Friday, October 3, 2008
All or Nothing
The populous of the beautiful and granting
Those who walk the streets gilt in gold and
Speak the words of pleasance?
Keeping appearances and good sides
Assuaging the egos of the softest confidence.
Those of easy humor and false show.
Truth and honor, service and fortitude
Are more likely measures of worth.
Some find these to be taxing on egos
Easier it is for theatrics and circumstance.
Leading the way to tarnished gold gilt streets
For words of pleasance to turn to evil
Only to lose face and face themselves alone.
3 October 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
In a Valley
Wanting only company
from love
Standing dark, bent
Leaning against the wind
Waiting for a wall
A wall for support
A wall for laughter
A wall for shelter
Standing alone, bent
fighting against the wind
Waiting for a hand
A hand to hold
A hand to pull
A hand to push
Hilltop, Alone
Wanting only company
from love.
29 July 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Ode to the Never Born
Your endless wonder never known
Your forgiving love never held
The world shall never see
Your exquisite soul
Or your undying heart
Full of life to give, but
Never taken.
Never have we met
But love you I always will
Never have I seen your face
But remember your eyes will I
Never will I hold your tiny hand
But lead your way I will.
Carry you on your journey
To see the world around again
On a trek you will never take.
The world will never know
What you love to see
Who you love with all your heart
And where you love to be.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Again I Shall Shine
Rain from my soul
Cleanses my heart.
Within myself,
The storms are welcomed.
I am the weatherwoman
And the forecast is bleak.
After the weather,
The birds will soar.
I know the winds,
The currents,
The gales.
I know the rain,
The torrents,
The floods.
Tragedy has struck.
But, as always –
Out comes the sun,
The life-star, my
Force.
As with the weather,
Again I will live.
Only now the calm
Will be longer and
The storm short-lived.
23Mar97
I Am New
The tears come more often now.
The pain – not as much.
The reason?
I am healing.
I am healing –
From a wound not caused by anyone.
From no wound self-inflicted.
The reason?
I am healing.
I am healing –
From my own insanity.
From my own self-doubt.
The wound?
Caused by me.
The tears come to me in joy.
They come to me welcomed.
The reason?
I have healed myself.
23Mar97
Control of Myself
In time, happiness
Will come to me.
Time is mine to bide.
I wait for myself
To realize that I
Am the master, I
Decide when I will
Be happy.
Solace is a gift to myself
From the shallow
Depths of my sanity.
I wait for myself
To know that I
Am the master, I
Decided when to dole
Myself the gift.
I am the master of
My soul; of my
Feelings; of me.
I wait for myself
To overcome what
I have forbidden: to
Be the master and
In control.
21Mar97
Love Me Not
Because I love you
I will let myself
Be free from you,
Let you be free of me.
Because I love you
I will free myself
From what I’ve caused,
From what you do.
Because I love you
I will let you be
To be free of your conscience,
To allow you life anew.
Because I love you
I wish you love
For someone but me.
Please, love me not.
19Mar97
Je Perdu Vous
The sun sets,
The moon rises,
The tides ebb and flow.
You came to me,
I went to you,
Our souls we shared.
Time passes,
Moments linger,
Seasons wait for us.
In nature life grows,
In life time moves,
In time, we change.
Within our time
We found ourselves
We found each other.
As time seeps past
You move closer away
I move further apart.
Without the time
We lost ourselves
Je perdu vous.
18Mar97
You Loved Me
After seeing my pain
And the tumult in my heart,
Your change for me was
The only way I knew.
When I shared my pain
And the tumult in my heart,
You changed the way you
Held me, and I knew.
When finally you knew my pain
And the tumult in my heart,
You spoke to me, touched me,
Soothed me differently.
And I knew.
07Mar97
Self
Tired
Emotional Drain
Hateful love
Mindful hate
Helpful mind
To lead me to
Your apathy of
Heart only to
Be hurt by
My own
Insanity
02Mar97
Forward Sanity
All the better
To not strain emotions.
Reveal your thoughts
To me and I’ll
Understand then move on.
Movement in one
Direction keeps me
From being hurt.
Pain is the result
Of a void in time
Where movement has
Ceased and a
Standstill has taken
Over my mien.
Sanity remains my
Only ally in movement.
Cessation of movement
Creates a stopping point
For my sanity to get
Away from me.
Emotions take over
And leave me
Stranded.
02Dec96
Won't We Be
Throughout time
hearts acquire thought.
Always thinking
Continually feeling the thoughts of what
Is to become.
Throughout time
Minds acquire emotions.
Always sensing
Continually mulling over
Emotions of what
May never be.
Throughout time
Emotions acquire differences.
Always changing
Continually leading one
Through what
Will never be.
02Dec96
Master the Staff
Two souls dancing closer apart
Met with one timing right
One wrong convinced
Longing to end the notes
And the dance to be done
To answer to the conductor.
When the nocturne is finished
And away are the pieces
To clear the stage
Begins the composition of anew
To combine the metronomes
And correct the timing
To master the staff
And clef the emotion
In finale, to bring the hearts to key.
23Nov96