I was consumed
by mental shackles
Years were spent in longing
spent in bitterness
spent in pain

I do not carry
That weight now
But I still fear
the metallic hold

Those shackles are
slowly being
dissolved by love

Spontaneous death
rips through reality
like a crack in the earth,
reverberating
feelings of impermanence

I watched the blue sky fade
cycling through many shades
until it submits to darkness
The final destination
A feeling was cemented in me
of how we are alike

I began floating
through the shattered turquoise
Our contract had been broken
Surely I'll return again
Your visions paint me with disapproval
Two lives have changed completely
For now get your rest

The sky is a reflection of
a child that's lost
It is screaming and crying
Painting our world with it's pain.

Why did it have to rain
so hard in Kansas
As we laid there in our tents.

Praying to God
For the second time this week.
Wondering if this is something
We will soon regret.

The sun is so low
Casting it's last Rays of day
Just before he calls it a night
When we enter a kingdom
Of different rules entirely
A foggy translucent time
For the demons and the hounds
When trouble takes hold
In the changing of the guard

The sun will shine on me again
A sense of freedom and calm within
The dark days someday will end
A new life I will begin

Men have had their bodies
and souls destroyed by machinery.
Hollow cogs and cold-blooded gears
grind through the better part of the day.
Relentless and unapologetic
Feeding on the dreams of a far away beach
A cabin upstate
or the delusion of retirement.
Dreams that slowly slip away
as your body deconstructs.
This is not a life to envy
Why do we endure

Is this what a dollar costs?

Wet bodies
electric
drugs and disease
disobedience accepted
the wild run free
don't wear the uniform of  9-5
come naked, impartial
Enjoy the ride

It made me really happy
when I saw you drinking coffee,
  half a sandwich that I made,
   and the television on.

I wish I could stay
but I do have to go
  In the future, together
  Our hearts will grow

I love you
like the sky loves the sea.
Your light shines forever
and it watches over me.

Your smile
is my savior,
from the place I tend to go.
When I think about you laughing,
my love for you does grow.

Relaxation
nothing shy of a superpower.
In a world of distractions
it's hard to stay strong.
To find real stillness and
peace in the moments between
all the happening.

These are the moments that count,
That i'll remember in the end.
The times Thoreau sought after at walden,
Kerouac at Big Sur.
The times I seek now
that keep the fire in me burning.
Making me believe that life
really is the gift
I once thought
it was

If nothing ever turns out
quite as meaningful as before,
I'll remember all the things you said
and the love that we once wore

The joys of solitude
have been spoiled by the love I have for you.

Walking silently in places unknown
use to excite and awaken my traveling bone.

Anymore it just reminds me
that my love is alone.

So wherever I travel
be it land
be it sea
It be not my home
if it lacks you and me.

Red sky falling
through the branches of an old oak tree,
The rain here is light and unending
emotionally abusive in nature.
Silence consumes this town
only being broken by the screams of a freight train
Reminding me of how stuck I am
In life
in my ways
and in this town
which I have grown to resent

The sight of you is an enveloping substance
A supreme ****** stimulant
Eradicating all commitment and restraint
I try to fight but the tenacity of your figure
Is in complete control
You are a ventriloquist
I am a puppet
Suspended by strings
Manipulated by ***