douglas brent smith

sometimes by chance by luck or by design we find real people moving along matching lines cruise to connecting music smile at marvelous magic sometimes we stumble onto a carnival of dreams so mellow and alive so easy and free yes, sometimes we wander with love waiting eagerly douglas brent smith  

  Drawing:  Top Hat Journey , by douglas brent smith from Journal #7,  The Eclectic Trance Dance , 1974

mirrors on the fallen snow reflecting where you'd like to go and what you'd be if you could know the narrative that makes it so windows in the sky with eyes exposing soporific lies and passionless dramatic sighs whispering goodbye there's no fortune bright enough to make you and there's no moonbeam light enough to take you or any hammer strong enough to break you unless you start it all alone doors that lead to empty rooms welcoming as wood tombs promising the end of gloom not all what you'd assume douglas brent smith 1974/2023