Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Blinded!

Close your eyes to see yourself

Realize that you’re no one else

Listen softly to your soul

Wonder what remains to be told?

This is only temporary

Body, soul: quite contrary

How does your spirit-garden grow?

Or does it shrink and wither slow?

Close your eyes; get lost inside

Try and find some peace of mind

Quell the war ‘tween ideas/reality

Don’t let it consume your totality

What cannot in time be solved

Will in time fall away and dissolve

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Dreams of Restive Sleep

When the lights are down

And the night’s upon us

The heartache starts

To beat monotonous


Throbbing and throbbing

In my ears so loudly

As I can barely hope

To sleep so soundly


I reach over to clutch

An invisible lover

Finding nothing, no one

I dig deep under covers


Then bury my face

Into an unfeeling pillow

Devouring the soft

The heart ache stills, slows


Restless I warp

And contort my figure

To find a comfort

That’s harder to secure


Only to awaken

In the middle of the night

The heartache still beating

My love still out of sight

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

How Long

What price must I pay
Before I am free?
What burden must I bear
Before I am relieved?
How long must I crawl
Before I can fly?
How long must I live
Before I can die?

Shirk off this mortal coil!
And all of its spoils
Naked to life’s designs
Powerless, remain resigned
The winds of change beat against your face
Blowing freely the leaves of fate

I’m brain-dead
Confused, dejected
Heavy-hearted
Rejected
My feelings all agitated
The air’s been let out
A life deflated
A hunger for love
Unsatiated

Extinguish this hot longing!
Find a new song to sing
A different melody and tone
One you can sing all alone
Steel yourself against the cold of the night
And blind yourself to love at first sight

What price must I pay
Before I am free?
What burden must I bear
Before I am relieved?
How long must I crawl
Before I can fly?
How long must I live
Before I can die?