Will you
Seep into my nightmares
Like the sun
Breaking through clouds;
And embrace me
Like the shadow
Of the dark side of the moon?
A beacon in the mist
Shining through the haze,
Under cover
Of every night
A ghost of light
Forever making the darkness
Not so true a fiend
I thought I could hide behind
Like a curtain
Before the show
Unveiling demons
In the shade,
Restless in their endeavor
As I drag my pain
A love for misery
Because you only linger
Under a black sky
Never rising with the day
To start again...

APAD14 - 002 © okpoet

Where to find the words?
When all the wells
Have run dry,
My inspiration
No longer
Blooming
Out of the dark corners
Of my addled mind,
The fountains
That yielded
All my sentiments,
Have translated
Into muted syllables
That no longer flow,
As if my need
Has been quelled,
Yet I am more parched
Than desert dunes,
Cold barren wastelands;
And there is no mirage
To even hold me over
Until the next rainfall...

APAD14 - 001 © okpoet

She has resurrected;
My beautiful Lazarus,
From the depths of time
From the heights of the heavens,
The stars that shower over
Like snowflakes in the winter
A white blanket
With the warmth of a hearth's fire,
Twinkle and sparkle
A serenade of light;
And this is just
From the dazzle in her eyes,
A smile
Like Spring's first glow,
And a radiance
Like a sunrise
Melding with the ocean's horizon,
And hills
That curve
Sweeter than hairpin turns,
This is her
Perennial shooting star...

APAD13 - 152 © okpoet

I'm bleeding
On the outside
While scarring
On the inside,
Calloused heart
Like the hands of a farmer
No longer
Finding blisters
From the need,
Every encounter
That left me
Nursing wounds
A defenseless soul
In a harsh urban world,
Trying to love
Without blowback,
But a back draft
Always waited
Behind doors
That burned
With desires
On short fuses,
A shower of sparks;
Short lived fireworks
Of temporary emotions,
To which I could only relate to
In words,
Words that couldn't hold their own
Against the fires
Of the ******
Lonely spirits
In this crowded world...

APAD13 - 151 © okpoet

I'm seeing rainbows
And pots of gold
Before me,
A myriad of illusions
Carefully unfolding
Like Oz before the land
Unbelieving
Unconvinced;
The magic
Lost in translation,
A sun shining
Even in an overcast day;
Happiness not so distant
After eons of pain,
Does my sight betray me?
That I can not trust myself
To embrace the joy due me?
Have I shed enough sorrow
That I now can only laugh?
The promise
Of a bright tomorrow
Finally beckons;
And I'm inclined
To accept...

APAD13 - 150 © okpoet

I can't bear
The empty void;
The stillness
Of time
When she looks away,
The trajectory
Of the fiery comets
Of her eyes
No longer colliding
Into my soul,
Like when the music stops
And you're waiting
For the next song,
But she's a mere foot away
And I wonder how
We can reconnect again,
The beams from her lighthouse
Coming around
Spotlight that I crave
That I would give anything for,
The performance of my life
But it's a downhill battle
A runway walk
I cannot keep up any longer,
And when she sees me again
I hear the applause
Of an audience;
The uproar of acceptance...

APAD13 - 149 © okpoet

I had a little dream
That slowly grew
Until one day
It was all but real,
I thought
It would be grand
If I could be
Loved by her,
And so I set my ways
To be for her
The very best
I could be,
Worked hard
Ambition driving me
To dress her in the very best
To house her in the very safest,
But I forgot
Just one
Little thing
The most important,
I forgot to love her
And so here
Surrounded in her dresses
Under the grandest roof,
I weep for her;
For it did not matter
How much I gave her
For she wanted very little,
My embrace
To clothe her
My love
To shelter her,
But I didn't know
And now she's gone
In the arms of another
And now I dream again...

APAD13 - 148 © okpoet