I have a flower
It is beautiful in life
And watching it die

Her weight is like a feather
The perils of her life
Weigh her down
Let me help
You are not alone

The heaviness of the past
The crushing experiences
Don't need to be shouldered
It's chains need not bite
The cold of steel
Or the strength of your walls
Let me stand by your side

We can look together
At future depths
Tackle the chains
Break that which binds
Besiege those castle's towers

I want to be by your aide
To shoulder your weights
To build new wings for your heart
To knock down the walls
Holding your hand
Fighting at your side
Facing our demons

You were alone for so long
It's hard hearted necessity
Repelling all help that doesn't last
For you nothing stayed
Trusting none

Keeping demons at bay
Clawing outside, screaming
Wretched, oozing creatures
Bemoaning loss, misery
Cutting deep, razoring flesh
Locked away, a mind's eye
Thicker and higher; safety's cage

Locking you in, a path not your own
Borrow my compass, my map
Let me carry my sword, your cause
Work my guns, my life for yours
Never feel alone, possess my bones

No matter the weight
Regarding the stones
My shoulders for strength
It'll be easier carry
Changing from I, me, my
For ours, us, and we
Two is better when one

Together, we'll step
On the unstepped road
Hand in hand, side by side
Aid in hardship, share
Making lights in the dark

We set everything on flame
Nearly burned our home
We've come through together
Quenched in passions
Furious dragon's fire
This journey together
A quest, heart's desire

We've beaconed lights
Set up the stage
This path has lights
Stories untamed
Lighting our way

My love for you
Lightens all that weighs
Maps our journey
A compass together
To a future, to us

The audience waits, watching
Spectators, filled with guilt
Inner thoughts, selfish, obvious
Sometimes, they clap, complain
They are addicted to themselves

They're chemically unbalanced
Sorry for living, too dramatically
Involved with others, themselves
Seeing only themselves in the show
The chemical addition of the mind

Time creeps by, the audience fickle
Sexually active, but too immature
Indirectly not living their lives
*******, covered from head to toe
Ten up and ten down, going wild

The show becomes the crowd
Strong vibes blanket, caught in a mob
Interesting only from a distance
Scholarly pursuits, a hidden interest
Their intelligence, their walls

There are no glass mirrors here
Shards all broken, taken down
Internal debates, lost to internal desires
Scandalous hearts, one and all
Their interests only on themselves

Together they all, looking they fall
Seeking enlightenment, reflecting
In joy, looking only at themselves
Sought, entertainment found,
This circular logic too personally bound

Then, a surprise, embarrassing
Sound, a not from the crowd
I see you, exclaims the actor, now
Sickened, the audience pound
Thumping feet, fists threaten

The people bring down, violent
Seating, throwing chairs, erupting
In the stands, the audience mobs
Spectators outraged to be seen
Truly, for how they are

This, ranging of emotion
Swinging from extreme to other
Intrinsically addicted to themselves
Seen stripped and naked
Tortured, arrogant in pride

Thinking it's personal
Something their own
Individually, the same as the rest
Seen not independent
They are the mob

Twilight, just after dawn
Your skin, always a shade
From the sun, a kiss
Lighter than dark
Caramels and gold

Oiled, slick
Warped waisted
Sleek and lithe
Sensual grace
You move
So divine
Perfectly tuned

Bright eyes
Animated, cannot hide
Feelings, fire, or thoughts
Hands that fly
With the smallest words

Leggy, with smoothest thighs
Foot arched, high
Making calves slight
Curved in perfect lines
Silly little toes,
Peek and hide
Eight painted lines

Massage and touch
Oiled and fine
Running hands down arms
Working muscles out
Rubbing back, *** and thighs

Flickering lights
Little candles burn down
Let me, my Love
Caress you, slow
Fingers, feet,
Neck and toes; always
Yours, just ask

My breath caught, frozen in July
Summer's heat, couldn't draw near
Such was the sight, broken before me

Crouching, ******* the earth
The town broken, lay before me
Radiated in charcoal end, smoking embers

Centered around, spoked out
Once standing proud, a church
Only its brass cross now, tombstoned

Precious packaged, I circled
Searching for life, not charred remains
Either eluded me, ash rained

I crept, grey cloaked and hidden
Strange stories, whispered on mens lips
In homes lit brighter, the night seemed darker

Far East, something had risen
Had cast of ill formed shells, shrugged
Minds and bodies, bent strange

My destination, unsurvived
This brimstone eruption, complete
Little but a frame, withered home

Sifting through wreckage, human and debris
The hand was there, stiff and curled
Wearing the ring, but not a ring

Sawn, not touched
The hand, with me
As well, the ring

In its place, less burdened
The package, placed
Payment for, left handed thief

Spending moments, no less
I sought the church, devoid of life
Additional promise, hidden away

It's timber splintered, crushing
Burned from within, cries on the wind
Its doors had been barred, broken in

