Amidst the smoke and light and laughter
Along the smiles and cheers thereafter

A sound is bled, wrung free from strings
It bounds and treads and wholly sings
Inside each song, a secret’s moved
Not right nor wrong or frequent proved
The message dances from bow to ear;
A coded trance of love and fear
From left to right the story rings
Of death and light the Cello brings
The covert tale engulfs the room
It vibrates truth to those who loom
The Cello knows for why it’s played
Its secret lost, both gone and stayed

In the smoke and light and laughter
Music lies and cries thereafter

our gifts were frozen by the stars
as shards of ice hit our hearts
cartons of milk tossed in dumpsters
where slums of homeless men and women
seek shelter in the ghettos
schedule a day off
those stray cats are always the boss
sort of determined to get lost
you try to set a good example and fall short
feet first we landed on our paws
happy to be safe at last
we converse with your mangy dogs
lying in the center of dusty crossroads
all our travails are necessary
shall we set sail on another journey
or stay put and reflect for a minute
once the word has grabbed you
it takes hold of your mind and soul
you can no longer let it go
and now you must serve it
for it has shaken you to your bones
why do we make tones of loneliness
while slow people escape the fragile daylight
shine your flashlight on the pages
and see what emerges from the ink of the sages

She scared him when she told him to unplug his heart from hers
She touched and played with her open scars
Bleeding, while she visited her past
He tried to repair her
But she was not willing to let him touch her scars
So her heart went far
He ran after her
Only to find her hiding behind her insecurity
Changing her character
seeking a different identity  
It was easier to run away from love
than face her reality
She overdosed on fantasy
And died to the sound of misery

Her love was nothing but a mystery

She has flowers on her cheeks
the stars shine within her teeth
The waves to the ocean stop moving
When she speaks
I couldn't explain why the universe
gave up in growing
When she was awake

She's not an angel
Hard to figure out

She belongs in
The Depths
Of matter

That we don't know about

She's talked to all the stars
is friends with the faintest
Constellations

She whispers to the wind
laughs
I can't help but smile
With temptation

Could she be an alien

It's hard to figure out

She's a light
Yet a shadow

She'll find you
In the blackest
Day
Hiding in the corner

Her hair is gold
eyes like diamonds

The galaxy flows
With her high words

Awake night and day
The sun and moon
Owe their lives
And souls

To her pretty laugh
That casts
Joy
To anyone around her

She's no human

She's always wandering

Love filling a blank page
What it says at the end of its days
Is what two people made of it.

Love Mary x