said goodbye
but never let you go
your hands clasped around my heart
in no particular way
as my eyes were sealed
with desperate sorrow
yours remained opened in the frame

days rolled past
as clouds do on a windswept day
and on a friday when the sun will beg to stay
on a distant shore it will ultimately yearn to fade

the ominous landscape

the brooding sky a refuge

for distant dreams

a fervent grasp of faded time

unrelenting hands

reduced to a whisper

on a starless night

sunk to the belly

of the blackest hole

emerging in a

muddied haze

aware of the advancing days

you
winter's frigid chill
your breath a blistering wind
muting the effects of the sun
cold, callous
unbecoming of you
becoming what you want to be
my heart too numb to see
the bitter reality

december finds its way again
winter comes to rest in your hands
and with it brings a passing sense
of giving way to this pretense

beneath hearts

digging in the darkness
unearthed stones
emptiness enveloped in bones
a veiled cage
imprisoned rage
a prisoner encountered alone

the face of compassion
buried in a silent scream
understanding
making no attempt to be seen

unearthed heart
harder than the soul of a stone
dissolve into nothingness
and find your way back home

there's a light sometimes
that finds its way
through the sky and through some trees
and it always catches me by surprise
it always makes me smile
and it makes me feel warm.
i fear the day when it
doesn't feel the same
but until then,
i'll look forward to the light

we all fall
can't hold on
to the depths of
our soul

hands reaching down
ignoring the sound
body losing control

you notice the darkness
in everyday
you can't find the courage
to chase it away

but you can open your eyes
and you may realize

the gloaming will go
the tears they may flow
there's always someone at your side

i'll help you rise
just look in my eyes
i'll help you see through the pain

i'll never go
this you should know
harbor the warmth that remains

his wings are black as ashen dust

but he still can fly
and you look surprised.
the lines are blurred
between the earth and sky
between how much he wants to live
and knowing that he must die
but the way he flies through the trees
makes me wish i was as free

in my deepest and darkest moments
when there was nothing for me,
in the center of my heart was you.
a bright light radiating in the
infinite distance. just out of reach,
but never out of sight.
and as the eyes of time have closed,
the light has refracted
and what i knew of you
has died.

*photo of dying star by NASA

empty streets, an empty sky
and empty trees. i'm alone.
but the moon is staring down at me.
a bright eye, the pupil of an
unseen face. i see things in the
misty clouds that stumble their way
into my sight.

love burns and it's burning within me
and the coldest solitude cannot
ease the pain
but the fleeting embers have no desire
to die

in your face i found my way home
across the desolate miles
and it's led me to this place
where others have come to pass
to mourn your loss as you close
your eyes and suspend your stare
i'm blanketed by fear and the darkness
as you disappear
but i'll be waiting here in the hopes
that you'll recognize me once again

a mirror of light
i see myself in every movement you make
fragile and delicate like a ghost

swayed by the slightest breeze
and brought to my knees
by a subtle whisper

behind me the blurred shreds of memories
and the future so clear it scares me into hiding
so afraid of moments when you know how they will feel
holding on to the past to make sure that it was real
and that the feelings are forever binding