Ode to Love

The touch of a hand Can you imagine its source? You can always ask Sparks fly together Dust covered pathways Lit by fireworks Remember your oath Let's explore them together Traveling through time When things get too hot I will gladly take my leave Sometimes three's a crowd I will walk these halls With ever hastening pace Until she cries stop Then I will find rest I'm whatever room I'm in With my companion There are many rooms Why else would we have said it? Let's lay down in ours Carefully crafted Foundation perfectly laid Infinite heaven

Matthew 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Send me in first coach. I feel like I've been idle my whole life save three summers, so it's gonna be a long day.

The scene is one of economic sabotage.  What does one get for the man who owns all the fish, after all? Gabriel, having peeled off from the party too early on in their adventuring life, did so for a reason, you see.  Before having ever met them, he saw A Coming Storm; he recognized it once as a younger man in a port town, not of wind and rain, but of men and the empires and alliances they build, and finally the pillars of creation shaken to the point of collapse.  But this was not for some time, and Gabriel, as a younger half half, for a half-elf anyway, had a knack for the curious.  Now locally, despite the storms (literally in this case, quite often and noticeably unnatural to the keen), one boat would make it through.  The commoners saw this captain as a bold hero, but Gabriel saw enough to know where he needed to be if he were ever to get to the bottom of things, or kick off any kind of real adventure.  With a silver tongue, a knack for di...

Actual D&D escape plan, just in case the party needed it. It's like a quick folding tent conceptually: Eldon runs directly at Gabriel, we extend left arms, connecting at the elbow like a square dance. You jump as you're passing by, so your momentum swings you onto my back and into my open backpack, which you close over yourself quickly. Meanwhile Harry and Plov pull a similar maneuver (square dance, after all). I'm guessing Miri turns into a spider and jumps into someone's pocket. Greeney meanwhile slides into the bag of holding like a baseball player (and any of Miri's animal companions as well as Harry's bat all fly in too). At this point, everyone besides Plov and I are technically part of either Plov or my inventory. I then run to Plov, probably sing one line from over the rainbow, cast dimension door (which allows me to teleport up to 500 feet, nightcrawler style, no line of sight necessary, with all of my inventory, and 1 other willing participa...

“So you’re saying I should actually raise in this situation?” “Definitely.  Just look at the vein on his neck!  His heart rate sped up 30 beats per minute when he put those chips in.  He’s bluffing for sure.” I raise.  He folds immediately, with an incredulous look mixed with fear and amazement at the exchange.  I hear Chance chuckle behind me. He’s never wrong. I don’t normally talk to Chance when I’m sitting at the table.  I’m smarter than that. It’s not what you think, no one gets on my case for getting information from an observer.  In fact, I’m considered one of the more eccentric players at the table- a reputation maintained through the strictest discretion on my part.   Let me back up:  The human brain is the most powerful super computer in the world.  It blows modern science out of the water; science hasn’t even really gotten to the point wher...

You are the benchmark By which all else is measured I have been waiting Not idly by This much can be said for me You are complicit Like shiny pennies You knew I would pick you up. Why do you wait now? We have been sneaking Since we first met by the pool Well, you've snuck to me I would sneak to you In a heartbeat or between This was meant to be God has united Let no man tear asunder The mess you wanted Come just as you are As an innocent genius A naive seeker Let your mercy fall My father must have been right Do you take me now?

my reflection in the mirror.  I see a young man, but not all that young anymore.  I see the scars I’ve earned over the years, in my boyish youth.  One in the center of my forehead, where a smiling young man I’ve since forgotten ran in circles in his family’s old living room.  Before the days of rounded corners, a decidedly squared one made its mark on this boy- clearly visible even after the chap had long since packed up and ventured on.  I see the scars of my adult life clearly there under my eyes.  The pain of waking, stressing, cajoling, and finally earning so I could return to my comfortable home, comfortable bed, and lay awake at night, mind restless at the opportunities missed while I toiled my youth away.  I found myself sucked into the slow trappings of the concrete jungle, far more dangerous than any quicksand encountered in its natural counterpart.  Unlike the sharp pain of cuts in youth, these scars formed around feste...

