Always

When dark depths were never-ending

And deep night

Was the only repeating promise

When it mattered most

You came close

And whispered

‘Here.’

At the point of endless dancing

When bright hope arose

And sunshine laughed at the flow of time

When it mattered most

You came close

And whispered

‘Staying.’

As day by day

Led the procession of mundane

And doubts arose to the point

When it mattered most

You came close

And whispered

‘Forever.’

When the tables turned

And a road led you away

As you fell into the hurt

When it mattered most

I came close

And whispered

‘Always.’

Farewell

One word

Hear

Taste

See

The depths of a single tantalizing moment

Carry the weight

Of what you said

So seductively

In past days

My ear burns

For you

To remind me and

Beguile a memory

Pause

Consider

This is not what I imagined it to be

This burning flame

And with a simple

Moment of doubt

I wave a languid hand and whisper

‘Farewell’

When the Day Comes

When the day comes

And our belief in sanity

Ends

And we see the tunnel

Ahead

I’ll race you

Barefoot and laughing

To meet that doom

When the day comes

And you can’t arise

From the weight of unknown days

I’ll take your hand

And pull

Until you stand upright

Ready

To take one more step

When the day comes

And speech fails you

I’ll be your tongue

Filling your silence

Until you don’t feel the weight

Of emptiness

Finding instead,

Everything else you didn’t know you had to say

When the day comes

And the only thing left for you

Is a flame filled dragon

Bent on your failure

I’ll stand beside you,

Hold shining metal while you pray

Until the fear melts away

And you find the faith to see a future day

When the day comes

And morning doesn’t wake you up

When sunshine plays across your face

I’ll lay next to you,

Play softly with your hair

Until time ends

And eternity is near

Endings

did you see when she winked at me

the never ending monotony

displayed in such brilliant form

as if

to show the world

that she is worth so much more

than the lies you'd have her believe

are her destiny

the lies you'd have her believe that would

change everything

if they ended right. now

ended

and were never said again

you've pushed her to this brink

pushed her to fall

this low

do not push off this blame

do not forget and have no say

do not

harm her anymore in this way

step back

step forward

push her with you

draw back your arms

let go of her

drop the residue

the truth that gleams now away from you

leave behind

Roots

Packed bag

One foot forward

Into tomorrow

The other planted

In the past

And so she stands

With no middle

Just behind

And before

Always the same old

'You'

Store

Of what it is

She needs

To be

What it is

She needs

To see

One foot out the door

The other

Forever planted on the floor

Cover Your Ears::Hear Life

Hands over ears

Supposed silence

But the cacophony remains

Breath

Overcomes the heartbeat

Air

Overtakes the flow

Realization that

Silence

Of desperate cause

Does not exist

Life

Cannot be separated

From the noise

Pain

Cannot be removed

From the joy

Experience blends

In madness

And perfection

Her Haunted Steps

Because you thought it was over

it began again

Because you rose above it all

it broke your back again

Because you flaunted change to the ending

it started round again

Because the silver never shed

it drowned you
Because the words remained unsaid

it choked you

Because the smile wasn't real

it gave you grief

Because it is impossible

it stepped forward again

Because it is unfixable

it became the problem again

Because there is no happy ending

it wrote the final ending