easy reading minds
eyes among skies peer inside
those thoughtless abide

breathing her air in
spring breezes blowing to me
how she swells my lungs

solace in sevens
two stars divinely align
crossing the heavens

looming light
soft silence remains
shadows still

wisdom to be had
in obtaining gratitude
for all my blessings

light on the edges
highlight mountain tops of gold
morning alpenglow

trampled under foot
left behind for dead, alone
one voice to guide me
one solid rock to lean on
found peace in eternal love

you hit me so hard
never really been the same
sledgehammer affair
mindlessly loving you since
ignorance is bliss, thank you

blue crystal clear lakes
mountain tops covered pine green
alaskan day hike
all at ten clock at night
paths still lit in bright sun light

late sun still warming
milky glacial stream slips by
as twilight life goes

inside warm embers
blanketed in dancing flames
winter melts away

heads tempest swirling
feet lost on even ground
eyes firmly on you

beauty surrounds
even among decay
yet go unseen

critical thinkers
diamonds lost in thoughtless rough
humanity wanes

memories fading
even yesterdays long gone
our first kiss persists
time just keeps ticking away
but that magic moment stays

easing all my pain
sweet salve after sun burn days
thunderstorms cracking

mindless imps
followed pipers south
now they burn

Soles of ***** shoes
worries of a bleak tomorrow
both offer ill-tidings

I have felt real pain
hate and hurt coursing my veins
visit, but not remain

There's the gutter
I once called home sweet home
It's where I bled it out, screamed it out
told that evil spirit to get the F out
There's the gutter
I like to come by every now and then
reminds me to never come back that way again
not to feel the pain but touch it's evil vein
There's the gutter
It has still never let me down

Have you heard about the lady
Who carried a beautiful vase
It had a whole at the bottom
Spilling water at her pace
The men thought it funny
And fell about the place

Now why would this lady
Carry such vase,
For surely she is crazy
And that we cannot face
She poured out what she had
Then turned to face their gaze
Head held high
She marched on by
To repeat the same tired chase

Humpbacks launching while
Arching water with upward flows
a real Vegas strip show

I used to make you smile
Now I walk this dark path alone
Scared aimless wandering
Wondering where our happiness went
Now I smile seeing them
doing the same as me
Walking alone sad

I wandered away from my path
the very one laid before me
into wood of the darkest nights
where nothing was warm nor loving
just cold alone

in that chilled lonely forest I stayed
blanketed in my own ignorance
aimlessly rounding the same bend
back to that frigid hollow dark
scared from solitude

In quiet maddened desperation
I heard whispers riding a breeze
remember who you are
to chattering naked limbs
was all needed saying

To find my way back on that path
laid out before me.

My eyes flood quicker
Now that my heart has been thawed
Warmer, I feel more