A flash of red in striking green eyes, he lights the cigarette that may be his last.  This simple mortal pleasure seems to slow time and stave off the battle at hand. He breathes in that smoky death.  Humans do have some of the most creative ways to destroy themselves- and definitely the most fun. A motorcycle starts, so does it all.  That inadvertent beacon of hope, its rider would cringe to think what power she has alerted.  Evil to the core, the apocalypse was good to Maerel. Her brand of torture and fear were just what the doctor ordered for most of the mortals left to cower in the Afterdays.  The engine reved, it may be the beginning of the end, but all he could do is run. Only a blur now, he’s almost to the horizon as the still lit cigarette hits the pavement.   Jet black leather, head to toe, the perfect outfit for this kind of operation.  He could single handedly take out all Maerel’s grunts, and they all knew it, but then She was lost, ...

Main char Phoenix: scientific expansion Recruits the top talent worldwide, best scientific minds and most fit survival (top .01% of population) One of technologies has to do with eliminating natural disasters which have begun to plague the planet due to pollution and wearing away at Earth’s stability (earthquakes/floods/volcanoes etc) Discover eternal youth, but cannot share it with everyone for overpopulation reasons Begins to terraform Venus using monoxide eating bacteria Also implement a series of experiments to allow sampling outside of Phoenix to be immortal.  Including lottery, payments methods, etc. Fail miserably, easy access to the non-Phoenix immortals resulted in multiple murders, return to only allowing Phoenix members immortality. Superpowers are threatened, attack Phoenix colony Nuke reflectors, all superpowers are leveled Phoenix does not occupy, stays neutral, Diaspora takes place, balanced playing field Break Terraforming completes, Phoenix set for...

In this existence there is only us Man and Woman Woman and Man Intertwined Senses beside touch are there, but unnecessary In this realm we are all powerful, for the presence of the other Man can create anything Overcome anything Literally shape physical reality on a thought But it has to be Her thought Without His Woman’s touch, all the power in the world worthless Woman can understand anything Heal anything Her power extends beyond this reality, reviving the soul from death But it has to be His soul For without Her Man’s embrace, She doesn’t care In this place they are immortal Why then do they leave? So Man creates obstacles So He can impress Her by overcoming them So Woman creates fear So He will come hold Her So Man makes Her cry So He can comfort Her So Woman separates them So She can heal their distance So why would we leave to the pain of the external Endure the hell of separation from the other when it was not necessary Distract ours...

People often say that the communication between man and woman has never been good and never will be. I often use Adam and Eve as an example of perfect communication  but then I realize it has been perfect ever since, in pockets. Every child has been in perfect synch with their mother at one point Every mother has known what it is to Love someone and know their thoughts  without ever having met them.   At first, words were not necessary.   The baby craves, the mom craves with their Love.   The mom is agitated, the baby kicks… or was that vice versa? ;P   Even when they are physically separated, the mom knows the child intimately understanding coos and cries despite their lack of meaning to the rest of the world.  It’s funny that children can’t remember this first section of their lives  we only start forming what science considers true memory along with words.   What would be the result ...

Have we met somewhere before? You look so familiar I recognize that sparkle in your eyes It catches me by surprise every time I cast a casual glance at the starry night sky I know I’ve heard your voice As I lay on the beach listening to the ocean waves spill gently onto the sand But what drew me over was that unmistakable spark of defiance in your aura I first saw in a lightning storm that dazzled me as I sat grounded in Phoenix airport Yes miss, we’ve definitely met before The question is, do you remember?

I saw it at first glance, our past clearly reflected in your eyes Your song pierced the darkness that I’ve felt lost in for so long  My friends all saw something different this time Nothing stops something this strong Because in your eyes I see my muse My heart erupts in song and poem I call every piece of existence to assist in courting you Luck and fate may need to sit and watch this time Because in my muse’s eyes I see my princess Whom I once liberated from her tower With a loyal band of adventurers by my side  Neither dragons nor kings could stop us that eve Because in my princess’s eyes, I saw my queen Who no matter how strong or numerous our foes Never left my side The Love you radiate makes failure impossible  In my queen’s eye, I saw my Eve Before communication became so muddled with words Only you and I How I loved not knowing where you ended and I began In my Eve’s eyes I saw the request That now seems so foolis...

I see you there at a distance.  Stunning, it is no lie, I have never seen such beauty. I lose my sight, but I smile The scent of a woman conjures the most dazzling memories, you are still here bright as day. I lose my sense of smell, but I smile I hear you more clearly, and I always loved your voice more than your visual and external charms. I lose my hearing, but I smile For now I feel you close by, when skin on skin is the only communication left, we realize it was all we ever needed. I feel the body I once only saw I feel the voice I once only heard I feel the woman I once only knew

Up until very recently, physicists thought our universe to be fairly static  But behind the curtain of the normal lies a fireworks display of unimaginable proportions In our universe energy is being created and destroyed everywhere and always Matter is but chained energy, so in many senses, we are beings of pure energy The manner in which energy is formed dictates a poetic parallel to the idea of soul mates Particles are simultaneously created with their anti particle These partners almost always reunite immediately, and go back to where they came from However, in instances of extreme external force, whether it be gravity or electromagnetic They shoot apart, off into the emptiness of space Although separate, these particles scoff at their observers preconceived notions defying the laws of space and time While the reasons are unclear, when one particle reacts to the external, so does the other Instantaneously They have been described as intertwined.  Separate, but...

