Within

Within

Passion ignited by lust

Burns quickly and brightly

But never lasts for long

To sustain love, you need more

You need intimacy

More than carnal knowledge

To know each other

Inside and out

Without a touch

Without a word

Within

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Complacency

Complacency

The visual evidence does not lie

There is no weeping and wailing

Perhaps there may be heaving of sighs

Don’t come to me later with hands wringing

Bemoaning what would or could have been

Most trouble is tricky and cloyingly clinging

Solutions come quickly when you open your eyes

Time is rapidly passing

Maintaining illusions might win the prize

But lies come home a-winging

The row is hard to hoe

It often sets heads to ringing

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Mercury's Vow

Mercury’s Vow

And all my sorrows turn to joys in times unlikely number’d

But quickly end with willful sighs to turn smiles e’now

A joyful look, I quickly took as e’re I turn my head

By Mercury, I pledged my vow

I wish only to live in the here and now

Never have meanings wrongly misread

But what will come of this sacred vow?

In public I will not one glistening teardrop shed

Only happy or pleasant face allow

Not to belie or fool, ‘tis that I dread

Br Mercury, I pledge this vow!

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I Need My Pain

Can you calm my fears?

I’m drowning in neuroses

You settle them all with a wave and a smile

When I look up again

Did I blink too long?

You’ve disappeared while my eyes were closed

If I wish hard enough

Can I blink you back?

Will you come if I promise to be well be behaved?

The light creeps over the horizon

The sun begins to rise

I have wished away the lonely nighttime

The light is too bright

It burns away the darkness

But sometimes we need the pain to make us who we are

So come to me quickly

Or come after the New Year

But come to me eventually or I will never get over this fear

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An Ember Burns Higher Then Flames Prodded Higher

A spark lights the way

It glows like a fay

It burns higher and faster

Leading quickly to disaster

You must prove who is the master

Or else you will pay

So as the fire you lay

Remember that they they say

As the fire blows past her

An ember burns longer then flames prodded higher

Keep this mindful, don’t delay

Whatever else you say

It must be held fast or

It spells true disaster

Because it’s true what they say

An ember burns longer then flames prodded higher

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