Protecting souls, blacken, wooden and thin
Strange symbols, golden jeweled, silver skinned
The Hanging God, crucified and crowned

Such as gods may, none were saved
Children, babies and mothers alike
All tortured by flame, fire

Treasure, reburied in hold
Leather bound, and square
And the thief, hand ring

I redonned cloak, boot and stick
Wrapped in grey, clinging to shadow
With twightlite falling, sped foot

Far from this place, burned to soot
Too many human, blooded and torn
But most haste, those dead and unhuman

I watched close the shadowed, deep
Fearing to be followed, more; unsleep
Seeking to deliver unholy, but my soul keep

Leaves of ink
Spread my arms
Tattooed on skin
Burning the past
Memories, they turn

With winds, blow
Cool on flesh
Quench not, thirsty
Fire scarred history
A story foretold

Crawling, gasping life
Long hours needled (in)
Feel them slither
Twist and creep
Turned ink, weep

From beginning breath
To endless sleep
Images of me
Once to die
Thence ash, keep

Upon a throne, neither high nor low
It sits almost still, tapping a tattoo
Darkly robed, swathed in shadow
A figure, a mockery of man

Bring it tribute, toll in gold
But expecting both rich, and poor
Those that don't, still toil
Empty eyed, and heavy gaze

Look forth, listen hard
No breadth nor, heave of lung
Dealing silence, absorbing darkness
If my beating heart, still beat

Sowing, mining for toll
Neither pain, or break
Carry great weight, for not
Sour passage, the gate

It came for me, bright
End of days, lead in life
Survived war, and glory
Asleep, interrupting dreams

A tip, tapping breeze
Long fingers, it's only motion
It's boney music, tap
Tap, tap, tap

It wasn't me, but it searches
Collecting souls, or spirits
As they pass, traveling
We work, passage denied

I suspect, it waits
Tapping, hollow tone
Fingers, infernal sound
But not, I fear, for me

As far as the eye can see
It might have been perfectly white
A beach stretching, hugging the sea
Crystal clear and blue
Palm trees dot up and down along the way

Hot sun between the toes
Burns the memory in between
Here, everything is naked
There are no reasons for clothes
All desires, primal hence untold
Eat, run, *** and fun
Addiction, anxiety, and scary fears

Scoop the sand look at it close
Each grain a memory, stored
Histories unfold, sliding between fingers
As they fall, colors come out
Spreading across the sands

For a moment, you think
A tie-dyed wonderland
But the blues, like peacocks stand
Are pain, brilliantly trimmed in golds
Walled in blacks, more blues and grays
Reds are fears, soaking blood and reds
Dipping between colors, blending to blacks

Yellows, bright, happy thoughts
Always associated, keeping turquoise
Greens, silvers and peaches and oranges bold
It's an island's life, kept secluded to stay nice
Footprints here and there maybe chasing monster tracks
Sometimes to, sometimes back
Sometimes footprints go away

But the tie-dyed beauty of the landscape stays
In the dusk or morning's stay
Along the sands you can see
A brilliance catches the eye
Something different, something fine

That among the broken
Mountains and stones
That made this beach eons ago
Diamonds glitter,
Sparkling golds
And the silver lines
All that was broken, made you shine

She gets ready
Like she knows she's
Special
Like deep inside
She knows the truth
And it's the way I see her

It's her pleasure
To look just perfect
To be the rose
Highlighting
Subtly sensual
And alluring
Beautiful

Her little smiles, almost jeweled
Eyes just right, diamonds
Sparkling, happy smiles
Tipping their corners tight
Gems in the bedroom light

Some might think its worship
To love unconditionally
No matter what is done or said
Giving someone that much power
So much control

It's about responsibility
A gesture of hope
Maybe, no
Definitely of trust
Probably scary; true
Freedom always is
More, it's giving you

You might ask,
Why; Not me
But I was not given the choice
It's not something
I control

It's raw, emotional ocean waves
Golden grains in seas of plains
The mountain ranges crashing
Against stretching Earth below
The stars ****** down light
Millions of years old
This isn't a drop, drip

This emotion is bigger
Overwhelming is not the right word
Because it's not, it's just huge
I'm not drowning in this
It brings me life

Too feel alive
Someplace once so cold
You gave me this
So to give back to you
This is love

Unconditional

Efforts are twisted
Any roots are burned
Because that's not the way
It should be

Pulled from books
Off screens
Far away fantasy lands
Imagination, fake

She knows, she says
She knows

Defining moments
Twisted to insult
Venting for hours
Words that solve nothing

Can't change the world
The days drag by
Merging grey into gray
Barely noticing a day

Storms, she says
Rage, she says, inside

She doesn't know fire
Restrained fury, black
What's back, clouded, hidden
Behind eyes she could never read

It's unseen by her
And I'm proud of that
Keep it back, incheck
Because she so bad

She'll never know
Because I love her

So she'll rage, fight and cry
Anger, fists, and tears
Broken upon the stone
Because that's all she's become