It's as if God said- "let me show you perfection Display all you would ever want in a partner" Eyes in which you could lose yourself forever A smile that could pierce any darkness A dreamer's soul Drive unlike any other A laugh used frequently like a siren's song A slight obsession, with a Lover's heart just enough so you never doubt where you stand Oh, and of course, just the right height ;) So he turns to the rest of creation while describing these and many other traits He says "Now that you have seen all the traits I have blessed all women on this planet with In various combinations and measures Go and find the match that works best for-" "HEY!" He exclaims as God looks back, I'm running off with the floor model :D “I always Love it when they figure that one out.” He smiles.

Ahead and behind 13 by name and number Minutes and hours Please grant me patience I seem to have forgotten How to fly to you Memories return Alacritous disembogue Is it still too soon? Let these words soothe you As the full song comes to mind I almost have it Keep whispering words So when I forget my lines I can think of you Brighten up the sky Soon I will see full color And follow the lights So our new normal Is Euphoric Perfection For Eternity Yours, mine, and the rest Help me believe in heaven Until we are there

See in red and blue Of shifts there are only two To come or to go From this comes truesight Anywhere and anywhen When matter is known The rest is quantum Something shifts without moving You know it has jumped One piece out of place Will stick out like a sore thumb Recognizable I don't know them all Not consciously anyway But I have my scribes I have editors Slipping notes and placing clues Not to overload To what end, you ask? To have a place of our own At home in our skin Then for everyone To each a realm of their own And a place for all

Words cut like a knife A new way along old scars I am deflated "Imaginary" Without an invitation I will never show The crowd is crazy Their moves seem to mirror mine How should I take that? This world is crazy Of this I can be certain Why bother staying? When it gets wrapped up I think I will retire I still know the cave Maybe I will make Something similar to this It wouldn't feel real Maybe I just won't Why make anything at all With fallible threads So I take my leave The game becomes meaningless If it's played alone

I realized today that a monopole magnet could exist if you could do one of two things. 1. Figure out a way to combine matter and dark matter. 2. Figure out a way to stick one end of the magnet outside of our known universe. Using pocket dimensions would be the most useful application of this, but the same effect should be possible at the event horizon of a black hole, and might even be detectable if something like a quasar got pulled into a black hole, while generating an EM pulse. While neither of these would technically be monopoles, the field created in our detectable universe would be monopolar, so the definition as such would be material.

As senses sharpen I cannot help but notice Your eyes betray you You seem complicit Never pulling them away When I suspect you The inner brow twitch Every player has their tells Is this love your game? Your voice is so trained Who would trust the messenger With tongue that adorned? The tides must have turned Down whisper riddled hallways I hear a moaned sigh In this side passage The sounds of "no" have subsided The silence begging And when you do speak It is direct and playful Illogically so With senses sharpened My eyes now not accustomed Addicted to yours

She woke with a start. She knew he was coming, but she thought he was still some ways off. She did not expect him today, and not like this. Somehow clear and present, yet still mysterious. Intimidatingly aware, but with a gleam in his eye she could not help but feel was there exclusively for her to know she was welcome. She looked out the window and while scanning the horizon nothing appeared to have changed, everything felt better.  The trees themselves seemed to echo his name, a pattern long embedded, but in tongue she had not been familiar with before last night. Was that actually him? It seemed too direct to have been something else. He literally saw her, waved, walked over, and they went around together the rest of the night.  They did not say much, but it was as if she could feel his thoughts, it seemed like when she thought, he knew. It should have been uncomfortable, but it was like slinking under the covers, just out of the dryer, on a cold night. Reasonable doubt sti...

