Never-ending cycles of this outer longing
Circling around, shielding and blinding
Without your words there’s silence
With mine there’s only vacuum
Torrents of sparking blues and blacks
Binding in their cyclonic dance
Pulling me out to stand in place
Heels planted, heart in flight
Diamond chain encircling the air
One end to my heart, one to your hand
Pull and you’ll have me always
Let go and I’ll spin, burst away
Nurtured by the sight of you
Strengthened by your words
Suffocated by your absence
Heartened with every return
The beating of hearts builds
Though it’s too far to hear, loud
Stopping all in the midst of drifting
Bringing still to lightning soul
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Flight
Stepping sideways from the trap
Seeing wind as the roadway it is
Knowing heart and soul are akin
To a bird a-flight, aloft on the road
Blackest wings, signs of perseverance
Of braving the hottest, whitest flames
Hearts ablaze with love sear bright
Within their feathered cloaks of ashes
To wing, lifting from the grey prison
Following only twisting wind paths
Lit by moon, leading to the echoes
Of the wings and beat of another
Searing cold white on the winds
Seek to cool the warmth of black
Hindering the journey of hope
Never dropping it from its path
Landing on budded branch at last
Weary, but filled with tides of diligence
Catching glimpse of shining love
Dropping sparks in the last breeze
Diving to the sacred captive below
Shedding at last all the dark sorrow
Melting away the shell of longing
Bursting nova with the heat of two
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Still
So few words to ever escape
So very much to always feel
Pronouncements in restless cycle
Lingering, treasured moments
What can’t be expressed with ease
Is still felt just as strongly
Muted voices sing ever passionately
Heard or not, their meaning cures
Comfort from the arms not there
Is offered freely none the less
The tears from red-cut eyes
Fall with gravity seen or unseen
Empathy works from distance
Wishing and willing healing love
To mend the wounds and fatigue
Of a soul distant and tied in thread
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There?
Are you still out there
Listening to the silence?
Can you hear my thoughts
carried on the wind of years?
I offered words in the heat
As my mind clouded with doubt
It seemed you gave some comfort
If not the answers right away
Have you led me down these paths
To the happiness I know if there
Or are you just watching me
Somewhere beyond the winds and rain?
Did you follow on the streets
As I’ve tried to find a new home
Or are you in old circles there
Where I learned to live with my self?
Are you waiting here with me still
Like it seems you did always before
Present in the cold, warming stone?
Misshapen comfort, physical memory.
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Peace Scream
For the false king must topple and break
The blood of innocents can not be burned
Death is no cure for the corruption of
The bloodied and shameful blade
For the weilder is a throng of hatred
Growing more fearful with each fallen drop
Opposition must come from the compassionate
We must not have our actions be violent.
But our voices and messages must explode
With violence and clarity unmatched
Our apathy and greed must fade quickly
For the echos of truth, love and forgiveness
Must crash upon every blinded heart
If peace is to take root against the flood
Of lies and anger, greed, fear and death
Hope is but a whisper in this storm
We must make it a burning SCREAM