Last night lightning revealed what was never finished or removed
Moving into a calm serenade heard in my mind
Sung by intertwined souls that stood on the steps of time
Breathing in the joy of love’s eternal dance
They did once again find

Looking through what has passed by as lost to what I now know
I hear two voices that were never out of tune
In the beautiful promise that now rises to once again roam
Across the lips and faces of two hearts
That were parted too soon

Last night lightning revealed two lovers with one unfinished dream
In the late hour their serenade moved in my mind
Tonight became yesterday once again on the steps of time
Breathing in the joy of love’s eternal dance
One more time

Through rain that sounds on hills of tiny moments
Somewhere beneath a faithful plea
We act out in the deepest shades of gray
As intellects passing in cascades
Of sailing ecstasy

Poets reflecting secret words which breathe in joy
Hiding our thoughts in perfect prose
Until the heavens embrace our smiling sun
And we speak in tongues
That we chose

With full cups of dreams from our imaginations
Step by step we advance on shores
Until all your thoughts rhyme in emotions
And all those tiny moments
Become yours

Run your fingers through my hair
As you kiss my lips
Hold me gently in your arms
With your hands upon my hips

Drink me slowly in with each kiss
Take away my air
Teach me to breathe you in
As deeply as I dare

Stir the soul inside of me
Awaken my desire
Mold your body into mine
As you quench my fire

A cocoon of silk wraps the final breath of day
When feelings stir fantastically
Touching my dreams in mighty ways
Then softly clothing me

Deep flutters celebrate within the trees
Believing, blessings will abound
Wishing they could only feel like me
In this silken wrap, I have found

My spirit calls unto wings I once sealed away
In walls filled with ancient granite dust
When I myself, did betray
To walk upon this earthen crust

How close I view those clouds from here
Where I once flew so free
Above these trees that deeply flutter near
And this world that now holds me

The final breath of night will soon arrive
My cocoon of silk will float away
Shall I return to where I once derived
Or myself again betray

If I could only climb the highest mountain peak
Or quietly rest upon a jagged cliff
Perhaps I would find all of life’s answers I seek
To all the what’s, why’s and if’s

There I would sit for hours in total silence
Never uttering a word
Strongly taking hold of all my given patience
Waiting for answers to be heard

I would look into drifting clouds above me
Searching for a single sign
A picture to enlighten me of my destiny
I would surely seek to find

However, I cannot climb the highest mountain peak
Or quietly rest upon a jagged cliff
I have to live my life in the here and now and seek
Answers to all the what’s, why’s and if’s

There is impending danger in your eyes
I can see from across the room
You have held my gaze for way too long
My attention you have consumed

I have looked away and back at you
Each time I do I find
You are staring right into my eyes
As if you can read my mind

  You stare right through me as if you know
Every little secret that I hold
All my private thoughts and wishes too
The ones I have never told

I know that you do not know me
Yet, still I feel you do
And if I do not look away right now
Trouble will ensue

One by one we feel the breezes
that soothe us musically
like a breath of silver wings.
Rivers fade into themselves
leaving expressions we understand
yet do not quite notice.
We chase shadows into hidden corners
when night falls;
lie them close
just to hear them ring.

We desire to touch another’s name
but when we close our eyes
we are carried away.
The answers we find are reflected
on our fingertips as scars
returning to show more of us
that our time has come.
So we bend like weeping willows
again inspired
by come what may.

Wisdom spirals breathtakingly,
rains down
divided by our faith.
The hand of fortune confounds us,
deafens our ears
to what we believe.
Dawn breaks and we yearn
for what is impossible
to live over again.
Yet, one by one we feel the breezes
that soothe us
musically.

