Lady

There’s a lady on my doorstep

Sad as she can be

The breathe that once filled her body

Has gone and left her cold

She didn’t weep

She didn’t sigh

She knew that it would come

Her life you see, not unlike ours

Lasts only for a moment

But unlike us

She didn’t fight

She didn’t ask the questions

Why me

Why now

This cannot be

For she knew the way of life

She’d lived for a time

And died on a day

As cloudy as could be

It isn’t right

It isn’t fair

But you see

It simply is

There’s a lady on my doorstep

Sad as she can be

The breathe that once filled her body

Has gone and left her cold

Stubborn

I've got the better of me now

And I'm overpowering myself

Too thick to listen to good reason

Too stubborn to change my mind

So many paths run before me

Which to take

Which to leave

So many emotions running through me

Grow up now?

The time has come?

Do what I think is right,

Or what others view as right?

If what I think is truly wrong though,

How am I to choose correctly?

A simple answer would be nice

But simple is not so common

I'll look at it how I want

Though realizing this won't change a thing

This problem is so insignificant

And yet it seems so important

Although I'm sure, 10 years from now

None of this will matter.

The Idea of You and I

You make it easy, so easy

For my to see us together

But for reasons I won't say

This fanciful dream may never be

Like the seed that had little chance to grow

I guess we'll never know

A single chance we may have

But we'll pass it up

I can see it all

In my mind's eye

I can see our downfall

Before it even happens

We'll pass up our single chance

And think forever of what could have been

Of what we may not have

Of the things we've lost without ever knowing

I suppose I may be the only one over thinking this

But I wouldn't be me if I didn't

This may never have worked anyway

But it's better to be let down later

Than to spend forever regretting the chance not taken

That World

It’s one of those nights

Those nights I still believe

I hear the distant flapping wings

See the faces in the shadows

It’s just one of those nights

My innocence may be behind me

But it whispers to me still

Calling me back to that world

When fantasy was so alive

When my imagination walked the night

I can hear the whispers in the trees

Almost see the flapping wings

Oh to be in that world again

To feel the night

To feel its promise

Forget the stress of today

Forget the truth that plagues my life

Remember what it was

To know reality

Within the fantasy

My Heart is Clean

My heart is clean,

Though my hands are not

Untouched, unscathed, unharmed

My heart inside

Is safe and warm

It’s my feet that want to run

My heart is warm

Though my tears are cold

Leaving streaks of loss behind

My heart inside

Is safe and warm

It’s my eyes that want to cry

My heart is safe,

Though my dreams are tainted

With loss and pain and guilt

My heart inside

Is safe and warm

It’s my mouth that wants to scream

My heart cannot be touched

It remains sanely intact

Though bruised just a bit.

My hands may be guilty

But my heart is not

Your Will

To put it simply

My heart is not my own

It no longer resides within me

I used to feel it beating

Took comfort in its steady rhythm

It’s hard to feel comforted though

When its home is now with you

You can do with it as you will

For it will never be mine again

Keep it safe if it pleases you

Or break it at your will

But please don’t try to give it back

I think surely, I would weep

It would no longer hold a purpose

For with you it now belongs

It’s a huge risk that I’m taking

Knowing it’s up to you

So on this cliff of love and hate I will stay

Rocking back and forth

And if you send a strong wind my way

I’ll hope it sends me back to love

Venice Sunset

Brilliant is the one

Who sees more than what is there

Brilliant is the one

Who understands the things not said

It’s a Venice sunset

Anything can happen

Wings of gold descend

And claws of black reach out

“Never,” she says

“One day,” he amends

Her eyes grow wide

His lips twitch upward

Brilliant is the one

Who knows when to fight back

Brilliant is the one

Who knows when to give in

It’s a Venice sunset

Anything can happen

Wings wrap around soft curves

And claws of black caress

“I won’t,” she says.

“You will,” he amends.

There’s sad violence in her eyes

There’s only love in his

She’ll do what she has to

And he will do the same

She turns to run

He holds on tight

She’s determined, yes

But he is strong

Out comes the knife

She’d hid it well

His eyes now large

Her lips twitch upward

In slides the knife

Right through her trembling chest

Now he will never have her

And she will never have to deny him

Brilliant is the one

Who knows when to fight back

Brilliant is the one

Who knows when to give in

Neither claimed that brilliance