Stunned by the arrival Appearance, appeared, caught unaware The uncatchable, the beacon, beckoning for nothing, while ready to pull each breath methodically from the body and leave a hollow pit A swinging door, left open to be shut A question expecting no response,...
Compelled
Wisdom is not cheap especially in the young Discerning our way through the mind pits of love Prolonged delusion the older pick up the pace And yet, the journey the great equalizer They, this body among us mark the stars, and count the waves Day by day rushing in and...
To Be Moved
I am not your babe, that swaddled up thing That you believe will bring you comfort when you need, and leave bare when you don’t A blanket stare, with the resemblance of a feeling But, lacking anything to feel or rely on I know you, this beat underneath...
Another Day
I saw the sunset today A cloud or two The curtains of blue And I thought of you.
Torn
Words bring courage The weight of a tongue that drags an ensnared soul out of the muck Misplaced action haunts the misused These fictions and memories circle like vultures to tear away the flesh One body, craven and ravaged Only the savage can relate to this turmoiled...
Babe
Your kit gloves Your cool crush stare And that wholesome touch That strips me bare Calling me babe With a mind to say lover You hold my heart Safe, unlike any other.
Passing By
Wipe those eyes, you puffed up bundle of joy Weeping out your dew upon the bedroom floor Dry those tears, you trusty hollow Crying out the memories you have cherished so long Tend those streams, you radiant beam of light Flowing out the caverns of your heart Stand...
Us
Where was I, in you and me, when you and me meant you? For, I gave up me, to be with you And lost the me that I knew But now I know, I know what’s true At last I got the clue And I will never, ever, go back to you If us does not mean me...
The Sound of Retreat
The conscious winds prove to form Delegating my troubled heart to face the times and withdraw Fathoming the appointment, my bass drum drops the beat, then pounds again to a broken march, dragging itself along,. in a staggering defeat, with the sounds of retreat...
To Eternity And Beyond
Your eyes speak to me Like the cool breeze to the ocean Blue tipped waves rocking back and forth to the song in my heart Your eyes tell me I’m safe, In the turbulent tides of changing days, and restless nights, that tempt our love with salty tears And, in your eyes, I...