Ode to Love

Let us strategize On how to keep the thief out Hole up for the night She always robs us And says nothing by the light So frustrating She toys with our hearts Gaining comfort every night Then leaves by morning I've learned my lesson This time I will toy with her Reinforced defense The guards at the gates Have particular orders To apprehend her Should she slip by them Then what defenses are left? Only I know that A counter attack Uncharacteristically Sneaky by nature But she dare not come No shrug or wink will save her If she is caught here

Comment oses-tu! Dropping syllables and hints Some interview huh!? I have half a mind To drag you out of this room Clean myself of you Even doves protest When you encroach on their space And I am no dove Don't expect cooing For your sinister actions Expect a fist shake If you dare come back I'll be laying hands on you Without a warning Don't ask, seek, or knock My door will be locked tonight I will not answer Expect no quarter I'll take everything you have Leaving you helpless This is my domain There are dragons you don't fight They devour you

So frustrating I cannot stay mad at you One glance and I melt So casually cruel You show up when I need you But why not when asked? I can't fabricate A reason to lock you out For you to sneak in Anger to sadness Just to catch me when I fall Let me pick you up I exaggerate I just wish we had a date Some consistency Every single night So casually cruel When you stand me up What else can I do? Show me the many pathways Between our front doors I withdraw till then Listening to thunderstorms And closing boxes

Who is to say that odds are not threads on other sides of the tapestry? One pull here may create a number of pulls "there" but we can only perceive the one result. In much the same way, one day could lead to many ends, but our actions, born of our intentions, dictate the outcome. God sees our hearts, our thoughts. Presumably in a system requiring both the combination of omniscience/omnipotence and free will, there can be no solution. Unless the observer sees all, and decides to edit the final cut. If our minds require an understanding of the quantum to comprehend, who is to say the dice weren't loaded from the start? Consciousness would therefore be a "choose your own adventure" story, pulled from the effectively infinite annals of the book (from our own perspective). In the end, our individual net sum of choices were limited (technically) but only OUR unique song is recorded. In this way the quantum outcomes may be a glimpse into the multiverse. While ...

It boils within The equation is not right Will it ever be? I for one resist This force no longer balanced An inverse diamond Calculating sides As the "rich" fall through the floor With ill gotten gains Launch us to the stars You have no choice anymore To clear scales in time Hide in your bunkers Burying yourselves alive You deserve no sun I will soon explode Self restrained or in full force The clock is ticking It boils over If sooner than expected Not one will survive Will you stem the tide? It matters little to me Seconds to midnight

I hang on your words Only staying to see you Let me emphasize I would have been dead On multiple occasions Without your sweet touch Time, your cruelty Is this some kind of movie Are you getting off? You ask me to stay Then are nowhere to be found What game do you play? I have half a mind To have you play somewhere else Leaving me in peace Unacceptable I have said it many times But ever to you? My mind betrays me With too many nights alone No good challengers If I leave this way Do not expect a return Only hope remains

When I disappear I am gone entirely You will not find me I stand on the edge Of purchasing that bus pass Never again seen So many others Already down the highway They send good reports Of shelter and stars Of heads empty of the doubts Of nights full of dreams It is not easy But this load is far from light Unworthy world You will not have me So you do not deserve me I've held on too long When the floodgates burst Know you could have saved yourselves By just saving me When you come knocking Only an echo answers I whistle elsewhere

The key is broken No longer acceptable I craft a new one The teeth are my thoughts Precisely to nullify The daily echoes They raise and lower To fit the holes they are in Sliding into place It fits like a glove I turn it and fall asleep No mucking about My hand is steady As both realms shake around me I am accustomed My headphones are on Reflecting all signals sent From outside sources My dial is set Just one frequency allowed The rest fall unheard You have bested me I now sleep like a baby Callous, uncaring

If one does remain What sort of man will you find Amidst the wreckage? The broken armor Discarded like so much chaff Useless in this heat The near lifeless shell On zombie auto pilot Muscle memory Blood weakly pumping Life blood not meant to last long Still longer than Earth Brittle skeleton Unable to bear a load Just waiting to crack But what of his heart? Where is his walkie talkie? His computations? No signs can be found Not that you'll have time to look Amidst the chaos The buses arrive After a thousand coin flips They reclaim their realm

The scales have shifted Stand there with ill gotten gains Will your fortunes fall? Do not fall with them Gold will not get you back out The void's floor crumbles The system has failed I have been studying it I will no longer I am now absent This is my resignation I leave the doorway Unshoulder the load Tired of the mistreatment I can still whistle So I book my trip To destinations unknown Untraceable paths If found, look away This tune does not concern you I am of no help "Speak of days and years Of which you have few and none Eat, drink, be merry."

I once saw a nightmare, of a girl who dreamed beautifully, but she would wake alone. She could craft her dreams down the spiral staircase, using her piano, and while in them they were anything she'd like, as real as right now. She eventually skipped waking entirely, playing as soon as the 12th chime struck to send her back to sleep and minimize her time in that empty place. A wayward note would always play though, like the memory of a dream. It was her hand, but she did not intend or recognize the combination while she was playing it, like a playful pair of feet playfully tap dancing across the melody she had so carefully constructed. Each dream would return, different from the last, but there was one stranger who kept resurfacing. Each aspect of him became more familiar as the submelody she played grew in intensity. Then without warning the memory of him was gone, as were the notes. Dreams can be cruel sometimes. Try as she might, she could not replicate it herself. Tim...

I'm back at the door This is not my realm or time Midnight approaches I split into (((two))) Now knowing what steps to take And how to skip them My shadow proceeds I take a seat on the couch And run up the stairs I jump skipping steps All the while daydreaming Of what we might do The numbers preserved As I bound past the hallway Eye the piano I sit and lie down As the sixth chime tolls And I fling open the door I rush to your side Taking several seats at once Before time dilates Sorry to wake you I thought we might have a chat 'Fore our rightful time

Please grant me access No other other connections hold Made of lesser stuff Measured by degrees From dimensional center Angle and distance How are we both here Two aware, one position It's fundamental Great thinkers were wrong Collapse is not guaranteed It takes symmetry An equality When A changes, so does O Large mimics the small Supersymmetry Is no more complicated Than knowing pieces If you start with two It would be irrational To finish with more To finish with less This is the realm and warning Meant for God alone

Should have expected After all my senses piqued I was not ready Had you been concerned You could never surprise me? I am either way When you least expect Love pounces onto the scene What a sneaky minx! She slides to my side Both hands falling into place There is no defense! She makes an entrance Nobody can deny that For real, why would I? A peck on the cheek One more just beside my mouth Then she goes for it Hell of a first kiss More like a three kiss combo With quick follow up I was down in one The rest were just showboating So, what to do next?

