Thine eyes, the same green as the sea
Thy divine grace, to enchant and infatuate
Every word you speak, a song of the sirens
To entrance me and to sate

In my darkest night
You are my brightest light
And the way you smile at me
Oh what a wondrous sight to see

I could never climb this mountain without you
And I'm sure you know, I can tell
We'll walk side by side together
And our many lives be well

She's so far away
With me in spirit yet I am still longing
For her touch and her warmth

She cannot stand to be away
Nor can I stand the loneliness
Kept company by only a handful of pills

The buzz of my phone
Providing a temporary respite from the pain
Though it isn't her

Inseparable yet our bond is broken
I feel her slipping away as I fall
Deeper and deeper still, until all I have left is sorrow

One last hurrah for you my friend
A flurry of snow before the inevitable thaw
Before the inevitable spring and the warmth it brings

You are with Persephone now my friend
Though your spirit wanders still
May She have mercy on you in all that lies beyond

We all miss you my friend
Your life, like this winter; cut short
You will live on through all of us

I look upon a distant star
Mired in the inky blackness of a midnight sky
They're so far away, yet I still feel their touch; their warmth

I can still hear their voice
It echoes from a realm beyond the stars
A place where their pain is accepted as punishment;
A crime never committed, yet a life sentence received

They live beyond that fading star
In a place foreign to the living; a place only they can know
Beyond my reach, but not my loving embrace

The echoes of their final moments still ring in my mind
Falling, falling... yet not to the ground
Up through the heavens and stars
To the blackened sky beyond

Their eyes still shimmer with jade luminescence
A color that still I cling too; even took my name from
Now in a way a sort of tribute

A tribute to a life cut short
A life too many of us come to know and despise
But I know in the midnight sky
Far beyond faded stars and constellations

I will always see those shimmering jade eyes

A brilliant rose blooms once more
One once blackened by ichor
Now stained red with the blood of sacrifice
And scarred for life by a lifetime of hatred and sorrow
Pain and suffering

Though still it blooms again
Through the shadow of despair
The shroud of the darkest nights
Through the foot of snow burying it
A shallow grave though not deep enough

For it blooms and blooms again
And again, for all to see
In defiance to all who would see it dead
Rather than thriving as it does
Scarred and stained as it is, strong and enduring

The black rose blooms forevermore
Stained red with my blood and watered by tears
Thorned and hardy, ready to face once more
The harshest of freezes, or a wayward wanderer
Who wanted nothing more than to see it wilt

Bloom

Ebb and flow, yin and yang
Forward still we press
Times are tough with naught to gain
Soldiering on without rest

Lost in the grind of time
No mind paid to the cycle
Can't wait, no time to spare
I'll rest if I get there

If...

To spend in death a life most precious
Eternally yours til undoing do us part
I am nothing without her warmth
Enough to rescue me from the brutal chill

She watches over me as I do her
We are one within the cosmos
Body and mind, spirit and soul
To walk this road together forever

Til undoing we stride gracefully
With sense of pride we live humbly
And through perseverance we thrive
Eternally, spiritually, but not for naught

We strive to thrive with basis in love
As love keeps us bound in all time
And with love comes understanding
Life won't last, though being we still are

Eternally yours, til undoing do us part