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Mark Steigerwald Oct 2015
It drives me.

Colliding my heart and my soul.

A night of wondering.

A voice in the dark.

Memories come
memories go.

I lie awake all night.

Even counting sheep don't help me sleep.

Sweet insomnia
excitements symptom.

I close my eyes
and I come alive.

These are the days my friend,
before it all begins.

Revel in these days.

Sweet insomnia comes to me when I close my eyes
my mind drifts
my heart flutters.

My body never to rest.
Forever locked in her sweet sleepless embrace
I bend knee and let insomnia in
ever to wander the gloom.
Mark Steigerwald Sep 2015
Lost in the chaos
alone in the crowd.

I don't know who I am anymore;
since you've gone so much has changed.

Everything is unfamiliar,
everything is gray.

Days have passed with not but a smile on my face.
I pray to God
this day,
to give me grace.

This life so long
so bleak.
This Misery so real,
so harsh.
These days I don't know who I am,
most nights,
dreams hide and tears stream.

How to move on
when you're so far away?

Lost in the misery
alone in the chaos.
I drown in the loneliness,
I agonize through these dark times.

Tell me love,
when is the dawn?
Mark Steigerwald Sep 2015
Rhythm of the night
Hold me tight.

Sing me songs from years gone by,
When love was alive.

Lull me to dream one last  time
Twirl me around that old music line.

Ignite my soul,
Ignite my bones,
Turn my feathers into stones
And keep me grounded by your melody.

Rhythm of the night
Be my guide
And be my light.

Be my end
And be my start.

Fill my bones and ignite my heart.

Rhythm of the night
Be my shining light.
Rhythm night light shining bones heart start melody soul dream twirl alive love sing songs
Mark Steigerwald Sep 2015
Your smile puts my fears to flight
Your love has given me sight.

Your voice it gives me heart
Your touch makes me feel so far apart
from everything else.

I walk down the streets
black and white hang in sheets.

Time and again
Your love fills my sails with fresh wind.

I can't remember
Last I felt lonely,
Because loneliness
Doesn't exist when with you.

I can't remember feelin' down
Because whenever I'm with you
I'll always come around.

Baby with you it's day and night
With you it's all black and white.
Black White love sight babe night day feeling loneliness heart flight smile touch streets your
Mark Steigerwald Sep 2015
I'm lost in the light.
Spinning in the light.

I'm dancin' in the night
With you I'm dancin' in the perfect, lovely night.

Life is beautiful,
I couldn't be happier.

So here I am,
This moment couldn't be better.


I'm lost in the light
I'm dancin' and I'm smiling at you.

The drinker pays his dues
The Singer sings his blues

And in the midst

I'm lost in the night,
I'm dancin' with you.
dancing love smile night perfect lovely beautiful happier moment life you
Mark Steigerwald Sep 2015
More and more
I feel the pull of the unknown.

A relentless urge
to press on into the void

Going where none have gone,
Where none have dared.

I hurl myself into the mist
unsure of what is to follow.

I hold faith in my steady feet to guide me through,
my eyes to see beyond,
my heart never to falter,
my will unbreakable.

Shrouded in fog
Clouded in fear
The future awaits my coming.

Onwards and upwards
into the chasm of death.

Onwards and upwards my destiny awaits.
Future destiny onwards unbreakable faith
Mark Steigerwald Aug 2015
This is my ode to you
Lover of life
Giver of joy

Your waters cascade from the mighty heights
Your power descends from above

Your like an ocean
constant
Ever on the move
Ever flowing

My song to you
Is my song of you
Your beauty
Your grace
Your smile
Your world the one you have created
That I so long to be apart of
That I will never be apart of

My eyes swell with tears
My lungs clench with grief
Suddenly Its hard to breathe
The weight of an eternity without you
Hangs heavey on my shoulders
Like millstones around my neck
It drags me to the depths
Taking me down
Deeper than I could have ever deemed possible

Will I ever you see you again?

And so I sit on the shores of this vast expanse
This host of water
This wasteland of sea
I sit here and I think of you
I think of the days we spent

The day in the park
The day in the mountains
The day in the hills
The day at the lake

I sit here and I think of all those times
And in a way I feel as if I am robbing eternity of its captive
I am freeing my mind to the wonder that once was mine.

I close my eyes and I think of you
I breathe life into dry bones
Bring back the love I once had.
And this my ode to you my long lost love

Your beauty will always be in my memory
Your smile never forgotten
Ode to you my long lost love
This is the song I sing for you.
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