Thursday, January 31, 2008

One Morning

Slowly he wakes to welcome the morning
Flesh still frozen under too many sheets
Rubbing his forehead, stifling his yawning
He lingers one moment in private peace
Stretching his arms to loosen his muscles
Bending his body to strengthen his core
Tilting his head, picturing her smile
Distracted now -- missing her even more
He stares out the window, reasons unclear
Remembering her hair tousled and pressed
Against his face, slightly covering his ear
Her soft morning sigh when he touched her breast
Miles away she dreads the silent morning
Hand over heart, consumed by her longing

Middle Ground

Middle Ground can flood
if there is too much rain
or a synthetic supply of wasted years

Middle Ground can erode
solid soil fading to grains
if the water is toxic
saturated with painful tears

Middle Ground (you say) is easier
if you tread lightly above the plains
and stay removed from our fears

But if you are living in the air
over Middle Ground regained
Won't I eventually disappear?

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Scar

Walk towards me slowly
Beat --
Sound --
Loud to fast
High to low
Surrender the smile
to my desire for you
You're coming
faster, deeper and further
into my private play zone
This music is sinking in
infiltrating my secrets
-- splitting my soul --
into parts I remember
and pieces I will forget
Cool air chills my drink
while heavy heat
beats erratic, static passions
to my sleeping heart
Memories start to sweat
from your wet, longing lips
I'm upon you quickly
like unexpected weather
turning from calm to wild
Some mother's young child
once too kept, too confined
to time's empty space
wanting to taste sex
from your first line
Strangers crowd this place
and I can lose myself
Cloaked easily behind
the dangerous rythm
of the steady, rising heat
and face to face
sweating body to body
we meet.
I touch you
like you've never been
touched before
Permanently creating in you
one estactic sigh
Silently owning you,
I purposely scar you
for more than one song
for longer than one life

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Happy Birthday

Brown square box opened
Silver love with detailed kiss
Was almost perfect

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Afterlife in a Book

Leave this book with me when I'm laid to rest
My heart will remember, my soul will know
My fingers clutching it next to my breast
Return me to warmth I knew long ago
Leave this book with me its pages, our dreams
Nobody will know why it stays so close
Leaves from our fall decorating the seams
Beneath pale hands, a bible to its ghost
Leave the book with me when I'm dead and gone
When I can't feel the rain upon my cold skin
Arouse my spirit with your haunting songs
Awaken me when we can love again
Leave this with me inside of my coffin
Weep on my grave, remember us often

Friday, January 25, 2008

Reading With Fear

My shaking hands cradle the book once more
And read the words from your heart sent to mine
My mind wells up with fears beyond that door
That closes when you do not have the time
To tell me that I am your life, your breath
While loving me from very far away
Remind me our faith will survive this test
When silence seems to be the only way
To cope with feelings we no longer share
But why I do not understand at all
It isn't right, or wrong but it's not fair
We ran at first and now we have to crawl?
My tears hit pages memorized too fast
Fearing our love is just too real to last

Too Many Breaks

Words fade on pages
Memories become dusty
like unused sheets
on an empty bed
And trust me
It's not in my head
when you don't have time
just to give time
There's nothing left
to be said;
Catching your breath
is merely living your life
waiting for my death

Sacrifice

Don't use me
as second time
for another sacrifice
The blood still remains
upon the floor
from the first time
you had my heart
in your vice

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Catching A Breath

An inhale from you
cleverly disguised
is still
an exhale from me
I had to catch my breath once, too
but then
I let him go quite easily

Fever

Please not tonight, don't start again with me
My skin is warm from fevered loneliness
I don't need chicken soup, just let me be
My broken, ill-patched heartbeat needs her rest
It does not matter what you say this time
The window I gaze out has shattered now
Dreams suffocate under overgrown vines;
They've wrapped around my foolish hope somehow
Please stop pretending everything's just fine
If you don't feel it now you never will
What's important to you was never mine
And now we'll pass each other standing still
You won't understand everything I've said
If you can't place your hand on my forehead

Waiting

Waiting in line
First to be forgotten and last;
Waiting in line
Sending you my kiss to remind
Your heart of how we've lost our past
Still, slipping sands of time are cast
Waiting in line

Desert

My mouth as dry
as the last grain
blowing in the desert
no hope for shade
silhouetted in shame
for not finding my way
to the mirage
Even an oasis
in my empty mind
could wash my
desire clean
with false blues
and missing greens

Siobhan

You are the voice
that penetrates mine
with woman in you
we are somehow combined
Deep desires in me
they weep at your thoughts
I find solace in time
spent feeling your loss
Fondling your fears
much like my own
no quiet immunity
to the pains that you show
Past future years
and tears that I’ve wept
remain on the pillows
where you’ve never slept
Black and white pictures
with lifelines and smiles
speak all of your dreams
and comfort the child
that dwells within me
dreamlike, surreal
You are the hope
I needed to feel

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

One

One conversation
gives hope for
one to remember
never to give up on
One

Sonnet to My Lover

My lover knows velvet, my gentle touch
When I trace my fingers upon his skin
Pressing firmly sometimes, never too rough
I know the place where his comfort begins
My lover knows music, my whispered sigh
Inside of his ear before I lay down
Next to his heartbeat - my soft lullaby
Fills his dreaming with sweet, angelic sounds
My lover knows fire - the taste of my kiss
Passion's desire when we meet tongue to tongue
Entwined in hypnotic, estactic bliss
We warm each other like the rising sun
My lover knows life - my own in his hands
He knows me better than he understands

