Awareness

As I walk through the raindrops my hesitant heart sings
of the here and the now and the serenity it brings

burning embers of joy pump through my veins
I forget the worry, the fear, those ever looming strains

the waterfall from heaven cleanses my soul
I feel the stillness of the present play its ever soothing role

the illuminating clarity, the quiet space between thought
silences the black noise in my head that my awareness caught

I've let go of the past, no fear of my own future
I bless my existence in the now, and this universe - my teacher

The Heart's Identity

A heart and mind wrestle with the pain
trying to make sense of an occurence which
attacked a body so unprepared for what was
to bring about this shift in the heart's identity
and hopes for what could be, still might be
and may never be
Hope lingers, though it will not light
as it refuses to look past the present for the fear
that still resides may only serve to douse that flame
- the flame that could light for tomorrow
and shine til forever
a change has taken place, the shift
flows past innocence and swallows forever
as nothing will ever be the same again

If

If love could save you
I'd chase it, bottle it and
leave it on your doorstep
I'd suffer any indignation
offer up my respect
hand you the darts
and smile all the same
as you threw them at my heart
If love could save you
I'd never leave your side
I'd lay silent at your insulting
words and pretend I have no pride
I'd be the pawn you seek to own
and freeze happily in your wild stare
If love could save you
I'd count the years, the days, the hours
until I would find you well
it would make the torture bareable
and all the pain worthwhile
If only love could save you

Angels of the Midnight Choir

Angels of the midnight choir
protected her in the late night fire
there was no hurt nor drawn out tears
only self preservation, escape from fears
finally free of that indignation
those wild eyes and consternation
she won't look back down in that portal of hell
Seeing clearly now, two lives must dispel
in that mode of fight or flight
those angels led her to freedom that night
those wishes she had were just illusions in the wind
and those words of truth, his actions rescind

Candlelit eyes

Candlelit eyes shake those notions
you've been drinking too much of
that dreamer's love potion
it has made you woozy, and slighty off key
yet, you enjoy those moments
when I'm all you hoped I'd be

power

the power of words hit
so suddenly, you are blindsided
sequence, tone, definition
annotation, whispers, shouts
speech in circles, voices raised
shutting down, deepened wounds
split wide open
fears of now, then, and
maybe when lead to giving up,
giving in, sad departures leaves
lonely fools, unable to escape
the pain that rules

Poetry book published!

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