New Horizons

The gentle rolling of the clouds,
cannot contain the butterflies in my stomach.

What is this I feel,
is it fear or apprehension of the unknown?

Why can't I take that first step,
when chance and change beckons?

As I lay on a sea of grass in this unnamed hill,
I wonder if what lies beyond is indeed better.

No matter how I let loose my mind,
the butterflies still gnaw at me.

Ah, new horizons await,
another chance, another ray of hope...

..beyond this unnamed hill. Alas.

Home

Oh how I long to be in that dearest of places,
immersed in the familiar scents and uncaring voices
to go back to be greeted by that old wooden door, or
be heralded by the creaking of that weathered floor.

Oh how I missed that sagging old couch,
whose stains account for the memories of a lifetime.
That familiar sight outside the window, where youth gave
way to tired old bones.

Oh how I long to come home, to be whole, to belong.
Forever is the memory etched in my heart,
forever have I wished that I could still be a part.

Home..how I long for home.

The Laughter of Children

I wish I could see the world with innocent eyes,
to not know what is good or bad, only what is true.

I wish I can laugh at all which the world throws at me,
like the silly little laugh of little children.

To hold but one moment in one's hand,
a defining grace which describes ones life.

To hold your love ones with genuine love,
and open your heart to a rupture of calmness.

I wish I could still see this world with innocent eyes,
and laugh at it all with gleeful joy.

At least that way I wouldn't even feel my tears rolling
down my face.

Wayward's End

Oh feet bring me over yonder..
make my dreams take flight and my imagination ponder.

What is there to see, taste, hear, and feel?
in that vast horizon i wonder if it's even real.

Oh time take not from me my mind's resolve...
Let me not pass through this life trapped in a dream.

Oh chance knock yet one more still...
Let me hold this moment tenderly and see it done, I will.

For tomorrow knows no promises, no bonds, no bounds..
it is the Here, the Now, that I yet live and breathe.

Oh feet do carry me away once again..
Let me taste this life before wayward's end.

When we are one

I've almost forgotten how beautiful you really are,
the years have not taken much from your charm

I want to hold you now as I have then,
uncaring of the world outside our love.

Though each day that passes I grow weary and tired,
you still hold my hand and tell me to not be afraid.

When we are one I understand,
When we are one I feel what the years cannot take from us.

When we are one I am alive,
When we are one I fear nothing.

To you I owe everything, my love.
In this life, in this dream, in this love, we are one.

Out There I See

A blue sky falling towards a sea of nothing..
calling to me, waiting for my chance to drown in it.

I hear the quiet surreal sound of nature..
a call of the wild long forgotten or seen through deaf ears.

A world so vast and untangible locked away in a dream..
if only I can stay there, live there with you.

Out there I see my emptiness, my sadness..
if only I can hold your hand and feel the calmness of your spirit.

Out there I see why I have this deep longing..
heal me, release me, let me live again.

Out there I see and feel your love..
warm me again with your smile, even amidst this cold blue sky.

A Time to Remember

A time to toil, A time to heal, A time to rediscover,A time to forget....
However so many times I fail to see, that which I wish for could never be.

As the clouds roll by and the sun sets away, my life becomes a second tucked
into eternity's sway.
If only I could remember how I would have done things, if only I could remember
how to feel and consider everything.

A time to remember who I really am, a time to shed a tear, a time to etch a smile, a time to feel my life again....
Ah a time to remember indeed.