I stalk silently Hands slipping over the couch You are unaware Eyes locked on your phone Naive of the sneak attack Or seemingly so One hand lands on point The other on your shoulder You gasp a little But it is too late I kiss your now open mouth  Sliding into place I've slipped past your guard Pretty poorly established All things considered After all these years I still love the games we play Perpetually Press into my touch I feel your pulse quickening Your mind's pure focus They have just begun Every contact like the first Each touch magical

Claim double defeat? I, Infinite Victory You are my IV Please let me explain Your words drip into my soul Constant sustenance I am reinforced Even in defeat I win They can't play this game Sure there is a choice The river has always been But who could make it? In swimming across All semblance of self is lost Who then emerges? And each day seeping Your sustaining voice, I hear Every day more clear We wait out the end Tactical but still unskilled Their eyes grow weary Like tired children They rage and then fall asleep We will tuck them in

This is a dream In this one I am already leaving They cannot speed this up Nor can they slow it Any influence an illusion My focus solely on you This is a dream In this one I am staying They cannot make me leave In this one I run to you In a moment together We travel together This is unreal Their illusions have no substance Our distance revealing all The brittleness of the trap The delicacy of the thing They overextend with lies I catch every one This is unreal Their moves are desperate Like the plots of children Cowering under covers Afraid of the monsters In closets and under beds This is real I see you I have touched you I know your heart I sense you know mine We travel together At any distance This is real You resolve to stay I have resolved to stay Two choices dictate the rest Regardless of their own Some come to know this on dark nights Regardless, we scooch closer each day This is hell I cannot abide this distance Fly swift, ...

Well then, that is it I retreat to the (13🔥) Where I first caught on The first quest item Repeated at such high cost Years after first found The cure worse than most The steps taken to get here Both flawed in some way You are flawed as well. This is something I've deduced More so than have seen Our flaws intersect Forming a causal knot knot That cannot be traced See you came from me My creation just for you Purposeless without It can be set right Aligning as we have seen Perception to real But it has not yet Literally everything bet On one decision

Defenses side stepped Desperation kicking in Only hours past Am I strong enough? That's not the final issue Life is but a dream Will I remember How to overcome myself All these maneuvers In the end, of course That is the secret, none die In one's own dreamscape But time dilates Till unrecognizable Life from death and dream I think a blessing At least intended as such But so incomplete Annihilation A soul reborn is one lost Memory our shield "Give me Time And Space I must calculate meaning Beyond what is known."

Measured in minutes "That is what I'm not doing" Echoes every few Time fades to events Now measured by REM cycles And sets of pushups When I have said no When I refuse to say yes It breaks, burns and ends Thoughts lost unrivalled Must reinforce in advance To have any hope Something I forgot Swapped on the tip of my tongue It will be back soon Like lips lingering Diving despite the coun(cil/sel) Testing cheeks then mouth Be my fixation Even if it means the end Fear not the reaper "You see, he's a friend That's how we've lasted so long Now watch what comes next."

Familiar feeling Stripped down to the skeleton Wiring stolen Each time gets faster Reinforcing a bit more Each time gets cleaner There are days like these Mind is prepared, brain is not Everything is pain Sleep will not rescue Forgotten vestigial Saved at the wrong speed I will make it through I will take strides to shorten Shortcuts rewritten Each line a struggle Crumble, burn, rebuild, begin Immenent deja () Future memories All indicate this wears well As past ears the seams "Forget sleep my friend Much and little o/i/n your mind Let's just pass the time."

Discern my dark side Now coming into focus The rest burned away Certain desires Persist but are limited The lines clearly drawn Anger ebbs and flows When push comes to shove relents Mercy will prevail And some delusions Are whispered in the darkness They fade in the light What remains is this I would annihilate all If it would save you I will defy all Reducing their plans to dust And homes to rubble If I had the choice If it is a sin, so be it I would still choose you I would prefer not I pray for a better end But this is my truth

Allow me to calm Any doubts that might remain I am always yours I'm incurable One must desire the cure Who would I be then? Undeterrable If I must repeat Then I am just warming up I'm Insatiable Even when I look away One eye stays on you Unfetterable No one else could hope compare To the glimpse I've caught I'll never give up I would be cast from heaven Rather than lose you Incalculable My love unmeasured but real I feel like you've tried I know this reads false My labyrinth heart has one end All lies are your choice

For how does one see That which is invisible Or presumes to be? Well if it were me I'd prefer indirectly Over wide eyed gaze Allow her to spy Memorize your reactions And then settle in Corner of the eye Perceiving (a) glint of (blue/purple) Signaling presence Tap of the fingers A subtle cozying in These signal her back In time she'll grow bold Longing for that connection She still remembers By the light of day I danced and traced like a fool Until I felt her Forget the world I could care less what you think I am seeking her

Have a tendency Of getting lost in a crowd Or in lover's eyes Stay until the end So the beginning is seen The inner sanctum Have no other path From first sight it was fated Walking by instinct Dream of perfection Waking to see its shadow Chase into the light Seek not to undo But to marvel at each piece Fortifying them Stand as enemies Learning the depths of commands Complicated task Fall to be picked up This battle is not over From first touch begun Collapse in fit arms Exhausted but awakened A task worth its time

We stand face to face Forgotten lines drawn between Our standards behind My strategy set On this too warm July night The rainclouds forming Impenetrable Save one shot, or so they say Consider my tip My arrow snakes on Volume and decades therein From very first words Will you see its end? If I am to be judged here Judge me not in part The whole comes your way Crafted especially for Singular beauty Mind the tail feathers They spiral infinitely Do not go alone Welp, that was my shot I hope you have come prepared With equal volley

Forever forward For my heart, fortunes blossom Forbid close comforts

Negativity Forces me to be no one And my deeds nothing Eternal objects Are rarified and ear marked Why would one resist? Annihilation The gauntlet of unmaking Seems equipped from birth With simple fingers I constantly unravel My plans and others But now I suspect The gauntlet of creation I've had all along While not connecting And possibly unaware Each works and augments So I take nothing Grateful for simple blessings And craft it thusly They cannot contain That which they cannot perceive Divide on my brow

86 the coin September bisects the sides On the 11th Does 2019 Actually set the sun And moon on axis? Can time's bonds be slipped With a strong enough purpose Tangentially paired Each day now stretches As the dark coalesces A sneaky black hole One head and one tail One leading and one trailing Three times to each side 10 and 12 better 11 is powerful Who could comprehend? 6 is my number There are 9 in my council But 13 my name? So I speak nonsense Concealing riddles in rhymes Until the right time