Contemplating Shapes

A deep troubled sigh escapes from my lips
My eyes are glazed over with too many thoughts
A longing for one more sweet passionate kiss
Scolds me for fading tonight when we talked
About different shapes life brings to us
In ways we would have never dreamed before
Some odd angled ones seem ridiculous
Until they become the shape we adore
I look out the window escaping my frown
The lights seem to dance and sway with the trees
But all I can feel are lines falling down
And landing sharply, wherever they please
It does not take long to deliberate
The triangle isn't my favorite shape

New Year Flashback

I was there too
Right at the bottom
of that endless abyss
Swirling around
in a puddle of thick
redundant, repeating mist
My shaking hands
curled from a prayer
turned into angry fists.

*from reading your poem, Gary.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Stale

Breakfast turns cold now, sitting on a plate
Without your warm smile to reflect the sun
Orange juice tastes bitter, tears fall down my face
I look for your memory but you are gone
It's not just a poem, it's not just a thought
Or cliched regret we've stumbled upon
But a moment lost by things we forgot
To have and to hold despite everyone
Who taught us to leave, give up go away
Buried hearts in fear and futility
As life gets difficult in such strange ways
Can't you just fight impossibility?
Savor this meal before it becomes stale
Wanting to love more than wanting to fail

Home Improvement

This old door, it squeaks and creaks constantly
I cant walk through it without hearing sounds
Some tell me to stand and spray aimlessly
My anti-rust can shooting up and down
But a closer look will always reveal
Which pin is rubbing and making the noise
That grates on my nerves and pierces my ears
I can't ignore it, don't I have a choice?
I'll stand and inspect it, find the culprit
Sleepless, annoyed, I must figure it out
The reason it whines, why it doesn't fit
Will I ever know why? I start to doubt...
Down on my knees - I don't know what to do!
I look up at the door and see the screw

Last Thought

Driving on the frozen road
                        her eyes like melting icicles
                        she stares
                        Swirving mechanically
                        to hit the speed bumps
                        feeling the passion she never shared

                        Steering with no direction
                        her hands tied like knots
                        she grips the wheel
                        Increasing her speed
                        to miss the detours
                        crying for what she couldn't feel

                        Sitting at the crossroads
                        her heart shattered like glass
                        she turns right
                        Sliding down the hill
                        to reach her destination...
                        the black waters below...
                        he was her last thought that night

Lie to Me

Lie to me for once
                        and tell me that you love me
                        otherwise take my heart
                        tear it into shreds
                        move on...
                        there's nothing to see

                        Deceive me once again
                        I'll believe anything you say
                        otherwise trade my soul
                        for something less
                        love her...
                        and wish me away

                        Imprison me one last time
                        but promise to let me go
                        otherwise
                        leave my thoughts drowning in the river
                        where once
                        our passion flowed

                        But

                        Lie to me once more
                        and tell me that you still love me
                        otherwise
                        know this
                        that without your love
                        I will never truly be free

Signs

Road map torn
                        my direction gone
                        Needing more
                        but it's been too long
                        Paths won't cross
                        this way again
                        knowing you won't let me in

                        Road block here
                        barrier there
                        Everywhere I turn
                        you never stop and stare
                        Jumping fences
                        swimming against the current
                        My mind deserts me
                        because my heart thinks you are worth it

                        So...

                        Post your signs
                        beneath my heart
                        Confuse my mind
                        tear my world apart
                        I'm something more
                        than what you need
                        so post your signs...
                        I'll take heed

                        Drive into me
                        with what I'd never say to you
                        Thrill me
                        with the things you wouldn't do
                        Feel me
                        in some nightmare at night
                        Remember
                        that you gave up this fight

                        Too many ways
                        you could have let me know
                        But when it all came down to this
                        you just wouldn't show
                        The simple answers
                        that I needed to hear
                        The car lost control
                        but you weren't willing to steer

                        Please...

                        Post your signs
                        beneath my heart
                        confuse my mind
                        tear my world apart
                        I'm something more
                        than what you need
                        so post your signs...
                        I'll take heed

                        Crashing head first
                        flesh and concrete meeting
                        Hitting the pavement is better
                        than a love that is fleeting
                        A regurgitated illusion
                        of one eternal bliss
                        That's all that I am to you
                        and nothing too precious to miss

                        Reariew mirror warned
                        that you never would
                        Headlights shining in my eyes
                        I should have left you right where you stood
                        Screeching onto a bridge
                        you had crossed before me
                        Horrifying twists and turns
                        of what I could not see
                        Into the cold river below
                        the heaviness brought me down
                        Unable to escape
                        and you were nowhere to be found

                        Then...

                        Waiting for the moment
                        when all was dead and gone
                        Quietly you stole a glance
                        at the fading ripple
                        in the water
                        left by one
                        small
                        sinking
                        stone...

                        Shhh...

                        Slowly walk past the crash site
                        you won't recognize me this time
                        Name and face will trigger no longing...
                        Memories disappear...
                        Never forgetting what you can't remember...
                        You survive the tragedy...
                        Walking away forever...

