Bombs Away!

March 22, 2024March 29, 2025Leave a comment

Bombs Away! by Valerie Parente

So much praise right away
an affair of love bombing
and I knew better
than to go all in.

Lit up in a flash
like a stick of dynamite
set off, and set up,
designed for sparks to fly.

Spontaneous combustion
the kind that gives you whiplash
shame on me for being surprised
that it fizzled out just as fast.

Now that the smoke has cleared
there’s nothing left
but a gaping space
in the shape of foolishness.

I thought I knew better than to trust
when men declare, “Bombs Away!”
so why am I confused
that it blew up in my face?

– Valerie Parente (2-22-2024)

Time Is Not Real

February 9, 2020Leave a comment

Time is not real. Time is just the means that we perceive energy in the universe. All that was, is. All that will be, is. There is no timeline. Just everything in existence including our consciousness entangled in one.

And I think we can find peace in that fact, because when we lose someone, when they’re no longer “here”, they still are. The energy does not disappear. Our ability to recognize their energy might disappear, but that is no indication of the reality that they still exist now and infinitely. When there is no timeline, you cannot lose someone. Ever.

– Valerie Parente (2-9-2020)