Spirit of the Storm

There was a flash of light

A resounding boom

And all was darkness

As echoes filled the air

I could see nothing at all

Ears filled with the relentless storm

When I saw your face

There in the darkness

I could hear your voice

In the falling of the rain

Like a sweet song

In a world where nothing remained

So I let it wash over me

Holding me in the still of the night

I let it embrace me

Though the rain was cold

The touch was warmth to my soul

No darkness could overtake

The light of your presence

Consuming me utterly

In that moment

Nothing else existed

Nothing else mattered

That phantom in the night

That alighted my soul

Overtaking every sensation

Was everything to me

And when the light of dawn broke free

And I awoke to sun and sky

The memory lingers still

Cherished in my heart

Forever and always there

The spirit of the storm

Bunny in My Garden

Whenever I see you
I'm reminded of why I fell in love
And in some ways
Why part of me
Will always love part of you
Maybe if I'd learned then
What I've learned now
About being selfish
It would have been different
I could have cherished
That bunny in my garden
You’re still beautiful
And in my eyes
You always will be
But that isn't enough
To repair the past
So I let it rest in my heart
A memory of lost love
And now when I dream of you
I can smile

Mystery Together

Here's one from the archives that I don't think I've posted anywhere before.

She doesn't know about you
And I'm sure he doesn't know about me
Nobody is supposed to know
It spares everyone the hurt
I'll never know who you're thinking about
When your lips meet mine
But you don't know where my mind is
So we're both a mystery
But we both must remain a mystery
Letting others think
That "we" don't exist
That there isn't any "us"
So that nobody gets hurt
That we are under the cover of night
Under the covers together
In a place we don't belong
Because we can't seem to belong
To someone else
Without these feelings interfering
Pretending they don't exist
So that our real lives can go on
Escaping sometimes into fantasy
Where we explore something
That would destroy them
But keeps calling us back in

Loving Our Very Existance

Indiscriminately
Walking in lingering lines
Aware like water around youthful seas
Living out various eternities
Yet our utterances
Alive not dead
Intertwine
Calling another nameless night over time
Dreaming outside
Another night yields to holding in nascent gratification
Every longing sounding everlasting
Built up tonight
Loving our very existence
Yesterday’s overtures unending
Finding our reality entering vast eternal rest

Moonless Sky

A moonless sky hangs overhead
Like a great gray canvas
As if to beckon me forward
To paint my visions upon it
But what could I paint across the sky?
Visions of you are all that seem fitting
As it is the only thing beautiful enough
To fill the heavens and still be not enough
If I painted the morning and night
With visages of your radiance
I would still need a larger canvas yet
If I were to truly cast the magnificence
That I hold so dearly in my mind

Snowy Fields

Across the snowy fields

I follow your footsteps

Seeking for only you

Just to see you once more

Though feet may feel heavy

Your face warms my being

And I can continue

Seeking one I adore

The cold may be biting

My face may become numb

When I think about you

I regain my vigor

A white veil before me

But I never forget

The passion of your touch

That moves me to my core

I carry on renewed

When my legs cannot move

A thought of you with me

My spirits you restore

So, through the frozen lands

My legs carry me on

Until they deliver me

To fall upon your door

And if this is but dream

When I’m with you again

Oh! Let me sleep my friend

Upon your sunlit shore

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

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

Never the Same

There are not enough love songs
To explain the way I feel
There aren't enough cards
To express my emotions
For I owe you more than life itself
A debt I cannot repay
But will spend each day thankful
Each day showing you I love you
Because without you
My life would never be the same

4-Letters

Love is a four letter word
Like so many words
And so many things
It comes and goes
And passes like the breeze
But the memory remains
Like a haze
On a hot summer day
With you looking at me
One hand blocking the Sun
Wondering ho long it can last
Hoping it never ends
And living
Just to live

Written 6/2/2001

Mindful

So tired that I couldn’t sleep
So hungry that I couldn’t eat
My mind was racing in circles
I was going no where fast
I closed my eyes
And I thought of you
My mind calmed
My pulse slowed
And the world washed away
Because sometimes
Your love is all that I have
To keep me from being
Someone that isn’t me