humbled and Awed

as the new year comes
and i give my humble thanks
i hear it
the ring of fireworks loud in the air
their roar becomes deafening
carrying on past the midnight stroke
rising like a volley of thunder in the night
their spray of colors lights the sky
an awing display
so the night turns to day in these moments
this precious seconds of celebration
through the land i hear a cheering
voices ringing on the wind
and i find i am moved
for as the shadows of night chase away the sun
so too does the Spirit chase off the darkness
love and hope run free
in this the beginning of a new year
not just a restart of time; for some
but of life
and as the din dies down i am smiling
for surely there is no truer testament of will
then the obvious joy we find in these simple moments
then in the precious seconds of our celebration
of a new year
and a new time
and our continued life

First Love Is Poison

would that i could show you now
the pain you caused in me
would that i could make you feel
just how you made me bleed
and as you walked away
i longed to call you back
though your love was a poison
losing it still made me crack
i wallowed in that sorrow
drowning in my tears
because i always remembered
you promised to the be the shield against my fears
i never felt such hurt before
and i never will again
because the part of me that loved you
was taken with you then
and i can never love another
that way that i did you
with all of my heart
and all of my soul
i will never feel a bond that true
and though i rue the hold you have on me
with a rage born of despair
i know i'd rather die a thousand times
then to have never had you there

My love

my head is in my hands
my love
i just don't understand
these tears trail down my cheek
my love
i'm broken down inside
these words you spout hurt
my love
and make me wonder why
and a sorrow weighs upon my soul
my love
to cause the burning in my eyes
i wrack my mind for answers
love
that elude me every time
and when i ponder them to you
my love
you just don't understand
how can you be so blind
my love
as to miss these fatal words
that skewer my inside
my love
and make me want to cry
i try to hide my pain
my love
but it spills over in a tide
my head is in my hands
my love
I've broken down and cried
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lost

my heart aches tonight
i feel the weight upon my chest
of the thousand memories in my head
causing my duress
eyes burn with unshed tears
as i think of you and me
and feel my heart break again
because my head wont let it be
i wont deny i love you
after all you put me through
and though many years have passed
i admit that i still do
i can see your smile
every time i close my eyes
hear the timber of your voice
on the most silent of the nights
im a thousand miles away
but still i catch your sent
and every time i do
i feel my heart lament
in my dreams sometimes you're there
a haunting memory
of what we had
and how we loved
that now can never be
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unspoken

heavy with sorrow
my heart beats slow
and i keep it inside
because i just know
im honoring your wishes
im keeping my vow
even though every fiber
yearns to reach out now
i know that you wont welcome
even my shared sorrow
in your grief
so i'll send my prayers your way
on the wings of the wind
and hope you feel their strength
and that they help you mend

what only i can see

i breathe
afraid to close my eyes
afraid of what lies
the inky blacks fills
there are faces in me
faces i see
yet they are not mine
some in hate
some in pain
in this world
the darkness prevails
vile tainted corrupt
there are stages of night
some are good
some are not
in these shadows i see greed
perverse
it hardens the heart
brings despair to the soul
as though half in light cry out
for a savior in the night
on a whispered breath of wind
it flows
a wish in the ever twilight
and in that darkness
a small child hears it
she knows not where it comes from
she knows not where to go
but they whisper in her head
a love
a devotion
pledges of service
bound in honor
tied with care
if only she would find them there
in her stillness they find anger
unable to hear what she hears
she breathes
afraid to close her eyes
there are faces in the inky blackness
they are not hers
of those in love
and those in hate
and in the ever darkness they wait
for her

treachorous heart

be still my beating heart
and maybe that will stop my pain
be quiet in your yearning
that flows like endless rain
the weight of choices press me down
a stone upon my heart
and tear in two the bonds of love
with a coldly practiced art
and i wonder now
as i have for time
who you are striving for
as you make decisions
without a qualm
and never ask me what i think
as you move as though unclaimed
and thus push me to the brink
our love you act
as if its binding
a chafe upon you're goals
instead of the inner strength
meant to push you where you go
how can you say you love me
when you pull away at every turn
when i reach out to comfort you
and you act as though it burns
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    indescribable

fooled by love


an aching void fills me
a hollow that I cannot fill
it creeps into my despairing heart
and lingers a decided chill
I'd hoped and prayed my dreams come true
that they were realized in the love of you
more fool I think was I that way
for all that hope now seems in vain
and pain looms now within the night
weary and drained not wanting to fight
I curse my heart which brings me pain
and the foolish hope that is now my shame

My Defiance

silently she wipes the blood away
the back of her hand stained
It glared at her with hatred
a dark malice in It's burning eyes
a smile curls her mouth
she taunts It in her pain
and upward raises It's arm
to strike her down again
chin raised to the sight
she meets the attack
defiance in her eyes
the steel of courage in her back
each blow is harder
fueled by fury in her name
growing as she rises
time and time again
in desperation It strikes
seeking weakness in her strain
not realizing in It's fury
that she's guided by the pain
it matters not It's power
or the might behind It's blows
for the depth of her great strength
only she truly knows
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    determined

etched on my heart

i walk a path in my mind filled with memories
feeling the hot weight of tears slide down my cheeks
i am not lost in grief
nor swimming in joy
i am weaving through the combination of both
my eyes are level
a keen observer to these images
my chin up
not in challenge but in pride
i am tossed in this sea of emotions
trapped in this ocean of past
remembering those who have hurt me
those i have loved
those who have held me
those who have who have come
and those who have gone
i am not perfect
my hearts aches and my mind wonders
i forgive those who have caused me pain
not for there peace but for mine
we cannot move forward while locked in the past
we cannot be more when we want it to last
judge me as you will
i cannot change your mind
but remember each scar
was carved by a hand not solely mine
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