afraid
but not broken,
we play on;
no hope;
no succor.
but we play
on.
lofty dreams,
so innocent and so fucking huge,
floated safely
on youth’s broad
untested wings.
so safe;
safe no more.
hard rain
truths mercilessly
upon
our
tempered hearts.
dig in
and wait,
here comes the thunder
desire
grows and
focus
narrows
as we seek
an end
to self-inflicted sorrows.
a star
burning with the flames
of
missed expectations
is not a star.
it’s only
human.
sweetly expectant.
delicate.
patient.
feeling
all of infinity
rushing behind us
in anticipation,
knowing
oblivion awaits
beyond,
we cleave
trustingly
deeply
decadently
&
innocently
unto that moment,
and one another.
countless
souls,
for centuries blinded by
the
shadow of
fear,
groped
desperately to unlock
that hingeless door.
this new terror
may yet unveil
our spark.
behold
the light
inside.
feel
the roar
of the flame
within.
turn away
and inward.
your door awaits.
times are a changin’
and I welcome the end.
I wade
through a deluge
of tears unshed.
not mine-
they are borrowed
from the future me.
he will learn to
do without.
lost
in the twilight to a dozen
tomorrows,
i pass you by.
warmed
by trembling anticipation,
i lounge
in a dazzling spring sun,
dreaming
of autumn’s crisp bite.
when again will
we carve our dreams
against the sky?
sparking desires
quenched
only by Passion’s
fiery kiss
drifting boundless
on
my way
home
nothing feels
so right
and
so good…
no
thing,
but you.
I’ve flown,
touching
stars
burning and damned.
bright,
and so high,
but
I want
only to fall
and
touch
down,
with you.
time falls
softly
upon dreams
deferred,
taming
the flame.
one
path to follow
one
moment to shine
one
soul to lose
one
day to die
a
lone
butterfly
flutters past
as
Spring’s hope
of beauty and
love
fade
&
tumble
into the drying mud.
dreams float
unrealized,
and a love
grows, untested;
life
continues without,
and
within.
eyes closed and
face to the wind,
a dream’s crumbled ruins
scrape at my knees
truth lost
in the tumult of love
as
Destiny
calls your name.
Hope answers,
strong
&
brave,
She answers,
with a defiant tear
rejoicing in her eye.
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