out in the dead of the night, and let me watch from the elephant’s back as my home disappeared out of sight. I can still vaguely recall the smell of vanilla from my mother’s kitchen, and the sound the floor makes when my father […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/the-balancing-act/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/fishing-for-memories/ https://www.alienated.me/fishing-for-memories/#comments Wed, 21 May 2014 09:11:02 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1817 The night is dark and with clouds obscuring the stars there isn’t much to see. A sea like any other sea, For the love of the Moon it is ready to die. When the Moon says, “Jump!” it asks, “How high?” There are many fish in the sea, they say but if you catch the one […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/fishing-for-memories/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/remember-to-forget/ https://www.alienated.me/remember-to-forget/#comments Wed, 21 May 2014 00:19:37 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1823 Here it comes. Tsunami of thoughts unspoken, like a beam from the blaster, can it come through at the rate of 48 words per minute I can’t type any faster. I must Remember to forget Remember to forget Remember to forget and this isn’t over just yet. Somewhere. Someone. Something. I laugh at my reflection […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/remember-to-forget/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/there-are-places-i-know/ https://www.alienated.me/there-are-places-i-know/#respond Tue, 20 May 2014 15:51:26 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1768 The man who knows that all words were already said by someone before, that there is nothing new under the sun, thinks I am the one who can take him some place new, somewhere he’s never been. Thinks i can show him something new, something he’s never seen. Ok, I can do that, just let […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/there-are-places-i-know/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/the-storm-spinner/ https://www.alienated.me/the-storm-spinner/#comments Mon, 19 May 2014 13:01:17 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1756 I watch the tall man outside under a giant umbrella as he watches… something. Drop by drop, pop by pop, my window gets infected with the blisters of rain. One bolt of lightning it would have all been in vain. I still see the man. Dunno if he’s hiding from the rain or something else […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/the-storm-spinner/feed/ 4 https://www.alienated.me/fight-for-your-world-not-your-country/ https://www.alienated.me/fight-for-your-world-not-your-country/#comments Sun, 18 Aug 2013 19:41:04 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1741 I was raised to believe that being a patriot is a virtue. Growing up, I learned that it is a very thin line between patriotism and nationalism, when I saw “my country” eradicated from the map in a civil war. (If you are still wondering, I am ex-Yugoslavian.) I’ve heard all the arguments. I agree […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/fight-for-your-world-not-your-country/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/dear-jewels/ https://www.alienated.me/dear-jewels/#respond Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:06:07 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1734 I miss you a lot. I miss meaningful relations, with or without the ships. and you are one of my most meaningful relationSHIPS. I had one of those weird birthday insights yesterday, about that intangible yet very real value of friendship, and how it is reflected best by being able to re-live the emotion that […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/dear-jewels/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/change-your-words-change-your-world/ https://www.alienated.me/change-your-words-change-your-world/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 10:18:26 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1723 This short film illustrates the power of words to radically effect change. Discover the power of transforming your own words in Andrea Gardner’s book ‘Change Your Words, Change Your World’ at http://www.andreagardner.co.uk. Homage to Historia de un letrero, The Story of a Sign by Alonso Alvarez Barreda Music by: Giles Lamb Filmed by Red Snappa Director Seth […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/change-your-words-change-your-world/feed/ 2 https://www.alienated.me/im-not-the-killing-type/ https://www.alienated.me/im-not-the-killing-type/#respond Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:30:32 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2300 I wouldn’t kill to win a war I don’t get what they do it for It’s all so terribly vague I see the pictures from a thousand years of battle And I think it’s such a bore I walk New Orleans with a knife Like Mackie hidden out of sight But I’d be useless if […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/im-not-the-killing-type/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/william-blake-quotes/ https://www.alienated.me/william-blake-quotes/#comments Sat, 16 Jun 2012 23:51:27 +0000 