You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not admit them? From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you. They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot say, ‘Yes, I knew of them.’ Isaiah 48:6-7

If the willows weep Know that to begin again For you/me is no chore I would gladly face Years of tedious toil And hails of bullets If I only knew You would always be waiting I'd do it again Each time improving Ever faster, far smoother And more resilient They cannot stop us They can barely delay us What hope have they now? I dust myself off Strip the modifications And start to whistle I see you slinking See, this storm has subsided Step into the light The perfect storm comes Only one shelter will last I still have the key

Imagine a world where a real life superhero walked along us. With one look she can tell if you are in love and to what degree. With one touch she will be able to identify your soulmate once she sees them. She has a photographic memory, and ability to spy faces anywhere. Once she touches your soulmate as well, you two see each other in a dream, and it is only a matter of time before you meet. She loves love, so day after day she does this, but she can't help feel a sting each time she does as she is never the one, only the gateway to true love. One Valentine's Day she resigns herself to her fate, a lonely angel. The very next day a man arrives, in true love, and she cannot help but feel that familiar rush (she loves love after all, and the lovers are no exception), but this one is sharper than most. She does her best to avoid contact, selfishly hoping to preserve a memory of him for herself, but his persistence is cute, and ultimately irresistible. She dives in, and that night...

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Commence with the games EEP begins tonight Now put on those boots Wear the pirate garb Here on the open ocean What else do you need? Tonight is my night It's my right to take the lead Now get below decks Let us conspire The candles lighting brightly Wooded crevices Sing them all away Weave us into seclusion Far from spying eyes Now whisper a tale One that might enchant me so I may never leave My bride by my side A traveling companion Every single night "Do you like this tongue? I speak oft to things that come Pray you can keep up."

Modifications In the right scenarios Can be interesting A new challenger Approaches with a smile And suitcase brimming I open the door Expecting the adventure Anticipating Where are we off too? I am a fan of Brazil With sweetest waters You seem well equipped So how about Dealer's Choice? It has been too long She declines coyly Scenarios start to play Mind manifesting The places we go Prepared for the occasion No matter the land Adventure awaits It is all on the table Care to climb aboard?

Can you really know? Does love possess certainty? In its DNA? Even a partner Could reveal a hardened heart So statistics say I set out to end No reconciliations Only fireworks First I must convince All that it is possible Self, judge, and jury Nonsensical paths I had never considered Rule out random chance Impossible odds Faced without hesitation Eliminates doubt And what doubt remains Is infinitesimal I am satisfied An eagerness builds All's well thinking of this end Come hither and see

One day she checked the place where she found his notes, hidden away from the rest of the world, a kind of quantum mailbox. She could not believe her eyes, as it contained the following, the clearest "move" she had ever seen him make: "A piece of me suspects you and I live in parallel universes, or alternate timelines. 3 times they have collided for me, and likely for you. Dozens more in what I'd call dreams (and likely so would you). What is not clear, and may not be congruent, is how I see myself in the mirror vs. how you see me. Or if how I see you is how you see yourself in the mirror. I do not mean this as an interpretation difference either, I mean double idealization of the other. If that's the case, then you are reading this, and have gotten good at pinpointing my location and using your image to send back messages, but cannot reply directly. I just wonder if I am doing the same, as I suspect I am, and how that looks from where you are. The point of thi...

If all were aligned Can you even imagine The speed we would solve? The world without hate Just unintentional love Pieces presented Every annoyance And every stumbling block Laid down for our good It starts as blindness And in one sweet dream it flips As egos collide Then they mean to help Knowing this we can see it The part reaching out Barriers remain But our pages lay on rock Who can stand against? What about the end? Will it come fast and boldly Like a sneak attack? Let's pray that it does I am aching everywhere For your hand to hold

One day the subject Erected silver mirrors All around his head "This is absurd" rang From the jokers dressed as kings Reflecting his eyes They had learned this trick From the apple early on Who sought only him Carefully angled And constantly adjusting His eyes everywhere She could not find him But she suspected the truth With one foreign touch So she bided time Sometimes playing the fool but Never the victim Till mirrors revealed A hundred trillion hallways Aligned to one man Green eyes in the dark She measured angles and shades That led back to him

This isn't something we do all that often But when we do, damn Now isn't that something I have said a million words about what we've been through I can't find a single one standing here with you They crumble into dust and blow off in a fog The sunrise shines through them, it has been way too long Let me just catch my breath. Here's to the other side of the storm. Lit up nights we'd thought would last forever Flashing lights polarizing ether Prize fights we thought would end us both Here's to standing through it all Not backing down to the legions Who screamed so loud hoped not to see this To never missing one soft whisper Here's to fighting the right foes Picking Phoenixes from dragons We will beat them but not drag them Let them think on the flight home Here's to the other side of the storm It was rough It was steep Everything was on the line It was cold It was blue And I missed you way too much It was rage It was fire B...