                        leaving it all behind

Crowbar to My Heart

Crowbar to my heart
                        you force me to reveal
                        the words and thoughts I've buried deep
                        so that my soul might heal

                        Hammer to my mind
                        you shatter the logic and visions
                        The pain comes quickly but I suffer so long
                        with your indecisions

                        Torch to my eyes
                        you burn my tears with fire
                        The dreams drown slowly and hope subsides
                        weakened by your desire

                        Knife through my Spirit
                        you poison the air that I breathe
                        I gasp and wait for a final whisper
                        as I watch you turn and leave

Empty Page

A dusty empty page
                        you will always find
                        For I am no longer allowed
                        to share what is on my mind

                        You cannot faithfully read
                        what lies deeply in my heart
                        and by leaving me behind
                        you have a brand new start

                        Pictures pulled down
                        from the walls they once adorned
                        They are nothing but targets
                        for a red hatred scorned

                        I feel the quiet chill
                        when I open the door
                        knowing that you haven't
                        been here before

                        There is no way to know
                        no trusting place to hide
                        A dangerous risk in itself
                        to try to secretly confide

                        Convinced my heart to believe
                        that perhaps, I am still missed
                        Still I've turned to ashes
                        just as she wished

                        Writing until my hands bled
                        created only for you
                        Knowing all was never read
                        whispering from hidden views

                        Blind is your perception
                        lost are my thoughts to your heart
                        Your arms a cold reception
                        to a home unvisited and dark

                        I go to places and you are aware
                        of what I am longing to know
                        but you shut the door before I can speak
                        and remind me that it's time to go

                        and...

                        Your ink has run dry
                        this I know and see
                        Have you nothing to say
                        do you feel anything for me

                        Passion turned to lies
                        promise to my tears
                        A beautiful, comforting, loving place
                        now filled with endless fears

                        Once here a blissful dream
                        for my soul to drink
                        Now a burned and blackened hole
                        where my hope continues to sink

                        My world though shattered by this
                        as yours is where it remains
                        and I have too many questions for you...

                        to write on this empty page

The End

I was standing on the edge
                        Feeling one last sigh
                        you unraveled every thread of my soul...

                        and then you said goodbye

The Last Letter

You can't feel my pain
                        I'm breaking down tonight
                        And you don't taste the salty stab
                        of every tear that I cry

                        I speak to you through dreams and prose
                        words written from my heart
                        But deeper my uncertainty grows
                        and tears my soul apart

                        I knew if I went searching again
                        how disappointed I would be to find
                        Time is erasing my memory
                        from your forgotten mind

                        Look into my eyes that you cannot see
                        the spark is lifeless and dull
                        Hidden hopes and empty dreams
                        are starting to take their toll

                        I will always feel that searing pain that runs deep
                        when the shattering thunder meets the soft rain
                        But my heart will no longer be hoping to see
                        if you will ever return again

                        Please close the door gently on me
                        what it seemed to me was not what it was
                        A charred and burned ending is all that I am
                        another one lost but never loved

                        I won't leave anymore letters lying around
                        time to find a place warm and new
                        They will stay on this table never to be found
                        a reflection and memory...

                        of my true love for you

Shadows of Alone

Alone you will always find me
                        hiding in my mind
                        The dreams and confusion have taken my soul
                        there's nothing left to find

                        Fears ripped into my sanity
                        stealing my hope away
                        You left me buried underneath my hurt
                        and that is where I'll stay

                        Never did you love me
                        forever was not real
                        Memories are now shadows of sadness
                        my heart will always feel

                        Leave me here behind you
                        crying eternally
                        I've left myself alone inside
                        where you will never be

if you must

hurt me deeper with your lies
                        take me under ingore my cries
                        suffocate my fragile trust
                        do it quickly if you must

                        keep me up for days on end
                        forget to write then press unsend
                        hate me loathe me you don't care
                        I do close my eyes and you aren't there

                        drag my hope upon the ground
                        list me where I can't be found
                        run from everything I say
                        you never loved me...
                        you never wanted me...
                        you do not miss me...

                        in any way

Battle

A battle rages on
                        inside of a broken soul
                        Thoughts and empty promises
                        never to be told

                        Why did she run so far
                        when she had the strength to fight
                        Darkness stole her courage
                        and extinguished her loving light

                        Take this blade before you
                        and stab it into her eyes
                        She would rather stumble blindly
                        then stare backwards on the lies

                        Tie her wrists together
                        break her bones and will
                        To leave her is to betray her
                        it will give you such a thrill

                        Walk away you clever one
                        never look behind
                        You will sicken at the sight
                        pure destruction you will find

                        Turn your head you pathetic beast
                        leave her on the ground
                        She mourns for your lifeless touch no more
                        and she welcomes the hell she's found

Never For Me

Never for me
                        not for this
                        No longer a soft smile
                        just bittersweet lonliness

                        Never for me
                        only for them
                        Reading too much
                        my soul bleeds thin

                        Never for me
                        always an illusion
                        My heart breeds sadness
                        and endless confusion

                        NEVER FOR ME
                        forever you're gone
                        Wishes were lost
                        my hope turned to stone


                        NEVER FOR ME
                        IT FADED THAT DAY
                        PROMISES DEAD
                        YOU WALKED AWAY

icy road

icy road ahead
                        slippery when taken
                        light shining blinding bright
                        veering to find me unbroken

                        invisible detour missed
                        having no direction
                        rain pours down washing away
                        my midnight drive's reflection

                        stopping on the bridge
                        waters churning below
                        opening the door looking around
                        for someone I'll never know

                        viewing another death
                        climbing the rail
                        feet braced and arms open wide
                        I give up this empty shell

                        falling into darkness
                        freezing and drowning instantly
                        saying goodbye to all that I lost
                        the moment you looked at me

Waiting

She waits by the bridge
                        looking down
                        reflection in the rippling water
                        she only sees his face

                        She stands at the edge of the cliff
                        gazing out across the canyon
                        wind bringing chills
                        she only feels his arms

                        She sits in her room alone
                        looks into the mirror
                        gun in her hand
                        she pulls the trigger...