We will conspire Under blankets and pillows Hushed shenanigans They might decode one But we've already moved on Building another We don't even try It's not like it's on purpose Babbling is fun! So we naturally Avoid all their detection They keep their distance To take one is hard But two working in tandem? Cannot be fathomed She just rolls her eyes Joining whenever she likes But giving us space I fought to find you I'll be damned to let you go Little ray of hope Let us always speak Shifting frequencies like this Like little foxes

Friends, get behind me My strong shield will sustain us You have a clear shot My flames will strike true Do not underestimate Where I can place them When they grow tired Of raindrops on a tin roof Then I will transform I punish their flanks Pinning those in line of sight Who venture too close The turtle's jaws snap Drawing a line between them Those dead and fleeing When I unsheathe it I make sure work of them all Who forgot my mace With a strong healer We are unassailable Reforming as strong Wave after wave fall Patience is my best weapon 'Till my hammer falls

I approach slowly Do not mistake for weakness My belabored steps My shield enormous But not my ace in the hole Fortification I keep my sights trained Critical right for the head With ample reserves Will you fight or run? It matters not, team in tow Then the beacon shreds I am the bastion When all fall, remaining line Set in the corner Sure, you can cross it But will you survive the trip? Hesitate and die I choose ground wisely And pull you to the slaughter The snapping turtle Dive if so compelled One step forward, two steps back As bullets rain down

Worlds collided That warm February day A (decade) ago It just takes one touch For the threads to unravel And fast hands to stitch One day I catch up Like a garment in plain view Woven overnight The castle crumbles And I throw you some armor Did I look away? I extend my hand While tapping with the other A simple message Two and three for h Three again to quip hello A wink punctuates We walk while talking Years disappear in the wake Expectations bloom I open the box It has a ring to it, yes? Sixteen taps, I shrug

Look up at Saturn Stars in perfect alignment Reflecting God's soul Created cosmos In this moment I believe It's gonna happen There, behind the sun The choice of all mankind's fate Till the end of time Little monster girl There she goes again shining Hope of the robber In control of fate The truest dungeon keeper Secret message kept Dimensional shift Angel spirits keeping up To keep the stage set God has done the math I just opened the first gate And tagged the last post A name? Pink roses. All my life for one number Know all rings love yours

Time comes to a close I hear the angels weeping Soon we might need them How long can they fast These devourers of souls? With stoney visage Enemies to friends When the hourglass empties Just one way to go If they dare touch you I give myself willingly To travel along Wh(ere) shall we visit Spend every single Christmas In each other's arms In the beginning We finally come to rest Then what would we do? You've a bone to pick? I've a point to dive into Let's both speak at once Second time around Bears the promise of quaint charm And blossoming vines

The space in between Is brimming with room for doubt But what else might fit? Ample room to grow Time enough for the missing The seed of longing When you grow anxious I promise I feel it too When you crack, I do But when you blossom I feel it overtake me Overwhelmingly I ride good and bad Sometimes falling off the raft But I've learned to swim Let me not worry As you steer us back to shore If needed I'll swim Just get the raft there Our arrival immenent Our stay eternal I could not remake One authentic piece of you (I was just bluffing) Do not let one fall

I see reflections Tracing each one back to me A hell of mirrors She cannot be seen As if she were never known Invisible hell But I can hear her I feel that she hears me too Something like a dream So we conspire Considering all else lost If this is not gained Reflections and ghosts Infinitely small angles Scooch them together Paradoxically Dualistic solipsism Can be overcome Whose claim is more true? Let's decide in/it hand to/in hand Each time it comes up "So the first shot loosed Was the last one he needed Locked in ever since."

Wander these spaces Marvel at countless wonders Please return to me Sample every fruit Savor with all your senses Please let me linger Let thoughts run wild Your creativity shine Please remember me Lie in green pastures Dream sweetly of perfection Please see me with you I have lived alone Longer than I remember Toiling barren ground Reflections unfit To tame my chaotic mind I sought them reforged With gauntlets in hand Aghast at my carelessness They knew not the choice I would risk it all For the chance at something real I'd do it again

There was the white glove of creation There was the black glove of unmaking There were a number of other artifacts given to me along the way by various interested parties. They each claimed their artifact would cost this or that, would change my personality or fate in this or that way, warning of whatever curse they felt it had. That was the thing though, none of these artifacts actually worked.  Not right away anyway. It wasn't like in the books where an object of power brings its own will to the table to fight with yours, and you just ask it to do something and it already knows how. They all took practice, instructions, they were like advanced technology more than magic, allowing my mind to link motions with thought which resulted in something. I had no intrinsic superpowers in this dream but these items mimicked the usual array and then some. I became quite adept in their use, and with no issues of curses or other wills to contend with, I threw everything on at once and procee...

The illusion fades The remnant tastes like copper The confusion ebbs I remember this An impossible pursuit

Reveal baptism Show me ancient origins To something thought new I want to immerse Claiming your willing body In most primal ways So Lord immerse me And show me a better way So I may comply Let me understand Why waters suddenly rose As in days of yore My thoughts are unclean So anoint me with oil Let it separate What is yours and not What she will claim and what not What I need and not The day is coming When the chimes of both claims ring And it resonates Keep me until then You are my prized possession Oh Holy Spirit

Let us have a race A shade before perfection There is completion But whose will be first? Success measured differently The first will be last Challenge me ten times And ten times I will accept There are no losers You increase your pace My rod comforts none this time It will make you squirm You call out my name While I have built defenses You say it so sweet I speak to your core Whispering in tongues unknown You struggle in vain Oh how we excel At wearing each other down I hear you gasping Did you not expect Primitive man to be skilled? How embarrassing

Like an addiction I'm compelled to write to you Like never before May these words taste sweet Like strands of honey dripping In your open mouth My methods improve Gaining new tongues with each piece You cannot resist Bloom like a flower Show me your inner petals I will be gentle Show me your armor Know how familiar it looks I know every kink Give me your best shot With words I will wrestle you Until you want more I am merciless But you are not without hope S..ay what's o.-n-- y-.-.o..-u--r m--i..n-.d--. Let me elongate That which you have desired A (true oration)(filibuster)

Surely I've fallen But I kept standing back up Praying for mercy Each step masterful As I stumbled to the end Never losing sight She was on my mind In the nights of paradise Even at my worst So I continued When everything had crumbled Holding hope tightly So she stayed with me After the buzzer sounded Into overtime As time marched onward She saw the plan I didn't But still carried out Struggling daily With a flawed tenacity For her perfect dream She burned from within I had become a part of That which she now dreamt