In the downward spiral
Digging her own grave
A strain on her mortal soul
Because her world is her own

So remain calm,
In place, bring the storm

All your stories
Built in days done
Bits and pieces
Of dreams and horrors
Containing fragments
Of tears and joy

To begin and live once more
A harbor of practiced sanctuary
Given dreams that fear
Never come, never mind
The things whichever breathe

Twist in place, be taken in loving arms
Safely knowing here
No clawing past can find you
You are hidden in a future
Never before imagined

This was not where you sought
A place which compromised
Would bring you back
To the past, found again
Although here I'll be

By your side,
To live and protect
Serving as the walls
Bricking back the past
And forever loving you

It falls, more of a drip
Flowing, warmth, and slick
It tastes so sweet, teasing
Smooth, lubricating, and wet
I can make it rain
Taste it's anytime I like
Only have to rub the bottle
Polish it's parts, glean it's magic
Insert a quarter and pay my due
It's a candy machine
I open my mouth below
Let it all pour down
Gulp and swallow
Like a big child
Happiness smeared all over my mouth
Such a big mess, laughing
Go wash your face!
But I don't listen
Always rebel
Go after more
That sweet candy
Eat it well

Unconditionally
Without condition
The more I think
This is the easiest
To live, all forgiven

Mistakes are like rain
Evaporating in the sun
What chance does a drop have
Against the warmth, sweet blaze?
It's a nothing, just a drop

To give oneself,
Unconditionally
Is the greatest freedom
A positive motion
Steps, one by one

Unslaved, there is nothing to hide
No embarrassment so great
A bit of soul to hide, no shame
It's the hardest thing to begin
But love forgives, breathes

It's new life, birth of hope
Prayers, delivered, a peace
Distractions fall to the side
Nothing more than what they were
Easily wiped away, nothing; no blame

Some small parts bring pain
Harder to deny, but to swim
Overwhelmed by love
Great, pulsing heart's force
It's spectacular, leaving awe

Touch your hair, massage and laugh
Kisses in the morning, holding that
A quick moment everyday, all day
And to return to you
I'll want nothing more

Live my life on my terms
Society is a hellish thing
I eat, sleep and with every breadth
Your scent is my motivating blanket
With three simple words, I am.

Your heartbeat is my earth
Eyes become the skies, I soar
Your unprovoked touch
Electricity, brings life
In life, you are my dream

There are no conditions
You can be whoever you want
Explore yourself, your soul
I would hold your hand
Raise you when you are down

Bring smiles to your lips,
Grease broad laughs and
Tease honey from your kiss
In every moment
Who you want to be

Let me be there
I want to give you this
A special gift
Rare and pure
All my vows

In the distance, there is a cliff
I go there sometimes
To hang my toes off the edge
Maybe my legs; eat some lunch
Look out at everything

There's an old oak there
Half off the edge
It's roots are dug in pretty well
But that's only half
Others seem to keep growing
Seeking down, looking for soil
You can tell its alive

You can tell its strong
It seems to have this perspective
Probably from the view
But most of the cliff is gone
And it's still here

So I'll sit in its shade
Eat my lunch, take a nap
A gentle breeze tousles my hair
Like a lover's hand, finger's touch
But it's just a branch
The old oak's touch
Just the wind

Sitting, lounging close
Right next to me, not a word
Inwardly, lonely

It might be a game
I wouldn't know, I'm all in
Breaking my poor heart

Is this, you need space?
I give you the way, you go
Looking far and wide

Everywhere but me
I see, but I'm so blind, lost
What did I go and do?

Then take your soft hand
Hold you close, and let you cry
Be what you need, love

*Let you hold love close
Give love to your heartbeat
Thumping in my arms

The moon bled, deep red reflections on the water
Yesterday's eve, where madness was only rumors
Maybe two streets down, or the cobbler's son
Before the priests, before the cross came down

Before the fires, which burned cold
Frost clawed from oceans depths, undying rise
Creatures of horrors, and blight
Ripping forth from within, tearing hosts

Something formed then, in my father's pride
It crept out, changing organs flesh to else
Growing within, stretching changing physiology
Ready to burst, I can feel it soon

Creatures lash about the night, creening
Violence against nature, a gift from elder gods
A virus, illness budding out of Bon Homme
Couldn't what be birthed, stay home?