                        after he walks in

That Night

Quiet night she's in bed it's late
                        wanting her he can't hesistate
                        Watching her from a distance but near
                        Approaching upon her sleeping silhouette
                        he whispers into her ear...

                        I want youI need you
                        I'm taking you you're mine
                        I'll make you beg
                        I'll make you scream
                        I won't waste my time

                        She wakes up startled to see him there
                        confused as he forcefully grabs her hair
                        Something in her back feels like a stabbing pain
                        she looks behind his mask into his eyes
                        he has found her again

                        NO she screams
                        GET AWAY she pleads
                        I NEVER EVEN LOVED YOU
                        Smirking in his eyes wicked grin upon his face
                        Yes, believe me, I knew

                        I knew it when you didn't come home
                        I knew it when you wanted to be alone
                        I knew it when you said never again and
                        I knew it when I saw you with him

                        She fell limp into his arms
                        jarring fear filled her heart
                        He had told her once before
                        from her he'd never part
                        Even if that meant
                        taking life from her
                        She knew that he would do it tonight
                        He always kept his word

                        Taking her body for hours
                        though fighting him she tired
                        Her eye upon the barrel of the gun
                        she wished he would finally fire
                        Raping her and damaging her
                        beyond all self-repair
                        He bound her wrists and gagged her mouth
                        and tied her to the chair

                        Look at me my love
                        see what you brought me to
                        All I ever wanted was love
                        pure and only from you

                        Now you cannot have him
                        nor can you have me
                        And last but not least he said
                        as he cocked his gun
                        I will end your misery

                        Her eyes were dead and lifeless
                        her body beaten and bruised
                        Her final thought as she watched his face
                        was the years of all his abuse

                        The shot boomed loud like a cannon
                        one bullet went straight to her head
                        The only reminder of the murder in there
                        was the spatter of blood on the bed

                        No one solved the mystery
                        of what happened to her that night
                        A second and final gunshot filled the air
                        and he's never been seen since that night

Silent Suicide

I lost a friend so dear to me
                        my heart is filled with misery
                        I don't know why she went away
                        fate didn't choose for her to stay

                        She cried the tears that no one saw
                        cut herself for every flaw
                        They hated her for everything
                        but did not know the joy she could bring

                        I loved the way her eyes would gleam
                        when she would speak of her latest dream
                        She lived in a world with peace all around
                        in reality she existed without a sound

                        Smiles and laughter were all they knew
                        but in her heart she was already through
                        Why couldn't they look closer to realize
                        that voice in her head was Death's last sigh

                        Forgive yourselves for what you have done
                        the pain is felt by everyone
                        But know this tonight as you lie safely in bed
                        Your ignorance and neglect left your little girl dead

Last Frozen Tear

Shivering in the cold feeling so empty
                        trying to hold your hand
                        The lies and the truth finally unfold
                        as I try to make you understand

                        Your eyes meet mine with a distant stare
                        hearts breaking with the loss
                        I'm mourning the possibility of what we will never share
                        How will I ignore my doubts and thoughts

                        Averting my gaze to the falling snowflakes
                        I watch them disappear
                        Slowly down my cheek drops an icy memory...

                        My last frozen tear

Hidden Music

Soft and fading
                        playing a melody of my heart
                        Forlorn and saddened
                        in sweet misery
                        I don't hear the violin

                        Confusion in my mind
                        the only sounds I know
                        making hidden music
                        to enlighten my thoughts

                        Gripping and moving
                        imitating the passion in my soul
                        Seductive and alluring
                        in full anticipation
                        I don't feel the bass

                        Body swaying
                        the only touch I feel
                        making hidden music
                        to hold closely in the night

                        and...

                        Breathtaking and heart stopping
                        mirroring the desire within my heart
                        Captivating and touching
                        in eternal vigil
                        I don't see guitars

                        Tears from my eyes
                        the only sounds I have left
                        making hidden music
                        for me to see

Cold

Scrape the window
                        upon my soul
                        Into your house
                        light grows cold
                        Shadow and darkness
                        within my mind
                        Out of the solitude
                        what might I find
                        Close the window
                        still hear the wind
                        Sleep peacefully
                        welcome the end

Trash

Don't throw that one away
                        file it under things never to say
                        Leave that one lying on the ground
                        someone will realize it lost, then found

                        Put that one inside of a bin
                        Letting go doesn't mean giving in
                        Store that one inside of a steel shed
                        discontinued love should never be reread

                        Please take this one from me
                        hide it in a locked box and throw away the key
                        Crumple this one up and throw it in the garbage
                        I don't need the memories, sadness or the heartache

                        Rip this one up into millions of parts
                        just like he did to my soul when he broke my heart
                        Tear this into two and then into two again
                        I should have never let it all begin

                        Add this to the pile that is sitting at the door
                        a mix of unkept promises that I had heard before
                        Place this in your pocket read it if you will
                        Never let me have it again for I love him still...