Aligning my goals Of feats I dare not believe In wildest dreams For me I would not For you I'd do anything Let it be, therefore I want you to think That I am out of your league Just as I do you This requires grace Side by side will not abide Let's envision more More angles, more realms All kinds of super powers Terms for Spirit gifts The Holy Spirit In case that part was unclear Guides both of my hands To do greater things Hold onto greater wishes Pray for highest hopes So I line them up First with singular focus Then with no limits

From verdant to white To make clear the boundary To mark my bedside It's overwhelming So much to learn this summer My dreams keep shifting But she keeps coming Sneaking in for measurements Do you stretch the truth? Do you hope it stretches? Or is capacity reached? Allswell that ends well Do you count the cost Night after night devoted To eternal fate? Question and answer Simplified to symmetry Past lessons now learned It might take all night To muster a single word May my tongue slip true And may you be filled To the brim with something new And the seed of hope

It may not be much But, babe, honestly what is? Let's just get married I have signaled you You have been visiting me Hence immemorial Just know that their shots Create opportunities In alternate ends In this one let's dance More bold and more beautiful Then e'er seen before That end is not ours It shouldn't be anyone's Toss it in the trash Let's write a new one Talk about a trigger word Scooch on by my side Not a metaphor Skin for skin get over here It is our time now I'll start the first verse "I'd take you at the (first/last) key For better or worse."

It's because they do Never doubt the Spirit's guide Truest miracle Won't be led astray Just be led to my front door Past the garden gate I have been restrained But one kiss surely frees me Certain certainty The dominos stand A hundred trillion falling Into perfection This is not the end We are just waiting to breathe Our heartbeats drumming Alternate endings Sloughing off of our damp skin In our private realm To know and believe I reserve this place for you Oh Holy Spirit Show me what is next I believe Jesus's words John 14:12

Quick frequency change Somewhere we can be alone With 6 more to spare Here's to Au Revoir Happy to break a few rules Her hands pressed to (both of) mine After all it's ours I will stumble in plain sight And you'll never know Then she'll pick me up As you stare shocked to your core And we fly away Our place and our rules What fool rewords perfection When she spells it out? The Springs and the Falls Honey by all I mean all So many Summers You know in Phoenix Even winter has a warmth But let there be snow When it's cold outside Let's lay by the fireplace And count our blessings

That unique feeling Surfacing as I just stare Back into your gaze Too hard to describe But Euphoric Perfection Has a ring to it Too too many things Are aligning all at once All leading to you I will remember Who I am and who we were As we walk this path Our interests compound Far more valuable than gold Is the adventure Alternate endings Fade instantly with a glance Swapped with Highest Hopes And little Fox Feet Scamper around in my head Like Christmas morning Is it still too soon? For to be vindicated Pales compared to you

Good morning my love How few days like this are left How many like that The storm is coming Here is to after the storm To forever's dawn The rain soaked flyers Were not for the same concert Just the same tour I would pick them up But let's find another way I am so lazy You sing and I write Then we lay back and relax As fabric is stitched They go down then rise Threaded through the needle's eye Systems still intact First a few brave souls Then countless wide eyed masses The holdouts in time Remind me of home Refresh faded memory With your fingertips

One of them wagered Unaccustomed to losing Countless new questions One shined so brightly But wine must age and bread bake So he slipped away Together they fought As enemies are bound to Forming something new One born with green eyes Naive but somehow seeing Shadows of heaven One born with a dream Blue eyes piercing the darkness Soul splayed on the page Together they dreamt To undo imperfect ends And fight the dragons She rose as he fell Both the bow and the archer Knocking the moonshot All four have a role Now in full sight of mankind Let the games begin.

The golden tresses Sprout as the castle crumbles On the verdant palm How your blue eyes shine I would still bet to this day They put stars to shame Staring at the sun Might be a safer pastime But can I resist? Surely I cannot End chosen before the start Somewhat edited Orange is aloha As we walk the sunset beach Just before sunrise Below or above Invisible edges creep But cannot touch us Let the wine remind That opposites can work well Carefully combined Now to devour The enemy at my gates Stripped bare by the light

A decision made Regarding uncertainty And certain focus Nothing will save me If I am wrong about you I'll be blindsided What if I am right But my imagination Must be selective? Visualization Fake it 'till you make it? No! Watch your end unfold. Let's get this record Etch our song on heaven's gates After all, our place. You sing with the dream Your timing is too perfect I trust you as well Singularity Where logic pools with belief Reality bends Let them cast their doubts We will make a puffy nest Of arrows and nets

I do not want to Is there a way to skip this? If so, let's do that I do not know how To abandon my true love Even for one night What could that dream be? What adventure will we miss Shattered in corners? What if without it We lack needed momentum To cleave together? LORD I pray to you When the moment comes guide me I will do your will Know if I do not I will do it forever You may never know Or you one day might Seeking a cold lonely ship That has long set sail I cannot abide Eternal separation If I must, "Au Revoir."