http://opajdara.wordpress.com/?p=452 William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) •    A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. •    Every harlot was a virgin once. •    Eternity is in love with the productions of time. •    Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. •    If a thing loves, it is infinite. •    […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/william-blake-quotes/feed/ 3 https://www.alienated.me/love-is-a-wolf/ https://www.alienated.me/love-is-a-wolf/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:11:18 +0000 http://opajdara.wordpress.com/?p=148 So perhaps it is true that our core obsessions are of a darker nature, and concern creatures that crawl and burrow and slide through the skin, slip into the bloodstream, climb towards the heart, which upon their surreptitious entrance swells, surrenders infected or explodes in fierce conflagration, sometimes both, but then that’s a description of […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/love-is-a-wolf/feed/ 3 https://www.alienated.me/war-and-warriors/ https://www.alienated.me/war-and-warriors/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:11:38 +0000 http://opajdara.wordpress.com/?p=985 By our best enemies we do not want to be spared, nor by those either whom we love from the very heart. So let me tell you the truth! My brethren in war! I love you from the very heart. I am, and was ever, your counterpart. And I am also your best enemy. So […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/war-and-warriors/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/if-you-love-love-openly/ https://www.alienated.me/if-you-love-love-openly/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:46:04 +0000 http://opajdara.wordpress.com/?p=167 Twenty monks and one nun, who was named Eshun, were practicing meditation with a certain Zen master. Eshun was very pretty even though her head was shaved and her dress plain. Several monks secretly fell in love with her. One of them wrote her a love letter, insisting upon a private meeting. Eshun did not […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/if-you-love-love-openly/feed/ 5 https://www.alienated.me/erich-fromm-quotes/ https://www.alienated.me/erich-fromm-quotes/#comments Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:36:52 +0000 http://opajdara.wordpress.com/?p=98 Erich Fromm‘s books “The Art of Loving” and “The Fear of Freedom” shaped my views a great deal when I was just a teenager. Here are some of my favorite Fromm quotes: As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask. If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/erich-fromm-quotes/feed/ 2 https://www.alienated.me/hermann-hesse-quotes/ https://www.alienated.me/hermann-hesse-quotes/#respond Thu, 31 May 2012 13:00:51 +0000 http://opajdara.wordpress.com/?p=63   In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation suffers, in each one a Savior is crucified. Demian Love isn’t there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure. Peter Camenzind When someone is seeking … it happens quite easily […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/hermann-hesse-quotes/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/the-other-side/ https://www.alienated.me/the-other-side/#comments Mon, 28 May 2012 09:44:41 +0000 http://opajdara.wordpress.com/?p=557 One day a young Buddhist on his journey home, came to the banks of a wide river. Staring hopelessly at the great obstacle in front of him, he pondered for hours on just how to cross such a wide barrier. Just as he was about to give up his pursuit to continue his journey he […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/the-other-side/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/invention-of-love/ https://www.alienated.me/invention-of-love/#respond Thu, 24 May 2012 11:25:20 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1684 Invention of Love is one of the most beautiful animated films I’ve ever seen. A love story from the world of gears and bolts. Inspired by Lotte Reiniger works and Antony Lucas’s Jasper Morello film. Written & Directed by Andrey Shushkov. Original Music and Sound: Polina Sizova, Anton Melnikov. Violin performed by Anna Gudkova Not […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/invention-of-love/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/amy-winehouse/ https://www.alienated.me/amy-winehouse/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 21:24:48 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1663 A picture speaks a thousand words… Photo by Brian Rasic.]]> https://www.alienated.me/amy-winehouse/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/hearts-a-mess/ https://www.alienated.me/hearts-a-mess/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:43:56 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1631 Pick apart The pieces of your heart And let me peer inside Let me in Where only your thoughts have been Let me occupy your mind As you do mine You have lost Too much love To fear, doubt and distrust (It’s not enough) You just threw away the key To your heart You don’t […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/hearts-a-mess/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/hallelujah/ https://www.alienated.me/hallelujah/#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:14:12 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=2432 Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah” resided in that pantheon of great songs that have been sung, interpreted, chopped, parodied (intentionally and unintentionally), and beaten to death, until Jeff Buckley came along and made it into the transcendent, beautiful reflection on brokenness, imperfect love, and most importantly, grace.]]