Solve
et coagula
dissolve
the ego
build
the mind,
spirit,
& soul

Stoic state
cleanse my slate
of the eerie
dreary
past
it evaporates
disintegrates
disappears
twisted fate
twisted years
are no more
I  knock
loudly
on heavens
door
Metanoia

Living in your head
that's a nice place to be
but the present
allows
you to see
the beauty around
the gold
to be found
the frown
on the stranger
you can help
turn around

Dark matter
purely floated along
in the ethers
before the universe
came together
Don't you see my love
we are not whole
not complete
until the darkness
engulfs us
at least once

Potential
is like a butterfly
it floats around
beautiful
enigmatic
& full of hope
yet it fleets
away
Grasp
that butterfly
with warm palms
& embrace
it fully
then watch
it fly

What isn't meant for you
will never truly be yours
It will slip through
the fingers
of a grasp
much too tight
for darling don't you
see
there is something
else in store

Fire burns
my darkness away
which
lies dormant
always wants
to
come out &
to play

Fret
no more
Lovely hours
are in store
for the dark
times
turn
into
gold mines
of inspiration

A stable
mind
may lack
the gold
mine
of inspiration
that
the
madness
dervives
from

Salty tears
drip on a night stand
of gold
for dreams of decades
past
I did sold
He was tall, rough, and
bold
I loved him more
he loved me
less
I shiver with memories
& from
the cold

I was once a saint
before the ill-willed
taint
of toxic venom
from a prophetic phenom
dripped into
my stream
eyes of emerald
no longer
glisten
nor gleam
Dim-lit
beauty queen
dying to be seen
by the men of the night
I am far
out my mind
he's still
in my sight

Any road
will take you there
when the destination
is unknown
but the yearning
burning
for freedom
exists
within

Turn a rosy cheek
dismiss me softly
when I dance
with the devil
in the dusk
of night

A spritz
of crimson rose
a lover who
leaves me
wandering
on
tingling toes
dire dreams
he unravels
my seams
He loves me
dearly
or so it seems

I pranced
around
the revolving
sun
danced with
devils
who
watched
as
I came undone
I loved him
while he
held the
gun
lived
a million
times
in one

whispers echo
in the dead
of night
promises
of heaven
to ignite
flames
of desire
burning
with
might
far out
my mind
you're still
in my sight

I fell deep down
with a wicked
frown
dirt
& blood
on my party gown

Twisting tongues
speak eloquent lies
dark night of the soul
brings our demise
bidding goodbye
to karmic ties
for this entanglement
was sent from
the murkiest
of skies

The mystic
bathes
under the moon
for that is
when the solace
of the sun
shall not
sway nor
swoon
a mind
swirled
with amethyst,
rose,
and a hint
of poetry
& prose

Between
who you
have been
and
whom you are
lies
eternal
possibilities
what if's
must be left
in the dusk

Soak up
the
gloomy hours
dance in
the heaviest
of showers
inhale the scent
emerging
from the
flowers
For the beauty
is in the mundane

What is golden
can stay
that
which is gilded
will stray

I awoke
in a field
of lilacs
crystal visions
clouded my
mind
chrysopoeia
dreams
electrified
my morning
rise
for I dreamt
of your
heart of
stone
turning
into
a heart
of gold

life
of thine
intertwined
with the life
of ours
humanity
is utmost
divine
as
light
shines
on the
other side
of the poignant
night
when the morning
sun
does rise
darkness
meets
it's demise

The bright
morning
rise
of the
vibrant
heart
overpowers
the
foggy
dark
night
of the
soul

winter solstice
solace for all
time to swoon
for the
abundance
of truth
illuminates
the
harvest moon
as above
so below
revelations
to bestow
upon those
whom answer
the call
kiss goodbye
the heavenly
fall

Paved a road
with blood, sweat, & tears
this road winds
away from
devils  disguised
as angels
whom
enticed me
for years
Toxicity burned
into cold ears
so
I walk this path alone
no longer
walk the line
waste my time
or
dim my
shine
clock strikes
time
to be bold
I walk the path
I do it alone

Bleak clouds
& fortune
hovered above
the star-studded town
lifted quite high
propelled
further down
into depths
of despair
sickening flair
for dramatics
&
addicts
gangster men
guns ablaze
****** daydream
life of haze
poisonous
bloodstream

A burnt tongue
must not speak
a beautiful thought
must not fleet
a tortured soul
aint so sweet
a heart so cold
is
lacking heat
Kept you safe
under a silky sheet
yet
you ran away
on crooked feet

Purple
mascara
gal
from
a bygone
era
do what
you like
starry
night
far out
my mind
you're still
in my sight

trembling
grasp
grazes
the flame
burn
myself
curse
his name
shadowed pain
embedded in
an
intricate palm
storm is brewing
before the calm

electric
blue waves
pull me under
eyes of rain
mind of thunder
words of blunder
wash away
I ride
the wave
just
ride
the wave

Lights dazzle
night time
fiend
electric
soul
dopamine
red wine pour
pure no
more
turn out tricks
minds a *****
bruise my ego
& my face
steady slow
rapid pace

gilded butterflies
attempt to fly
into the purple
murky
sky
in the illusion of time
nothing gilded
will stay
for
facades
always
fade

Ride my
wave
loving
abyss
Fear
slips away
gentle kiss
Stroke my
hair
lovely
Bliss
love me
twice
just
like this

starry eyed gaze
wanders into
the
starry eyed haze
seeking clarity
such a murky night
I pray to you
pray for you
Miles apart
Oceans away
***** desire
strikes me
hits me
like lightning
dark
thoughts
takes over
the
higher power
trying to stop me
One again, I am alone
Once again, I am on my own
I am completely in the darkness
The relapse has begun

I pull myself apart,
I put myself back together

I let you tear me down,
I put myself back together

I let you consume me,
feel you consume me

You’re neither good nor pure,
I want it, all of it

Days pass, you have broke me
I put myself back together

Porcelain
thighs
tangled
as the waves
rise
then crash
love
by
the shore
I filled
his cup
of love
once
more
he filled
my red
cup
of wine
on the floor
shuts me
out
slams
the door
momentary
elation
slips away
I love a man
who
will not
stay

imagery flows from the
pen of notoriety
to speak a universal truth
tales told
with shaking
lips,
tales uncouth
an artist was placed
on this earth
to suffer then rise
pain is never
the end
nor
the
demise

What is golden
can stay,
what
is
falsely
gilded
mustn't
stay
it will
stray

black ocean
yearns for
commotion
abyss
of trouble
summons me
calls my name
echoes
dreary syllables
roll off
his
tongue
the moon howls
for me
once
drowned me
darling
I now
bathe
in the
sun

Casting spells
ringing church bells
boots of leather
& diamond shells
gypsy child
running wild
ethereal whispers
****** blisters
on  feet
that
wander
far &
deep

Gypsy child
ethereal whispers
guide her
to
the
dirt road
she paves
as she wanders
effortlessly
through the
storms

Casting spells
ringing church bells
boots of leather & diamond shells

tainted blood
overflowing
flood
***** flower
refuses to bud
walk through his fire
I'm drenched
in desire
morals evade me
burn
higher
& higher