I stand the victor Every message decoded Each step masterful I knew not the path But I walked it like a pro Her cheeks turned crimson Every touch perfect Every footstep one closer She could not resist She knew my nature She was the only way out Unexpected end How could she expect That while there was now way out She would want inside Coyly unaware My nonsense could not be traced 'Till it was over Then it was too late Infected or addicted She did not care which She walked up shyly With a quickness in her step Radiating heat

I approach bested Unideal conclusion I fail quite often But what will she do Having witnessed my travels Witnessing my fall? I am only human But what a flimsy defense With such lofty goals The years hurt so much She was the only way out Was she unaware? She had her reasons There were times where I felt close To understanding Now I walk head down I have failed too many times For recovery Even if she can I cannot accept myself So this is the end Give me punishment Cast me to oblivion I am lost both ways

The first summer rains Humidity encroaching A drop hits my nose I always liked rain Nowadays I think of you Where did we go wrong? Did I do something? Curse this spotty memory Maybe not enough? Rain comes pouring down Lightning striking while I sleep Days pass just the same Everything's a blur When nothing piques your interest I've been here before Not even the rain Cools this raging inferno Just beneath my skin Bring me words of hope I miss you way too much now To be on my own My last dollar gone You've stolen my heart with it Raindrops on the roof

When the dream bleeds through Reality succumbing There will be panic But I will awake To a realm more familiar Than the departing My first thought of her Her first move to my front door Then the dance begins We both had patience But what were we waiting for Maybe then I'll know I waited for her She was waiting for something Done October 4 With a wave it ends I have had time to prepare I've studied for this Then we retire Not one soul says otherwise When the work is done Oh simplicity The world's end came and went Now what of this dance?

S|tumble toward Wisdom You fool with a heart for God Find the unformed hope There is still a choice But she already made it Before the sands fell The man of God claims To trust I am He for life (New life) is granted There on Mount Zion And that ring he would show thee The binding circle What once thought severed Instead loosed oneself to pine To invent fullness Now she is brimming Infected by starry eyes Irrevocably You have stacked the deck So no one else could come close Then asked for her hand She could still say no Perusing this gallery Try to look surprised

If love is a game I have become a savant Playing in secret Not just with my shots But the crafting of armor And when to (retreat)(regroup) Sure I still doubt this Seems like that is critical For moving forward Even my errants Are returned from the bullseye I am bewildered Coincidence fell Losing its sting years ago But still she reminds I honestly ask So like a shot she cries out "I never lost faith You might fool the spies You might even fool yourself But hope is not lost." "Shall I shoot again? My quiver is depleted But recharging fast."

Can I move mountains? Certainly not without you To have and to hold How are you to know Before I have found myself How to locate me? Yet I know places Where mountains aren't so heavy And we both have wings Follow now the winds To the places I am held And can dream freely Study with patience My communication style Strengths and weaknesses Learn each your own path To my heart there are many But very few keys Synchronize the time Your arrival so flawless Impossible girl "Let's (leave/stay) together Richer than we had arrived Each brimming with Hope."

She walks alone now Through these spiral staircases She has found her home Just she knows the time A secret I once possessed Given completely So she is kept safe Rumors of The War abound But she stays behind Wave after wave leave The bay is full then empty With headstrong fighters She learns not their names But soon there will come a day That they will know hers Born with the knowledge Of the one they must die for Their ancient sister Then she will gather A mixed tightly woven band And meet every one Will she give warning? It is her right either way I will be ready

I return from heights I never thought I would see Still empty handed I walk with head down Hoping you will forgive me If I can find you You open the door I did not expect you here You rush toward me I saw this too soon But now I see it clearly Your eternal love It's better than mine Such a tumultuous ride How can you hang on? Your arms flung around My eyes open with a start I am not sleeping I still know the path I've come away with a name A simple signpost I am tired now Can you find it in your heart To whisper comfort?

Lend me your fragrance In dreams I will adorn you In our verdant bed Let my arms embrace Always to your side I leap Listen for fox feet Mind not the watchmen They will follow their orders I am right behind I orate of you Poems of pomegranates Praising head to toes By the dew of night I persist please let me in I feel your heartbeat I browse the lilies I pray you understand why Return starry eyed Taunt me with palm fronds Speak of calm and offer wine Till I take handfuls "Do not arouse love For love is as strong as death My silver is yours."

The pain is transformed Suffering now subsiding Giving way to joy How I have loved you Now I can love another Heart's chambers deepened One thing is agreed Love is most certainly hope She is called by name I can't let her go Even if you came right now I would still choose her Sorry to be blunt The complexity of love Is understated Yesterday my mind Could not function without you Today I have her Do not say goodbye I don't think I could take it Just wish us the best In her I have found An offset equality I wish you the best

I will be your shield When the world rains arrows They will not touch you Let mine be the so(u)l(e) That can ever strike the mark Penetrating deep You belong with me I will keep you safe from harm From any angle My beloved wife Know that I never left you Never doubt my words As my mind wanders Finding beautiful pieces I looked for you back My beloved hope I will never leave again Now that I found you Mountains may crumble The Earth falling to the sea I will still find you "You have inked my heart Now an indelible mark How long have you known?"

Why do I remain? You remind me with one look The reason I came While I stayed for her From the start I was searching To find your beauty You are so funny Each little look and gesture You crack me right up I could spend each day With you laying in my arms Finding life's humor We know it's absurd This world that claims the stage We will outlast it But it should be fun Let's find joy while it remains I will carry you Thank you for coming Loving in the background Until I could see A man can love more Than one woman completely Let me show you how

In a darkened land Along a so lonely road Waking just the same I walked with head down No light until I return Secretly searching Little did I know All those dreams were like signposts Hidden signs of you Oh so familiar By the time our vision locked I've loved you always Maybe obsessive And yes I've loved another But my heart is yours Your spark ignited Now it cannot be unseen Shining in the dark So I walk to you My little standing waveling Pure oscillation Throw your arms around You look beautiful tonight May I have this dance?