                        Toss that one outside the window
                        the wind will take it where I can't go
                        Burn that last one in the roaring fire
                        and with it all...

                        Destroy my desire

Frozen

Drowned in tears
                        chilled to my bones
                        I go everywhere to find you
                        but you are never home

                        My body shivers
                        from what my mind thinks
                        Nothing comforts me
                        and my heart slowly sinks

                        Deaf from the winds
                        blind from the cold
                        Trembling lips taste bitterness
                        and frozen with sorrow...

                        under the ice I go

Last Breath

Eyes downcast. Love just didn't last. Failed instead.
                        Logic is eternally dead. Thinking again. Reality will
                        always win. Swirling blender. Just ignore the sender.
                        Focus away. Nothing soft for today. Green stare. I will
                        always be there. Tear drops. I feel so lost. Emptiness
                        consumes. Future disappointment still looms. Needing
                        words. Painful silence is heard. Crying out. Fear joins
                        my doubt. My name. Hard and cruel game. Won't stay. Can
                        see clearly today. Can't leave. You have to believe.
                        Buried flame. Surfaces quickly once again. Slight
                        happiness. Tonight turns to sadness. Futile hope. I just
                        can't cope. My promise. A single passionate kiss. Last
                        Breath...

                        You said never forget

Smarter

Ashes to ashes
                        without you to see
                        how she manipulated and controlled me

                        Blow my ashes to the wind
                        then cast a stone
                        since you've never sinned

                        Asked for forgiveness impossible denied
                        Remember this
                        Not one but TWO who lied…

                        Befriending a soul deceived from the start
                        Smarter than you know…
                        I sensed danger in my heart

Should Have Known

Moonlit Night. All Seems Right. Lesson Learned. Beaten
                        And Burned. Taking This. An Empty Promise. Giving Less.
                        Time To Confess. Threatened Violence. Forced Into
                        Silence. Peaceful Here. Without You Near. Never Forget.
                        Hard To Accept. Deceptive Triangle. Endless Painful
                        Spiral. Buried Thoughts. Desire With Cost. Feeling
                        Jaded. Love Is Complicated. Game played. Forever So
                        Betrayed. Ashes Blown...

                        Should Have Known

Scandalous

Scandalous that I loved you
                        Scandalous that I bled
                        Scandalous that you know I meant every single word I said
                        Scandalous that you left me
                        Scandalous that you tried
                        Scandalous that I feel so empty now and continously cry
                        Scandalous that you are hurting me
                        Scandalous that you are gone
                        Scandalous that I have to hear it in every single song
                        Scandalous that I'm empty
                        Scandalous that you're not
                        Scandalous that writing to you is pointless and my thoughts are forever lost
                        Scandalous that I want you
                        Scandalous that I still believe
                        Scandalous that you had me down and crawling on my knees
                        Scandalous that she hates me
                        Scandalous that you do too
                        Scandalous that I am having a difficult time seeing this through
                        Scandalous that my heart beats
                        Scandalous that it stays
                        Scandalous that you will never feel it in any possible way
                        Scandalous that you said always
                        Scandalous that we are never to be
                        Scandalous that I had pure intentions as impossible as that seems
                        Scandalous that you won't find me
                        Scandalous that you don't want to
                        Scandalous that with every breath I still hear the words I love you
                        Scandalous that I feel fear
                        Scandalous that I can't let go
                        Scandalous that you cannot hold me when I'm feeling so scared and low
                        Scandalous that you erased me
                        Scandalous that I scream
                        Scandalous that my hopes and wishes are only in my dreams
                        Scandalous that it ended
                        Scandalous that I cannot feel
                        Scandalous that you and everyone else would doubt a love so real
                        Scandalous that it's over
                        Scandalous that we're done
                        Scandalous that I must go on and forever remain
                        Alone

Failure

Where is this strength
                        I thought I once knew
                        I brought this on myself
                        when I wanted to be with you

                        I'm angry with my heart
                        and I can't turn off my mind
                        I brought this on myself
                        when I chose to cross the line

                        The days are cold and darker
                        how can I still close my eyes
                        I brought this on myself
                        when I believed the lies

                        You can't hear or see this
                        my bleeding wounds and pain
                        I brought this on myself
                        when I trusted once again

                        I have to find some refuge
                        from all that you don't know
                        I brought this on myself
                        when you decided to go

Love's "Inspiration"

Love's Inspiration. Anticipation. Love's Protection.
                        Affection. Love's Reaction. Satisfaction. Love's Demise.
                        Lies. Love's Fears. Tears. Love's Fury. Worry. Love's
                        Revealing. Stealing. Love's understanding. Demanding.
                        Love's Deception. Perception. Love's Motion. Devotion.
                        Love's Abuse. AMUSE. Love's Trying. Dying. Love's
                        Leaving. Disbelieving. Love's Eyes. Cries. Love's
                        Thinking. Sinking. Love's Forgotten. Rotten. Love's
                        Heart. Apart. Love's Forbiddance. Good Riddance.

                        Love's Test...