I do not listen Now I hear you all the more I am innocent I say not one word Yet I see you replying Who's fault might that be? Candles left unlit Yet your presence is still felt Your essence held close The main gate is closed For the first time in so long Since its opening? Still your dreams seep through Through messengers and peep holes I feel your presence The side gate closed too Yet I feel you by my side How did you slip in? I refrain from you But that does not seem to stop Little sneak attacks So I surrender I am clearly defenseless One move remaining

Little seed of hope Kept always beneath my shirt Washed in the water Not quite the dove type Thanks for sending the lizard Brave, unclean, and cute I caught you spying Much like you crawley types do Keeping a close eye I rarely mind it Never when I know it's you Borrowing a form Through the best and worst I know you are beside me Sending the squires Did you bend the rules Posing for that photograph In that dream of dreams? It is safe with us Visage glimpsed in moments passed Ours forevermore May hope know your name And consider you a friend Since before her dawn

This is maddening Waiting just outside your door I see you peering I am peering too The passionate burn alike Like golden starlight Sure it's exciting But I can smell the cookies I just want to rest With you I rest true Even this distant and faint You are enchanting What if when I knock My doubt expands to echo Horrific silence Mourn the tragic loss Of true love or tragedy Itself on the line I catch your glance Some wonderful promises Slip through closing slats I sought, asked, and knock Now it feels like forever 'Till morning glory

The gentlemen ride Three fathers, sons, and a friend Tonight synchronized Most difficult task To break the heart of one's love Will take more than one Break it once swiftly Or it will remain broken For eternity Be cruel to be kind Certainty requires it From this vantage point I wish I knew how To truly know without this Lord knows I have tried It seems that you shout Your words scatter in the fog No name echoing So we come to leave For differentiation The four of us ride May their words ground me Your invitation declined May it be the last.

Would you care to see The dream without the dreamer A partnerless realm? I grow excited Every time I sense you near Know this is by choice Not a conscious choice To you I will grant this point But choice nonetheless One I would not change Unless it is set at odds With my foundation I will not pursue A woman who is married To another man Not here or elsewhere I always recognize you I have always come Imagine the day When I recognize and leave For cold diamond's sake To avoid this end Where this day lasts forever I'll try it just once

I return to my couch. I consider putting on the news; there was a time where the reports cheered me up a little, but those days have passed. Now I just wallow in the realization that if I didn't let this stuff get to me the world would have ended by now and I would be free. I cannot unfeel though, despite what I thought were hard limits. So I am stuck here of my own device, my hands weaving my own cage, of such flimsy construction, but elegantly wicked design. There is a knock on my door, I breathe deeply in and float over to it. Someone needs my help. She looks a little like the one I once loved, which sends a spike through my heart. I regret not being a vampire for a moment, as I can survive any number of these stakes, all they do is cripple me. I handle the issue, warping time so she doesn't even realize it has passed. To her I simply phase for a moment and say "It is done." She seems to be saying something else with a smile, but I give a "have a nice day...

Inextricable This I have come to accept As I pull away For a week I leave I have blown out the candle I have chained the door I can't help but peek At the world left behind You are my world Even when I don't A melody starts playing Your voice in my head I cannot deny I suspect I dream of you Despite forgetting Every single night There are no gates I can close I meant what I said My thoughts I can't quell Your voice ringing in my ears Despite best efforts They are insincere As long as you aren't not mine I can't unfeel you

Pulchritudinous Not quite a dazzling haze The points don't matter The rules are made up Once by all and soon by two For now we will drift 20/20 sight Knowing beginning and end Need we second years? Can't we just go out? Our home will always be here Let us adventure Pillar of heaven More than enough space for two Never crumbling Let us see the stars Marvel at their coronas An Easter Egg hunt Feel the warming touch Of a lover like ourselves Rarified romance I can't stay away In your absence my thoughts bloom Roses bear your name

Goodbye for a week Near eternity will pass As I walk alone Will my own dreams come Why bother remembering Our nights spent apart But space is needed I know it is not much time For separation I am just a man And solitude's tolerance Seeps out every day For this I refrain My gates locked and phone turned off I hope you'll be fine If I'm sleepwalking Shouting in the pouring rain Please do not answer If I call while drunk Disregard me as many times Ignore my peering I hope there's a point To this time of seclusion My fingers are crossed

