Every truth whispered
A sentence of lashes to the preacher
Every truth lived
A dagger to an enemy within

Celebrated by crowds on Sunday mornings.
Popularity does not assure prudence.
Lace and silver.
Laughter and confetti.
The joke is on you,
Lifting the veil of ignorance.

The best result comes when everyone in the group,
does what's best for him and the group.
Anything else is Self neglect.

Rivers flow to the ocean,
As bees adore the flowers, and
All your pearls to pirates.

Crucified minorities, making their way.
Weapons of the majority, an audience for its needs.
Man stands on his choice and stumbles by it.

Plunged off the edge of the precipice, burning to know if I can swim.
Waves rock back and forth, the ocean whispers to me; sinking to the deepest of the deep.

To the wind, dance and song.
A desire as old as tale, to have and hold forever.
Throughout life and beyond death.

I used to fly high before
Anchored to bruises and scars
We just jump and skimp about.

The embers of your eyes, thaw my heart and summon my smile.
Here and now, our little death.

Treasure lies idle in these unthreaded paths.
A gift for the long suffering mind, further beyond the fold, the bend.

Steaming towel against skin,
Cold shinny metal choking my finger
Salt streams rushing down the fall

The portal to home.
Where the ocean meets the sky,
and the wind whistles.

Selfless souls laying lives on the line
Unprepared for what awaits us
Chaos sweeps us off our feet

A cold bottle to loosen a nerve or two.
Demanding results and mostly good results.
The useless ordained the worst fate,
a life alone; being your best friend.

The horrors of oblivion swamped in tears.
Vehement loathing for my grotesque deformities.
Staying clear of the shadows, dusk always finds me.
The rotten odor chokes and suffocates.

Guns, hounds and a desire for stew.
Familiars watch from a distance.
Wounded and surrounded, the blood trial betrays;
and these small feet are all l am.

Blue flames sprout from a spark.
A toast to the cook!
Wood clothed in cold shinning silver.
White or red?
Stuffing the darkened, deepest pits ever.

Wishing on shooting stars,
Youth burning with rage,
Conveying then to the now,
Coveting roses without thorns,
Days without nights,
Brooding dreams, living lies.

The burden of heat upon me.
Light flooded eyes, flashing forward.
Lonely and not alone, following the sun to tomorrow.
The shadow kept aloof.

Seeing how the river flows,
drowning all that thrives against it.
I cry for a promised tomorrow.
A love that knows no age.
A love that conquers all.
I take comfort in knowing, you will wait.
Yet my soul aches,
at the thought of time not waiting for us.

Living in the middle of the crowd.
A thin line between love and hate
An island in the open sea.

Shaken and cracked.
Tumbling to persistent waves.
Built walls thick and high.

In a world silent and familiar.
Heaviness left, gravity let go.
Afloat and above it all.

She is the summer sky, on working days.
Always pouring love, sprouting joyful laughter.
There is no drought, smiles on smiles.

Smoking chimneys, colorful fireplaces.
Familiar strangers, radiant smiles.
Isolated gatherings, cheerful carols.
The void between.

Lightning flashes, thunder rumbles.
The cat meows to the pleasant aroma.
Dogs whimper to the frosting cold.
The good encourage potential,
and the worst cannot let things be.

No white knight in shinning armor,
to pay in flesh and blood.
Only the grim reaper, to **** you out.
To stand in your corner; to throw in the towel.

Don't associate with love.
It seeds doubt and turns you inside out.
To stand for it is to stand for nothing.
There is no fate worse than that.

Write and I'll know what you are.
Read everything and you'll know the truth.
Ignore your feelings and be freed from addictions.
Dance naked in the dark and be one with peace.
Look into their eyes, to kindle their flame.

Sharing is caring.
A worn path, leads further from the truth.
Having paid my dues, kept my promises.
Sacrificed everything for something
Honesty is the best policy, or nothing at all.
A free man, I might be one.

All my friends disappeared with night
I can't wait to retire, to care for; to be cared for.
To starve, a shot in the dark.
A lifeless system, numb to core.
Caring more to be loved, has all my love.

It's been long since I've searched,
for that one thing.
I have traveled far and wide.
Beyond the boarders, under the blue.
I've known not, to be with it.

Fuming with rage , ink splashing.
A world so loud, a tainted canvas.
In need of a friend, a forest.
To listen, when low and trickling.
To listen, when spilling and roaring.
A river in the midst of the jungle.
A fire through the night.

Magnificent without doing nothing,
a beautiful sight,
a drug no man can afford,
a little too much, is all it takes
to send them running,
a scene of extreme uproar.

A cry for each death and birth
The ocean comes in and out
Everything is exactly the way it is meant to be

It is not the best days,
nor the worst ones.
Only those that slipped away,
hopefully waiting.
Eating away at time

Home is where the heart is
In the shadows where it's a safe place to be
A citadel to lay siege

Life is better when not in a hurry
As the sea on the tide

Loving you for barely speaking,
stable and reserved.
The one to keep my secret.

People everywhere willing to be deceived.
Showering you with roses and kisses,
with each lie you whisper.

It cost too much to be free
Love is safe and lies
The truth is as ugly as a storm
It finds a way or makes one
A path worthy of one

Dogs chasing their tails
Women after the elixir of youth
Men pursuing the love of their life
As the wind getting somewhere

Take and it will be forever yours
Receive and they will strip you naked

She sowed seeds of doubt in my heart,
they sprouted to weeds of insecurity.
Twisting and choking the life out of me.

Its wise to pretend than to show,
and if you do; better it only be your rage.
Like thunder rumbles and lightning strikes.
For the settling of the storm,
welcomes the appreciation of the calm.

A dime has two sides
Lacking when alone with you
Overflowing when all by myself
Trusting strangers over myself

Color blossoms from sharp prickles
Where isolation was all the solace

Darkness is always lurking,
and water is never against or for.
The wind is always in a hurry,
and we insist on settling.

Life is a reflection of you.
To change anything look into the mirror.
'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
One cannot give when without.

Desire!
A flame that cannot be extinguished.
Quenched one day at a time,
it's tamed.
And for once not a slave.

Cheer up people do care,
just not as much as they do for themselves.
So don't be mad at yourself.

Freedom is a willingness to say no to anything.
Love is a commitment to a side or cause.
Life is being anything and not everything.
So choose wisely.