Light and Momentary

Foolish are the ones who say the dark is going to win

Light and momentary is the pain we find in sin

Never underestimate the power of the light

Soon the good and soon the hurt will no longer collide

Like a thief in the night, Our King will come in white

Fiery eyed, He'll come to bring us home in perfect time

Voices and Mouths

He's told you once

She's told you twice

They'll tell you again

Oh, you better come back home

I breathe it in

I breathe it out

The cold and warmth

Voices and mouths

Don't tell me how

To live a life

Though rich in spirit

There's still a lie

From the crib stage

To the grave age

Dry and wet

Become the days

Enough is enough

What's done is done

Trickles of light

Reveal the sun

He's told you once

She's told you twice

They'll tell you again

Oh. you better come back home

Dearest Mine

Dearest mine, you're doing just fine.

Stay on this road.

These days ahead you'll lie in bed

And pray that ease will come.

Dearest mine, I know your heart.

Your silence and patience are good.

The ones you love will soon enough

Be as close as they were.

Dearest mine, you're given time.

Don't weary or tire your soul.

For when you cry and stir at night

Your choices wound me, I fear.

Dearest mine, your precious life

Is destined for beauty and good.

Love waits and you'll see its face

Just wait for that gift, my dear.

Swimming

She's swimming in the sea

The water's miles deep

Her hair is soaking wet

It floats around her head

Darkness follows her swimming

Her trust is slowly thinning

It's hard for her to breathe

The cold suffocates her feet

She bubbles out some words

As the waves arrive in herds

"I must push on. Come what may,

I'll still make it to the bay."

Her teeth hit the cold

And following is her nose

Her eyes are last to go

And their blue color shows

Submerged in the sea

The dark becomes the enemy

Her breaths break the water

The breaths of this daughter

Mind Battle

A coterie becomes a mess

Torn to pieces

Torn to shreds

Because the weight of the world becomes a loss for words

And it is like being stuck inside a fire that cannot be tamed

And someone is looking to ride the smoke rings right out

Brothers and sisters turn cold in the smoke

Inhaling the coals

Releasing the bitterness

Blowing it to the side

It sears the eyes of the people who watch

And they wonder, “When are they coming home?”

Well, what is it?

What fixes the cracks of a broken life?

And what if it was not broken in the first place?

What if riding on the back of the smoke rings is not the elucidation?

Refusal is preferred

Let minds turn in another direction

It is a danger to obscure genuinity behind a mask

For the price of lies can be inordinate

An insecure mind is yet to be understood

It is still given power

It is still torturous

It can drive some worn soul into a fog

But the Lord did speak beauty

Beauty more valuable than many sparrows

The breaking is done by our own hands

Emptiness is that result

The void can be filled…

Painlessly

Look at Us

Look at me

Existing here

Waiting 

Silently watching people pass by

Look at you

Lying there 

Carefree

Without a disquiet of any kind

Look at her

Running away

Sobbing

Hoping someone might stop her

Look at him

Sitting near

Grinning

Chuckling at the world and its follies

Look at us

Living on

Unalike 

Heading onward amongst each other

Like a Tower

There are towers inside of fortresses

Their windows are shattered

Shards are everywhere

Only a few are unscathed

Doorknobs lie in pieces on the sooty ground

Papers and pens

Thoughts and memories

Are all scattered before these eyes

Wandering in and out of towers

One grows jaded

One grows worn

Ascending to the top in rugged conditions

Dust and debris adhere to togs

It is impossible to evade these fallen obstacles

Once the top of a tower is reached

All of the fortress can be observed

All disaster

All misfortune

All that is broken

Yet in the midst of the turmoil and wreckage

There is a lake

There is a lake that lies serene and motionless

It is untouched by any hindrance

It is a precious gift of relief and peace

The water is the only sliver life in this fortress

It lies in perfection

Amongst the broken towers

Ins and Outs

The snakes you spat,

They wrapped and wrapped

Around me

But what was that?

Oh, what was that,

To tell me all about me?

From the time I was born

That time until now

You told me what I was

My ins and my outs

The thoughts you gave

I bathed and bathed

Inside them

But why is that?

Why'd I do that?

I skipped the wind in the trees.

Shameful was I

Well you ought to know

And each time I lied

My body did so

Father, Please

I originally wrote this as a song. The lyrics mean so much to me.

Father Your name was lost

When You left our house

Three years ago

Father we begged You to come home

But You didn't show

When we called You

Father please come home

Can't You see we're done

Father please return

This house has lost its worth

Daughter you think I left you here

But I never did, My dear

I have been around

Daughter your house is cold inside

From all the tears you've cried

What have you done?

Daughter I am home

I had never gone

Daughter dry your eyes

And look up at the skies

Father, please

Daughter, believe

Who We Are

I see wicked eyes

I try to let it go

I throw it to the wind

And watch it blow

I cannot change or shape your eyes

You cannot see through this disguise

I can watch the sun arise

And carry on

With the burden

Of your watch

We will carry on as who we are

You will not push us to the dark

Be Silent

Don't be sore as you were and take part in these contingencies 

Take pride in yourself 

Not in humility

Do not ever bruise your heart because it does not help

You bent petals and stomped them

But they did not break

Savor this blessed place and hold dear my heart to your's

Accept this lenity and artistry

Run, as I run 

You are mine, love

Worry adds no hours

Lie in bed

Be silent