I wandered the path of contemplation
Slowed my thickets long I stood
Potent as my desperation
I yelled as loud as I could.

Even on a sunny day
The sky is grey
Closed my eyes
As you walked away
Now my heart will pay
Couldn't find the words to say

I'm so lost without you
It's the way I feel about you
You know it's never real without you

Hear my favorite song, I can't sing
without you
Travel the world, don't see a thing
without you
Go to parties
Have no fun without you
Should've realized
Your the one

I'm so lost without you
It's the way I feel about you
You know it's never real without you

His gaze adrift through countless windows
Dreaming far beyond his eyes will ever see
The birches wept amongst cold shadows
Reminiscing of spring and leaves of green

By a southernly breeze the moment swept
He stood wondering, why do they still weep
For that moment swept, was indeed a lifetime

Charles Casanova 10/5/14

By the edge of the moors
Occupied by shadows cast
Its once closed doors
Unhinged by times pass

Centered in a golden arch
Above the mantle it spies
Generations of burning embers
And Masquerading lies

Benign to the naked eye
It's weft masks well
It's blood stained warp
Yet it holds dear
Within every woven thread
Lies the tapestry of fear

Your mind is a maze
I can't get out
Can't figure out
What your all about
Every corner I turn
Leads to a dead end
Or the beginning
All over again

I beg and plead
Please let me out
I've seen all I can see
You gotta let me out
I'm losing track of myself
The love is gone
There's nothing else

Footprints

I saw footprints in the snow
I had to follow where they go
Tip toe'd in every step
To keep my feet from getting wet

Over Hilltops, through valleys
And forests of pine
I traveled and traveled
Snow blind to time

When the footsteps ended
It was once again spring
I traveled the world
and hadn't seen a thing

Stranded by the shores
of vast oceans blue
With very little hope
and nothing to do

Except watch pirates
catch mermaids
With lassos of gold
And dolphins tell stories
Of days of old

As all seemed lost
What did I see
That sent a wave of hope
Crashing over me

I saw footprints in the sand.....

As light grows brighter and journeys call
Remember the voice that whispered it all
Wisdom of words, reason of voice
Devoted by true love, never by choice

As sun rises, yearning buds bloom
Be patient, her caress will groom
A soul to stand through winds of strife
And bestow to us a better life

As sun sets, shadows loom
Stay keen for darkness soon
Will take by hand, a withered stem
and forever place it in a far away land

At journeys end, night will fall
Only a lingering fragrance to remind us all
Wisdom of words, reason of voice
Devoted by true love, never by choice