His anxiety rides on suspended air
Thoughts deafened by his beating heart
A silent pain, expiring tears
Refract him whole, revealed in part

The shadows sketch his broken dreams
And shatter still with ticking time
A crimson tide, a setting Sun
The vision fades, his eyes resign.

As the night cools in familiar dark
her feet shuffles gently still,
wisps of dust
and glowing embers
tango in entangled flames
They dance and sing
as erupting bark
kiss her cheeks
with crackling laugh
She glows, embraced
a peachy rose,
stars and dreams on
winter eyes.

I wonder
I wonder
I wonder
I wonder

And I wonder
I wonder
I wonder
I wonder

I wonder
I wonder

If she wonders
I wonder

If princesses gathered in one accord
To observe this lady who towered in grace
I'm sure they'd bow and surrender their crowns
With streams of anger running down their face

Cos your darkened dress cast no shadow of doubt
Of beauty deeper than the deepest skin
As it hugged your form with hourglass strength
You knocked the moon from its orderly spin

And that golden piece that hung from your neck
Dazzled as bright as your beautiful eyes
Embracing your flesh like an elegant grin
The jealousy of stars were heard in their cries

You were an utter sight that melted my heart
So lovely, completely, from out to within
I'm thankful God made you and gave you a life
You're daydream material so built for the win.

Sizzling trees scatter their leaves
along a sun-burnt road, lined with
squinting soldiers, draped in metal,
their muddy sweat-beads dripping
on infant spectators too young to know.
This is not a usual Friday
where cheers
would choke overcrowded inns and dusty playgrounds;
Just
a sea of silence
and shuffling shoulders,
and shiny black crows slicing the air in search for bread.
Even as He anguished it didn't show
For all you'd see is His soaking robe
bleached in Royal red and the occasional
petal clinging for its dear life from that saving Rose.
Too many times He did, falling on merciless stones
as the people wailed and wondered why
no one
would raise Him up.
But those who tried were only held back
like tears that dried on faithless eyes.

You could see in the distant storm
Water starting to fall
to wash the earth free of its sickly grime.
For now, it was like an illusion
A mirage of hope
as He continued carrying a Cross He grew to own.

A Father
A Spirit
A whisper
"I love you."

Though time kept on, it might as well have stood still
for the road was longer than what
the wind had travelled
to join the blessed whose
lives would see
the only Passion
there could ever be.

My blood flows sideways and slams into walls
Drunk on your beauty, fall flat on the floor
Like racing cars in me, wild butterflies zoom
And hit me like coffee beneath a full moon
Infused with sweet memories, unforgettable smiles
I'm trippin' with angels with feelings so high
The sweetness is cruel, I'm stirred like a tea
Or like goldfish escaping to explore the great sea
The next time we meet, the time must slow down
Cos the moment you left I was drawn with a frown
It's outrageous just knowing on the day of your birth
You've beaten Nutella as the best thing on earth
For now, I'll hang loose, I'll just hang like the bats
And perhaps slain all the kittens cos you're allergic to cats.

Catching stars on lonely seas
Left me cold, no air to breath
Shadows long and darkened sight
The Universe falling, lost all its light
Then you came along and opened the seams
You entered my heart and filled it with dreams
Conversations, reflections, you blossomed in words
Unintentional puns and intentional verbs
I put down my sword, you showed me what's right
That love isn't war, I surrendered my fight
The journey of two, penned by the Author of Truth
Is the story I see, your existence my proof
Like paintings come true, your beauty is real
The heart of an angel, resolve cast in steel
Your permission to grant, let me love you with grace
Along with my weaknesses, my strengths and my faith
We'll journey to mountains where moons kiss the earth
And travel in each other as mysteries give birth
Your hand wrapped in mine, your spirit my treasure
I'll protect and I'll lead you, through pain and through pleasure
We'll laugh at the comedies, and cry at atrocities
And talk pure gibberish, along with philosophies
We'll eat like the kings, we'll sit lazy like sand
We'll poke at each other 'til we can no longer stand
I'm humbled, my love, that you've finally come
We'll live through eternity as two become one
My promise is yours, your loveliness mine
Let's start this adventure through space and through time.

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