                        Death

My Mistake

I'm so sorry
                        My mistake
                        I thought that I love you
                        meant that you would stay

                        When did forever
                        turn into unless
                        I believed every word of it
                        without question I must confess

                        I'm so sorry
                        My mistake
                        I thought that I love you
                        meant you would never walk away

                        When did eternity
                        turn into except
                        I've become so numb
                        to the tears that I've wept

                        I'm so sorry
                        My mistake
                        I thought that I love you

                        Forever...
                        Unconditionally...
                        Eternally...

                        Meant ALWAYS

Empty Apology

Empty eyes are watching you
                        Tears I cry you feel them too
                        But you turn from me as if to say
                        I'm sorry but it's just that way

                        You can't leave without goodbye
                        Look at my heart feel that deep sigh
                        But you turn from me as if to say
                        I'm sorry you should have known
                        It would be this way

Faceless

I can live
                        another day
                        find my place
                        or fade away

                        Knowing that you
                        cannot see
                        what your absence
                        takes from me

                        Behind this mask
                        a better place
                        for living with
                        a different face

                        Knowing that you
                        cannot feel
                        my broken heart
                        will never heal

My Eyes Don't Lie

Look closely
                        what do you see
                        Do you see the pain
                        that lives within me

                        Can you feel the lonliness
                        from my stare
                        Do you know that
                        I will always care

                        Did you notice the sparkle
                        is one less so
                        One more disappeared
                        when you had to go

                        Deep in my eyes
                        there is a hope so great
                        I only feel love
                        no room for hate

                        But I understand
                        the games people play
                        I just don't want
                        to live life that way

                        A desire to reach out
                        and be there for you
                        A promise that is real
                        from a trust that is true

                        My eyes never lie
                        you can watch me bleed
                        I will believe you
                        and give you what you need

                        Past stories and future lifetimes
                        are what you will find
                        With one intense stare
                        you can read my mind

                        Look closely again
                        what do you see
                        Do you know that your absence
                        makes me cry endlessly

Mask

A deliberate mask
                        Not to hide the real me
                        But to conceal the hurt
                        I will feel eternally

                        Close my eyes in my dreams
                        Open them when I'm awake
                        This deliberate mask worn to erase
                        The pain I must face

Sorrows

Through the cold grey mist and blackened trees
                        A thousand Sorrows are begging me
                        Luring me closer through fire and flame
                        to feast on my flesh and banish my name

                        Brought to my knees I lose my last strength
                        my Soul can't find refuge from where it began
                        I am lost and forgotten and I need a new Light
                        yet I cannot remember to stand tall and fight

                        Sorrows grow closer and reach for my heart
                        Longing to crush it and tear it apart
                        Snarling thoughts pierce my insides while Fear grips my
                        skin
                        Razor sharp teeth are slowly digging in

                        My bones crack and moan like a great distant thunder
                        Sorrows have me now and are pulling me under
                        Screaming for a Beloved Name I thought I once knew
                        Bloodied and beaten I can no longer feel You

                        Future sadness awaits me in a lifeless tomorrow
                        Captured and imprisoned by these powerful Sorrows
                        No Promise to save me no whispers in the night
                        Sorrows have torn out my eyes blind from sight

                        I lie still as the Sorrows devour me whole
                        Silently crying out to You my abandoned Soul
                        But no one can hear me or feel my last breath
                        and I will remain frozen with Sorrows...

                        A Fate worse than Death

I Fade Away

I'm sure you will love me less each day
                        with every horrible thing I say
                        It's the passion and the love I still feel for you
                        I'll try harder as time goes until you hate me too

                        Love me a little less in every way
                        Think of me no more as I fade away
                        I'll leave that special place in your heart
                        Disappearing from your soul we'll remain apart

                        I no longer exist to you anymore
                        Now opening my eyes and closing the door
                        I'm sure you will love me less each day...

                        Think of me no more as I fade away

Words

Words have appeared
                        now that we are apart
                        to cope with my invisibly
                        shattered heart
                        Find them once more
                        at the foot of the door
                        Near the place that I go
                        the only security I know
                        Lock them away
                        but find them today
                        with one reminder...

                        You tore my world apart

Think of Me

You promised you'd never leave
                        she said with tears in her eyes
                        I know, my love and I never will
                        We will never say goodbye

                        How long will I have to wait
                        she asked not wanting him to go
                        I can't answer that one for certain my love
                        for I honestly don't know

                        Where can I go to find you again
                        she continued her questions to him
                        His mind felt heavy and his heart grew weak
                        for he knew that this was the end

                        What can I tell you before you leave
                        she quietly whispered with fear
                        He gently took her face into his hands
                        and whispered in a voice so clear

                        I want you to know that I love you
                        always have and I will for all time
                        Never will a day or night pass
                        without you knowing that you are still mine

                        I can't explain why life leads us down
                        a Path we just cannot take
                        I didn't mean to hurt you my love
                        I don't want your heart to break

                        Think of me when you feel the rain
                        upon your beautiful face
                        Remember all that we've shared my dear
                        Visit our special place

                        She turned to him with a sigh so deep
                        and felt her Soul slipping away
                        She wanted to let him know everything
                        but couldn't find the right words to say

                        I love you more than you'll ever feel
                        always have and I always will
                        I call to you and you are there
                        It brings me such a warm chill

                        You are the wind that blows around my Soul
                        and the firey passion in my heart
                        Your kiss is the touch I feel in my dreams
                        and I promise we will never part

                        I know that you have to go now
                        Though I cannot watch you leave
                        I want you to know I'll feel you forever
                        but my heart will continue to grieve

