In Silent Passage - Text and Visual Art by Chris DeRobertis (Dero)

// Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Today's Tendril...

I found my "center" the other day.

Too bad it was a black hole.

// Monday, October 20, 2014

Today's Tendril...

Trends often rise like rockets, then drop like rocks.

// Sunday, October 19, 2014

Let me stare into your eyes and lose myself in what always goes unspoken.

Let me believe for just a moment that there is a story of us that doesn't end with the absence of you.

Let me dream about the "what ifs" as I stare without focus into the skyways of solitary days.

And let me pretend that a message I put inside a bottle,

          And cast into a stormy sea,

          Will find its way

          To a heart

          That will shed a tear

          For words that went unspoken...somewhere in time.

Copyright 2014 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

Today's Tendril...

Time is like a cloud —

      Sometimes slow,
      Sometimes fast,
      But never still.

      Sometimes dark,
      Sometimes light,
      But never without color.

      Always changing.

      Always there (if not 'right here,' then 'somewhere else').

      And always just out of reach.

Copyright 2014 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

A Letter, of Sorts 1

Dear Penelope,

Some people leave a lasting impression on others.

You left footprints on my heart.

And my blue sky blackened.

Regretfully yours,

Victor

Copyright 2014 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Saturday, October 18, 2014

Skyway 3: So Close, So Far

Today's Tendril...

Cynicism. Sarcasm. Pessimism. Defeatism.

All in a day's grind for those that toil in a Dilbert-like world.

// Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Today's Tendril...

Trends are fair weather friends.

Anon (AYIBTU)

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// Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Today's Tendril...

Wants and whims often lead us to the paths of least resistance.

// Monday, October 13, 2014

Today's Tendril...

I found my "center" the other day.

Too bad it was a bull's-eye.

// Sunday, October 12, 2014

Just for Fun 7: Welcome to the Ark

To jump the shark.
A walk in the park.
To go out on a lark.
A fire from a spark.
All aboard Noah’s ark!

Have I gone out on a lark?

Ah, heck, I'm just groping in the dark.

I might as well be hunting for a Snark.

About

This one was done "just for fun," written under a blistering sun (literally).

Sometimes alliteration does overrun.

Somewhere behind me I hear, "Set phasers to stun!"

OK. I'm done.

Copyright 2014 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Friday, October 10, 2014

Today's Tendril...

If ink wells could cry, their tears would stain a page in ways never imagined.

// Thursday, October 09, 2014

Today's Tendril...

History, the news, and the Internet have taught me, collectively, at least one thing — the sky is always falling somewhere...and "some when."

// Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Today's Tendril...

If walls can have ears, then eyes can have knives.

"If looks could kill."

// Tuesday, October 07, 2014

Today's Tendril...

Hate is like a hungry tiger — and you are its prey.

// Monday, October 06, 2014

Data Alchemy

Reading the tea leaves.
Connecting the dots.
Crunching the numbers.
Mining for gold (or at least a few nuggets).
Collecting and distilling,
    Aggregating and sifting,
        Churning and assimilating
            An endless parade of data points.

Just another day in the life of a data alchemist.

About

The final two words can be replaced with "storyteller," or "detective," or "theoretical physicist," and the message remains the same.

Copyright 2014 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Saturday, October 04, 2014

Affinity

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About

A letter.

A combination of elements.

An exploration.

Sometimes "wandering into the weeds" serves a purpose.

Copyright 2014 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Thursday, October 02, 2014

Today's Tendril...

Q: When is consistency like mud?

A: When you get stuck in it.

// Wednesday, October 01, 2014

Today's Tendril...

Q: Where do ghosts go food shopping?

A: At the BOO-per market!

About

Welcome to October!

I considered a "thirty howls of Halloween" motif and out popped this TT.

What happened to the other twenty-nine?

They turned into pumpkins.

P.S. Why thirty howls and not thirty-one? I like the rhythm of "thirty howls of Halloween." 8^)

Copyright 2014 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Sunday, September 28, 2014

Today's Tendril...

You reap what you S.O.W. — strength of will.

// Saturday, September 20, 2014

Afterlife

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// Sunday, August 24, 2014

Evolution

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// Sunday, August 17, 2014

Three Tendrils for Today

Notebooks are breadcrumbs, footprints, fingerprints, and dream-drops.

In the bell tower of an old church, a poet asked the night, "Where have you gone, my muse?"

And the night replied (to the poet's surprise), "In the lockbox of your heart...and fate holds the key."

Tendril #2, a text composition, is a work of fiction. Names, places, institutions, events, incidents, characters, persons, locations, and/or organizations either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Full Creative Writing Disclaimer.

// Saturday, August 16, 2014

Today's Tendril...

There is nothing wrong with having priorities.

There is something wrong when they're ignored.

// Thursday, July 17, 2014

Today's Tendril...

"The devil you know," as the saying does go,
is one devil too many;
one devil too many to know.

// Friday, July 04, 2014

On the 4th of July...

Be patriotic, but do not be harassed by the imposition of another's will.

Be independent, but do not forget national unity and local community.

Be democratic, but do not be a mind without a voice or a vote without a vision.

Be welcoming, but do not be afraid to remind others, don't tread on me.

Copyright 2014 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Monday, June 16, 2014

Things You Never Want to Hear Over a Pilot's Intercom

Whoa, I've never seen that light come on before.
I'll have mine shaken, not stirred.
The twitches come and go, much like the voices in my head.
Man, I'm having the unluckiest day EVER.
Fly over it? Forget that. We're going through it!

This text composition is a work of fiction. Names, places, institutions, events, incidents, characters, persons, locations, and/or organizations either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Full Creative Writing Disclaimer.

// Sunday, June 15, 2014

Today's Tendril...

We are all fragile —
     like an egg in an earthquake,
          or a light bulb in a tornado,
               or a newspaper in a tsunami.

// Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Today's Tendril...

"Swallow me whole" — to be consumed by something that is greater than you.

"Swallow me hole" — to fall into something deep and dark, because you weren't paying attention, or because you've become "blind" to the dangers that await.