I know of a place where a ruby was born to quietly bless
The beloved, who cry for sweeter songs to hear
However, would we be amazed nonetheless
If what made them smile today
Tomorrow;
Brought no cheer

How hidden can the heart remain, who wanders
Within this place I write of to you now
Can its desires ever be squandered
Because the always want of more
Keeps appreciation
Disallowed

Would a trusting eye be found in silent chill
Its very heart and soul be shaken
If it were to find that, the ruby cannot fill
That which is never satisfied
And always seeking
New sensations

Expectations agony deep inside my mind
Has reached a point of no return
What is this you do to me
All of this that burns

Neither logic lies nor sense does it make
I care not for what I see is true
True it feels and it must be
The answer lies in you

Alleviation of curiosity is a must
To calm what rages deep inside
No peace left as is
Unearth or come untied

There lies a bitter truth beneath the rose
Which one is not always able to see
As their eyes cannot see past, the beauty of the face
hiding the stinging truth that lies beneath

The deepest passion radiates from eyes that glow and shine
Into those of quickly pursuing souls
Warming their hearts but not warning their minds
Of the piercing thorns that lie beneath the rose

Their hands so swiftly reach to touch the loveliness they see
their eyes are blinded to the thorns that lie beneath
She has captured many, holding wisdom great and true
Yet only thorns into their hearts did she bequeath

Take caution when you reach for the sweetest rose
With petals as soft as the morning dew
This loveliness you see, deceptively hides what is beneath
The sharpest thorns, may lie in wait there, just for you

Pleasures enter the years as sweet caresses
In a violin’s melodious strings
Had we but time enough to profess this
Oh, how our hearts
Would ever sing

I ask my aching heart to raise mine eyes
To see these pleasures here
To cease this weeping and my sighs
And to always hold
Them dear

I find my thoughts so often turned away
To sorrow instead of pleasure
When I forget the lovely sound that’s made
By each bar those strings will play
Trying to keep my life’s time
In perfect measure

Those pleasures can be held within your heart
With variations in their tune
Sweet caresses from you will never part
If those strings which grace
Your instrument
You remember to attune

Acceptance is so hard sometimes
But it's all that you can do
When even you don't know what you want
And why you do the things you do

You are holding on to a dream so tight
So afraid you will awake
So you shut your eyes and stay asleep
And one more step you take

When one loves without demands
Never questioning even why
Blindly following with all their heart
And trusting with unseeing eyes

What joy can be found in all of this
So very much if one does wish
To patiently see what the future holds
For a love as strong as this

I am lost in an ocean wave of reflection, a delicious place to be
How still I sit and look upon this paradise
All from a different time and place
Where shadow and substance
Become me

From the haunted places that call from within my dreams
My soul gently mixes with the sun and rain
In broken territories I cannot claim
Yet hidden in the grasses
I am redeemed

The world advances from the sorrow of its own eyes
With a tiny fist raised up in utter denial
Crying out “Do not wait for me”
Yet, I am lost in reflection
Hear me cry

Whose generosity bids the pulse of my own heart to beat
While I sit still and look upon this paradise
Why can I not claim these territories
Which lie here broken
At my feet

Tangled webs of silken threads encase the crystal dew
Falling from the weeping eyes of the sky
As the morning sun glistens on the face of you
Running through the pages in my mind

A noble profile of a man so honor bound
Searching eyes the color of the sea
Standing in the distance in the land you found
A virtuous heart crying to be free

Look out into the horizon see the quickly setting sun
Approaching the mortal heart of you
Remove all the tangled webs encasing you and run
Free yourself from the crystal dew

Always to be noble and honorable to stay
No matter where you are bound
A heart encased in webs lives but half a day
Come untangled before you run aground

You are the pulse of my heart
My protector and my guide
I will love you until the end of time
And always be by your side

There are no chains that bind this love
That I offer to you now
No change in you would I dare make
This is my solemn vow

I accept you as you are
And love you unconditionally
My only wish, Pulse of My Heart
Is that you do the same for me

If home is where the heart is
A refuge for ones soul
Then why do so many
Never want to go home at all

If it is a place of rest
For the spirits rejuvenation
Then why are so many homes
Filled with such desperation

How can a love that once was strong
Turn into disrespect and disdain
Until the house is no longer a home
And no happiness does remain