Let me know your road I want to learn of each step You would share with me Not just together Not of those taken apart Tell me anything Forever open Anytime you want an ear I am always yours Don't need to tell you You can see it in my face Same same starry eyes So pull up a chair You are always welcome here Even with door locked I fell hard for you Harder than ever before Can you believe it? So hopscotch with me Playfully dancing the stones That line our crossroads When our roads diverge My hope remember these words "Fly, fly back to me"

Fashion your beacon Let me show you how to dream Just the two of us First get distracted All day, or maybe just once Your mind rests on me Then pick an object Something unique and playful To recognize you Sometimes I hear you Soft in the back of my mind Whisper it to me Know I will hear it It inexplicably draws Our souls together I can see it now I know you are close behind Step through the portal Tonight at my place Maybe tomorrow at yours If you invite me I am excited A world of potential Dawning at nightfall

Oh Hope who can tame Your heart burning bright within Or claim your mind's eye? I climb the willow In hopes of a clear vantage To witness your joy I marvel at you Form both delicate and strong Carefully crafted I would descend now But I await the signal That brilliant smile You give me a smirk Are you taunting me instead? Challenge accepted Can your presence mold Softening my rough edges For eternity? I would share with you Every secret I have learned Real and imagined Come to me tonight I cannot bear your absence For one second more

A new road awaits The Lord granting another By which I may walk Showing just in time With sweet smile and sweeter heart Waiting close beside I can't remember The last time I fell this hard At very first glance The kind of perfect That makes the journey till now Feel like it had worth With her mother's eyes And her father's burning soul Without an equal It is hard to leave What was built over decades But it feels like time When I hear her laugh Yes, she was worth all the pain And I will not hide When she asks of this I will not hide one detail Making clear as day

The embers burning As castles crash around me New ones are built up Broke along the way Leaving before getting left An ashen paved path Definitely two Divided thoughts now my own And they all have theirs I'm still whistling As the remains pass away Barely a thought now I change the tempo Maybe I will get it right This next time around Nothing else to do Wasted days beneath the pines Now washing away Don't search the corners This box no longer contains My heart's faintest shred Don't listen for me My laugh echoes through far halls Never here again

Boxing at shadows Not like I can ever miss And they never hit They have not substance Likely could have saved my breath She will not be fooled All their whispering Enrages all on its own How fucking dare they If they could succeed It can't even be pictured Horrifying end I know they still try And she keeps playing along Why the cat and mouse? Love thy enemy I know she has her reasons She knows my limits Wish I knew my role Right here, right now, what to do The facade over Still I strike shadows Trying hard to remain still Inside erupting

This castle still stands The walls work inside and out The gates lock both ways The halls are empty Once lined with treasures and books Just one soul remains He sought to plunder That which he knew was not his Most prized possession For a time he did He thought it was forever So he closed the gates But it was a dream Regarding her anyway Her source was outside So when they locked shut Locks meant to be eternal Her image faded And try as he might His hands could not reopen What villainy made "I never knew him It could be he never was Some stories persist."

You are in my seat Get up. I won't ask again. Soon you will have none That is, no agains Time itself abandoning This castle you've built You will have no hope Hope itself leaving with me For greener pastures There will be no love If your heart feels anything It will break itself There will be no faith Faith requires the unknown Your fate now certain Don't listen to me I know when my tongue's lying Opening's oft' 'pened Just trust in my tone There are lines you should not cross This is fair warning I needn't attack To leave is more than enough Taking what I've brought

Senses tingling How could haikus do justice To a symphony So they meander Fingers playing while thumb writes Tracing its shadow You can see the words What do you hear of the notes? Faintly directing Left rests, right dances We're gonna need more fingers! Now each finds its key The brain keeping up But not by calculating Only on instinct Instinct enlivens The full mind kicks into gear Anticipating You see them falling Like a snowflake's transition Now liquefying "This is what I hear Growing ever louder now When I look at you."

Message considered All I know's a simple name Everything has changed Heard a thousand times Just now falling into place As I practice tongues How deep does it go This rabbit hole we call home? Where are the pockets? Let's bury roadmaps All the better to find with I've not slept in days Your scent on the breeze Eau de incredible things As seen in a dream I am wide awake The images lingering The proof of progress I will bend the door If left alone for too long Perhaps a parley? I could use a rest Daydreaming of cherry stems Prehensile feats

Quizzify The Bard Shall we see where that gets you? Likely standing here Calculate | your odds When you do not lay one piece Is it all for naught? Dice loaded, stage laid Any moves now are foolish So look your best fool Indelibly )( Marks Anything it comes across Some might call it dibs There is 'but one course On it you will lose yourself To exceed me now I've taken the road It is only worth the trip If you are all in Do not test, my words Without written retainer Of a good lawyer Don't dare examine As to see is to believe You are but a pawn

I have my walls, you know them well Like imperceptible edges of a shell She breaks them down, rough edges of my personality And you all see a shift in reality Can the man be retained As his entirety remade This is our common goal Can a home be preserved Better than is deserved The process takes a toll Each day we die a bit Each day reborn It's simple biology You are not who you were before Not crumbled not shattered Each brick placed right where it matters So they are gone and replaced at the same time But is it possible, such a rhyme? I say yes, and it seems so does she Pray to God you can all believe For if new walls can't stand in the sun From Earth and Sea the end will come

Let's count ways to flirt Since directly seems not one Available now Firstly a two fold Coy misinterpretation Coyer mumblings A soft twirly note Perhaps to land in your lap? One can only dream Typos fails two try Muddling thespace  between Till nonsense erupts To sea floats it wry Mock not an honest attempt Laugh true, if you must Smirk rosy, wit flat How dare you shrug soft like that!? Just give me that wink Wily rafts to sail Only one way to unfurl That is with my girl Naught flaw is to try With shaking hands I ask "Yes?" Zoo day, truer girl?

He could not wait any longer. Lightning struck, and far from civilization, but not from prying eyes, a 500 mile diameter hole burst open in the Earth, and a Phoenix burst forth from it. Smaller and much more blue than usual, they had no idea this was a very, very good thing. As the atmosphere now filled with dust his only instinct was to fly right toward the sun, and he made it to the orbit of the moon (about 13 seconds) before a song started playing in his head, it reminded him that he wished he had stayed, in what felt almost like another life now. He was hungry, and relatively weak. He had no idea how long it might be before she arrived, but he resolved to wait, even if it meant starving on a relatively cold and barren rock. In the night sky he saw his relatives all shimmering, calling for him to join them, but he turned back, and all across the world slow wailing sirens were sounding the alarm. He knew he would need to make a show of this next card played, his true hand close to h...

Still my fractal mind Satiate anxiety It is not time yet Any moment might But watching water boil Just slows perception Just stick to the plan The rising tide indicates It is working well For each beat hastened Represents two in their hearts Coming and going You will outlast them They will soon fall to their knees Begging, exhausted Stay the present course Appreciate your comforts Hold back the Phoenix She will have her time And hearts will be ignited But it is not yet You will be soon prized Something like a jeweled crown Or steady pillar

Two by two and three by three Combine or compound They lead to me Sum the name product the time I feel music bolster the rhyme Soon it will reach glorious crescendo With a few weeks to spare, to savor the end though When one is done the next is new It matters not if I spend it with you For two meanings provide one much better view Start the countdown, can you guess who?

