Archer

Archer with your bow

Strong, you pull the heartstring

Draw the trust 

Aim at your target

Every arrow, a lie

Dead center in my soul.

Archer with your bow

Loosed at a distance

Weapon of stealth

Or cowardice.

Archer with your bow

The bullseye is full

Nothing but holes

Where you struck true

Archer with your bow

And arrows

And empty, I quiver.

--6.29.14

Fairy Tale

There once lived 

A crusader among men

No prince, but a warrior

Battling demons

In a great raging sea.

There lived too

A phoenix

A near-immortal healer

Protecting those it loved

With tears of great power.

One fateful day they met

The warrior and the phoenix

And as he fought

She wept for him

Healing his deepest wounds.

Theirs was a partnership

Spanning continents

And lifetimes

A story spread through creation

As a tale of love and bravery.

--6.19.14

Lost

I am left

With only your shadows

And your shadows

Are not you

They are

Cold I

Cannot hold them

As I hold you

Hot against my skin

Heart pounding towards mine.

My hands are empty

They cannot grasp

Your loneliness

They are empty

Touching only your absence.

Just when I thought

I'd found you.

My love sits

Sweltering in my heart

Trapped

Yearning to be free

To run to you.

Where are you

Do you remember me?

There is still magic

Trying to escape

My fingertips

And touch you

Keep you safe.

Somehow my heart keeps beating.

My hands claw at my chest.

So lost am I without you

I want only to retreat within.

--6.3.14

Wash Away

Crown of my heart

You make the world more radiant

My veins pulse with euphoria.

Jewels in my soul

You shine

And I hope

To reflect your brilliance

And strike your heart

Like lightning.

Awaken your soul

To the beauty I see.

I will carry your rain

Drop by drop in my eyes.

Free you

From the storm.

--6.2.14