Just the other day an older lady asked me-
How do you do it?
Look that way!
I smiled humbly and said it's Love.

The sweet and powerful love you give me
Is my beauty elixir
It's no secret to those who know

The way you love me,grab me, touch me
Injects my body with a serum that creates a passionate glow

Your caring actions
are the balm that smooths over
A once ashy soul

You my darling sweet face
Are my beauty elixir
And I want the world to know

by Arcassin Burnham



when you feel life doesn't want you around,
and everyday you put on a fake smile,
its o.k,
everything is o.k,
when depression takes over your body,
and afraid you have to leave everyone,
its o.k,
everything is o.k,
when you feel its hard to deal with issue first hand,
hard to keep it under control,
its o.k,
Everything is o.k,
and if you feel as though you weren't made for good things,
take a look in the mirror and say it has to change,
But Everything is o.k.

How is it that love
can come calling
from the street down below
as you stand on a balcony
feeling the heat,
listening to the sounds of the city

Leaning on an ornate rail
of spiraled steel
allowing the sweet music
to flow past potted evergreens
and glass top tables

How is it love
knows the lingering need
after a sunset sweeps
past the last dream
defined with eyes closed

It finds you in the moments
your mind searches for a sign
pointing in some unknown direction
challenging traffic to obey
crossing lanes into your heart

How is it love
reaches that place you did not know
was open, knocking on the door
waiting for you to answer
with an unknowing smile on your face

Seeking entrance to the deepest parts
where weakness lives
and shields are lowered
Breathing in the scent of the magnolia
you nurtured to bloom

How is it love
can find me at last
and I can not touch it

Flower power bloom on me
Tea leaves mix me luck and hope
As I bask in peace

An X over my mouth
An X blinded my eyes
An X made me deaf
An X condemned my mind

I can not speak
I can not see
I can not remember
I can not be

Two worlds that will never collide
And a word that will never make it
Outside of thoughts
Into language

And I can not see
I can not say
What's on my mind
What haunts me down

Because of two straight lines
And a ******* X
Blinding my eyes
Putting me into an endless oblivion
Of all that is inside my mind

A ******* letter
And a world overlapping the other
Of nonsense and mirrors
Of reflections and thoughts