behind blue eyes

 

lips pursed tightly –

scream suppressed –

eyes masking the terror that hides within…

 

in this sad world –

silence becomes a much wanted,

much needed place –

(the voices never quiet)

but elusive;

the dissipating wisp of smothered flame,

phrases barely visible on foggy mirrored panes…

 

to find that place –

where dreams reside –

that Xanadu of peace –

to float like clouds upon a tranquil sky –

oh what release…

 

to find recompense –

from the madness –

(oh father where art thou?)

that would be the greatest gift –

more pure than gold –

to be held –

not just the one who holds!

 

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somebody

 

somebody seldom wonders
what nobody does –
sitting on his oh-so-high perch
a(thinking life revolves
around him)lone…
 
nobody wanders around
searching for someone,
any (as long as they have
emotion) one.
 
someday – somebody will
look around –
find – no(not even his
shadow)body –
 
without light – there can
be no shades of darkness,
no (moving) shadows –
 
and while somebody 
runs into the darkness –
looking for any(now some)body(body),
nobody will be in the light –
becoming the some(although second-rate)body
that existed within reach –
of any(now down on the ground)body…
 
all a(unnoticed)long!
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losing touch

 
indignant –
compassion starved from
insatiable insensitivity…
 
how can there be justification
for callous abandon?
 
all too often it seems we
close doors,
build walls,
create barricades –
manipulate emotions to protect our hearts from hurt,
yet find,
in the end,
our – selves – starving for a touch –
gentle caress…
 
friendship –
sweet reprieve for our emaciated souls –
never realized!
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concerning dandelions and wishes and – stars…

if –
like the air –
i could –
enter – you…
(sound – understands -)
as effortlessly as –
this is,
became was…

you are –
the – exception –
the risk.
(only gamblers know the meaning of excitement)
you –
without prejudice –
rolled the dice…
(odd – in an even world )
and i –
(unsure of – )
reluctant –
held my breath…
(dandelions rely on just a breeze).

i will you –
back into my world,
(star light –
star bright –
i wish upon a …)

you are –
(star in my midnight sky -)
forever shining!
(oh how blessed to have known you!)

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when i’m without you

 
those days are here again –
when i’m alone –
clinging to the threads of
my existence,
     falling fast!
 
those days are here again –
when you are gone –
and everywhere i turn,
i find the emptiness,
the lonely shadow.
 
where are you now –
these sleepless nights,
these lifeless days?
where have you run
to find yourself?
 
you leave me –
losing mine!
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to understand the rain

     
and,
once upon a time –
this will become…
 
time marches on,
(drums understand intensity)
regardless!
and no matter how hard
you kick –
and scream –
you will find yourself closer to the end,
than,
the beginning…
 
subtle –
don’t you think –
comprehension?
(everything happens for a reason).
I mean –
how can you explain – knowing?
no –
prelude,
no –
forewarning…
 
what purpose –
time spent –
in vain?
you speak of absolution –
but I just can’t imagine away the pain
(sin)…
watercolor blue –
(understands)

 

 the rain!
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down by the river

 

 

 

words you say

 

mean nothing,

 

(lip service), and even your eyes –

 

lie.

 

down by the river –

 

where you and I went walking –

 

(shallow water),

 

reflecting your (nothing) face –

 

(facade),

 

showing your feelings (less than darkness);

 

nothing is deeper than dark…

 

 

 

as much as – try,

 

to – care.

 

much more than do,

 

to – feel.

 

inability to respond is more victorious than nonchalance…

 

 

 

restricted?

 

bound by chains – unseen?

 

your lack of – want,

 

more painful than all the knives placed (emotionless) –

 

in my back!

 

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your eyes

 
i imagine –
days with you –
strolling through open doors,
passing through endless rooms of
contentment.
 
feeling close –
without the need to touch, we’d share that
which cannot be said.
 
instead of going past the
need –
by-passing the greed of
have-to-have –
lingering –
instead – on the very ledge
of -just enough…
 
your eyes hold secrets –
places i have never been –
realms of unclaimed pleasure –
i would die to comprehend!
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deconstruction

 

you speak to me –

only with your eyes –

simple glance my way,

sensational as the shiver that a whisper brings…

 

so gracefully,

into my thoughts,

you settle in –

wrap the everything you are

around the all of what I am;

(only skin can understand close).

 

and while I may be nestled in

my barricade of –

survival,

you oh so effortlessly –

(leaves understand inability)

pull apart my walls of self-defense –

deconstruct my self-destruction…

 

compelling –

you are –

enticing me to fly on wings of possibility –

but I sit idle –

unable to escape from my cocoon –

(what is more splendid than butterfly wings?)

and watch,

what could be,

walk emphatically away!

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