All the flowers whisper in my ear, will you go with us
Give your heart and search for hope
Inside a crystal looking-glass
Scattering your blessings
As you cope

I kneel by the fountains of the world’s perfume
Where ancient wisdom is displayed to me
While celestial bodies above me loom
Gazing down at the flowers
Whispering free

Unconsciously, I follow the flowers to seek
The vapors of hope in the glass
Scattering blessings meek
In fragrant fountains
Belonging to us

The guardians of my hands watch over me now
From the shining stars of nature’s skies
Casting a vision which endows
A golden crown of glory
Above mine eyes

I would not have you gather gold to fulfill my dreams
When the sky is full of shining stars
I could not imagine how it could be fair
For me to ask more from you
Than who you are

You could bring me lovely roses wet with joyful tears
Or the most beautiful flake of snow
To show me how much you love this life we live
Even if straight from our own garden
I would love them so

When I think of how a sunbeam glows upon your face
I see all the gold I need to fulfill my dreams
Yet what makes my night sky full of shining stars
Is when you smile in knowing
I love you as you are

I would not have you gather gold to fulfill my dreams
Or even lovely roses wet with joyful tears
I could not imagine wanting anymore
Than just to know you love me
And to have you near

Silver and gold mean nothing to a red rose petal.
It would never speed down a rippling stream seeking treasure.
So why do you whisper like the devil with his hat in his hand to me
When tranquility is all that I need.

There is no sign that says “For Rent” on my heart.
I have no need for a cluster of jewels when my evening ends.
Happy I will be twisting and turning in a blanket of leaves.
Take with you all your glittering whispers, I am full to the brim.

Within my soul, I hold great treasure. My feet are firmly planted.
All I have need for is the love that shines in my stars.
Silver and gold mean nothing to a red rose petal.
Go away, you cannot ever barter with me for my heart.

When all is still the sun is my gold and the stars are my silver.
My treasure is the tranquility I hold deep within my soul.
There is no sign that says “For Rent” on my heart.
Put your hat back on my friend, and be gone.

Shadows of dreams in the back of your mind
Haunting you every day
Spinning so quickly round your head
Never going away

Turning and twisting around your heart
Feelings you cannot share
Saying so much and telling so little
Just doesn’t seem to be fair

An aching inside that cannot be filled
You cannot understand why
Looking perhaps at all the wrong things
Never taking the time to try

The dreams that are shadows will not fade away
Nor will they ever depart
As they are all stored and waiting to live
In the place known as your heart

Those breathings of the softest hours turn
On golden leaves that fall away
Your kisses upon my neck will still burn
When heaven’s stars meet
The light of day

Half-awake, I still stand a breath apart
Remembering a budding flower
Lovely angel wings flutter in my heart
Recalling those sweet
Love filled hours

Among the things moving the waves along
Are my tender visions of your hands
A gentle grace with moves so strong
My ebb and flow
At your command

A dove’s wings sweep across this flaming blush
Spreading like the rising sun
Upon a chest of happiness a burst of rush
Softly hints of an eternity
Of two becoming one

I am looking at black ink waking up the words that cut through me
While praying, they form a message that sends relief
I want to scream out that this is my world I love so deeply
And that every page is the ground
Where my soul bleeds

Tell me is it less fair to extend a soul so drained that it no longer sings
Yet still rises shyly to offer a quiet refrain you will never forget
Do the tears that are folded into a new day
Become ignorant so much so that they
Drown your spirit

If I wrote you a love letter, would you search the world for our destiny
Perhaps finding words full of vibrant colors that spin on the truth
Or would you get discouraged with my right hand
For delaying the proud breezes you wish
To feel here in wonder

I am looking at black ink racing through my veins
Let me take the time to create a story that will comfort every page
Of this world I love so deeply because rare is the heartbeat
That overcomes that which is taught by time to walk
On the definition of a kiss

My thoughts crumble into sweet passion waking black ink
Until my heart is bathed in a constant notice from time and space
Although my words are never spoken
Bits and pieces of them enjoyed the last time the ink whispered
Onto pages where my soul bleeds

