THE DARKEST PATH

The flames behind, I walk alone
the darkest path I chose
The wind is warms my weary bones
I’ve but my soul to lose

The shadows creep, the wind blows low
the leaves about me stir
Like devils in the afterglow
they bring back thoughts of her.

I finally come up to the beach,
the thoughtless happy waves
The pain of love beyond their reach
only mortals are it’s slaves

I wade into the icy cold
I feel death’s fetid grip
My soul has truly long been lost
I yearn for Neptune’s crypt

The flames behind, I go alone
the darkest path I chose
The chill it warms my weary bones
I’ve but my soul to lose

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GOLDEN VISION

Golden vision, 
summer eyes
winter heart
tender lies

Yesterday
a gentle laugh
I failed to see
 the darker half

The night is cold
the light is dim
the future bleak
the outlook grim

My dreams are sad
that once were bright
Where has it gone
my warm sunlight

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MIRROR, MIRROR

Mirror, Mirror
there you stand
Tell me true, 
am I that man?

And if I am
if that can be,
what of the boy
that once was me?

The scars are there
of battles within,
the heart’s field of honor
the wages of sin.

I long to fly
so far from here
to find a place
that knows no fear

And there he stands,
face a loveless mask
Is that one me? 
I dare not ask.

I turn away,
and so does he.
Mirror, tell me not
that he was me.

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SOMEONE SHINE

The easy word,
the convenient lie,
the untold deceit
To me, one and all,
the spurs to hate

What of trust?
Of heartfelt words?
Is truth so rare?
Am I alone, 
just one?

Say the worst,
like raindrops they fall
But the avalanche
that is the lie
buries all....

Hearts I have known
that once were here.
They’ve died
and moved on.
All gone.

Someone shine
that I might see
that all about me
is not darkness.