promises of gilded
love & sin
drew my
heart of gold in

Guiding light shines
within me,
omnipresent
on vast roads ahead,
like glittering gods.

Like headlights
when the
clear road
eludes me, like
winds in spring,
in my time of need.

For there are paths
yet to be paved
& mountains
yet to be trekked
& All the stars
can't shine at once.

Guiding light, you lie
within me, even when you
are blocked by a tall palm tree,
even when you are dim
on my midnight drives, & it's hard
for me to see,

Guiding light, you lie
within me.

Wind blows recklessly
wild, sun kissed hair
my dreams die in the summer air

How sweet poison
Tastes when dripping
From his lips

Birds chirp softly, Hallow's Eve
burnt candles line my wooden dresser
Green paint chipping, fading

Your soft air blows my way
You came like wind
and couldn't stay

like most things in life,

Haunting me

in our final hour.

Birds chirp softly,

Hallow's Eve. Grasping tightly
to one final glimpse
of what could never be.

Like a ghost in my long
Hallway on this tree lined street.

Sun sets slowly
Hallow's Eve
the cars buzz softly.
Lights dim low. Street lights
Cast a soft glow.

I hope to dream once more
Of you and me,
On this heavenly remembrance
Of last
Hallow’s Eve.

In the distance, the hills are filling with fire
the ash falls upon his hair, like a halo
I think I'm in heaven,
I heard it's on earth
it ain't about doing all we can to reach it one day,
for
heaven is within us, the fire is all around us

Infernal motives
hellish intent
mind was twisted
& bent
Where art thou?

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

Higher than heaven
you rose, elevating in the
dark woods, reading slowly,
words burning, rolling off your tongue,
majestic poetry & prose.

Fairy of the night, I sing, lyrical
& whimsical, you rose,
higher than heaven, poetry & prose.

I wasn't rooted, like the old wooden trees,
you told me when seasons shift, I turn into ice, and freeze
for I was never what you wanted me to be,
rooted, no, for I was free.

This place never felt like home
merely a container for the wicked mind
falling into abyss where angels
cry, I look for you
as my only sky, and the only time
I feel lost is when there's nothing left
to grasp.

This place never felt like home
merely a place to rest a troubled
mind, or a place
to dim my shine.

I recall all the roads, but never
the destinations
the last stop on the train, the one often forgotten
the last call in the bar, when the bartender looks at me
with those eyes- those eyes, you know the ones
forlorn, as if I won't have nowhere to go
but he doesn't know that there is nowhere
to go, but everywhere
the last dance before he says goodbye,
the last song on the jukebox often skipped,
the wind blowing us apart in the early winter,
the trees decaying
the poetry pumping in my veins, pouring words onto
the page from some day I can't quite remember
I recall all the roads,
but never the destinations

I cry my cherry red blush ,
Blue mascara away,
I beg the man with black eyes
And a black heart to stay
I feel my body sway,
I sway & I sway, I sway
into the dream state where
I know nothing gold can stay,
But I still cry my cherry red lipstick
Away
And I still sway, and sway
And sway

oh
beloved,
embrace
the outcome
of your bid
for
you put on
a gilded mask
& hid
made an
artistic
mess of
my heart
red flags
shined brightly
in the dark
don't fret
for
the outcome
isn’t so stark
I
thrived
in the madness
reborn
& rose
from the
ashes
after exhaling
the
heart wrenching
sadness
Your
role here is through,
yes it’s done
the
luminosity
has won
momentary
thrill
shall create
a
trudging battle
uphill
kiss the
angels
in the sky
oh wait
karma
will not
allow you to fly

Hope brought me
to life, you brought me
to the sea.

When all is lost,
Your prayers
bring me to my knees.

I follow the drumming
of a distant untethered beat,
wild & erratic, Dancing languid,moving
free.

Hope brought me to life,
you brought me to the beach,

and a moment in time
is all I can see,

For now I move
languid and free.

laughing mad,
like lost children in the night
running wild through the smoke
obstructing our sight
when the black ravens call for us to follow,
we mustn't think twice
for freedom comes only
to those who roll the dice

The ocean breeze
no longer
carries
my worries
away
I want to be
there
here
I will stay

Lovely hours
not ahead
Chaotic
Mind full
of
dread

Clouds looming
Darkness has emerged
now comes the hour
of the purge

Purge my worries,
purge my sorrows
Empty mind
can you fill these hollows
Inspiration fleets
from my palms
I tried to grasp it
but it can't stay long

Lost spirits at dawn
come to my ear and speak to me
of the midnight song