Follows

She walks in his footsteps in silence
No shadow does she cast
Her eyes hidden, gazing low
Her mind only on the next step
World weary and full of woe
Careful not to stray
Living only to serve him
Not broken but bent and bleeding
Random hurts from others they pass
Intended not to injure
They tear her down
Harming her beloved grieves her
Brings her so low
She falters as she walks
But still she follows

Possession

It's not that I have faltered I'm falling
Into a deep and endless abyss
I close my eyes to the darkness
Head in to the growing myst
Thoughts take form and shape
No longer and amorpheous blob
If I don't say the words yet
I'm trying not to sob
A silent hole is growing
Deep down in my chest
Let's leave the world alone
Forget about the rest
It will keep for now love
Waiting for space and time
No matter what else happens
You are mine

Lovers

A man and his instrument are one
One constanly craving
The company of the other
On a sleepless night
The man finds solace in his instrument
Playing,
Louder, harder, faster,
Jigs
Until he can play no more
And a soft whispering breeze refreshes him
And leads him to the opening notes
Of a gypsy love song
And when he has played his soul
He sleeps where he sits
Cradling the instrument in his hands
Like a longtime lover
And finds peace
And the rest is silence

* Bit of a back story. This is the original. It had been lost. I rewrote it here. Since I found the original I thought both would be nice.

Deeply

You sit next to me in silence
As we prepare for the night
I lean into your strength
Knowing you're here
That towering spirit
Fills me with resolve
Then the light shifts
I become tangled in covers
That once formed your arms
And the silence
Echoes all the more
Deeply
In your absence

Thaw

Thaw

A noise that starts off slowly

Imperceptible in the background

Slowly

Building

A bit of a crack in the distance

Then suddenly a thunderous roar

The sounds of the thaw

Permeate

Invade

Time has come to move forward

Spread out from winter’s grip

Its hold gradually lessens

Then

With a snap

It is over

The silence is deafening

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Baffle

Baffle

Listen carefully on a quiet day

Turn toward the sound

You can hear the refrain

As angels echo the joyous song

But all we hear

Is the silence of forests

The singing of birds

Immeasurable bliss has been hushed

As we create

Our own cacophony

Covering creation

With our meaningless noise

Attempting to transcend

The apogee of the universe

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Some Poetry I found while Cleaning out my Computer ***

Running in circles in my mind
Silence eats away at patience
Time heals nothing
If scabs never form
Pressure remains constant
Soul crushing pain
Heart wrenching
All consuming
Back to the beginning






You’ll never love me
 I’m not pretty or thin
I’m not up to your standards
I’m never gonna win

We’ll never be the perfect pair
They were always right
They said we were to different
They say how much we fight

You two will work much better
She seems much better for you
She make you happier
She better not make you blue






Floating feelings becomes tangled
Boiling up bubbles full of tears
Tomorrows dance across the horizon
Ready to race, reason for rhyme
Startling vision, sparkling sight
Newfound glory, gradient spikes.
Purple columns rising
Higher in the sky,
From now until forever,
Perfectly pleasant pair.

From now on I need to steel myself from the darkness,

My hard choices need to come swiftly now

One follow another in rapid succession

Time has come to rise to the action and make bold statements

Not always the popular decisions to bear the burdens

A life of single blessedness is a cursed choice

What is necessary is right in God eye and mine