Cuddle Kingdom

Welcome to my cuddle kingdom
This dark and dreary day
Piles of pillows are my domain
This bed of blankets my charge
To enter through the gates of fluff
Will only cost a hug
Here we hide from bigger things
Due dates have now power here
Those appointments mean nothing
Leave your work there at the door
This kingdom has no need for cash
Snuggles are our currency
And in the dark we stay warm and cozy
Candle light and and comforter soft
Are the purview of my downy throne
Do you dare to join the quilted king?
In his cuddle kingdom home?

Beautiful Rain

I watched you
Walking in the rain
And everything about you
Was beautiful
The cold drops distracting
So the world wouldn't know
And had anyone seen
My smile would betray me
And show my inner thoughts
But that's OK
Because I cannot deny
That everything about you
Was beautiful

Visages of you

I step into the cold
To relieve the heat of my body
The burning of my mind
Cooling in the Autumn air
Visions running through my head
Like a freight train
Rattling over the tracks
Banging around in my brain
Visages of you
The crisp clean air
Hits my face
And for the moment
Everything is clear
Calm and cool comes again
Chasing away fantasy
Until it stirs within again
And I bath in moonlight
Washed by a fall night
For a momentary reprieve
Until it all comes hotly crashing once more

The Glow

When the sky is dark
And the night is long
I sing to you a lonely song
When all is still
Even if you are not near
I still believe that you can hear
In the dead of night
With colors hard to see
I sing a song of you and me
When the dawn is late
When I sing aloud my song
I pray that you might sing along
When air turns cold
With shades of gray
I sing to chase my fears away
When I feel alone
I am comforted by
The loving glow of the firefly

Again

Dance among the corn fields
Dance among the grain
Dance until your heart's content
Until I dance with you again
Fly among the black birds
Fly among the rain
Fly wherever you may want
Until you fly to me again
Go running through the flowers
Go running down the lane
Run until you can't anymore
Until I run to you again
Cry if you are so moved
Cry to alleviate the pain
Cry and don't you worry
Until I hold you while you cry again
Sing about your joys
Sing about breaking the chain
Sing about whatever you want
Until you sing for me again
Hold on to that feeling
Hold on and make it plain
Hold on and don't let go
Until I'm holding you again

Only Whispers

If my eye catches yours
In just a passing glance
And we meet just two
For only that moment
Let us linger there
As we flesh out fantasy
Hidden in our sight
And hold on to that feeling
Until we make it real
But until then
I'll hold you in my dreams
And kiss you in only whispers

Dreams of You

I can hear the rain falling outside
The thunder echoes across the night
Like the lightning pierces the darkness
You pierce my dreams
And a flood of thoughts rush in
Through the broken window of my mind
Do I deny myself the dream?
No, no, no, I cannot
The raindrops land against the window
Soft and fleeting
Just as you are in my mind
Entering a room here
Exiting before I can see you
I walk through the door
And all I find is the empty twilight
You touch my shoulder
I turn and catch a whisper
Like the wind through the trees
I swear it calls my name
My eyes open for just a moment
Just for that moment I know where I am
But the sound of the rain lulls me to sleep
Pulling me back in
To dreams of you

My Long Scarf

I wore my long scarf
As I walked in to see my therapist
The sun was shining
The air was crisp and cool that Autumn
A bird chirped nearby
Singing a new song for a new day
I learned to be open
Or at least how to try to be open
That I was guarded
And maybe my defenses weren't needed
At least not right now
Not with who I wanted to try to
And that I could be
I could simply be me and that was okay
I wore my long scarf
And walked calmly into the future

Where I Am

Too eager are we

To ask God where he was

When things go wrong

I don't ask that anymore

I know where my God is

Right here

Right now

With me

But I learned God wasn’t there

Waiting to fix it all

No magic wand in hand

No miracle to solve my woes

No, God is there

There to give strength

Strength that I solve my own problems

Strength to do what's right

Strength to endure

Strength to carry on

I question not where God is

I question where I am

Playground of My Mind

So many thoughts that I cannot contain them all
In the words that flow onto paper
But here I try to give form to my dreams
And make my visions a reality
No matter how absurd the feeling
No matter how deep the hurt
No matter how great the joy
I craft it all with letters
Arranged into words in a line
Until my thoughts take form and come to life
And shatter the mundane
Cast off the routine
And let me sail on to distant fantasy
Where hopes and desires come alive
In the playground of my mind