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

// Friday, October 30, 2015

Gone in a Blink

Life is a blur,

Gone in a blink.

Day after day,

Pushed to the brink.

Pile on the work,

Do more with less.

Take, but not give,

Lord, we're a mess.

Today's Tendril...

The trouble with any celebration victory is that it places focus on what was and does nothing for what's next.

// Sunday, October 25, 2015

Real for a Moment 3: Lampposts and Moon-clouds

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Original photograph by M. DeRobertis (Used with kind permission)
Artwork & unreality by C. DeRobertis
Dedicated to D, with deepest thanks

Today's Tendril...

Each of us has a horizon in our hearts.

On some days we travel toward sunrise.

On other days we travel toward sunset.

It is only when we stop travelling that the journey is truly over.

// Saturday, October 24, 2015

I rise when the sun yawns," said the vampire.

"I prowl when the moon is a white hole in the night," said the werewolf.

"I haunt the living when the clock strikes midnight," said the ghost.

"I come ashore when the tide is high," said the sea monster.

"I appear on the left shoulder whenever the opportunity presents itself — which is often," said the Devil. And the Devil smiled.

The others felt a chill go up their spines.

The End

Copyright 2015 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

This text composition is a work of fiction. Names, places, institutions, events, incidents, characters, persons, locations, contexts, scenes, scenarios, symbols, glyphs, iconography, and/or organizations either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Full Creative Writing Disclaimer.

// Thursday, October 22, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Travelling the road of enlightenment doesn't prevent the fog of confusion from rolling in.

// Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Never judge a book by its cover, because the book may respond in kind.

// Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Sarcoterygian

This visual composition is a work of fiction. Names, places, institutions, events, incidents, characters, persons, locations, contexts, scenes, scenarios, symbols, glyphs, iconography, and/or organizations either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Full Creative Writing Disclaimer.

Today's Tendril...

What's at the heart of vanity and pride?

"i"

Today's Tendril... Bridges (Remixed)

Burning bridges — idiotic.

Letting bridges fall into disrepair — lazy.

Never building bridges — lonely.

Washed out bridges — unforeseeable.

Original version in this Today's Tendril...

// Sunday, October 18, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Regrets are anchors of the soul.

// Saturday, October 17, 2015

XO

XO Copyright 2015 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved. insilentpassage.com

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About

Based on a photo taken at The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze years ago, "XO" is an artified celebration of the season — and a wonderful reminder of an evening spent meandering through fields of orange.

Copyright 2015 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

Today's Tendril...

Every graveyard was once new.

Alternate Version

The life of a graveyard begins with death.

// Friday, October 09, 2015

Up Close and Personal 2: Leafing Through Time

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// Monday, October 05, 2015

Corvus Emerging

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Today's Tendril...

How do you know when a relationship has gone bad?

When you go from being the apple of someone's eye, to the worm of their eye.

// Sunday, October 04, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Rabbit holes and rat holes — easy to enter, difficult to exit.

// Saturday, October 03, 2015

Specimen 1

Specimen 447 Copyright 2015 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved. insilentpassage.com

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SID: 447

Today's Tendril...

There are signs of maturity that often go unseen —

The scars,

The stitches,

The scrapes,

And the dents that the heart collects over time.

Unseen, that is, until they surface in form of perseverance,

Patience,

And discipline.

// Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Age is just a number, until the mirror "proves" otherwise (or provides other lies).

// Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Today's Tendril...

The bridge between dream and reality is built with passion, persistence, discipline, and a touch of pioneering spirit.

// Saturday, September 26, 2015

Today's Tendril...

We spend far too much time trying to get into the spotlight, or to be the "I" of the limelight—to become the "star" for all to see—and not enough time trying to stay in the God-light (but doing a fine job of acting like a deer in Satan's headlights).