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Aug 2021 · 575
Under the Bridge
Lucas K Aug 2021
Away, far away, and further still.
Beyond rumble and tremble and thrill,
where spies out of shadows hold no sway,
there lies a chamber of stone, with no bars, nor locks or divides.
Every evening,
my weary eyes rest upon the memory of time and its ever shifting, ever stalwart tides.
That is where my heart abides.

My heart resides just below the rusty rail.
Over a watchful window, a silky veil of green sunlight falls like a curtain of fleeting dreams and a blooming hazel tree beneath the frail mist conceals a passageway to emerald fields.
Each morning,
I am drawn nearer and nearer to you, for that is how my mind endures.
That is why my heart never yields.
Dec 2020 · 135
The River
Lucas K Dec 2020
Here I stand
Following its steady flow fleeing over the edge.
And while I can't always see it for the teardrops
I know it's there.
As sure as the glitter on its face
I know it's there.
Proudly and truly
Defying every barrier
The river runs through me.
Dec 2020 · 190
Believer
Lucas K Dec 2020
The very moment I first gazed upon your splendour
Your fiery eyes gave away the woeful reflection of my soul.
And amidst this endless pyre
Danced a song of yearning
And desire.
Relentless. Rebellious. Irrepressible.
As if alight to chase away my faithless doubts
Your fiery eyes called to me
And I followed them home.
Dec 2020 · 111
Dreams
Lucas K Dec 2020
The flowers I brought you
on that starlit night
were like fragments of delicate dreams,
glorious in their tenderness.

Yet you,
in your innocent wisdom,
dismissed them with a smile
and took me to where dreams are made instead.
Dec 2020 · 98
Footsteps in the Rain
Lucas K Dec 2020
Listen.
Hear the sky burst open
and cover the world in emerald pearls.

Feel.
Embrace the glorious chaos
from which new life is born.

Go.
And wherever your path may take you,
tread softly.
I bid you open up your heart
and tread softly,
for the world might be willing to follow you home.
Dec 2020 · 114
Wonderwall
Lucas K Dec 2020
She is like a thunderstom
at the height of summer,
cherished for bringing life
to a barren land,
while scorned for interfering
with the radiance of the sun.

God knows she is a world on her own,
a dance of nature
in her most primeval form
disregarding the order
and shunning the chaos.

A wonderwall.
Mar 2020 · 1.3k
Stay strong
Lucas K Mar 2020
Listen.
Can you hear the world
struggling for its breath?
Can you feel its tears
rushing through your lungs?
Do you share its fears?

Lend your breath to the world.
Fill its lungs with raging hope
and see serenity shining through
the eye of the storm.

Remember,
no storm’s meant to last.
This one too is here to upset,
to question,
to teach,
and shall eventually pass.
Nov 2014 · 341
X
Lucas K Nov 2014
X
I'm not searching anymore.
Cross my heart.
You know where to find me.
X marks the spot.
Nov 2014 · 309
Shadow
Lucas K Nov 2014
You're only here
when my days are bright.
As the dark lays heavy on my eyes,
as I crave your comfort
and find assurance in your lies,
you disappear,
and for all my anguish and despise
I can't help myself
loving a shadow.
Oct 2014 · 370
Heart in a Heartbeat
Lucas K Oct 2014
I put my heart inside a heartbeat
And called it… life.
I sent a flicker
through the eternity of a moment,
and watched it tangle
between the roots of fate.
In the eyes of promise, I am a beggar…
I reign over the Undefined.
Sometimes I wander o’er its hills
and wonder,
is the cold in my fingers
here to stay?
As the clock goes tick I learn the ways of love.
By the time it goes tack I’ve mastered hate.
At the crossroads of faith,
I pause,
and hold on to the truth that thrives
inside each and every heartbeat.
It's my life I can't ignore.
Death is just… that.
Nothing less.
Nothing more.
Live your life.
Jun 2014 · 571
On a Rainy Night
Lucas K Jun 2014
Something's in the air tonight
the promise of redemption,
the scent of you.
Through the songs that you ignite
the sky's not shy to share its tears,
the show's about to start.

It’s your eyes
that set out the spark
they stifle the thunder
they light out the dark.
Tear by tear the flood is nigh,
drop by drop your eyes go dry.

Let it rain.
Let it wash away my fear.
If every raindrop is your kiss,
then I need no more than this.
Let it flow beneath my skin
and drown the fear I'm living in.