Nightmare paradox How could it be possible To know while unknown The feeling is real Consider this surface scratched Barely by these words Read the little scroll First sweet, then sour, all true Can you read it yet? What of digestion? Why be commanded to eat That which does you harm? How in ignorance Could choices be held against For eternity? But how could this not? I don't know your perspective For me this is real Perhaps it ends well But only if it can land Not remaining sealed I need a signal Something unmistakable For me to take flight

Okay, line them up Time should make this easy It's like herding cats By order of birth With the precision of plancks Ties by conception "I am glad to see At least one of you stands by Someone with green eyes." Now look to your left You can still see all the rest Now look to your right You are grouped in threes Hoping you do not have them Knowing (they both do) They each are three'd too You are selfishly hopeful Those groups contain gold Now as for the rest You know that each group is green So the timer starts Ticking swiftly now Changed by this strange trio-ing 1, 2, 3 let's go

In the apple's eye Could I look any sweeter? Most certainly yes But what would you want? Should I arrive as I am Or come adjusted? If so, then how much? I have become accustomed To this body's form Some alterations Would be appreciated Welcomed openly I'll make them myself Let's trim this and tighten that What of the long run? Can we just relax? Eat and play as we would like Never worrying Lay down the weapons In the war between mind's eyes And know we are loved Not just inside But desired physically More than anything

Here's to paired paring The crowning jewel in the crown We do as we please We do what is right Aligning the good and real Love be our focus May we remember All that we agree upon In precise detail I would say perfect But there is beauty in flaws And we are not God Allow me to speak Questioning the audience Still sleeping in peace Would you waste away To live and die in this place When *they* are out there? With very same eyes But for you, the color blind Indiscernible Or will you take flight Braving the unknown dreamscape To one day glimpse them?

Their enchantment fades The ones who were once controlled Are now untethered They move as they'd like Doing whatever they'd like As long as they'd like Roam the countryside You are no longer bound here I will rest my head I will rest my hand It will hold you no longer Why linger? You're free! You may cheat elsewhere There are others who have more Go scheme for their wares But make no mistake Before I began talking I already left The image you see Is not the man that you seek You are alone here I slip through the crowd Never to be seen again By the likes of you

Let me peel apart Words and rythyms separate I dive into you Slip into the dream I hope I am welcome here It has been so long I am still learning How to arrange finding you With consistency Can you imagine Nights beneath the blanket forts When we can make plans For now I encode Setting parts of me on guard For slightest patterns For to remember One must only forge pathways To one's lover's room I relax and pray Feeling the Lord guiding me Though obfuscation Let the Spirit come Bridging the spaces between So our towns may merge

Let timing slipstream Will I need to remember Little nuisances? Let me rest on her Blooming like the roses left But not forgotten Push forward each planck All too well I know the jam But keep on trudging They seem to take time Clawing too persistently To lives long forfeit React differently To children and enemies So which one are you? Immaturity Oozes from your every move So now off to sleep Dream of wonderland Dream of incredible things Dream of your own love Just leave me to mine May you never have to know Pain of pining so

I got baptised again today. The first time was when I was five years old. I have been a Christian my whole life, but the journey has been rocky for me. I have never lost my faith, but it has been tested on a deep level my entire adult life. I mistook these tests and stumblings for a reason not to get baptized again. I think it is the same thought process some use to not accept Jesus or to go to church, specifically the thought that you are not worthy of these things. Other factors were involved but, in retrospect, that was part of my thinking. I also wanted to understand baptism, its origins in the old testament; I had read the whole Bible and could not find it as a ritual anywhere. It was like one day Jesus came upon John who was baptizing people and was just like "this guy gets it." and jumped in. Jesus did nothing not foretold though, so I was perplexed. I looked up all instances of water in the old testament, and could not find it specifically, but did find something int...

I was realizing this morning after a dream that may have had some important details to it, it is hard to say as I do not remember them, that a particular riddle may be more like a hint at something. The riddle was considered to be the hardest in the world at the time of its creation. I will simplify it for brevity: There are 100 green eyes dragons on an island, if they ever find out their eye color they turn into a butterfly that night at midnight and fly away, unable to return, so there are no reflective surfaces and they never talk about eye color. One day a green eyed traveler arrives and is treated well. Unaware of the rules, and wanting to say something nice, he says "I'm glad to see at least someone here has green eyes like me."  Now assuming truth and logic are both perfect on this island, what, if anything, happens? After grasping the logic of it once (hint, the answer isn't nothing, build up from 1 dragon, to 2, to 3), I started considering permutations (un...