A lovely melodious flowing could be heard
Throughout the radiant air
From the window near where the river empties
Into the grass growing  
Tall and fair

I deemed it was coming and going
Soft and slow in my memory
As I could not feel my heart wildly beating
Within the degree
This flow
Was reaching

Surely it would have taken me onto a path which cleared my heart
As it flowed into my ears and fondest desires
Yet I sat there in the shadowy dark
Enflamed by incandescent
Tears of fire

A living being sitting by the fireside of my own making
Did not see the peaceful eyes of the flow
Bringing to me solitude in a melodious overflowing
That I should have grasped
And held inside
My soul

Fragments of time visit me with delight
Like gentle skies, love the wind
When I am left lonesome late at night
Their sweetness drifts
Right in

Oftentimes I gaze within my own heart
Still as still can be
Then darkness seems a world apart
From time’s fragments
And me

I collect them patiently one by one with care
To give to a night with no trace
Of sweet memories held within my air
When I could clearly
See your face

In the coming of dawn, they will take flight
Like a flower floats in the wind
Returning, when I am lonesome late at night
Waiting for your sweetness
To drift back in

Yesterday you were but a dream I had
Tomorrow you came true
Today I have to find a way
Tomorrow to undo

Such a love I knew we would be
What a great love we were
Today I have to find a way to change it all
And make tomorrow not occur

If I could go back into my yesterday
And not find my way to you
Then tomorrow would not be at all
And I would not love you

Should you stay and follow the ones that hold you
In a rambling verse of delicate lies
Not visit grieving spirits with tears overdue
Just to see an approving glance
In a stranger’s eyes

Will you hold on the tip of your tongue the words
Rising from the dew of care
To follow an illusion so incredibly absurd
Tomorrow you will not even recall
Why you were there

Can you measure your waters by the glow within
Or know what your future holds
If you dance with one whose aim is to win
Regardless of pain and despair
Within his control

Countless words are painted into eternal stars above
Inspiring my soul and waking me anew
With wondrous eyes, I see verses of sweet love
I learn them by heart
And paint them too

Words of dreams with visions rare, I see painted too
Twinkling from shadow dusted rays
Softly held within a precious lighted view
Calling to my tireless pen
Come and play

I view a canvas stretching into an endless sea
Completely full of mysteries unsolved
Faintly crying out to all this ink inside of me
To ponder all their puzzlement
Until they are resolved

Countless words are painted into eternal stars above
They greet my pen and paper every day
With a wondrous heart I smile back at them in love
Begin painting everything
I can see them say

Keeping please and thank you
within the answers held far
from talking eyes.
Is a burst of air splashing casually
from the pages of a book,
waltzing into sighs.

I just saw indignation
standing out in a thin smile again.
Emotionless laughter is at my door
with another sign, still and pausing
when night has entered
silently my friend.

On one side little boxes full of hope
grow bigger as they sit.
Yet, misting gently in the distance
comes the morning
instinctively they grow smaller
then they quit.  

I do not know where I should be walking
or if I should mention what I see.
When uncertainty brings a little chill
hardens this soft heart
I carry
here inside of me.

You may hear stones from the ground
drinking the truth from my hands.
But not, if you still have
an axe to grind
stupidities pipe to smoke
at your command.

Listen to the cries of no, no, no
breathing inside all human souls.
Close your eyes and pretend
you are in Disneyland
burning every letter I sent you
but never wrote.

Your breath will come in a whispered kiss,
running through your head.  
The poison from your mouth
will empty out into all the goodbyes
you meant, but never
quite said.

Outside the storm is raging
There is solace here
Strong the winds are waging
But you are safe with me my Dear

I will hold you close to me
And wipe away your tears
Your heart is ever safe with me
Draw closer to me Dear

You need not ever
Be afraid to just be yourself
I will place no judgment here
I'm no saint myself

Come and stand beside me
And hold your head up high
I'll shield you from the winds and rain
And never say goodbye