The grove I found off the trail still waits for us

Born of gold and transparency

A presence of ceaseless being

A plea without a beg, hungry or not we make earth grow forcefully then find comfort in the rains given by god alone

Religion found in the simples of the natural

It’s not crazy to believe there is a method to the madness

One misnamed star may be enough to bring life to the dust

Always with the same face our moon, blockaded by fog, reflected by clouds, pierces the dark till a growl close to dawn brings the gift of slumber

Smoke brought by a close flame

Eyes shut for a last visage of man-made beauty under the stars

Too many breaths of a love hate relationship

Steel and grey crested by black and white

Tempered by fire, strengthened by hide

Out with the bad, the sick

In with the well, the good

Never one too many when she asks why

Embers crushed

Chilled red never conquered to white

The last glass a rattling one

Unintoxicated melody

A glimpse of a painting not cherished with such remorse

She left me so I would give chase painlessly

To be found was all I wanted so I didn’t stray far

I searched the ruble for a sign, an arrow

Then I asked for direction from the one she told me would speak

What happened here?

His answer saved me from circles one wider than the last around the place where I could still hear her voice echo

The balance must always shift

I ran from her out of true fear that I had lost what brought me her love

She didn’t understand how much it hurt

I am so sorry she cried

Sirens of the city

A sheriff, law abiding, but not a maker

Taught the polite way with pleasance and rasp is amazing

An unseen smile pushed by laughter

I know it was there

So much shared in strange ways

Strange days, running naked over stones, through the trees, leaving crumbs

Then the bones

Ugly

Inspiring only hate, anger, adrenaline, killer instincts, paralysis

I never asked for hers

She was told mine by our expediters

Her doubt lasted only a second, might be…she whispered

More than enough time to pierce a heart

But it was just a needle through a scar

Only painful when twisted

Justify guilt till the end of days

It will take so long to satisfy you

She was the only one I ever wanted to hear me cry

Another failure

My chokes and sobs echoed through her whole world

A voice from the sky carried beyond all boundaries serenaded me to a sweet fall

Pain lost for moments at a time

A thief forgets all once staked

He blossoms through the gloom

Breakdowns to lift ourselves high again

Make me fly when I don’t want to

Soft scrapes give way to the smooth

The prescriber of the victim for a drug that won’t be taken despite the pacifying taste

The unknown only comforts for so long

Sooner or later we all want answers but need them?

Who is so grounder that they always know what they need

Show me one

Aqua striped lashed with red, a dream

The sweet smelling black sea saltless and flowing an implanted fantasy or not?

Find warmth for your bed tonight because I am not with you but I won’t

A pillow of our color is enough for me

I’ll give my warmth and not share it now and always if I must

I thought all I wanted was a ride but to where?

Who will be there waiting in the foggy unknown?

Where is the sun?

Loops till my head spun delayed my arrival to an empty city

Where are you? I cursed

You’re scaring me ok, you’re scaring me

Eyes shut, head held low in shame

The right words to get what she wanted but comfort in a lonely bed always comes at too high a price

Why must everything be an adventure?

Maybe I bring it on us both but I don’t want to be a vagabond

She is my only home

For the hard good the trails are endless, soften me

How fast is fast enough when she can always out-run me?

How far in the wrong direction can I go if she doesn’t want to be caught?

How many more times will I pass her by before I take time to rest and think?

The priceless warn boots, not needed, carry me bloodless to the gates but aching with my left hand empty

Times come when I just want to feed her and sing her to sleep forgetting I can’t hear the breaths that assure me she’ll come back

She wants me to help myself but for her but it isn’t easy for a masochist to realize that suffering gains nothing, proves nothing

All suffer to pay the price of life

A beautiful clarification when thinking renews passionate, motivated, focused

A towering oak to lean on next to the wall of the icy island as she waits for the dawn

Throw off the shroud and walk softly

Feel the cold invigorate you, I get chills without it now

A sleeper who speaks but can only be awoken by one voice

Never fearless, forever anxious

Make me a liar again, calm me

A touch of ink and a whisper

Emotion reborn

Heartbeats no longer wasted

Hands held through horror bring merriment and perfection for two on the other side

A brother forgotten

Blown away by the stormy love of a father and daughter

Love of the world that takes only to give back

A gift from her who wanted nothing in return

No, I want you to keep it, said a voice in pain but without misery

Diamond tears never dried or enough

Another miss, sometimes I don’t know my own strength

Wishes and promised gave way to fate

You made me believe

There isn’t always a choice

For my wife, wherever she may be

~MSP