But I could feel it, strengthening
Memories of someone else, mother's child
Flashes of night, gods falling from the sky
Swallowed by the sea, drunken until mad

My toes touched, webbing cool
I drifted, floating my eyes
Clear, studied sky, breath choking
Taste the water, breathe the sea

Back to the sea, back to the sea
A bakers wife, bread no taste for me
Husband slaughtered, black priests to see
Worship the Sea God, turn or die

To me, I found them torn
Protecting mine, I cleaved them all
My husband's eyes, between taloned nails
Drunkened, blood drugged and mad

Oh! But I wasn't alone, chaos ruled the eve
Worshippers in ****** haze, gore filled the streets
Flashing in and out, my mind sane and not
Acts became memory, desire fuel

All those that fled, unpursued
Driven by fear, only half crazed
While we devoured the town, each other
But dawn found me cowering, changed

Now my mind grows, a shadow of my lord
My body turns, gills for my lips reach
Drinking the salty sea, breathing deep
Cleansed and born, anew

No gypsy whispers to me
Not secrets of the night
The sound of bangles are silent
Bandanas are folded alway
Her magic was broken
More trick than treat
Too easily fooled
The ball is not cloudy
It's hollow and clear
A mirror under the table
Modern projectors so small
Bright lights make marks trust magic
Confuse logic and sense
A basic trick, keep them off balance
Offer correction, a touch
Then the magic in words
So nice, lovely, impressed
Maybe a favor, a lady's delight
Never too much, nothing too big
Just a small favor, not too much
A smile and a compliment
Make them give action to words
Create loyalty, but test waters
Just to be sure
The game's afoot, a hand now in hand
So well you do, the gypsy exclaims
For sure the best, not just here but there
Establish authority, decide who's to role
Let words become actions
But at a role that's controlled
Ever the magician, the magi
The sorceress, wizard and role
The victim is willing
To believe the unknown
Worse if they know
The truth of the words
Building that trust
To the deceiver, the bold
The gypsy is slick, the gypsy is bold
A hand in the pocket, distractions all told
You came for surprise, entertainment
The reaction is slow, days and months go by
Piece by piece you are taken
Often willing to be broken
Standing in line, smiling
But inside you're crying
Asking, pleading to stop
Can't even say the words
Don't want to be rude
It's just the gypsy, you know
Nothing mean, vile or dread
Just a trick in your head

Raven haired gives shadow
Returning no light
Dark eyes bleed fire
Glimmering light
Sharp tongue desire

A faceted soul,
More than sides to a coin
Mirrored Gemini, teeth bite
The long other side
From murderous delight
Love's deepest desire
Longing, welling, romantic

Like a diamond you shine
Uncut, raw passion
A jeweler's bind
Pieces of lapis
Vein fractured soul

Beautiful and broken
Delicate, strong to behold
Like a feathered breeze
You want to take flight
To love you is to hold you,
Give you touch, but
Forever you cringe

The lessons you learned
Affection is not told
History is family
Totally unknown
Approval denied

Fairy desire
Princess' hero a lie
Nothing to live for
Everything must die
Cruel reality's lie

My heart breaks, always cries
To hear you defeated
I listen to your whys
Let me help heal your hope
Build a future, so fine
Build dreams together
Please, Babe, try
I love you, Honey

Immobile, a feathers light touch
Moist folds seep a delicious scent
An electric touch, down back, thighs
Tracing sensual lines up, tip
Your hands, clasp, fingers together grasp
Outstretched before me to savor
A meal of the ******* clad

Arched feet, delicate in touch
Stretch and curled in delight
Long legged minx, twist and writhe
Silken skinned beauty of light
Thighs quiver, not a moment too much
Building your castle, biting your lip
Hips reach, my fingers brush
Arching, straining at the bind
Your breath comes, heavily restrained
Bits of words escape between

Feather alone, again, you squirm
In the dark, anticipating it's touch
From navel down, then up
******* swell with pleasure
Your body a playground
It's adventure in a sigh
Fingernails leave half mooned sign
An almost cry, demanding time

Cold, the ice brings nip to glass
Topping perfect twins, dripping
Your tender valley, chilled
Trails of cold run along caramel sweet
A quick gift, you keep inside
Your breathing betrays you
And I bring you down
To surf along the edge of time
It's cliff I want to divide

Invisible breeze on your soft skin
Keeping sweating passion at bay
Goosebumps from feather or ice
Sparkle along, tracing your corvette curves
I want you at the brink, my Goddess of night
Once more, but this time the tongue
Darting in, suckling, buckling
Edging less quiet from deep inside
Slow pleasuring a whimper, a mewling simmer
Quick breaths between as you struggle
Contractions in your stomach, hips
Strain, bring crescendo
A fire deep inside
About to erupt
I bring vibration
*******
A thrusting
From you
Power
And
Volcanos break earthquakes
Shatter stars hurricaned
Against a tropical storm
Sending its rain
Cascading down
Between your
Thighs

The wicked night, a storm
On its way, you can taste it in the air
Not quite a humidity,
It's lighter than heavy
Almost a smell, but taste

I have to think to myself
What can I do, what have I done?
Patterns overlap, circles within circles
Remember details, collect the clues
Did I say this, did I look like that?
Maybe I agreed too quickly
Or it's not me at all

Moods are strange things
Arranged from the nonlinear
Chaotic patterns, too big to see
I see the change, chance to shine
A disappointment dominos

