Gabriel Anthony

Writer | Poet | Wanderer

[gabrielanthonyy]

Good morning, my old friend. It’s strange watching you grow old. You’re the first I’ve ever seen be a puppy and then be an old dog. Your eyes getting glossy. Your hearing getting worse. I remember your entrance into my life. Sleepy and small, with legs you still needed to learn how to use. My memories of running to the park and back with you seem so close. But your legs aren’t up for that anymore. Your joints aren’t either. Thank you for being my audience today. Some day, I’ll think about this morning. And how when I put down my guitar and stood up, Your eyes looked up to me to say “Where to next?” https://www.instagram.com/p/BnHZ3nUghLV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14ladhdh41cyh

[gabrielanthonyy]

A pigeon flew into the yard and landed on the dusty little hill against the concrete wall. Charlie looked at me for answers. I said, “She’s in our territory man. Protect me.” Now, I’m pretty sure he didn’t understand any of that, but right then, the pigeon flapped her wings, flew up onto the wall, and then stared at him. Charlie ran left and then right zig-zagging on the ground as the bird on the wall stared him down. Finally, he stopped running, got closer to the bird, squared up and let out his growls and barks like he was shooting arrows. He dug his back paws into the dirt and let out a bark so strong his front paws came off the ground a little. The pigeon just stared at him. And after a few minutes, flew away from all that ground level noise being thrown at her. Charlie stopped barking. He ran to the left and ran to the right and then came over to me and sat down. Still facing the wall he had just defended. My protector. My little shih tzu guardian. I told him to protect me and he did. He looked back at me and I smiled and said, “Good boy.”

[renovation]

[gabrielanthonyy]

It all blurs.

The good likes to sit with everything else.

As though,

Everything you did right was there

Seasoned across

Every reason for me to find someone else.

I love you.

I loved you.

Both of these stay true.

Life just asks us to adapt.

We forget that survival

Can sometimes be

The only way

To be stable.

And I remember the blurry bad.

Just like I cherish the bloody good.

And I'm at.

Where I'm at.

Because of love,

And how my heart

Healed.

[timbllr]

[gabrielanthonyy]

Don't go Mr. Moon.

I know that once your shift is done,

The sun will come.

And I'm not ready for this night to end.

I'll hold you up.

Feet in the air,

Pressed against the side of you.

Stay.

Stay here with me

Right here on the cliff

between this moment and the memory it will be.

[gabrielanthonyy]

"I choose // to let go." I figured that I'd make up for giving you a close up of my face by including a picture of my beautiful boys. #yawelcome

[lunatical]

[gabrielanthonyy]

Dawn and dusk dance across my dashboard. Empty passenger seats and sad songs. We traveled well together. I guess I'll just keep going then.

[gabrielanthonyy]

[gabrielanthonyy]

You stand in front of me smiling. And the sun above and I agree that if the rest of the world decided to charge tickets to see your smile, the both of us would go broke buying every last seat.

Gabriel Anthony (via gabrielanthonyy)

[travagliinteriori]

[gabrielanthonyy]

"I feel like the rain against your window. Scattered yet consistent. You open up enough to hear me. You take in the sound of my voice. But you never really let me in. " @gabrielanthonyy

[gabrielanthonyy]

Stagnant. That's rarely a good word. If water is stagnant in the wild mosquitoes find it and multiply. Tadpoles grow beneath and frogs emerge. Ecosystems grow from the lack of mobility the water is faced with. Time moves. The water doesn't. And I am the water. Stuck in a basin. I could've evaporated. Moved into a cloud. Changed scenes. But here I am for a pile of reasons. Stagnant. Letting an ecosystem grow within me instead of moving.

Gabriel Anthony

[gabrielanthonyy]

There is zen in my sweat. So I'm running. Feet against the pavement. Looking for my place of peace, I'm running. Wondering why you didn't stay, Breathing out apologies, I'm running.

@gabrielanthonyy

[gabrielanthonyy]

"She knocked me back. Clothes across the hardwood floor Hanging like paintings in a gallery. I felt like a man floating too close to the sun. Stripped of my clothes Down to my bones Lips against Eve Splitting Atoms against the sound of our heavy breathing..." -Gabriel Anthony-

[gabrielanthonyy]

Clear and smooth. She called me when she could. And I waited by the phone. Like a pup by the door. Like a man wanting more. Passed my tongue. Clear and smooth and short. Like the shot in my glass. Like her voice through my phone.

Gabriel Anthony

[gabrielanthonyy]

I can always be doing more. But that's not the point of a break.

Gabriel Anthony

[gabrielanthonyy]

I'm running. Sweat against my skin. I'm tired Of hating my mornings. And praying to my phone to keep quiet. Missed calls and a pile of texts. I'm running. Sweat against my skin. Asking my reflection to be something to believe in. I don't like to count my days anymore. I'd rather just run. It keeps my body locked to something. Miles instead of bottles. I'm running. So I can't catch me.

Gabriel Anthony

[dsxsbx]

Troll's Tongue // Morten Rustad

[gabrielanthonyy]

Hang me on the edge. Or let me let my feet hang. And I'll pretend.

[gabrielanthonyy]

Hi! I'm a big fan of your works... They always seem to describe the indescribable just perfectly. It would be really awesome if we could collab someday. Again... Amazing stuff. Loads of love