Thunder
discordant, majestic
enraging, piercing, provoking
imposing, invading, retreating, soothing
mollifying, pacifying, nurturing
harmonious, repose
Tranquility
Thunder
discordant, majestic
enraging, piercing, provoking
imposing, invading, retreating, soothing
mollifying, pacifying, nurturing
harmonious, repose
Tranquility
Climb into bed
Climb out of hell
Hell is regret
Hell is in your head
Head on to sleep
Head into darkness
Darkness is home
Darkness we all are
Are you quiet enough
Are you listening
Listening to yourself
Listening to your heart
Heart pumping
Heart slowing
Slowing down
Slowing for good
Good to stop
Good to forget
Forget it all
Forget the past
Past failures
Past chances
Chances to care
Chances to love
Love is a dream
Love is a lie
Lie to yourself
Lie to me now
Now I’m here
Now I’m gone
Gone without a word
Gone soon forgotten
Forgotten promises
Forgotten plans
Plans to be happy
Plans are a waste
Waste all your time
Waste away
Away so far
Away and alone
Alone to think
Alone to wander
Wander the world
Wander to the edge
Edge of the coast
Edge of the blade
Blade of shattered glass
Blade of sharp obsidian
Obsidian…
Glass…
You were a catalyst;
You were my accelerant;
Stairway to a returning grace.
All I offered was
A heart bent on restraint.
You were a catalyst.
Fastened to the fence,
I still was swept away.
You were my accelerant.
The tide relinquished, and
The sky was purple that day.
Stairway to a returning grace.
I awoke and your image remained, clear and crisp, minus all the usual strain.
The stars were sparkling as they urged me to stall, then froze for a moment and started to
fall.
I felt your presence despite the distance my silence ordained.
I heard myself speak the words I hadn’t the will to say.
I’ll take this illusion over stark reality today.
I’ll tie it up and stow it away.
Walking along a road, it seems without an end.
Farther down we each go, less we know where we’ve been.
Familiarity sensed just around the bend, but we never make it there, since forever it extends.
None of us were made to be comfortable for very long.
There’s a void in everyone, existing deep inside. We hold onto hope that in time it won’t survive. So we surround it with all our pain; with all our light; with all our pride.
Empty it remains, despite how desperately we try.
It pecks at our time and offsets our dreamer minds.
As we muster enough courage for the risks, the world moves on, taking with it, every chance we’ve missed.
So the void grows until it’s all we know.
Only then we see all we let slip away.
The lives we chose to forgo.
I’m not quite ready to shelve you yet.
Strange how innocence remains despite what we forget.
It was late April and I will confess,
I still recall the steady beating of your chest;
the way your eyes traced and reflected moonlight;
how the air smelled more sweetly on that night.
Every word echoed with a sense of permanence; each sigh was quickly outweighed by the next.
The piano keys were depressed, their sound encased in elegance. Your arms encircled me in warmth and balance.
Nothing else mattered as we danced upon the dewy grass.
It was there in that moment, the earth stood still at last.
Ebb and flow
Seen from shore
Pricks my heart
With all its
Inevitability.
With the rain
We’ll each fall
Down upon
Our knees –
Though just like it,
We shall rise again
Once we’ve been
Changed by degrees.
Who we are now,
Always giving in
To the undertow
Of who we’re
Meant to be.
Those gray clouds overhead
Envelop all which is serene
Reminding me
So rarely,
Things are as they seem.
This gray coat
Fits like a glove;
Everything comforting.
It contains my love and
Keeps my heart lean.
These gray shoes
Worn each day
Carry me here to there,
Allowance to pass them by,
They just barely were aware.
I knew before I met you,
You’re the only one.
Since I’ve seen your face
The strings all came undone.
We’ve been held in place
And now it’s time we run.
I promise we’ll make a way
No matter where it’s from.
There were times when doubt
Almost took it out of me.
Every chance unexplored
Hovered to fill me with unease.
Still the fire burned
Each and every time I breathed.
I know if anything’s real,
Then we were meant to be.
Never are we truly free –
Instead seeing
As we wish to see.
Constant burden we each bear,
Achieve balance;
Rise above despair.
Desire driven;
Controls us all
Wanting more than what we are.
Beautiful charade;
No answers here,
Only love and crippling fear.