Retreat and hide, deny and find
I know the challenge is great
A hardship to develop
Breaking comfortable patterns
But that were hurtful, faulty; cling
If your dreams are big, your day is long
Much that is wanted, may be found

Her need is great; hold her close
Comfort her want, find peace, please
Right now, she still shines
Inner glow, it smolders
Mirrors all broken

I only want her happy
Heavy years are like chains
Drooping shoulders, neck and head
Rub the stress from her shoulders
Gently thumb precious neck
Work hands deep
Stretch muscles, calming effect

Oil her down, bring smile with scent
Tease worry from wary, bring her sleepy
Comb her hair, long beauty
Not make her sweaty
Heavy eyes, close gently

Relax, my Love
I promised, I vowed
Anything I can do
I will make sure
I can carry

Heart beats, pumping blood
Fluid, pulsating, giving life
Dark with the smell of iron
Sticky, heavy... Tasty
It has a price

Live just in the shadows
Alleys and cul-de-sacs
Always out of sight
Carefully, casting no reflections
Leaving no echoes in the night
Smelling it's deep taste
From far out of sight

When I press you
Close against my chest
For a moment, beats match mine
Tip back your pretty head
Give me your throat

Part your lips, hiss my name
Close your big doe eyes
Let your hair hang back
Reach back, wrap your arms around
Dig your fingers into my thigh
Flicking my tongue along
Tasting your beating pulse

Opening wide, closing my eyes
I can feel it's heat
Skin so thin
Along your
Neck...

Lost in the moment
A kiss, along the neck
You'll not feel a thing
Endorphins rushing
Dopamine levels rise
For you, but for me
You're lunch

Trees' leaves flutter,
Introducing the wind
Turning themselves over,
Tipping up their skirts

A face from an attic
It's windows dusty, old
Paint peeling from frames
Stares down, understanding

She doesn't want the turn
It'll bring all the dirt, memories
A whirlwind of slapping, pain
Brambles begin to break from plants

A shutter bangs, greyed
With time, all things grow old
Too many storms, like this; coming
The screen door slams, it's soon

A cemetery, just in sight
Crosses bear the sins, momentos
A history of forgotten choices
Blowing on the wind, from the past

There's there is the weather
Rippling across the long grass
Footsteps coming up the stairs
Like hammers, echoing on a pond

She wipes the window
A little circle, just a finger
Cutting the smallest hole
In a mirror, to another world

Eventually, soon, she'll step through
Another world, another time
Lost in a book, jumping from a ledge
Driving imagination, far and well

A tree bends, not hard
But enough to break
The limb falls, she knows
It's her fault, far above

Another step, now she hears
The blowing speaks, whistling
Through cracks, through walls
It's pitch raises, as does the voice

A breadth of tears bring twilight
A cold, solid hand, steady
Fear brings pain, not sins, for might
It's reflection fades through

Across the way, deep in the storm
Up in a tree, equal in height
Having escaped, broken fast
That little attic hole

The girl, looks back
At the storm, her parent's grasp
Then to the distance, calling
A harmony beckons

It's a choice, she knows
And remembers the crosses
Possible regrets, hurricanes
She remembers the hand

Then the house, leaky roof
***** windows, don't view out
Clean the inside, outside rot
And the storm buffets it's sides

She is taught the storm
It never fails, never stops
Always to be feared
Look down, feel shame

The forest is driven
The wind cuts through it
Breaking, bending, throwing
Thorns, splinters like bullets

She feels the wind
Tastes the excitement in the night
Looking back at herself, back
Hoping that window breaks

Her she jumps, shirt catches air
Billows out, blows behind
Jumps, feet leave the safety
The tree teaches her to fly

The hand comes down
The voice cracks the glass
Monster brings pain once more
Out of the closet, it comes

From the branch, the jump, a leap
From the attic never a plea, or cry
The wind she was taught to fear
Catches her, teaches flight

Slowly, despite fears
Lowly eyes begin to rise
Bent head begin to rise
Looks from ground to eyes

In the air, focused
Before more pain
These bright eyes
Now surprise

French kissed by the sun
Those warm lengths caress
Cascading down your body
Drawing forth your scent
Pushing goosebumps away

Like wearing something
Pulled directly from the drier
Covering and an all over feeling
Static electricity, sorted down
Stretching from hairs to a shimmer

Working a caramel, from the oven
Warm through your fingers
Gooey, sugary and messy
Stretching from hand to hand
As you play, a thick treat

Fingers play, and steal a kiss
Work delicious candies
From unspeaking lips and
Silken thighs, against chest
I eat a caramel candied dipped

Parched Earth, dry;
******* the very moisture from the air
Cactus wither, their prickly screams
Silent as a night without even the stars
Above, no longer hanging; fallen
Angels have turned their eyes
Downcast, thirsty

Not a grain of sand moves
There might have been a sign
But that would have shown
Life at one time
Or another

This is a land that is without
No footprints mar the beauty
The little mouse is far
No desert fox to fight
A winning or losing battle here
No presence of either life or death
Even a trace