> https://www.alienated.me/hallelujah/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/the-last-poem/ https://www.alienated.me/the-last-poem/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:29:06 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1578 I would like you to be my last poem Of all the words I have I am speaking only one Unspoken word It could be the oath Or the most childish lie The rest dully bounce Against the walls of uncertainty I would like you to be my last poem]]> https://www.alienated.me/the-last-poem/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/whos-gonna-save-my-soul-now/ https://www.alienated.me/whos-gonna-save-my-soul-now/#respond Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:38:51 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1607 Here’s a beautiful song, and one well suited to this blog…]]> https://www.alienated.me/whos-gonna-save-my-soul-now/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/the-evanescence-of-love/ https://www.alienated.me/the-evanescence-of-love/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:11:07 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1571 The luminous evanescence of love Reminiscent of the fragrance of a rose As potent as impotent am I Just one breath to overdose Inhale it deeply let it percolate I heist what I can before it’s late Premature by nature the metamorphosis Takes love from nascence to necrosis Yet it is between those two antipodes […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/the-evanescence-of-love/feed/ 2 https://www.alienated.me/my-sweetnest/ https://www.alienated.me/my-sweetnest/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:50:07 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1567 I am not a river to flow and shape the land with gentle stream, nor am I wind to blow away the dream. Can’t even manage to move the clouds around across the sky, or turn their white to blue, and I have tried. (such a fool am I) I am earth, I am clay, […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/my-sweetnest/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/why-dont-you-change/ https://www.alienated.me/why-dont-you-change/#respond Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:35:51 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1457 Here is a short clip taken from J. Krishnamurti’s Life Story & Teachings.  As always, his words are profound and carry a thought provoking message for all of us.]]> https://www.alienated.me/why-dont-you-change/feed/ 0 https://www.alienated.me/sleepless/ https://www.alienated.me/sleepless/#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:50:54 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=1559 In silence I listen to the sound of your sleep A few stolen moments that I get to keep I watch your body sway in rhythmic motion Serene and distant, free of any notion Maybe the sound of your even breathing Can soothe the hunger that in me is seething Maybe the metronome of your […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/sleepless/feed/ 2 https://www.alienated.me/the-prodigal-son/ https://www.alienated.me/the-prodigal-son/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:14:50 +0000 http://www.alienated.me/?p=11 The Prodigal Son, also known as the Lost Son, is one of the best known parables of Jesus. It appears only in the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Bible (Luke 15:11-32). It is the third and final member of a trilogy, following the Parable of the Lost Sheep and the Parable […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/the-prodigal-son/feed/ 4 https://www.alienated.me/ludwig-wittgenstein-on-words/ https://www.alienated.me/ludwig-wittgenstein-on-words/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:06:40 +0000 http://opajdara.wordpress.com/?p=995 “Here we come up against the great question that lies behind all these considerations. . . . . Instead of producing something common to all that we call language, I am saying that these phenomena have no one thing in common which makes us use the same word for all,-but that they are related to […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/ludwig-wittgenstein-on-words/feed/ 1 https://www.alienated.me/past-present-future/ https://www.alienated.me/past-present-future/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:11:19 +0000 http://opajdara.wordpress.com/?p=966 “A man who doesn’t know where he comes from cannot know where he is going.” Having this in mind, last summer I went back to my forefathers’ lands. There I learned about my family past and visited my ancestors’ graves. I explored the nature, listened to the rivers and ate wild berries and apples and […]]]> https://www.alienated.me/past-present-future/feed/ 1