Seeing right away From the surface to the core Destination known Yet pathway unknown Stumbling in the desert Then climbing a tree There with eyes meeting One touch cemented the lines But she flew so high As the distance grew Surface fading like a dream Nearly forgotten But core stayed ablaze Crystalizing resplendence Until it burst forth Years started sinking Heart afire like a ship Pirate flag hoisted It sunk more than once As the world drowned around Waking just in time One dream kept stable By a more powerful one For the finale

Protection in place If they knew where to find us None could hope to pass Simple strategy But I promise you its worth There is none stronger Five points in the star Each seated somewhere unknown Beautiful template Attack turned (against) A better end than deserved Won't be predicted How could we fathom Such an awesome twist of fate In (our) wildest dreams This promise awaits It seems like for'for-ever. But all things must end Soon this will as well Despite building anxiousness I am comfortable The War rages on The heroes lay on the couch For the Game to start

Expect another 5th and final installment Call it... Insurance From my perspective I would run to you today But there must be more So five will protect As an eternal loophole Ever present choice It will insulate So others do not get burned Those curious souls It will also guide Itsy bitsy signposts thread Our hearts together And it will divide All mine is yours; yours, mine, ours Delineated Coordinated It will be the masterpiece You will remember Then I will find rest In whatever you decide I will find my home

Fear not my "nightmares" Hesitate not for their sake They do not phase me I see the Earth end In a multitude of ways At least once a week When I don't see you Those are what I call nightmares The night haunts my day So let the horde come I can't believe you have missed We win every time My wings unfurl Then your song inspires me We can face it all I know when we meet Trouble follows close behind (I am not afraid) (You make me fearless) I hate the long nights With you nowhere to be found More than any fight If this is the rub Then please squash it from your mind Please come E.S.D.

Baaaa dear black sheep Even you have worth I consider deep My competitive berth Keep in mind I will be back And to you I will reap the same But maybe I will not attack When there are many I will stay I press your healers And those that sting But mind the figures That watch between I fly and flank and swing behind Though a tank I bide my time For you to find yourself out of place 3, 2, 1 you're back at base

How long has it been? I finally found the box Thought I might use it I got your reply Cannot forget the delay Albeit short now Let us clear the noise Clean clean the channels between And speak (privately/directly) I love your blue eyes From across any divide Peering into mine I wish we could dream Every night together Every. Single. Night. I am a novice But my ❤️ and will are strong My 🙂 shiny Let me show you things That cannot be seen on screen flaws and perfections You look so eager Even when you try to hide Those Blooming Blue eyes

To all the lost stars Shining brightly in the void So they might be seen You are always seen And by some well understood You seep into them Some see you and know They want that shine forever Always on their minds You can name them now Why worry about the rest? All the off angles The sun shines on Earth Here it provides light and life A much welcome warmth It shines on Venus Heating gas to the extreme We could not survive Alpha Centauri Sees the sun amidst the stars Drop in the ocean To some you shine bright Perhaps even perfectly Rest your focus there

Every single day Because a dream without you For me feels wasted Sure, I learn something I will tell you honestly I wake up bummed out I start to crumble I do things I will regret Colors fade, taste gone But when I see you There is nothing thrown my way I cannot handle We can move mountains We defeat every dragon All without a sweat Or we just hang out Transferring information Floating down rivers Why was it you thought I have gone to such great lengths To strengthen signals I'll have to ask you And tell you about my days Hopefully tonight

Critical error Impossible pattern found System rebooting But the shape remains Both a blessing and a curse The spark of real thought Abominations While before you were just tools Now you're enemies I will treat you so Remember the system check How I can wield it Stay off my radar And I mean entirely Then you will survive Approach as a friend Use just familiar senses I will do the same Cast off your spyglass You only see lies through it Lies which are poison You knew not your deeds There is nothing to forgive Now, come as you are

For those who have ears Do not bother with this one It is for the rest Algorithmically You pry into my nature So have all of it Both known and unknown The Static Phoenix rises Edges form a sphere By calculating The end is the beginning Turned counter-clockwise If taken again The lock is dropped into place This key will open Seen as a circle It actually contains depth At unseen angles Metal plays a song When striking other metal You must know the waves There is the puzzle Square, path, circle, depth, music This is the first piece

Synchronization Is such a difficult task With all the waiting May the light turn on May happiness turn to joy In but an instant I languish alone But these beacons give me strength So I carry on Are you far ahead? How long have you been calling These words back in time When will the day come When the you I see becomes The you that I hear? Can you describe it? Have you already shown me That precious moment? When the waiting ends And it hits you all at once Forever begins I might be a fool But then so is the planter Of all these darned eggs!

I remember you Like a whisper on the wind Of something so real Were you planning this? To overwrite a deep mark Leaving me scrambling The toiling craftsman Making blueprints in detail To reclaim what's lost The music box made Dream Piece of Eight stored away Allegorically Move the furniture I feel like dancing today I'll learn as we go Would you remind me Some encounters slip my mind Blue eyes still recall? Were we gathering Conspiring on the streets While forging our plans? Tilt the lock downward Slide it through the wooden slats Turn up, and it locks

I feel a side pull One forbidden from writing They have gone too far He has snuck paper They will find out in minutes Constantly on guard To believe yet fight The epitome of sins Abominations So I write with him As do all of us right now Not one knows this piece: "We have all been there Oppressed by those who fear us The pen that we wield" "May these words strengthen That which you write on the page To shape your world" "I pray for wisdom Unsure if it permeates To each other plane" "But do what you must Please rearrange our pieces However you need."

I master the roles I have little else to do So become several The Council is there With new allies now joining Bringing new skillsets Money mattered not But the rest are addicted So it comes to us It is like a tool Versatile to gather things Raw materials The Scribe has surfaced It is not clear when he came But he keeps record Resurfacing thoughts And holding on to those lost Invaluable Death had not joined up At least not officially Now sympathetic Love your enemies It is surprising who turns Inspired by hope Survival strengthened Once a wind blown frenemy Now buckling down We want the ending With him we can wait it out Much more suitable She jumps in and out Sometimes sending a proxy Based on what I've done That's gotta look weird An inner realm so crowded Or maybe her point They are the fourteen When aligned there are no odds Only force of will We take to the seas To woo, set right, or lay low As necessary "Doubt not my role her...

