My love, we will go, we will go, I and you,
And away in the woods we will scatter the dew;
And the salmon behold, and the ousel too,
My love, we will hear, I and you, we will hear,
The calling afar of the doe and the deer.
And the bird in the branches will cry for us clear,
And the cuckoo unseen in his festival mood;
And death, oh my fair one, will never come near
In the ***** afar of the fragrant wood.

How the struggles served to strengthen my love for you
and faith that I am standing inside your enhancement walls

In sleep, a calmness washed over me,
White oceanic noise,
Ebbing and flowing like
Earth's lungs inhaling and exhaling

I awoke in the sunlight,
And heard the soft coos of pigeons outside my window,
Assembling their family nests

I watched as burdens of past and future
Passed through me like driftwood
In the clear river flow of now
As the last ruminants of the ripples faded

The rhythmic flow of my breath,
Legato, no longer staccato
And thoughts like harpsichord
Strumming on my axon strings

In this serene love I'll rest with you,
Tranquil and protected,
A journey forever written,  
To find myself back to you

Inside these dimensions of my prison,
paralyzed, immobilized,
shattered in fragments of fear,
I utter stifled screams
from my body heap,
piled on the hardwood floor

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trapped, desolate and
wretched in mind,
what is left of me after invasion and ravage?

Chase away this these vultures and thieves,
so to shut out this duality
blinding me,
a rabbit caught in headlights    
                                                  ­ up
                                        me
                   ­        pick

I see the photo, synthesis
Emerging from cold ashen ground
Ocular chlorophyl against
The vast blue sky
I hear the tiny buds assembling
Gathering their artillery of sun and water
Ready to paint a spectrum of infinite hue
Over monochromatic concrete
I petal to a sanctuary
Of a thousand birds in
Rhythmic flight,
In space of serenity
And feel the tight tug of my blood heart
That beats in synchronicity
Like the gentle wave of a butterfly wing,
I plant myself beside my eternal Love,
To rest in our amaranth garden

All I've ever seen is you
My thoughts, my heart,
My safety is no longer here,
My love is no longer there,
It is you whom I have loved,
It is you whom I have struggled,
In darkness,
and light,
It is you,
Always you

And this is what I have,
More than most can comprehend
When they stand flat on the surface,
Are you here, too?
Suspended through dark and light,
please show me a hand,
give me love unconditionally,
the one thing I need

The snowy owls have left the tundra,
Replaced by the guarding gulls and
The geese trickling in,
Waxing moon pushing forward, up,
And quiet bunny hops,
The constellations remain,
Same as it ever was,
And my love for you,
Same as it ever was