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David Middleham

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watcher of movies. listener of music. consumer of chocolate. despiser of avocados. conveyer of cosmic chaos.

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David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

#pennedreveries

do you hear
my soul whispers

ethereal tendrils
of dream-prayer soliloquy

the only-you mantras
that persist upon my breath

i want
for you

in silence
in distance
in absence

i want
for you

when you are but a heartbeat away

a sigh
caresses the gossamer

as i write "I love you"
between the lines
again

November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

Day 10

System of a Down - Innervision

youtu.be/jjnt-KS0ozE?...

(Serj Tankian of SOAD sings guest vocals on the Deftones song Mein)

#DavidsMonthOfMusic

November 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

#vssromance
linger
#pennedreveries
hands held

we collide
(with serendipitous intent)
fated
(in clandestine language)
by the stars
(sweet
sweet
conspiracy)

hands held
(in delicate defiance)
for comfort
(in the turmoil of consequence)
and fruition
(of relentless reveries)

no simple act
(not with you)
no triviality
(not with you)
no insincerity
(not for you)
no doubt
(never with you)

a kiss
(forehead)
a kiss
(eyelids)
a kiss
(lips)
a kiss
(parted lips)
a kiss
(neck/throat)
a kiss
(chest)
a kiss
(heart)
a kiss
(lower)
a kiss
(deeper)
a kiss
(lingering)
sacred
(rapturous)
only for you
(my consummate muse)

November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

Day 9

Deftones - Passenger

youtu.be/IjainiB8mk4?...

(Maynard James Keenan does guest vocals on this song)

#DavidsMonthOfMusic

November 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

we kick our way through
a bed of leaves
like children

the day was as idyllic as I had believed

your soul as warm as I had dreamed

and as the golden sun falls
into the whisper and hush of autumn

the day is not over

and your lips are as soft as I dared hope

#pennedreveries

November 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

Day 8

A Perfect Circle - Orestes

youtu.be/fxoBBSyue4I?...

(Maynard James Keenan is the lead singer of A Perfect Circle as well as Tool and Puscifer)

#DavidsMonthOfMusic

November 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

between sunrise
and sunset

every subliminal heartbeat

every instinctive breath

thoughts of you
just as frequent

always close

and then i dream
only dreams
that you imbue

#pennedreveries

November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

#BornBattleReady

you whisper
sweet everythings

each syllable
thunderclaps its gravity
into my resonance

shivers

stills

deeper now
the cadence of your candour
resides

fingernails press against skin
passion compelled
by word and act

your lips
so close to my ear

the fever of proximity

your breath
a zephyr on my skin

the allure of declaration
and demand

and yes
i need you too

and yes
i want to feel it harder too

and yes
i'll tell you when too

and yes
i love you too

and yes
i love you

and in the bliss of wordlessness
spent
beautiful
ruins
in empyreal embrace

in the fragile moments

you whisper
again

my ribcage fills with contentment

my reveries conflagrate
into nothing more resplendent
that the light i watch flicker
in your eyes

in the aftermath of our rapture

sleep
or a kiss
disparate oblivions

we could scream it
darling
and it wouldn't matter more

the sincerity
meets the time

i whisper

you smile

and i am undone

November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

Day 7

Maynard James Keenan & Steven Drozd - Rocket Man

youtu.be/JmQZswYYRhQ?...

(Elton John cover)

#DavidsMonthOfMusic

November 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

👋

November 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

i know
i feel
my better angels
want better
for me

i know
i feel
that you
want the best
for me

this is one
of myriad reasons
that i adore you so

#pennedreveries

November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

Day 6

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

youtu.be/wy709iNG6i8?...

(played piano on the previous song)

#DavidsMonthOfMusic

November 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

wrapped in warmth...

#Amatory
@amatoryq.bsky.social

i think of an act

clandestine
and sacred

wrapped in warmth
enrobed by you

thoughts
deliciously sheathed
between the most unrepentant lines
of your verse

an embrace
fathoms deep

truths
unburdened

corsets
unlaced

lips
pressed against scapula

desires
untethered

bedsheets
unmade

kisses
upon kisses
upon kisses

and us
so simple
so sublime

i think of an act

i only think of you

November 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

Day 5

Miley Cyrus ft. WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, & Chad Smith - Nothing Else Matters

youtu.be/DqoQY9bobow?...

(cover of the Metallica song)

#DavidsMonthOfMusic

November 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

#steam
#vssromance

steam rises
from glistening surfaces

skin like chrome
in unabashed moonlight

silver contours
defying the umbra

i reach for you in the dark
an act of need
an act of faith

where our touch meets

where infinity spirals into oblivion

can i stay inside your world
even if only for tonight

exquisitely embraced
and blissfully lost

November 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

Oh. Hi.

November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

your lips to mine...
the art of us...

#Amatory
@amatoryq.bsky.social

shadow
motion
fluid
like—

the ache
in a melody

painting hues
that feel like
your lips on mine

the
slow
slow
slow
motion
of your hips
swaying
into a sea
of the words
i'm compelled to contain

swaying
to the rhythm
of the thrum
of—

me
imbuing your world

teasing
the notion

skin
bound to the promise of touch

what anticipation does
to a heartbeat

paints
such a vivid portrait
of us entwined
just like—

the art of us
was always meant to be

a masterpiece

a magnum opus

inevitably
each note
each stroke
making us more—

November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

#pennedreveries

poetry
kept secret
kept sacred

verdancy
in inspiration
in infatuation

all the things
i should never say

all the things
i might never have

those verses
you hold dearest
against your breast

i dream
of their arcane intent

composed
from your truest heart

so darling
whisper to me

confide in me

let me long
for all you long for too

November 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

Day 4

Metallica - I Disappear

youtu.be/nYSDC3cHoZs?...

(Tori Amos appears on the Mission Impossible 2 soundtrack, as does this song)

#DavidsMonthOfMusic

November 4, 2025 at 5:43 AM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

dark little secrets...
#wildwickedwords
etch...
#UnchainedSymphonies
muses of fantasy...
with each breath...
#Amatory
@amatoryq.bsky.social

we all have
our dark
little
secrets

some
simmer

some
sear

some
we bury
in the fathomlessness
of intricate vessels

some
we etch
onto the palpability
of every waking reverie

meet me
at the verge
edged
by the muses of fantasy
to form poetry
from the ache

each one
has your eyes

and with every breath
i'm drawn deeper into you
so i weave
narrative from the need

all is sacred

no touch is more exquisite
than that of a lover
in love

so confide in me
confesss to me
conspire with me
conflagrate with me

be the one
that holds my heart
as i kiss you soul-deep
enraptured

know
this means everything to me

November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM

David Middleham

@dmiddleham.bsky.social

you bestow upon me
such benevolence

my instinct
is always to believe
i am not worthy
of such kindness

but in the warmth
of your unfurled aura

you have innate ability
to make me feel
like i actually deserve such grace

and i adore you for it

#pennedreveries

November 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM