Book one spans from about 1995 to 2001.
Book two is around September 2002 to May 2003.
Book three is from May 2003 to March 2004.
Book four is from April 2004 to present.
all which isn't singing is mere talking, and all talking's talking to oneself. ~E.E.CummingsSince Love is lord of heaven and earth, how can I keep from singing? ~Enya
You, Miss twinkle toes The one who knows The questions I’d ask Before I even pose them Swimming, In one another’s mind Not hard to find The common thread Connected between Heart and head Living, In a land not known New sides are shown And as I see your mind I cannot tell it From mine own But am greatly intrigued By what I find Here, On a moonlit night A rain has passed —the brooks of thought Flow full and fast Soaked, From head to toe We walk along This newfound path An ageold road That now revealed Leads to a field In the world we know Dreaming, Under a shining sky Of what may lay Among the tall green grass In which we lie And knowing, That what ‘ere we find All is grand —hand in hand In that grassy field We call our mind
Just be yourself And let hearts see For what’s to lose From honesty? An open book With pages to read Time spent wasted In hindsight seen Is the only Potential tragedy That lies between You and me Not head over foot But as petals open For only beauty comes From the shores of an ocean Where a traveler walks Leaving thoughtprints in the sand Another seeker of truth Led by a Hand So open not The gates of fear For you and I Are honest here For destiny's changeless On this shore ever clean And life is to live, Else all is a dream
Mystery Are we Where we connect What this will be And hankerings have I From that still, small voice But will that mould The shape of choice? It should, As we would desire Only good But an ignorant people Are we Listening to all else Than what should be Until as tired children We turn to see The path that ever Has been calling You and me Safe in the Woods And so we are alike Both the hopeless romantics Ever hopeful of true love Both very rational And yet carefree and true I find this connection, most interesting Between me and you And if the song changes keys While we walk in the woods If time is spent well And ill is made good Then no wild beast can find us On this path here diverged And as light is what guides us Then we're safe in the woods
Delicate fawn I have no unkind thing For thee I know as I You want to guard And stay the hand That would let love free And I seek not to thwart That which is not meant to be But if it is Than I am he And you are she And if only friends We in looking find And holding hearts lovingly Letting no false thing guide Then my dear fawn Only good can transpire Between two honest seekers Standing close to love’s fire
Too fast too soon? Does the sun elapse The shining moon? You are ever in my mind You are not here But your presence—near And with me intertwined I would that I could see you Let my eyes reach in your soul And let you in This no-man’s land That you have turned to gold And if this is Too much too soon I hope that even so You know that I Will ever love you Regardless of what we know Of friends, of more Of different climes, Or lifelong love to be For ever we are Side by side Two friends Eternally
I find thee in my heart My love How maketh thee thy nest Amidst the thistles? O peaceful dove And how turnest thou The murky clear? And make The brown grass green? How bringeth forth To me a smile Where only ill thoughts Had been? How are thy thoughts In my mind And my thoughts there In yours? Though any distance Come between Though we stand On separate shores It must be a gift Given by grace To plant the miracle of love A seed long ago sown To now be known So in thistles Can nest a dove
I couldn't stop thinking of you tonight You are ever in my mind You bring to me a light And no darkness can I find Though I would be cautious For the sake of your heart The most careful I must be, For to hurt you Would be an hundredfold worse Than to die in misery But my heart is full Of you and all And I cannot this love ignore, So I must tread forth With careful steps Along this untrodden shore And so I walk with you Hand in hand And give to you my all And may we walk Where ere He guides As with each other In love we fall
Tackled In love As a cannonball Of emotions Flies down From above Waiting To be covered In love uncovering Your soul Waiting At the bottom Of her hill In hope For the one The nameless he That flies through Her dreams And which will it be That catches her? Not the fastest But only he Who to her lock Is the key
to my intuitions and core feelings I must be true for a seed has been planted in my garden and this flower is you.
I stand, alone At the base of a hill I look, around For the way of His will And as I walk along I stumble and see The ground comes closer I fall to my knees And look up to the sky I ask myself why With a narrowing path To the rest of the pie She stands all alone With a hand out to me I reach out to her But it’s all just a dream As she fades out of sight I’m left with a choice I can follow what I know Or I can drown in her voice And I choose to follow Though she cannot be sure If we’re a fling in the sand Or part of the plan But my eyes are blinded By the light that we see She wears dark shades And gives them to me To turn a heart back From the path that He chose To settle for less Than where our path goes Looking for answers To the thoughts of my brain But I have to look higher To see the answer is plain That sooner or later We will all get it right If we choose the wrong road And walk out of sight The daystar will guide us Along the way home And there we will meet And there we will roam With a love unfettered By a grace from above For all that we are Are one in His love And connected forever By a mind between two As I stand here and wait On my path here for you Yes we're connected forever By a mind between two And I wait on the morrow On this path here for you
Father, At night When I look Into the universe And I fathom Thy works And the majesty Of Thy creation How can I Ever doubt Or fear Or question Or steer For you, Father Are All And direct our paths As we follow humbly Where ere you guide us —Perfectly
I float in a pool Suspended in love And filled to the brim By our Father above She circles the pool —as one who knows Yet refrains from the water But dabbles with toes And I float here in love —in our pool here I swim Waiting for my love To jump in
"Turned into a pile of mush!" She says "Run over by a train!" Though I know no other way To love you Than to water you the flower With love’s dew And surround you with its rain For though I’m not The planter of the seed In our garden —now overflowing I will tend this heartflower Better than mine own As in His Sunlight We both are growing
Though I sometimes feel As a chess piece on the checkerboard Of your life I suppose it is your job "To know these things." And I understand since You have been cheated before And so though you know The ins and outs While yet I learn your set I still love you ever more And will always move where ere you need me On your checkerboard.
How? How could someone Ever Do any unkind thing --Even the least of such To one of God's angels? True, they can leave No lasting mark No tainted touch Upon you But still I would That I could Remove any suffering Any pain, or sorrow Though loss Is gain Found on the morrow And I would suffer all things To stay that hand That would try to remove Your high estate And clip your wings But alas, dear angel Who graces my life I can only offer you My love and all The things that I Can do For there is but one Our father everlasting Who can keep you ever safe And I thank him That every day he guards and guides My angel along her way
Away from the point Dragged down to behold An imperfect creation Apart from the fold Where man can suffer Commit murder and rob Take away from his brother And finish the job And all is able By the devil below To be taken away To steal the show But ALAS! A lie! Cloaked in the guise Of our own thoughts and fears We forget to realize That there is no power No evil that could Since God is all And made everything good Yet still we suffer We stumble and fall We buy the lie And we roll with the ball But power it has To only suggest That we make it seem real Stand by and attest But all is in vain All is in vain! When we let go of the error We are free from the pain And man and his brother Are found unfallen and pure When we see through the lie And know the Truth is the cure So though I'd stray from the point And get irked over nothing Which is what it would have To stay distracted from finding That it's bogus! Malarkey! And as I see that I find That man is perfect, the image Of His Father in Mind And so though evil would try To always knock at my door It finds no answer And it falls to the floor Yes evil would try To always knock at my door But I know it's an imposter And I know it no more.
this is the worst thing my ears have ever heard Give me death, But don't give me this This is the gravest thing my eyes have ever pictured The most sorrowful knowledge my heart has ever known The most terrible to think My thoughts no longer mine own The scent of it alone makes me heave in despair If I think it even briefly I am gasping for air Give me death Take my children torture me forever but don't hurt my angel I can't even name you You bastard wrong The woe of all evil the executioner's song you do not deserve to be called person, place nor thing For you are nothing You are nothing And though in dire straight each time I think of you You will not find a home in me Get thee hence to the nothingness you knew
I am speechless and left bereft --without heart for it is all gone out to another who's was trampled on I would hate hate I would cut it to the core But then it would use me too to do it's dirty work and so I can but love can only love with tireless arms though tears stream down my insides for that now forgotten harm If ever there was, the tragic of all though higher, God's thoughts we are it would be the tears, the pain, the sorrow endured by this—the brightest star.
I always knew the great love that was cultivated within me was meant for something even greater And now I know, my angel of grace, That this great love was made for you And though I would swing endlessly at the fog that clouded our road and the rocky trail that led us here I thank God, and would endure it again, and more To find my way here into your heart.
I pondered a pure white rose today halfway between budding and bloom And the only thing I could think of, love, was you. Infinite beauty, Infinitely expressed.
Have you ever felt the softness of a rose petal? My love—she is softer. Have you ever smelled its inundating fragrance? My love—she is sweeter. Have you ever seen the splendor of full bloom? My love—she is more glorious, And her beauty—it runs deeper.
Thank you God For making me a man For I am strong —I can endure But some of the things A woman must bear Would crumble my strength My heart it would tear A life inside me This joy I’ll never know But it taken from within me Severed before it could grow Is a loss I could not bear But it’s a loss I’ll never know I am the strongest of the strong All the wild I could tame But the strength of some women, Lord Puts my strength to shame.
So suaded —so jaded for all these years How many did I call my soul-mate? My forever? When all along There’s been only one All the cries All the lies All the tears All the fears Have all been in vain For there’s been only one Though I knew her not Until spot became stain —but was removed just the same Revealing that which has been Akin to my heart And will forever remain Though time and all Try to set us apart But hell or high water Our love is together And blessed by our Father Throughout all and forever
Teach me, love And you will reach What no one else has Who’d of expected An iron horse To have such delicate Insides? But beside these Would-be fears Doubts Suggestions of inadequacy Or insecurity —lies a tiger And as you persevere —as you loose these fears And help me To see That the cage is naught And from self-bondage —set me free You’ll find the prize —the secret That lies beneath: —the strength Of all the wilderness And a love That will carry you Over oceans of time —be true And hunt the tiger Through And you The highest love And all things above Will find.
Sitting here on a saturday night lovely moon spirits bright but the band plays on and I cannot dance for there is only one I wish to dance with and she is not here though I carry her with me In my heart along And she sings to me true love's sweet song. -- she sits all alone under the midnight blue sky gazing up at the stars thinking of another a tune plays in her head a melody that puts a smile, on her face she can feel his arms around her as they sway wrapped in each other to the music though they are apart in body they are connected heart to heart mind to mind soul to soul (purple prose by Sarah)
It's SO hard to be this close to you and be sitting on my thumb when I could be with you but if I must wait to hold your hand I’ll wait till that day in this most lonely land And know that Always I love you.
The lone wanderer Walks along the shoreline Looking for the end of time But his end eludes him As he walks his line That leads him around again To find That he can walk towards water Or walk back From where he came But to walk the shoreline In between Is time ill spent —where life is not lived But only seen.
Why does it feel Like I'm living a lie Like it's all made up and only inside? I'll tell you why --because it's perfect And that's the nature of false, mortal mind --to distract from the truth but I the wise sleuth now truth will find and false aggressor bind.
Certainty Is it truth or illusion? Intuition or confusion That tries To suade it from me Though jaded to truth —this love I cannot be For no doubt or fear Far or near Is stronger than He Nor able to fade our gift —this love With all that’s in The toolbox of darkness Used under the guise Of my own thoughts Or human will Which only draws near To wrong roads and sadness As I understand The tricks and tries To replace happiness With discord Truth for lies I stop —take a breath And a look Through His eyes And is it any wonder As this toolbox is questioned And opened And examined in the light That no ill thing is found No dissention in sight And Truth lays blade To the phantoms of night And my love —she remains As forever —without change And all things of naught Are not to be found As the wings of an angel —this love Never touched the ground
I know where you’ve been The things you have felt Atrocities you’ve seen An angel that’s walked through hell —and back again The keeper of justice For eludings of rage Not stopping nor sleeping Until this darkness is caged And I’d take it all from her The memories—the pain The nightmares and visions The ball and the chain But it’s not mine to take For our Father is just So I leave it to Him And in Him will I trust For my hands are but human Though my arms around you stay And we walk hand in hand As darkness turns into day And a light rises before us The brightest star seen All that’s left is the truth As His love washes us clean.
I hold your heart As a rose in my hand Please realize And understand No thorn nor thing Will loose my embrace No heat will wilt No doubt will chase For I will love you long In truth and song Deep in your essence And by your side You will find is where My heart resides
Love, Don’t fall Into the ignorant trap Set by my wanton woe For it’s no part of Where my heart is It isn’t mine And it isn’t His Pay it no mind And it will trap itself And leave us to This love we know Love, Don’t fall Into the ignorant trap Set by my wanton woe
With hand stretched Deep into the bramble To reach the gardens’ Most precious fruit The price Is thorns’ prick But the prize Is dearer to the heart And sweeter to the lips
Day by day The man takes you Further away But love is where The heart resides And we are there So no tear is shed For loss is gain On our road ahead And I wait in trust For all good awaits us As it must And o’er the oceans And mountains far Love is undaunted The guiding star For what we have Is constant—sure Perfected in Him Enduring and pure
I would stay all things And learn before the mistakes But some roads must be taken Some cautions forsaken As my love and I Set out on this trail Which has yet to be blazed Though we look out ahead —forever amazed. And we walk hand in hand In a love never rivaled For the all that we share —an endless field of wheat Without one single tare And this gift He has given Leads us to extraordinary climes Hand in hand, heart in heart As love’s eternal noon shines.
For centuries, Hundreds of thousands of years —eons of lifetimes, come and gone From the Sahara Desert, to the Himalayan Mountains From the depths of the oceans To the infinite reaches of the universe —far beyond all human conceivability And imagination Has finally been found That which has only been tasted By the truest few A love so grand It’s only eclipsed By the love He has For each of us A bond so great It cannot be broken Two hearts so true They beat as one And hotter they burn Than the core of the sun Though never consumed For endless room Is only a part Of this perfect equation And this love So infinitely reaching Is contained in your eyes —no skies depths more blue And in this modest token Though lips do no homage To these words unspoken: I love you.
I miss you so much And it’s not just your eyes And it not just your touch But every little thing That makes you who you are The lengths that you go to And the depths of your heart And I’d trade my forever Just to be where you are Just to whisper my love And wrap you in my arms But things are as they are And though I seem to wear tired As my longing grows deeper And my heart yearns for your fire It’s an ember inextinguishable And burns only hotter For the flame of our love Will outlive forever Though it be blown by the wind Or covered in water For this love that we share Can never be lost Though life’s sea be contrary —the waves angry and tossed Lifelong we’ll endure All that tries to dismay For my darling I love you And in those three words That you have for me too Lives love’s endless day
Never before Have I missed someone so As though All my moments Have fleeted away And I spend every day In longing for you Never content—always wanting What cannot be today For you, my lovely love Are here in my heart But it’s not close enough For you’re out of my reach And that’s too far apart And all I can do Is wait for that day When you’re back in my arms And we eat lucky charms And your eyes are as close To my soul As this fire that rages Out of control But has nothing to burn But only to yearn For kiss of your lips The touch of your tips As I look into you And you look into me too And connection then found Never here, nor there, Up nor down But forever full Now grasped With both hands we pull And this love—just as grand Will have always remained But I’ll be glad just the same To have you and hold you In my arms once again
But what is this In the scheme of all? Far greater it is Than most can understand Though every day Things of grace Implore our lives Fill all space With love Given freely from above Around and within And do we see What we are given? The good In every shade unseen Though perceived By the honest heart And as grace falls Around us all I stand still in wonder Not at how Or why or ponder… But because He is So unfathomably giving Not to some select few But all in truth receiving And though all good’s bestowed And blessings countless we find I thank Him most For this love we share Two hearts Perfectly connected Though no easy road taken As the lives of some attest All things this love will bear All time this love will last
Alone But not I am here But also there And in real respects Everywhere But yet I feel As humans do The need to be Right next to you And so in the scale Between want and know Trust and woe Lies my heart And though It forever tips The side of truth I still am longing To be next to you
This—my stay Away from you This is my wilderness experience This—my longing To be near to you This is my forty days This—the try On my trust This is the cup I must drink And so I walk Bear and partake For being tried I’ll be found true And find my way Back to you.
There's so much I do That makes me think Of you And though I'd curse the stars That we're apart I'll love and trust With all my heart That it won't be long 'till you're in my arms And until that day My sun shines through I'll look at things Beautiful and true And think of you.
I abhor every lustful thought —For what separates that From the evil done But losing sight Of sense and right? And these thoughts Are evils' root And though kept inside —if kept at all Are just as wrong As wrong that's done.
You’ve had your way with my body —but you cannot touch me For you can never have my soul. It cannot be taken But must be given Thus I am beautiful; spotless; whole. And my soul I give, to only one Who lifts me when I fall Who loves me, unconditionally —who bears all things—endures all things And to him I give my all.
What has this world become? So far removed from the guiding son Governments concerned with power and money Not of life or love In false names of peace Humanity and good It's a trench daily dug Only deeper and farther across With only few faithful followers Taking up love's true cross And I could stand and just stare For eons of time At nothing trying to be something At every evil we find But I'll not pay its undues Nor fight by its decree For I'll labor in truth Until this bondage is freed For truth's task rarely realized Before me now shines And this beast I'll unmask And expose all its lies For it cannot be beaten On its own terms making real And though I'd shrug at this world Shed a tear and give in I'll fight in every way of truth That I can Until the fate of all wrong Is forever bound by truth's seal
What my eyes see today Reminds me of you This outlook, O’er a valley of golden trees And things in change Is below a mysterious sky Of gray clouds and blue —of every melodic hue And they tell of the coming Of winter’s cool And the leaving, for now, Of summer’s clime Though never having parted, Is seen by such eyes Returning in time And though growing While changing Love’s color holds true Still what my eyes see today Reminds me of you
Golden leaves Trying desperately to hold on As the winds of autumn Pull well on the trees The strongest remain While the weak float off In the breeze Though in the end All things mortal Will be lost to the wind And so, though colors splendor And eaten fruits What outlasts the winters And holds true life Are the unseen roots Which if nourished, Rightly, Through life’s seasons will be strong And the reaping winds of autumn Will be but a passing song
Perhaps the hardest thing I’ve ever been asked to do Is simply to love For though this is A part of you I can’t bear to look In eyes each day And think of when This came your way But if you can do this Then so will I And I will love as my own Though tears may fall inside For no wrong it did All life’s from above And though it try my all As you, I’ll love
Never did I Buy into this lie So intricately laid But for this love I’ll let her fly And let Him guide The way
I’ve come Through sun Snow, And all below To bear witness To this light For it never dims But brighter burning Illumines every night
The love we have, is always close I know you feel it when I hold you near But love, this love shines just as deep Be it far, there, or here. And I know these trials, will prove it true If we give no less than all But as anything, it takes no less Than everything, else it will fall.
My love, I give to you my all Lifetimes of love, Joy and strength Every beautiful flower I can give you And water to help grow This beautiful garden Planted long ago Which rises tall In Spring’s melting frost No weeds—no draught Only flowers too grand for eyes And she smiles and lets the rabbits feed For loss is gain, ‘tis love’s true deed So love, If you but stand beside me And walk we this path as one ‘twill be the most glorious garden sown Bearing fruits and flowers no mortal has known But we must walk towards what Our hearts forever see And letting go, and holding on We let it simply be.
Love, There are so many that take from you The things you freely give, Please let me give it back to you For in love we’ll always live.
We sat in the breeze Along the waterfront today With my hand on your belly Wrapped in this love that is You smiled and said "I know you do" And as the heavens opened overhead Do you feel the way I do? For I feel you in a different place Though beside me just the same And you know what we have Is pure; endures The sunlight and the rain
Where Was the wrong turn taken? It matters not, but to save this lot From ever that wrong turn again.
Are you the greatest I’ve known Or are you the one? Not my will Father But thine be done. I am not impenetrable In love to dishonest things If I was I’d only sell this short And I can give but everything So please leave now And make your peace Or forever hold your ground in truth And stand right next to me.
Beautiful mother, See what stands before you: Golden locks with a golden love —All blessings in between A comfort of angels sent from above For all that’s good, cannot be lost And in this truth is gain Beautiful mother, See what lies beside you: Grace and gifts that one Could only dream Never lose sight of this Though steep the road may seem For as eyes look Seeing only good Which is what’s there And as they should Though time or test, try our all It’s a page but in a book What matters then is where we walk And we walk towards where we look And gazing before you, dear mother, On these blessings you’ll find the birth Of that which wipes all tears away And sets before you, every day, A heaven here on earth.
Pure white light surrounds And emanates from within What therefore Is what we call man? But of the light itself So gloriously seen Through the lens by which The heart perceives
I look o’er the earth, from up above And it’s covered by clouds below When these dark shapes Temporarily obscure the light The sun still shines as bold and bright But do they even know?
I run my fingers Through your hair And I feel your thoughts As they wander there Where suspended in a mortal plane Lies thoughts and dreams And everything But as our lips touch All becomes one For two we are But as drops merge The water flows And knows no bounds And so we are As the ocean of love Surrounds
What a love. What a love! As I sit back, On a cool autumn day I watch things around me Drift and pass away ‘tis the cycle of life As we know it on earth Thinking As my thought floats along With the last leaf Blown by the winter’s coming About what I’ve found Along with another Things like this don’t come along Twice in this lifetime No, this is that gem That miners look lifelong for And one is his luck Stumbles across A love that would last all time Here and after A love that would bear all things And fill every day with wonder And it has been seen Cradled and known And now lies in wait To come to fruition And as it’s His bestowal For nothing human could this create There is nothing that can impede it Nothing but the will of us Should we get in our own way And leave to the autumn winds This forever and a day But even if abandoned And left to reap the dust Still this gem the brightest would shine And any heart that knew it pine For never a greater thing was known Than the love my heart half owns And we suade ourselves In lovestruck eyes To think things great When little they are But this is one Where opinion matters not And any with eyes can see the lot That shines more bright Than the purest white And so I’ll do my all My part With hand in hand And heart in heart That nothing trying Will ever part Or bring this love to naught
It's not worth it. Wasting even one moment That we've been graciously given For there are millions who would Have given their riches To see this very day we are alive And still we waste it With pettiness, empty pursuits and pride You. YOU—reading THIS. Look what you've been given. Life. Love. Happiness. Peace. Joy. And any one of these is a lifetime of contentment. Think they elude you? Do they elude you or do you elude them? For they are always surrounding us, Even in the depths of the hell we can make Don't wait for tomorrow To do what you dream. Don't wait for tomorrow To give everything. Don't wait for tomorrow To love with your all. Don't wait for tomorrow To do what today is made for For you may not see tomorrow. Chances are, You are not oppressed In the severity of some Chances are, You have far more Than you acknowledge. Chances are, You have the same ability To do the greatest things Which the greatest have done For they are no different than you or I But in their consecration to right and good And never giving up, each day, On working on what they dream. What you have been given Is the greatest gift. Don’t waste it, Or wait for it to get better. Make it better—today And give each moment your love Your all… Give it everything.
Where did I go wrong? What did I give But trust and love? There's so much seeming pain fear thoughts of loss when all's been there I've given you All I can And you can leave it here Or take my hand But these demons distrust, faith? You must face them down with your strength For I can be here for you walk beside you through any hell you chose to face But you have to ask Else I impose And I know—to my soul With or without me You can beat this And I stand here, strong I outstretch my hand My arms and all I offer you shelter from this storm But you must believe outstretch your hand And come with me And leave any fear you have For right now As always I stand beside Your heart But I will not fight you But only the demons You wrestle with Will I fight right beside you So when you're ready To set out on this road You'll find me right next to you And know that every single day My support, my love, My strength and all Are always with And belong to only you For there is no other Neither can there be And if you find yourself in hell Right next to you, walking up or through Is where I'll always be.
It’s easy to dream It’s easy to see Truth, lies And in between My heart is a rock My soul is a bird But my love’s not a toy My love’s not a toy And so love’s candle burns Needing the wind—the air To fuel it else it dies But a wind to fierce Or thoughtless; unkind Will extinguish it just the same And so there is that middle ground Between harmony and hell Where the wind caresses And helps to fuel A fire that cannot be tamed.
Our names Bespeak our connection She, the rider of horses. I, the lover of horses. And I love everything Inside her She the rider Of my soul
[early, the day of my heart’s stand] The windshield Is weeping today As the radiance Of a love That lay here In wait Melts on contact Every attempting Frigid flake And with vision obscured I open a window To feel the bitter cold on my face Though it’s quickly shut out For the warmth of this love E’en though the skies are gray It’s the only thing my heart can know And it makes for tears as it melts the snow But it whisks every frigid thing away And though a storm this lens has frayed My heart holds true—is not dismayed But still the windshield Is weeping today.
Love—true love Is such a beautiful thing But so few there are That listen long enough To hear this gentle dove Sing.
Will this love be As from the Vermont wild This pressed fall leaf? Which flame red with passion Was stopped at its peak And pressed and forever saved Before the winter winds Could pluck it And drop it with all others To be tilled back into the soil And I know, though this love Forever grows—even now —for no metaphor Can encompass what we Will always have Yet still I had To save this love In the only way You granted me And though I know Not yet what this will be —what you will grant Your heart to see Still—should winter fall On this love I will cherish The eternal moment Of this crimson leaf
I always knew she loved me Simply because she kept And treasured Every flower I ever gave her The love I gave She wore and saved
As I look for light In the middle of the night What foe have I to fear? But woe, Should I hold it near.
You say you don’t have ESP —but you never ask me. What is it That you want this to be Now that our hearts This forever—beautiful—have seen? And when so rarely Your heart’s intentions You communicate Is it any wonder That I often have to initiate? And I try, plainly To be the best to you I can But only when we’re near Do you hold my hand And no mind reader either I ask, simply, What it is you seek From me? That’s not already given To you abundantly To never leave you? To let you go? I’ve already done both As you know To hold you close When you push me away? Or walk in the direction You’ve asked me to take? To tell you every time I’m wrong Or every time you’re right? Or put out this heartcandle Which fills all darkness with light? To be a bastard? An angel? Who for you only sings? In love, I’ve given you My all Still it’s not what you seek Should I be intuitive? A 'man'? An undetectable fake? Do you want me to leave A bad taste in your mouth Or wash it away? Do you want this forever? A friend? —or something in between? When you know well I can give you Only everything Do you want me to fight you? Break you? Tame who you are? I’d die before I subdued Or lassoed A shooting star! So please tell me, plainly, What in this you do seek For silence is indifference And that’s the greatest Tragedy And no love Friend or forever Deserves less Than honesty So speak plainly My love And know That myself I can only be
As I listen I am always right Where I need to be For it is He That guards, guides And governs me
You—those very few Who have always been true From the bottom of my heart I thank you
I’ve never really looked for love It has most always found me And found its way away again As a crashing wave washes up And covers Then returns to the sea But that love is human And it falters, wanes and swells But the Love that’s of our Father Runs infinitely deeper Than these but human wells That we draw upon in ‘truth’ Thinking we’re wise beyond our years But e’en the old are as but youth Until we leave these old beliefs —for His love, which never moves And if you doubt this Time will prove As it wipes away your tears
I thought you knew what we had between us You were with me when we saw the light Falling all around, and within us Lifting us to unearthy heights What could ever come between us? Unless we gave in and didn’t fight I thought you knew what we had between us You were with me when we saw the light
Neverland Is only a place Of fairytales Unless You go there And I have seen it With my own Waking eyes And I have lived there It’s a place Where the sun falls gently And time ticks No more Where the smell Of pure beauty and love Saturates the air Where dreams are lived But sadly This place most Will neversee Because they never set foot In that direction Thinking it But a place Impossible to reach ‘tis alright though For it’s not a place For the timid, doubting Or weak For to find this place With new eyes you must look For you find That which you seek.
Nothing you’ve said Makes any common sense Nothing you gave me Lasted All that’s ever been Is peace But time after time You only test it
I don’t have to prove Myself to you My actions speak That which I do And I know myself And what is true And there is but One I answer to
Is there an unkinder cut Than the rape of a woman? Or that of a child? And so the red dragon Tries to rear it’s ugly mask And as a prover of truth It is daily my task To slay every wrong That is put in my path Not in righteousness Nor ill guised as good But in bearing love And Truth’s cross And though the human Inventions this world So dismally deem May I always work To right the wrong Heal the heart And set the captive free And the joy That is mine Not only from His gifts to me And all But to know that He, and good Is the only bottom line For as we turn from any hell Heaven we find Now, and eternally And on that day We all sooner or later reach The dragon we slay And make way for peace
For these —thy loving children who have suffered much along the way I rejoice When they live In that endless day And place of peace So dear—with Thee That wipes all tears Away And it is not far Not separate—apart But is written in love, and grace In each and every heart
You try to clear your name Make me see right through But you forget, woman, I’m a smart one too And I’m not worried About placing blame Whoever did this wrong Will reap what they have sown I’m no victim In this charade No ill is mine When good I only gave And I hope time Treats you well And games as this Are not played And I’ll see you after You chose To rebuke this hell You gave free reign
How do I Thy Beauty Even begin to transpose? For there is little More glorious Than the bloom of a rose The fragrance —inundating The poetry of petals In awe invigorating And I can do No true justice With pen nor prose To the worlds of wonder Contained in a rose
Liberian mother My heart goes out to you Your ten year old daughter Raped, then killed With nothing That you could do I can't imagine the hell This put you through But she's safe now In His hands —untouchable by any She now lives in golden lands And I almost pity the men That the most terrible things They have brought not to you, nor her But upon themselves For the greatest penalty is paid In as many lifetimes of hell As it takes Until the lesson is truly learned And their backs To the subtle serpent —the wanton dragon Are forever turned And I'd give my life Liberian mother To take this wrong —though it does not belong To me, your daughter or you Still, my heart goes out to you
Adversity Is no bad Nor difficult thing To overcome Unless You give in And give it reign And so let clouds Block out the shining sun
she who stands from dawn to dusk steadfast amid the tides and times though tear fall and she move not knowing that which attends the bravest of hearts hers is truth and strength: the kingdom of heaven
I no longer know my happiness by the success of failure of finding another for it's only won by serving Him and loving every other
the black widow weaves her fairytale web of ill disguised as good to snare the would-be traveler for the heart's her favorite food needing to find and consume what she finds lacking from her insides on a lonely web of empty things and butterfly wings this carnal thing resides
one thinks that questions can come between what ever is and has always been but what is ever true cannot be lost though found by two no questions nor doubts can sway one bit the gates of hell cannot touch it and she who knows and sees with constant eyes never swayed never jaded but follows patiently the course of years her way is plain her reward is great and all else falls before hell's gate
I know you always lead me much better Than I could ever do on my own You must find it slightly amusing When I chase after things in the dark And I'd swear I see things so clearly But it never ends up the case For the ones that I find Drive me out of my mind They are dreams I'm unable to chase And even now that I know you And trust you like nobody else The way of Truth lies before me So why am I fooling myself? I need to let go of intention And follow the path that is plain And I walk all the while I stumble and smile As my vision has cleared once again I thought I had lost you forever But some things forever remain Everything that's within What lies under your skin Can never be lost or regained
she stands alone at the edge of an ocean teardrops fall to the sand she's left behind all she ever lived for for the promise of a vanished hand the pride of men will lead the strongest down that road that never ends self-demise though good intentions a fire that burns the best of friends lonely child without a parent still surrounded by a love that knows no bounds nor limitations pouring down upon you from above jaded lover torn by many happiness seems so far away open your eyes to what's around you you'll find your cup full as the bay so go the stories of human endeavors filled with strife, love and misery but though we drift from one day to another we float on hopes of constancy I shall not move I will not fail I know my place I've seen your face you keep me true when all else fails e'en though I make my bed of nails and I'll follow you to every length you are my life you are my strength you give me hope when I forget all the good all the good yes all is good it's all in you you're everything you make me sing and I sing for you I sing for you
You know it’s hard Hard not to fall Fall in love In love with you
two tears part a face what lies between empty space but they are not saved not wiped away but left to dry as old dreams fade away and that final cry for things long gone is left behind the book is done and with each end comes a new beginning for loss is gain so falls the rain on a heart that's always singing
love such an interesting thing divine. human. false true so often said but not understood the words "I love you."
what is an orchid but the most beautiful and poetic of petals that eyes have ever seen so magical and unusual that one can become hypnotized by the essence and attraction that makes them a living work of art but what is an orchid but a beautiful show to hide from the viewer what goes on down below for an orchid is a parasite living from sucking life juice from another but hypnotized it isn't realized often beyond the outward appearance which is why one must be careful never to judge a flower by her petals but by her roots and whether she brings life or death to those who take in her view
why is it that so many just don't get what I'm all about? can oblivious arrangements of speech really construe what I think I say and the way that it sounds? Challenging I am Intense I can be but it's of myself as it relates to me and yes I challenge others but only to themselves there is no standard no high and mighty shelves for we all work out our own salvation alone we alone can change and disorganize or re-arrange so why am I the bad guy? do we not challenge each other anymore? do we not lend a hand or open a door? not because I am there and you are behind but because we walk together and truth we together find but if my words to you sound as I'm perfect or better I say it but once I am likely behind but working just the same and with your words and care please let me know where these pitfalls from my mouth lay for I seek always to do better and leave the dark hours for a brighter day
you rarely say what you mean digging around I find the things you think come between and what is it that you see that would give us garbage for the fields of daisies that surround this golden scene? And as you say Do I make you feel less? Do I see you as behind Needing to catch up with the rest?? Or do I see you for the wonderful person you are? Doing grand and noble things from the depths of your heart? And do I lovingly nudge in care the road we walk? Do I challenge to fly higher Than traverses the soaring hawk? tis true, it's not of feeble muddy climes or timid times but though far are we just think what would be of a friendship filled as the caspian sea growing a garden full of every beautiful thing every hue and aroma a perpetual spring and when comes autumns grace no thing shall be regretted in a symbiotic sharing of an adventure just beginning along two roads side by side intertwining and unfettered.
How do you sleep? With the dreams you have given And taken At random How do you eat? with all the lies you have spewed with all the good you have chewed How do you live? With all the love you've been given And the hurt that you give? And not even care To make one bit of it right displace the darkness with light? With all the good in life That is still left to give How do you live?
Ripped from my hands to faraway lands and back again do you know what I've seen? It's been given shoved taken away cluched in my hands and then it all slipped away If I could change it If I could roll back the time If I could save you I'd lay it all on the line I can't keep living with the things that I've seen The hope that's been lost The life that's been tossed But I can't leave for my time's not yet come So may the good that I do Bring it closer to you Know that I'm sorry I'd make everything new But I can only start now And I start here with you Walk without me walk as far as you can and maybe one day Our paths will cross once again But for now I take this burden away So I can bury it deep Lay it finally to sleep
lost my friend it seems but she must follow her heart and pursue her dreams I'll miss her and the times we share but brighter climes await her as He leads her with care For she's given and too many have taken and not given back But her foundation is strong and she'll find what she needs for even this moment no good thing does she lack And though things come full circle leading us back where we started Still the journies we must take For growth and wisdoms' sake And though my friend I'll dearly miss I'll wave and pray you godspeed As starts the journey Of the mending broken-hearted.