I say let it rain!
May the heavens burst again!
And when the sun lights up the green
you’ll be standing in between
like a vision of a perfect moment...
The start of everything!
Mar 2014 · 820
Tattoo
Lucas K Mar 2014
I am caught
In the moment our paths first met
And from that moment on
My skin craved for your touch.

I've hidden you
In plain sight
Not to raise eyebrows
But heartbeats.

You are not
A substitute for words
Even though your lines give away
The very essence of my soul.

Nor you compensate
For any thought that has fled my being
In search of acceptance
Or scorn.

No
You simply
Are
And always will be.
Jan 2014 · 1.5k
Who Am I?
Lucas K Jan 2014
I am a ship.
There's nothing special about who I am,
for there are many like me.
Tall and proud,
small and brisk,
each with its unique direction.
Some to be admired,
others to take the risk,
all carved in false perfection.
Yet there is one simple wish
to which we all aspire.
From the day our journey starts,
through the rough tests of the sea
to reach the safety of our haven
is all that we desire.

I am a wanderer.
Send me on a voyage to which I see no end.
I will take it gladly.
When I gaze into infinity
I see far beyond.
So mourn for me not when I set my sails.
I shall return.
Send me through the darkest storm
guide me past the reason’s plea!
I fear no rock nor waves or tide
I fear no whipping of the sea!

Yet, each wave I break
Leaves a crack in my haughty hull.

I am a wreck.
A shattered pile of glorified wood.
A cracked bucket
leaking out treacherous dreams
it could not hold
even when it should.
There are parts of me
sunken
lying numb in deepest chambers of the blue.
There are bits to see
floating
scourged tirelessly by everything
I ever knew.

I lie naked under face of the sky.
I am afraid.

I am driftwood.
Carried around by the will of the waves,
their salty lips against my wounds.
All that is left of me
rocks
in a steady
steady flow
ridiculed by currents
and wind.
Me…
Who am I?
That I do not know.
Perhaps
I do not care.
Today
I traded my spirit for hope
and despair...

Until one day
I am washed ashore.

I am a raft.
Piece after piece put in an awkward place
empty spaces sealed with fiery salt,
scars healed by its sweet embrace.
I am complete.
There’s a soul
clinging on to me with nothing else
but the warmth of her skin.
I am her guide
and she is mine.
I am taking her home
across eternal oceans
in search of haven upon a familiar shore
and I
am not afraid anymore.
Jan 2014 · 745
Leap of Faith
Lucas K Jan 2014
Once...
I lost something I've never had.
A gentle scent, always there, but never part of me...
Locked inside its frail mind
My will just stood and watched
As nothing but a fervent dream,
Like a star, dying out, sent the sky ablaze.

So once again
A wish is left in the hands of chance,
And a heartbeat skips the choice...
Hope steps up for dare,
And the leap of faith never comes.

Is it really so hard to live,
When you know someone out there is
Worth dying for?
Dec 2013 · 1.0k
The Raven
Lucas K Dec 2013
To whom it may concern.
Through memory and thought
I have seen it all.
About those already gone
And those yet to come
I am concerned.

I have seen a tree in autumn high
Far and further still its shade did fall.
Blessed from above and chained to the ground
As day by day there was less from a day.
Thus I have seen how earth slowly bled
Teardrops of yellow, through orange, to red
Discarding the many, sparing but few.  

So I have seen a rose that dropped its petals
Upon the bed of someone's tomorrow.  
Stained from desire of promises clashing
Half empty the sheets come morning remained.
Thus I have seen bitter sweetness and sorrow
When moments and faces were borrowed at will
Piled for later, traded for thrill.

I have heard the songs brought up by joy
Carried forth by comfort and faith, elated with hope.
So I have heard the laments and prayers at night  
Nurtured tirelessly by fear and by sin, bred in despair.
Dread be my comfort and I shall fear no more!
Fear consume my faith and I am not a sinner!
Sin dry out my hope and I shall hail you forevermore!
Forevermore and ‘till the end of time
Take me at least to the edge of this very night
To the brink of the day and back nevermore!


Yet, I know of a seed that bit through the frost
When prospect of morning yielded to chance.
Born to commence though bound to the End
Bathing in blessing of fire ignited by rain.
Thus I know of a smile that sprang out of hope
Eyes that craved for the shivering light
And a heart that beat over cries in the night!

Through memory and thought
I have seen it all.
Counting the days as I pass them by
By the grace of the wind,
By the will of the sky.
From where all the roads begin
To where at last they meet again
My memories are aching
But my thoughts are asking: ˝Why˝?

— The End —