Life here has made no hold
Never breeched this abyss
Never crept in either by
Evolution or design
Here there is no god

Don't share a wasted tear
I've told you before
Even the thought
Of water here is
****** away

On the gentle not-quite-wind
You can hear, softly
What might be a violin
Off tune; Or maybe it's the sands
Cursing; Settling in for another
Millennium, getting comfortable
Or piano, it doesn't matter

A desert's song, like that of the moon
When night falls, stealing even
Tans, browns, no greens or color
My life has been shown grey
Then black with even subtle
Shades of white blanched
Even from the grey of the moon

This is the liberal world
All hard work, given a way
Others will provide
All my work wasted
Broken down and taxed too far

My children have starved
To feed those less deserving
Because the rich have left
Run away, another planet
Another star, left only the poor
So now there are the entitled
Left to deal with us wolves

Tiny mote, too light to fall
Catching the morning light
Sneaking through a crack in the shade
It hangs there although it is flying
Almost giving truth to fairies

Or maybe tiny angels
You know how they are

The light gave it a a silhouette
Against itself, and against the dark
It stays there, longer than a moment
Longer, almost suspended
Beautiful and perfectly still

I can't say I could blame it
For just below
Lay a beauty to give pause
Even Helen would stop
Where time itself froze

You lay there naked
Not for the world to see
Wrapped in sheets
As well as me
So I don't dare move
Not to disturb
The Sleeping Beauty

It charged us
Breaking through the enemy's ranks
Scattering men like toothpicks
Theirs, then ours
It was mad, but all war is mad

Some of us stood our ground
As it shook from its furious rage
Shoulder to shoulder, brothers
Hacking the enemy,
Sliding swords deep in to their skins

Until their ranks parted like the sea
And our phalanxes shattered
Whether men stayed, frozen
Or ran, ******* themselves in fear
The enemy now brought brother from fear

I watched from the vanguard
King's Own, Pride of the Empire
Our ranks splintered, trampled
Beneath massive, mad feet
Thrown by this four tucked beast

Solace might be found
Maybe in that both sides lost
This creature gored and pulped
Either with abandon
Whipping it's fury forward; blood blind

Scant twenty paces from me
I stood my ground as soldiers should
Memorized by its horrid beauty
Sword half drawn; paltry effort
To stem the storm, hold an ocean

It's massive head, tossed, twisted
The smallest figure, it's demonic handler
Astride its sinewy thick neck
Holding only a mallet
Riding it to the ground

Skidding, skidding the mass of flesh
A trickle of blood running down
Slipping down a behometh's head
A tear staining its rider's cheek
The creature, lungs heaving, just last

Finally, this nightmarish charge
Ended by its handler's love
A chisel driven deep into its brain
Berserker's stained rage
Stilled for want of war

A single moment's pause
Before I brought my own beast up
Charging up massive flesh
Hooves digging deep for purchase
Stooping deep, cocking arm
Deliver my own stroke
Long blade taking that mans head

I am off, my horse bellows
Lungs like billows, frosted breath
In this morning's war torn cold
My furs, now soiled red
Eyes just as red raged rimmed

Across the war machines back
Legs dancing to bring me next
Closer, nearer; exploit this pause
Turn the tide, bring chaos directed
I know my brothers are at my side

Hacking with strength unthought
No glance unnoticed, I simply know
Every move around me, everyone
My warbeast awakened, alive
Perfectly calm in this wake

Long touches, I hope to relax
Maybe sensual, I wish for a sign
But I'm happy with massaging
Your legs, perfectly shaped
Strong thighs, wonderful calves
Your feet, high arched and even
Between your toes

Warm towel, heated and laid
Against your perfect skin
Working a heat in
Pulling the knots out
Up and down your back

Taking shoulders
In my hands, kneeling
Needing, this rich touch
And pulling you up
Arms around you

Maybe I hold you too long
Too tight, I miss you dearly
But I feel your heart
I'll hold you; it's clear
I need it

But it's for you
This embrace
Calms your heart
Soften your eyes
Quenches your anger

Watching you sleep
Barely heard snores
All desperation lost
I'll protect your sleep
Hold your watch

Whispering silk unrolls in the wind
For its binding, now undoing
Pulling hard by unseen hands
Fingers tangled in spiders' threads

Tugs, less gentle, throw it higher
Over chimneys, tower ledges below
Ginst, bricklain work, chiseled stone
Brushed now by, dirtied and frought

Spied, by sly old grey crow
Mother brings a gift, sought low
Entwined, knotted and tangled
Holds a nest until the wind goes

Finely knitted, strong long cloth
Keeps sun from cool, inside from cold
Chirps and claws, new norms anew
Life long beyond crows ago

Trees, booked, feathers few
Nest has fallen, silk askew
A child tests it's cloth
Fingers rubbing, so soft