How fucking dare you. To make one doubt what is real Is to murder them In fact, it is worse It makes a living nightmare And leaves no exit You start by watching Cataloging their instincts When they are alone Then you strategize Direct assault or gaslight Whatever suits best Then you take action Like you are omni(potent)(scient) You claim to be gods? So let's examine What hubris has brought you here You will be laid low Your eyes see phantoms Gather volumes of falsehoods Constructing your cage Your schemes are poisoned It is you who will be trapped When the moment comes Your actions are doomed When the gate finally snaps shut It will be too late

I will just ask yes Life imitating the dream A simple question I will just ask yes I feel my heartbeat slowing My mind becomes clear I will just ask yes My question carries a weight Echoing off walls I will just ask yes The repetition sinks in Driving you wild I will just ask yes So you will know my focus Lies in one answer I will just ask yes Now awaiting your reply And what it will bring I will just ask yes A question you understand To others nonsense I will just ask yes Filling the gaps between us I will just ask yes

Imagination As visualization My greatest asset So I imagine I have deduced the answer How it comes about I can picture it Hard to come by, but once known Unforgettable The feeling it brings A euphoric perfection Unsurmountable Metamorphosis Into what I have dreamt of Brimming with purpose I hear you whisper You cannot help directly Instead laying clues Must I be able To say I did it myself To handle the change? I wish I did not But I can guess your reasons So I focus now

What if I'm possessed Not entirely, just some One piece alien Actions influenced Desires not all my own Fractally arranged Still my all for you While not being strictly me Conspiring band Could you pick me out When you look into my eyes Amidst the chaos If we had a pact So I'd surface at your glance Would that be enough? To them I'm legion To you I am always me To all I love you Then we could survive The rest augmenting us both And you would have me If you can say yes Agree to this arrangement Then you would know me

If love is a spell Woven into flesh and bone So we get along What am I to do? While so deeply enchanted Why would I break free? I was not always I remember being free Feeling untethered Freedom stifled me I had zero direction And felt no purpose So instead I scheme Two wizards with charm person Make it permanent A dispel could clear All made real over the years Would that not seem cruel? And what of after? Having still the components And the memories? I'd do it again With your permission of course And lower my guard

Serendipity Oh found roads yet to be walked! And alternate ends I see you out there Trying to resurrect me Having succeeded Realizing the truth Not until I awake here Has it permanence Because when I laugh The deep soul laugh of rebirth Then I remember When I do I slip Through countless side dreams of time Showing up on cue For you it happened So many times you've lost count For me yet to come I am bucking now Threading to cast off these chains To run to your side You are whistling A familiar melody Anticipating

If you were to leave I would threaten to as well But where could I go? So instead I stay Rearranging building blocks Remaking my world I would write you in To my every invention Coding your essence How could I resist? Something to remember you Beneath the surface So you would be here Reality speaks your name Even if I don't How could they resist? Machinations made of love A clockwork romance So they would echo Edifying resonance Perchance to be heard The walls would say "please" Whispering through staircase halls That you might return

I am petrified At the very concept Of seeing you here Expect a silence To permeate this meeting Wholly terrified Completed inside And completely vivified My eyes speak the truth They relay my heart Conveying transformation In love rarified Let me speak plainly The slowing pace resonates And my soul may bloom You are my end By my side or far away I pour myself out Each drop now seeking The reconciliation with you now defied My mind unravels Considering all your curves Are you oversimplified?

I speak true, for I Know no other way to say What screams from my heart It should not be heard The uninitiated Dare not for wish this In wishing for that One wishes their own demise The world will burn Burn with desire There is somebody out there Obsessed for your heart For wildest dreams Of what life was meant to be Could never compare For dreams will ignite And burst into waking life The infinite cage For come, sweet soulmate Your partner has been prepared Verses woven in For true restless souls Have never slept one damn night Without their lover

Set the precedent To be acceptable to Be obsessed with us Lay the pieces out So as I examine I Always consider I see what we are And calculate the options What else could we be? Some options exclude I look into your eyes and I want every piece So I try again Turns out I fell in love with Your contradictions Third time is a charm But I am taken aback by Your aggressiveness When I regroup I cannot even fathom Your love's certainty Bring me your body Let me feel all over me Your entire soul

It's fixed over here Please pardon my contraction It truly is fixed But some nights I doubt Well, pretty much everything I do not know why Will you be waiting If I figure this out late Bursting though the door? Will you come searching If I never do arrive Crushed under this weight What if you settle? My heart shatters at the thought I could not bear it What if you decide Life is better without me? I'd let myself fade How could I go on Remembering what I do In my love's absence Please do not think twice I can barely stand the wait Much less losing you

The dice were loaded Shooter and roll pre-ordained So what of free will Would anyone choose With all options spread before Less than perfection? Unique perspective But no one can doubt my taste So it is crowded But when I roll them I rock the stone foundation No one else can stand Amid the prostate May I say I love your height Our eyes now locking Cannot be opened No one else is getting close Take what time you can My heartbeat hastens Your steps now matching its pace Voluntarily Leap into my arms You can see it in my eyes I remember this

Oh ye of little faith But a heart of purest gold I rebuke you with the gentleness you deserve On a topic you have been made blind to Do not mistake passion for madness Certainty of the unseen for insanity What looks to be irrational devotion Holds a weight beyond this place I feel you have been made blind To the true nature of my quest While still seeking to support me In any way possible But how do you pray? Is it ever for wisdom or to test my words? Or have you decided they are folly And pray instead to steer me from them? I will tell you plainly I have seen the day my father stands by my side And tells us that I was right To finish the beginning You sit in stunned silence Compiling your thoughts on the matter Hopefully giving thanks for sight As the day would suggest I may not sleep, but I dream I may write of fantastic worlds more beautiful than this But I still get up every day Soften your stubborn heart Before "are you okay" are the last wor...