                        They tightly embraced each other
                        no space between the two
                        She looked up to see his loving eyes
                        and noticed some branches in full view

                        There is our tree she exclaimed
                        these are our woods, our home
                        He followed her gaze and noticed her smile
                        realizing he would miss it when she was gone

                        Yes our trees my love
                        they will stand here interwined
                        and just like us he promised her
                        They will be together for all time

                        She felt her wall go up
                        her passion and sadness colliding
                        It's time for you to go my love
                        and time for me to start writing

                        He smiled at the thought
                        for he knew he could always find her
                        Through her words and in her songs
                        there would be a constant and loving reminder

                        Close your eyes he told her
                        when you need to know I'm there
                        I will she agreed only if you remember
                        that I too am always there

                        The love they share is real
                        though rare and not of these days
                        It remains as they said forever
                        in the most deep and profound way

Angel Tears

Yin without her Yang
                        Soul minus Soul
                        Pieces of the the puzzle missing
                        Angels arms grow cold

                        Sorrow instead of smiles
                        memories fall to the ground
                        Our woods are burning fires deep
                        Angels tears have no sound

                        Skipping all alone
                        through the endless trees
                        Endlessly crying in the night
                        Angels fall to bended knees

                        Looking at the moonlit sky
                        stars dance high above
                        Shining down upon us both
                        Angels cannot love

No Wall

A wall is solid
                        I am weak
                        A wall is unbreakable or so they think
                        I am broken...

                        A wall is high
                        I am low
                        A wall protects where you shouldn't go
                        I am not safe...

                        A wall is thick
                        I am transparent
                        A wall is sturdy enough for a foundation
                        I am unblanced...

                        A wall is solid
                        I am rocks
                        I am crumbled
                        I am shattered...

                        I am no wall

Never Repaired

A broken heart never repaired
                        everything that you gave selflessly
                        Taken away in the blink of an eye
                        and now you will never feel me

                        I keep trying to find the words
                        that will make you understand
                        I meant it all even feel it now
                        still feel the warm touch of your hand

                        It is deep inside of me
                        the love the strength and the light
                        But I have to make it go away
                        save it for my dreams at night

                        I cannot possibly ask you
                        what you feel for me anymore
                        the sad and cruel twist throughout all of this...

                        is that I love you even more

Window of Sadness

Opening the window to my sadness
                        you finally flew away
                        I cannot describe the pain that I felt
                        when I heard from you today

                        I don't want to speak or say your name
                        this was not some love affair
                        A connection beyond the naked eye
                        and now it cannot be there?

                        Don't say that you will always feel me
                        You cannot touch that which refuses to be felt
                        Take every piece of me and burn it to ashes
                        as you cast me into my own private Hell

                        Can't you hear my confusion
                        I go back and forth with my thoughts
                        But nothing can deaden this pain in my heart
                        and now a life without you...

                        I am forever lost

Falling

Images in my mind
                        Whispered words
                        engraved upon my Soul
                        Revelations lifting me higher

                        until I fall

                        Fear grips my heart
                        Painful truths
                        spoken into my ears
                        Resolutions bringing me lower

                        until I crash

                        Tears in my mind
                        Unbelievable realities
                        surfacing before my eyes
                        Decisions taking me further...

                        until I lie still

Smile Empty Soul

Smile Empty Soul
                        they said
                        But they couldn't hear the voices
                        in her head

                        Laugh Empty Heart
                        they cried
                        But they couldn't feel the confusion
                        in her mind

                        Cry Empty Soul
                        they asked
                        But they couldn't see the images
                        from her past

                        Live Empty Soul
                        they tried
                        And they didn't know the peace she finally had

                        when she died

Favor

I wanted you to know
                        it is not you it is me
                        This endless pain and confusion my own
                        it just took me longer to see

                        I've given it meticulous thoughts
                        can't explain why it has to end
                        Despite the rules and mortal barriers
                        people just can't understand

                        The feelings were my completely my fault
                        Desire crept up too fast
                        You must understand it is only buried
                        from love for you in the past

                        I know it sounds absurd
                        to open hearts and minds
                        but the fact remains I remember this pain
                        from another place and time

                        So I beg of you this favor
                        the next lifetime you find me near
                        Walk past me please --don't even give me the chance
                        then I will never have to fear

                        Losing you every lifetime
                        tears my soul apart
                        and no one but you
                        believes the truth
                        that is written in our hearts

                        I can't bear to think of anything
                        for EVERYTHING carries your voice
                        I want to wake up and find it a dream
                        but now I have no choice

                        I want to end this hope
                        that my sadness will disappear
                        but I know in my Soul
                        I want to grow old
                        with you in my arms so near

                        These are only words from my heart to yours
                        desperately trying to convey
                        the love I will always have for you
                        and the way I feel today

                        No I will never forget
                        I cannot bury feelings that remain
                        I just want something to wake up my Soul
                        and relinquish me from this pain

                        There's no way to end these thoughts
                        I will forever continue to try
                        to imagine us on the steps looking up
                        under the night's starry sky

                        Wanting is just not enough
                        but I bow my head silently
                        Please hear every whisper from me to you

                        and sometimes remember me

What It Means To Say Goodbye

It's not that I think otherwise
                        you didn't fill my heart with lies
                        I just can't bear to think it's done
                        I want to stay with you not run

                        It wasn't ever meant to be
                        I wonder what she thinks of me
                        Had no intentions to pull you away
                        from the world you know and love today

                        I wanted to let her know it is real
                        the way I shared and what I feel
                        She understands my heart is true
                        because she chose and loves you too

                        It hurts more than this world can comprehend
                        what it is to say goodbye...