Now to moment's a toy for you
But mommy's nose, sees age and dirt
Not for use, maybe sickness and hurt
Thrown to the refuse, lost once again

Light along its journey
It's toes tip, trip, catch the wind
Pulled from piles, playing breeze
Along town streets and dusty paths

It finds its way, fate's touch wait
Sinuously long, a finger might point
The trail it makes for blue blue skies
A ballot's initiative, beauty and far

It wraps and rolls, billows and blows
Twists and frees, darting amongst trees
Not for thee, not for thee
Back and forth, bright leaves

Far out, closer to the sea
It tastes the salt, like the waves
Breathing, snaps up against shores
Invisibles tangibles unbreakables

Another gust and its a storm to us
Up, it's taken thrown in fuss
Out, its brought, a lack of trust
And deep, it'll dive, buried amust

The smallest touch sets me off,
I know you don't like it all the time
Or even, now, most of the time
But, I see you, I see you
How can anyone not fall in love?

Wish to embrace the most intimate of activity?
To feel your breath on my skin,
Hands caress and swim
To look you in the eyes
Feel your body, buck
Muscles contract, fingers claw
Dig in and tear at sheets

Or just to close with you,
Hold gently, rhythmic and deep
Entwined of fingers and legs
Head thrown back, lost in steep
Chest to back, as can be

Maybe not like movies
Definitely not your books
Where everything is perfect,
Beings perfect bring fake reality
Expectations that prove to disappoint
The act of love isn't that,
Its moment making

Between two, desperate hearts
Two lonely souls, two holey minds
Imperfect truths, incomplete lives
Which always practice and seek
Attempting to mold as one

Eruption
An explosion
Another,
Then again
Again and AGAIN

The moon was up,
maybe the tide was down
a sea wall crumpled a little yesterday
cracks, careful now
glimpsing truth
simple and uncut
maybe the first

It brought some words
spoken here, back and forth
no yell, not hate, opinions
and again, I fell
falling, tumbling

Its not up to me
There is no help
Head over heels
Completely in love
a whirlwind,
hurricane,
tornado spin

I took her once,
She spoke return
Here and again,
Touching, loving
Until, at last spent

but then it was again,
her softness of skin
drove me to pleasures
fleshed, desperate desire
an intimate of love

More, again and more
Late in the night,
early into the morn
stopping for breaks
again, once again more
scratches and light bites
visit the morn

Never to have had
a woman so mine
if I could give her
the world, but
maybe my soul

Beautiful on fire, passion,
Not for the faint-hearted
You stare at me, its danger
Usually demure, looking away
So angry, a dial

I can't help but stare
Lose myself, for a moment
Your voice, gorgeous
Drowned out by the contact
Not a moment for me usually
I have to take the time, appreciate
I love you in your passion

I kiss your lips, closed, locking lashes
Maybe head tipped back, always closed
Makes me wonder, do I kiss that well
You lose yourself in desire?
Maybe thoughts elsewhere

Wonder without guile

I love your smile,
Creases your eyes
Dark, then light
Browned by heat
Red on the fire

Emotion traps, caught between blinks
You say, your eyes show far too much
I am denied, but for anger
To look in to your eyes
Not hard to read without,
But to have the sky
And never look up

Show your teeth, Cheshire Cat
Your cunning smile, tongue flickers
Licks across small pointed teeth
Like the little fish, darting between
Glint in the eye, and then just eyes

Ravenous hair cascades
Neither too long, nor short
A lion's mane, frames quick eyes
Angered, quick to roar, fang
Claws, blood finger tipped

Panther, in the night
Lightly leaping tree to tree
A silent padding, not decent
From above she glides, wary
Waiting, to fall, upon such prey

Tiger stripes, orange, white
Grey and black, fierce bright eyes
In the tall grass from clump to lump
Coiled steel in her curved limbs
Long striped tail, snap, snap, snap

Wintery lynx, tufted ears alert
Twitch not nervous for sound
Whiskers long, and eyes a sight
White on white, silent again
Stalking a hopping long ear

Cheetah, cheetah, rely alone
In speed, quick and fight
A nip, bite with sharp tooth
Fast, slick swipe, claws deep
A hind, lacerated, meal tonight

Now a cougar, lithe wasp waisted, nice
Shapely leg, long and tight
Wickedly grinned, tipped in blood
Caramel pride, my most dangerous cat
It's time to come play with your twine

A pair of eyes meet
Another and lock
Like the doors
Closing gently

Dice tumble
Rolling across
Heavy green
Thrown, heavy handed

A thread is severed
Woven thick
To keep out the cold
Now unravels

Wages won, lost
A toll of flesh due
Sufferance, weight
The demon's due

Invisible imp
Gambler's bane
Play at lives
Thirsty for pain

Imagine a planet of wheat
Maybe blue skies, fluffy clouds
It's a place of perfect days
Some birds in the sky
Where no insects play

There, wine flows from the trees
No crowds, waiting or lines
Free coffee in the mornings
Steak, breakfast, lunch, and dinner
My truck never runs out of gas
Somewhere where I can
Get totally lost, everyday

There I make thousand yard shots
Taking the X, quartered, in four
Maybe out the passenger side
Sleeping in the bed of the truck
Maybe a hammock off the bumper

Not a care in the world
Smelling fresh grass all night
I can see forever, ever in stars
I'll bathe in the afternoon rain
Cookfire when I hunger
Sleep, when tired
Such a false lie

It might have been heaven
It's all great, with a shrug
I'll be bored in an hour
Is love such a life
Everything just right?

