I went to the Garden of Love.
And saw what I never had seen:
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.

And the gates of this Chapel were shut,
And Thou shalt not, writ over the door;
So I turn’d to the Garden of Love,
That so many sweet flowers bore,

And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tomb-stones where flowers should be:
And priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars, my joys & desires.

Never seek to tell thy love,
Love that never told can be;
For the gentle wind doth move
Silently, invisibly.

I told my love, I told my love,
I told her all my heart,
Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears.
Ah! she did depart!

Soon after she was gone from me,
A traveller came by,
Silently, invisibly:
He took her with a sigh.

~~~

My memory of grandpa
Was that his hands were red
Showing me some pictures
A kid's book before bed.

The bones were raw and gnarled
The sinews looked all sore
The skin was thickly callused
Spotted, lined and scored.

They showed wear and tear
They echoed his toil
Grandpa was a farmer
A tiller of the soil.

Grandpa couldn't read
But we could laugh and look
His hands delicately turning
The pages of a book.


SoulSurvivor
(C) 5/12/2015

When our bones are aching
And our bodies are tired
And we've said all that can be said
I'll roll over to your side of the bed
And hug you in utter silence
And give a sweet smile
As you envelope me in utter silence
Until we disappear into dust
And become lost in time
And our love story, a legend for generations to tell.

Dreams*  *of you
Dreams  of mine
Dreams  of fairies and
Dreams  divine
*Let us get lost in love
And everything will be fine

No matter what you think
What you believe,
Know that I love you.
It rings true through the once empty
Corridors of my heart.
Even if the demons follow you around
Whispering lies into your hearts,
Even if I don't remind you,
Know that I DO.
I LOVE YOU.

When I looked in your eyes
I saw the place that I'll die
And it made me shed tears
From the beauty, I cried

When I stared in your face
I saw my favorite place
The rings from your smoke
Remind me of being in space

I gazed at your disdain
For my sadness and pain
But I ignored the signs
Forgetting I'm insane

Like a doll, I am fake
Porcelain, built to break
And although I've been cracked
I'm held tightly with tape

Your words scribbled and said,
As they're written and read
They get stuck in my eyes
And trapped inside my head

Two thousand, some odd miles
Stand between our brightest smiles
As they're trapped inside the sky
And the clouds keep them in vials

Every time it rains, that's me
As I'm crying out a sea
And my waves crash over you
Drowning you eternally