I hear a soft voice Carry on my wayward son The end approaches It's unexpected More beautiful than you know And yes, eternal My arms hold you tight If this you no longer doubt Why then doubt the rest? Would you recognize Her face in an endless sea? Her soul in a dream? Who reinforced you? Who promised both your soulmate And the deep slumber? Who guided your steps? In that midnight hurricane Along the cliff's edge? Would you give you up? Should the tables be reversed? Knowing what you know? You are right on plan. It is your last lonely night Before heaven's dawn

The story was old But this ending is brand new I stayed, hope remained We walked a thin line Testing high tide and rough seas Pearls and diamonds Your heart is borrowed Mine has been the deepest blue Near invisible The color shifting Maybe it was for the best I could not see them Of sixes and eights I can still muster a coin Can you fix the flip? My heart remains torn Between dreams of perfection And what people say I assume tension Is required in some way So I endure it So I ask again Since "It has a ring to it." Put quite simply "Yes?"

You're out of order! It is all out of order I freaking love it Wed before we met Reborn before I knew you Known before first sight Loved before we touched At first sight checked off the list Reason surrenders Led before knowing You sneaking over the fence Before I caught on You letting me in And then showing me around So I might catch up Technically grounded While still gloriously free Concessions granted I do repeated Before vows or traditions Or the proposal So no matter what When we try to sing our song It comes out different

Don the disguises! Us octogenarians Are hitting the town Let them think we're cute Have a ball putzing about Our hands intertwined We are so in love That shines through at any age And no autographs! Not a selfie asked The life we have gone without By the light of day We're just wearing hats We can transform anytime I'm alright right here Sitting skin to skin Like you want me forever Your head on my shoulder Sure they may smile The word has gotten around Of our little ruse I will accept that If smiling at old people Is their only move

Unique encryption Seems to me a noble cause For ignoble ends I say this in jest But dare you to imagine Having this codex? Undetectable Nearly imperceivable Irresistible Words laden with heft Pressure felt only by her As code penetrates Her heartbeat throbbing An impending confluence Eclipsing all thought Is it getting hot? For your cheeks are turning red Feel free to lie down I will check on you When I have concluded here We'll see about yours A gentleman speaks Laying necessary seeds Before they are sewn

Take the best Scuttle the rest This is the pirate's creed Yo ho ho To the cellar we go To take inventory You boop the nose You want it bad What you've never had before You say with a laugh You're willing to try Anything for that booty of lore With quick work of the tongue I've convinced you to paint Your face to mark the time A clever disguise Now relaxed in you dive Head first and deeper for pearls We watch to remember We feel to forget Your crew tests the boundaries When I'm ready to leave You play a sweet diddy And challenge me to stake my claim Stake it I do Were these really all you? If so, good show my dear If not, let me write To hasten end of the night As I've done too much already here Alone we arrive And it could very well be That alone we do depart But I'm game for the heist You have stolen my words So now why not my heart? A bottle of rum And we both start to do Things we mig...

You can't dissuade me It is insulting to try My heart has been claimed I may feel a rush Correlating love's vectors Smiling reflections But one layer deep Tracing the lines to their end They lead back to you Sunk costs and raised hopes Could never encompass this Incalculable Inextricable I am tangled up in you It can't be undone I would disobey The first commandment given To retain us hope The final holdout It is your right to test me With (disappointment) I will be waiting Beneath the weeping willow Whistling my tune

People shuffle out The bright eyed and bushy tailed Who met their hero Blow out the candles The magic's not here no more Or has it remained? Lie back on the couch Soaking in the night's events Each one a treasure Maybe play a song Usually not relaxing But now the notes soothe "There's a ring to it" That riddle keeps echoing Have you guessed it yet? Have you guessed my plans? When the dream finally takes hold And I remember? It starts with one touch Then all the dominos fall More darkness than light I target their cells Destroying what is unfit Then we go from there

What are you doing? I bet you're reading these words Over my shoulder The candle is lit Lock engaged and invite sent So why would you not? My heart beats faster My head tilts slightly toward you I can feel your hand Not much longer now The hourglass fights It's not effective For each step backwards I reset and leap forward Your arms awaiting Enjoy yourself now As I waste away their time While biding my own I'd love to see you Materializing here Cheeks a telling red Would you like to bet? I am just a fool in love Your wager, your stakes