My heaven is with you
No other life will do
The absolute worst you can do
Still more perfect than not
Why choose this, would I?
Because without just you
All perfection, would be hell

She bounces and that's the only way
Of describing her happy
One foot to the other
A hippity-hoppity of the hips
A woncity-bouncity of the biscuits
The hands are busy, but the mood is light
She's irritated, but in a good mood
The only way only she can be
I ask what's wrong
Thinking she has to ***
But it's nothing, she says
She doing her hungry dance;
She loves to eat
So as she spreads the bread
Cuts the cheese
Rolls the ham
And mayonnaise
She bounces up
And side to side
Geeking out
Hips a hoppity-hippity
Biscuits a bouncity-woncity
A sandwich is born
Like the smile
On her lips

Carousel spins, horses up and down
Painted bright colors, joyful sight
Always chasing each other
Looks like such great fun
There's a horse for Bobby
Brown saddled, and feet in the stirrups
He stands screaming in bliss
Kenny rides a mare,
All pink and blues
She cries out in splendor
White knuckled on the pole
The parents they stand aside
Watch their children go by
'There's Johnny, Mary, Susie, and Jason!'
Take pictures, faces frozen in time
But there is no pictures in albums
Not of carousel rides
Because all those pictures discarded
The horses are screaming
Look with colors so bright
In lights like fire  
The pictures all blur
But there is Betty
Her smile is not
Picture was taken
Snapped just off
Don't use this says the mother
It's not what I like
Father tosses the white knuckled
Shiny impaled horses, across the night
But every year it's the same
The children's fears are alike
And children become parents
Only to see what they see
Bright

Feminine to the core
A beauty of flesh
And if I said complex,
I would understate her
To her, that would be a crime

You see her
Comment on her beauty
And do her no justice
Youre only blinded
She is the sun
And you'll only stare
Never suspect her depths

She is more akin
Feeling more as though the sea
Roiling and unsettled
Beautiful from a distance
Upsetting on its surface

She is the oak
An inner strength
Strongly rooted, deeply soiled
And worried that it's not enough
But well rooted for the storm

Thickly bowed
Heavy with fruit and leaf
Straining for the sun
Warmth of day
Living for the nights
Away from pests, and for peace
Seeking solace in the stars

Her eyes show the diamonds
Faceted of light and clear
So many sides, complexity
An observer only drawn
To what they can relate

The diamonds find their strength
Threaded by fractures
But so unlike mineral shapes
Her cracks make her stronger
Building a completeness
That is more whole
Than any other

Her inward sight
Makes those strengths
Invisible to her
So she concentrates
And becomes
So much more
She is special

Haunted houses creep in and out
Giving life to the ghosts
Carving, clawing their way to the present
Leaving you bleeding from the eyes

Kiss them gently to retell their tales
Feel their dark caresses
Drawn forth from your gut
Fingers wrapped around your spine

They feed, oh so deeply
Tooth and fang deep inside
The pain amplifies, rippling
Keeping you immobile and trapped

Anguish sours softly bedded dreams
Their voices, electric, hallowed
Like nails down a chalkboard
Incapacitating your actions

Coiled muscles, anxious to explode
You want to lash out
Scream, drown out the past
Scatter those broken ghosts

But they overwhelm
And you cringe,
In the darkness
Until you see the light

Close and closer still
Dry your beautiful tears
My arms around you
Gotten me through
Too many nights

Our legs entwined
Warmth, twilight's touch
Sun kissed in candle light
Blood red fingered tipped
Your eyes hooded
But sparkling and bright
Take you in rapture

But that's not why I'm with you
My Little Biscuit, it's much more than lust
That's only physical,
A moth to the flame
A search untamed

You are elemental in nature
A wind, gusting, a blade
Your voice, beautiful
Rage, unadulterated pain
You are the mirror
To which fire
Measures flame

Anxiety and fear
Blacken out your light
If you allowed unveiling
All the world, frozen
Like I saw you in dress

From the first moment I saw you
To worst in fight, your hand raised to strike
Always I loved you, always my life
Unconditional love
Love at first sight
You mock, deny and bite
But in a moment I loved you
Changed my whole life

I am learning to love you
Everyday, a new light
Your brightness, my devotion
Your plight is my fight
If you'll let me have might

Tell you, ok
Everything's alright
We'll get through this
Together, love
Commitment and tight