Shaded Heart

Pixelated thoughts can not express
the violence that powers these wounded hands.
As each twisted line slips away,
I am one awkward step closer to my fate.

Inside the wisdom of a tainted grape
I find no delusions, no detractions
from my malevolent realities. Instead
the pain ferments inside; a bitter crop.

Rage soothes me, but does not satisfy
the lurid desires of my shaded heart.
I live beneath a placid surface;
a cold and wavy face adrift in time.

The winds of life blow
across the oceans of my heart;
changing love to ice
deep beneath unfurling days.

What ship can traverse
these cold and uncharted thoughts?
Who can navigate
when the stars have all disappeared?

A new moon rises;
its pale hope glistening silently
on these shaded sails.
But soon it too is gone.

I dreamed another dream of you
lost within this amazon night.
The leaves softly amplify the rain
and my heart beats just as fast.

In the distant shadows I see your face,
a refuge to this chaotic land.
And all my hope comes rushing forward
as you stand there on the rising mist.

Your beauty exceeds all the Earth,
and the trees sway with jealousy.
The rain clings desperately to your hair
as all the birds sing your name.

In this motionless surrender,
my heart bleeds out for you.
Your eyes burn into mine,
evoking my every drop of love.

Hesitantly, I approach your splendor.
Your smile showing your approval.
The raucous landscape draws a silence;
my mind knows only you.

I dare to touch your loving lips
and glide my hands down your shoulders.
Your scent is of the sweetest flower.
Your taste above the ripest fruit.

My mind is lost to define you
as my whole world converges to one.
I resolve to never leave this paradise,
but once again I awake alone.

In the essence of a moment
Shade and brilliance meet
Intertwined into such beauty
The aura of a soul

The stillness persues
Where loss and gain ceases
And a dim light shines
Warming this shaded heart

This silent surrender
Pefect love knows no other
So death and life are one
Collectively this heart

A thought is born
From memories of love
As angel’s tears spread
Filling this star-lit sky

Songs never sung
echo through my mind.
Days yet to come
are all I know.

I am to blame
for this love undone.
Two lives the same
will never be.

The mind is cold
and obsolete.
A heart less bold
perhaps colder still.

I’ve left untied
the sail of life;
The sun casting
now its last shadow.

Shadows I cast in light
Veil my hope for love
But I’m blind to life
As my heart sees you

Stumbling through darkness
Not to find my vision
But to gain my love
And hold her closer still

Memories escape me
Those simple, dull seconds
And my passionate moments
Confused now with dreams

Dreaming always of you
The sick and the sweet
Always beautiful to mind
Always tourment to soul

Take me by the hand again
You pull me deeper in
Inside the dream that I call “You”
You make me want to live again

Look me in the eyes and say
Speak to me from your heart
Tell me how it’s going to end
Make us different from the rest

Hold me close and never release
You take my breath away
Time stands still in endless wonder
At the moment of your touch

Restlessness tightens its grip on me
And deprives me of those dreams of you
A twilight now endures for days
Those questions burning inside my soul

The flame – freely burning at first
Through perseverance becomes controlled
A light that radiates a love for you
A love which is as true as the day

Within the stillness of this sanctuary
The seeds of love are sown
And gently nurtured to flowered life
Which blooms the image of my heart

She flows gracefully through my mind
Like that of a thousand rivers
Whose cool waters converge at my footsteps
Offering to me the very essence of life

She effortlessly breathes a sensual message
That transcends all my thoughts and words
Consisting of a pure perfection
That sends pleasure to my enamored mind

She sleeps upon a golden lining
Positioned deep within my heart
A place of refuge and serinity
Where innocence lives within her beauty

Love begins to slowly rise
Reflecting all its crystal beauty
Flowing from a heart so pure
That even angels show envy

A surging wave of perfect love
Crashes down upon the shore
Filled with this unstoppable force
Of our two inseperable hearts