Her Pearl (March 30, 2009)

Nobody knows the treasure
Buried within the coarse outer shell
Hid from the outside and safely within
She doesn’t show herself to many

Nobody sees the tumbling
The scars aren’t created without pain
Yet we never see it all as it happens
But know that it’s always there

Nobody has answered the question
Can the outer shell become smooth
Or are the scratches necessary
To contrast the pearl’s beauty?

Nobody feels what she’s felt
But everyone feels an interpretation
If we knew what it took to be her
Who could survive the churning

Nobody sees her from the inside
The fools get too focused on the shell
Thinking she’s tough and can take it
Never letting her be who she decides

Nobody tells her what she’s hiding
Looking out into the mirror
Her scratches remind her of where she’s been
Rarely to where she is going

"Nobody" doesn’t suit me
For I don’t look at the marred surface
Only the glowing depths of beauty
Every time I see her pearl

Dream Angel (Dec 22, 2008)

I dream on the wings of an angel
Who doesn’t see her wings
Or hear the flutter of the laughter
She uses to protect her flight
The beauty of those wings
Caressing the wind’s grace
Touch my soul with each pass

While I set gently alight
Her touch soothes my eagerness
Like a lioness preening her cub
Caring not for anything but her
I’m found and free in her presence
To be everything I am and will be
Today, tomorrow and forever

Time. Stop. (Jan 7, 2009)

My fingers keep flying
The day still passing
I can't stop thinking
Of your hips swaying
In my mind playing

Slow down, I shouldn't
To savor the moment
Of your dream scent
Too much time spent
Staying my movement

The day still going
It won't be slowing
Your eyes twinkling
I am not resisting
Hints of your feeling

My soul's desire
You're my hearts fire
Exciting me higher
Not only to admire
But to seek love's ire

Time has just stopped
Lost, I am tripped
And dreaming paralyzed
Of when we touched
And lips last kissed

Perfect Dream (July 8, 2007)

It conquers
It pushes
It sways
It kneads

Into my soul
A fleeting glimpse
Of all that could be
And should be
Never found
Only dreamt

It follows
It pursues
It drives
It falls

Away from my heart
Into a star
Dust colliding
And all is apart
Will it, can it
Be unknown

I fall
I drift
I sleep
I crane

It will be forever
For a day in a life
Found asleep
Strive for it
Find it
For keeps

She calls
She wants
She's here
She's ready

Love Simplicity (June 22, 2007)

Touch. Kiss. Caress. Repeat.
Sensation passes between.
From where did it start?
Simultaneous energy surges
None more incessant than the other
Hands reach out for embrace
Lips unseal magic vials

Passion. Heat. Life. Meaning.
Emptiness drives fulfillment
To vacate the whole
Replaced with a new potion
Developed in lust
Each adding to the moment
With a renewed vigor for love

Simple. Childish. Honest. Pure.
Sharing time in presence
Intimacy forms a shell hiding nothing
But from within, safety emerges
Allowing singular intent
To touch, kiss, caress
To live love’s simplicity

Black Pearl (Sep 3, 2007)

I look into the glass
And don't know what I see
I can't see past
What I want and need,
To let “what is” simply be

The smoothed lines
Of only my thoughts
Alone without repercussion
Surround my will
Like an innocent sand

A single dark cloud
Forming is natural
Until it releases
And all that you fear
Is all that you feel

The black pearl in my hand
Crushes its weight upon me
And my mind begs
"Crack it open please,
Don't let this one go free"

I look harder into the glass
And finally I see
What I need is not there
But already inside me
Waiting to be seen

I should leave such a treasure
To remain rare, real, irresistible
A blooming tempest
For a new discoverer
For himself to reveal

Perhaps I can’t see
Where I really am,
That I am not seeing
A black pearl
Lit upon my hand

Perhaps I’m the black one
A pearl sitting in her hand
Waiting to be cracked
When she finally sees
She’s the one with the key

Angel On My Doorstep (June 22, 2007)

There’s an angel on my doorstep
She tempts my analysis
With love or fate or ...
Is it eternal denial that I envy
From her hair spins coils
Words to carry me forward
To the promise I gave myself
And the myth only I created

Her song captivates my energy
Whispers offered without debt
Sink barbs and extract their weight
An inherent payment of love
For even without contemplation
The same certainty results
In a fight that cannot be won
Nor lost for the best intentions

This angel is exempt
A judgment will not be dispensed
For her aim is not to steal away
But to offer and take in desires
To the one she sees past
The future extends forward
And the façade reveals
A girl shrouded by my dream

Love Isn’t Numb (June 11, 2008)

It’s not the same feeling
I have inside for her
That she’s holding for me
With or without rapport
I sense her confusion
Will she open up,
Can she accept herself
In my presence?

I wondered why
My senses failed
In her presence
But came alive
When she’s not around
Is it my own desire
Or a numb sensation
Drawn out when alone?

I give all that I am
In a setting only she will see
My affection is pure
Raw to the trained ear
Pushed aside by her experience
And yet here I am again
Teenage emotions
With adult aspirations

Why the adult response?
Why is romance impossible
For those who want and dream
Yet never leap with their heart
Seeing the trap called love
Fear keeps them stolid
Avoiding the real gift
Of living through love

I won’t stop leaping
My heart skips beats
My tongue gets tied
My head swirls in her presence
Her scent draws its picture
Upon my desires
To be in love
With her love in refrain

You Have A Chance (June 11, 2008)

You have a chance
One and only one

You can have my heart
But the lasso isn’t your words

You can have my soul
But the cost isn’t your kiss

You can win me forever
By doing what I do for you

You have a chance
To win the prize of your life

You can lose everything
With the spark of your words

You can lose your heart
With a false kiss or smile

You can lose me forever
In the blink of an eye

You have a chance:
Give what you aim to win

Or don’t.

The Butterfly’s Curse (May 24, 2008)

A simple curl caressed your cheek
Drawing my focus in converse
Taunting like words

You saw me in a light few are allowed
Deserving of my trust
Seeing who I am

My eyes brushed your face to see depth
In your inner self glowing outside
Giving me confidence

My hands kept reaching out towards you
To be pulled back in and held close
Tempting life to touch

A thought of kissing you kept recurring
Like the caterpillar wanting
Waiting to be the butterfly

The Strength Within (May 12, 2008)

Watch.
No, listen.
See.
But don’t look.

She took the fight
And he can’t win
His loss is his own
Loss within

Feel.
No, don’t.
Listen
Without hearing.

Now I’ve seen it all
I predicted a demise
A dire straight
Of pain

Ouch.
It hurts.
Witness
Self-infliction.

I thought I knew
Strength beyond bounds
To live through life
Spoiled by ego

She
Has strength
Driving
Through her.

I did my best to show
To let him see ahead
Ignored, I was
By pitiful self-indulgence

Idiot.
Told you.
Don’t
Do it Dummy.

Seeing straight past
Blinded by inner chaos
Out of controls
He spun his web of lies

Ha!
You lose.
Except
It hurts everyone.

You failed yourself
Worse, you failed them
Now they’ll hurt too
Because of your pain

Thanks
For sharing
Nothing
Worth sharing.

A Brilliant Smile (April 5, 2008)

Bring up the lights
Her smile just caught my eye

I saw her pass in my mind
As she drew her scent on the wind

Further into my world
Her image slowly drifts by

I'm left to my own senses
Wandering and overwhelmed

Alone and looking upward now
To where the sky has been lit