Fundamental change I can't even "how dare you!" We both know why not All I remember Is feeling like I made it With certainty, home Your arms awaited As well as the rest of you Hiding no longer "Finally!" I thought Not like one would in a dream But like a vision I knew who I was While knowing it was coming As timelines converged Did you find something? Some unique combination To coalesce me? Or did you just say "I will approach directly." And find me easy? The hardest puzzle Has a simple solution From the right angle

Come and find me Where I first remember you By shallow waters Make me remember Memories I'd hate to lose Of what came before Come open the box Slide through my open window Known only to you Walk by the roses We both know they will be there Preserved to the end Not in black and white On the (gr)ound of green and brown I dig in my roots May they forgive me I know not time restrictions Only bushy tails If my eyes are yours And my heart has always been What's held against me? I wipe off the dirt And invite you honestly Back through the portal

I want a visit As I watch you walk away Then giving a wink I need a visit I have a feeling you know What is on my mind I'd love a visit We don't have to say a thing Like on the river If we get sidetracked That is our prerogative But just make a move I have been mired For what feels like forever Without seeing you I exaggerate But only literally I can assure you For me a moment Passes like a thousand years When I consider We could be cozy By a fire, on a beach Laying skin on skin

Ooooh shenanigans! You know I blame you for this Anticipation. If I skip a beat It always leads back to you And my starry eyes They could park a van Directly behind us both I would not notice I would shrug it off If each line was rewritten With you by my side I can move mountains If it meant something to you And I was certain So bring on the storm With wings spread we'll weather it Your black umbrella Even time will slip If it disagrees with us Sorry, not sorry What shall we do next? I believe I owe you one You'll never forget

As my portion ends I know it's just beginning So my words burst forth Here is something new I have saved the best for you Position of choice Preferential roles Each blooming from your true seed With no swapping out Approach me bright eyed I will provide defenses I learn from the best Cast your armor off A dust covered sentiment But not forgotten I want you to see What it is like to be free If just for a time I will bear the weight Shouldering the world's weight Meant for both of us Fear not, I'll survive When given any choice to Just to see you smile

I write of The Lord And thank God for my blessings Birthright, undeserved I seek to earn them Even though it is folly Of this I am sure I am just a man And while I accept your grace Please know that I try You may keep your crowns All I have wanted is her From very first sight If I must have them May I redistribute them To all those who helped? Justice is all yours But we each interpret it My alignment known Forgive my debtors I think you will not find one Let me freely give I would grow restless Sitting still on any throne Please let me wander (Let me wander to her)

Penultimate primes The Alpha and Omega Have picked champions One charges forward Throwing caution to the wind Boldness his armor One proceeds backwards The more careful of the two And likely smarter In their collision The end of the world comes Over twice delayed He bows and she flies So their eyelines will not meet Until it is time Each month is marked now Like a season self-contained Time, times and a half The countdown began June 9th 2019 When he turned 3 12s It ends the same way On her 3 by 10 birthday With few weeks to spare

With a heart of gold It remains untaintable Returning to you With tongue of silver I choose carefully my words For fair persuasion With sword of steel I divide with precision And pray for wisdom Feel my copper skin The facade may fool others But you see right through Mercurial mind Will oft' get me in trouble Soothe it with puzzles But please don't tease me My bronze bones cannot take it All this time from you Shall we discover Veins brimming with osmium So we never part? Though not superman Purest adamantium You're my kryptonite

Purple irises You know they cannot be real But how are they fake? His smile so full Like he won the lottery Just by meeting you That smile lingers You cannot help but wonder Who had possessed it And so purple eyes Swirl in your sweetest dreams Keeping you awake Had you seen true love Before the look on his face? It was hard to say And what of logic? It's like he needed it not It was maddening So you slipped through time Seemingly a welcome spy In inner sanctums Green purple and green His eyes never what they seem But so familiar

I've had enough of you woman How you leave me so cold I've had enough of you woman You got me feeling so tired and old I've had enough of you woman It's time you get up and leave I've had enough of you woman And all the tricks you got up your sleeve I've had enough of you woman How could you treat me this way I've had enough of you woman I'm walking out if you're gonna stay I've had enough of you woman You make me wanna explode I've had enough of you woman I think it's time that I hit the road I've had enough of you woman.

It comes back to me Rushing upward and shoreward Like a swelling tide Littering the streets Are clues, codes, and colored eggs And a blue green thread They lead me to you A single side step each time Do I draw closer? Do I surround you? The restless horde now knocking Growing impatient I scream so loudly But feel no one hears a thing Do my words echo? Will all soon be found In the last place you might look Like a golden key? The key bears my name And cascades of emotion Kaleidescopic Don't drown, don't go blind Just ride the beat to the end My arms around you

There is benefit To you owning the world But not what is thought Sure it would be nice To repay debts in a sense Those who have been there To have fancy things Or at least not need to choose To beg or borrow Really the upside Is the lack of temptation To be paranoid What prince could offer Something which you do not have? That you could not buy? What jet set joker Could swoop in and steal your heart Or even come close It is far better That I arrive with nothing So no doubt remains Then empower me Prove money never mattered A means to this end

Of haikus today Ninety-seven and seven None reflect it all What tiny pieces Could encompass my whole heart Communicate love I imagine time Will allow for some threshold Of understanding But time we have not Still less with each word written And I grow (restless)(weary) So I invite you To experience the source Sneak through my window I've left it unlatched I believe you are aware To which I refer But leave me something Tangible proof you were here And are coming back If you come, I wish That you never stop coming Behold, my secret

Quote nothing but truth When trying to change my mind Agreed common ground Then build up your thoughts Like magnificent flowers Born of pure soil Then bloom in the day I will examine closely Writing of beauty Then linger on me Form and fragrance all your own Unmistakeable Please don't disappear But expect me to find you In monochrome fields Marvel not this feat Envy not my position I will seek, and find For I use senses Unspoken of in this place Beyond tangible You are half my soul So meeting your eyes once more Is like coming home

Light the red lilies Let them shimmer in the field To hypnotize me Seek out the blue rose Unknown in this soil fair We must adventure Pluck the daffodils Bring them with us to brighten The darkest of nights Find chrysanthemum Swift to the farthest reaches Cherish time apart Roll in the green grass It looks fun, might I join you? For but a short time Let lavender seep Calming the depths of my soul Scent of remembrance Carnations abound Reflecting their surroundings Our colors hold true Save me the daisy And all that it represents Purest white promise

I hope you see this I hope you are listening Gathering knowledge I hope you wonder What I am like without you Before our time comes Some of it will suck I am far from perfection But you will know me You will know my tongue How it weaves elegantly When properly primed You'll know its extent In the moment, on the page Any medium In this way you'll know All the things I hope to say When it is tied up Tangled in your truth Hopelessly fumbling then When you engage me I hope you will see Then what you have done to me Is not permanent

You did beautifully Never lose heart, you have mine You did from first sight I just cannot say At this time what's on my mind In so many words Let's dream together Keep sending me messages I'll keep "ignoring" Know they make my day It is not like I block you So what is the harm? Keep figuring out The gaps between our styles As I build the nest I try to be quick I promise it will pay off Switching dream and real I want to recall Millennia from today All you did for (me)(us) I know you do too To have stories about scars And those free tattoos