                        what it means to face the end

Silent Lyrics

I burned my memories of us today
                        I hope you destroy yours too
                        The tragedy is I can't erase my life
                        but everything reminds me of you

                        It tore our soul in half
                        left love in an abyss of pain
                        The lyrics are silent
                        Those notes are all wrong
                        and I am empty once again

                        You'll never really know
                        how deep my feelings are for you
                        the horrifying part was revealing my heart
                        because I thought that you felt it too

Stilled

Like trudging through quicksand frozen in time
Or searching for a treasure filled with space
My will has been defeated, redefined
I reconstruct my tears from endless grace
Self pity and false pride will not defer
Your losses to your hopeless, faithless fear
But leaving me will leave you to concur
With feelings taught to you over the years
You take no actions to reach for my hand
Choosing to selfishly break no one's fall
Stepping upon my heartache as I land,
You never understood my love at all
I walk into the quicksand on my own
Unaware that you will never come home

How To Kill A Life

The voices in my head
are deafening but clear
No one will miss you
you are wasting your tears
And those years that you gave
will all be forgotten
Like the core of an apple
that's molded and rotting
Upon the cold, frozen ground
that hasn't been mown
Brown, overgrown weeds
have made it their home
Like anyone would love you
what do you have to give
Frustration? Confusion?
Your faith leaks like a sieve
Watch it spill quickly
like blood onto the floor
from a murder victim
gunned down at the door
of the house she returned to
at the end of a long day
with love in her arms
and so much to say about life
Just take the knife and peel the skin
that covers your desire
that masks your sins
Pierce the soul slowly
digging as deep as you can
Let the pain consume your heart
even if you can't stand the sigh
of your silence bleeding out
leaving your heart to die cold
Don't skip the past
just because the wounds are old
They should be the last to remember
though closest to your heart
Go for new flesh --it's tender
and easier to scar...
No one will miss your happiness
as false as it betrayed
Listen to the voices:
Love isn't here
And he doesn't want you to stay

Monday, January 21, 2008

Blogroll

Very rarely do I break my silence. I was adding your names to my distro list for notification of the changes and upcoming sonnet contest on (shameless plug and proud editor for) http://sonnetwriters.com.  It warmed my heart to see the same loyal names on my blogroll and comments. So a less than silent thank you to all of you.  You mean so much to me and my writing.  Note the change. Not a blogroll. Friends.

Thank you.

 Ali

Meaningful

Mommy showed me the great big world today
We walked hand in hand; the rain disappeared
I caught a butterfly that wouldn't stay
Was that the real reason for mommy's tears?
The sun was hidden behind her blue eyes
As she held out my hand for me to feel
Flowers on a tree, and birds in the sky
This is how, she said, you know something's real
When you can feel its warmth and hear its breath
Even when time won't allow it to be
When you can watch it grow, and take each step
To become something meaningful, you see?
When Mommy shows me such beauty in life
I wonder why you aren't here by our side

Flatline

Steady rising hope
Weekend lull to bring us down
And so we flatline

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Dolphins

Unsure, uncertain as I watch them swim
Under and over through circles of light
Clear waters invite my mind to dive in
No pause to enjoy this beautiful sight
You whisper to me it will be okay
Releasing my fear to take the first step
Their bodies glide faster than mine today
But I fly past the feelings I have left
Upon hidden shores where no one will go
Near places I wandered too far, too fast
My hands to start to slip and the dolphins know
To be patient while I tighten my grasp
Speed, sound and danger vibrate through my mind
I'll remember to hold my breath next time

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

After Dinner

A sunset long past, and dinner away
We slowly walk toward a dark private room
I kiss you --oh, how I've missed you today!
Your eyes bring smiles to the lips of the moon
Our shadows combine from two into one
Our perfect rhythm --such sweet harmony
Our touching, exploring brings us back home
Our softness, our roughness; pure ecstasy
As midnight moons pass, my strength becomes weak
You've taken my body for your pleasure
Gently I collapse, without words to speak
You promise me we will be together
This past memory will not fade away
I miss your touch more than I can convey

Holding onto Hope

Was it just a dream when you spoke my name
With the soft, tender voice that I once knew?
My heart warmed its beats to a hundred shades
Of pure desire to be next to you
When I heard you whisper into my ear
My lips smiled a yearning to taste your kiss
If I turn around will I find you here
Touching my skin -- do you remember this?
I'm missing it more than you know tonight
Memories are not enough anymore
But deep insecurities must take flight
If I am to find myself at your door
We've made love and life from pure fantasy
Hold onto our hope for proximity

Friday, January 4, 2008

Burned --Out

Lips sweetened with passion
from such a long time ago
whisper cautious warnings
about the history I know
When New Year's lights brightened
I hoped for a second too soon
that something sleeping deeper
would finally start to bloom
Now sipping from reality
an awkward bumbling cup
my frosted lips feel burned
by the fiery taste of love
I drop the delicate china
reacting to the pain
remembering that each year
has always been the same
I clean up the puddle around me
place a cool cloth on my mouth
lean over the flickering candle
and blow love out