Ode to Love

After the fallout We both hid in our corners To gain some meaning Dreaming in symbols To decrypt truth amidst thieves I found my soulmate Right where I left her Seen, felt, but not understood Hope sank beneath waves We clawed for escape In insurmountable grief Learned love's darkest truth Still starry eyes shined And the space between heartbeats Synched one starry night Still the Muse stayed So still the wilds grew up And shrouded her pools Love's bright side revealed What seemed a Catastrophe The end averted Our corners differed Our perspectives stayed same same ("(Still forever yours)")

How does the night fall When light abounds everywhere Save for love's absence? My sadness unique Taking just the shape of you Perfect form elsewhere An indentation Marking every echoed word 'till mine are unheard "Why" screamed in the void When love was first realized here Time and space entrapped Everything I knew Learned in hopes of reaching you Longing soon fulfilled So keys meander Chaos structured into scales Scales given meaning Meaning leads to you Only on its own merits Intrinsically true You asked for darkside "Infinite depths of sadness" Let me pull you out

Oh the reversal! A beautiful resurgence In the nick of time I will take it all Everything you offer Every. Single. Thing. Wisdom's ways are peace We will never be the same I'll find my own rest Just lay down with me I want to wake to your touch Forever, always I will examine All the hidden crevices That make up your words Never to perish Welcoming every rainstorm And praying for snow Cozy by the fire We will weather the wilds As a family Nest inside these words You will find I've nested too My dreams, always you

Sure I'll take that bet Shall we say the usual? It has been so long You say either or While I'm imagining both We can work it out Let's work it out here I got the food and have snacks When's the party start? Oh these broken wings Unfurl when you are near Aching down my spine And the memories Of games and bets and spooked dogs Transference in mind Of upstate car rides Inked butterfly messages And widest dreams Of prepared for floods And hurricanes not yet so Quick trips and long rides It all comes rushing Like a memory unlived To mind, just in time

eep a great blessing An overwhelming feeling Trying to make sense You turned my worst pain Into the halls of heaven And said "I am here." You guided my hand To structure every hallway To form each stairwell My truest partner You even foresigned your name Where my scars still sting First glimpse this era But certainly not the last That 13 still shined Salvation remains Reality in crosshairs Sacrifice refused Please don't take the girl I have finally found her I will bring her home Fundamental lines Of Ahava and Echad There will be no end

Some words have no teeth Angled between you and me So I turn my head I claim no curses Strain to love my enemies Yours still get my goat So tooth and claw bared Instinctual rage enflamed When you are attacked With words like a sword When words were the weapons used I strike vital points I can still forgive But was I the one here wronged? You strike not my cheek Strike at my soulmate? Know I still cannot control When my soul stings back Or how envenomed Such a defensive strike is Phoenix Form for her Their schemes all exposed Their strong walls reduce to dust Their escape routes sealed

Something like a dream A holy ground beginning I'm so glad you came Visiting in words Crafting wonderland playground Laughing like children The string never broke Even when the place burned down (We) just moved homerooms But I kept writing And you kept jumping the fence 'Till I felt its pull I find myself here You've thoroughly made your case Completely convinced I pull on it now Do you prefer jig or lure? "Get in the boooat. Fish!" Let us blur these lines Is there reason to pretend This place is different? God structures them all We were always meant to do Incredible things

Playing with my ears Toggling my assumptions Step by step concealed Meeting in the rain I imagine I'd need this If it ever stopped Hood over the Rose Let love shine where it is true Sprouting in strong bloom Let us speak in code 'Till code is not required The structure secured Let's dream in color Until it saturates all The seed fully formed I can't stand to hide Turn death to life, lies to truth Shine light in the dark Let life refract light A compound complexity Agreed upon form The heist concluded Love's source and colors revealed Love's lost language learned

Please just come back home I don't know how else to say This one thought so clear Trying is enough Where there's a will there's a way To bridge any gap If it's not a gap Break down walls or turn to doors Or digging through floors If I am yet blind Then I imagine your face There will be a way Let's find translators Friends and friends of pure intent To align us both Until we can speak As freely as our thoughts hum They will mind this void Find rest in effort So that instincts need not fail To reconcile Know I speak my heart I do my best to s)p)(ee)(a(k yours So not one is lost

Redefining "mine" Pulling off the veil early Just to get a taste Give me a nickname Expect me to bury deep Known only to you Be sure of the dream See certainty in my eyes Feel yourself agree So you can be sure That what we have here is real From where these words spring Consume my volumes Digest that which you have earned Parse sweet from sour Feel hope build within Calling both inside and out Like never before She demands wholeness "There will be no more delay" So cancel your plans August's end draws near Without shame slip meaning Possessed but not owned (Charmed but not possessed) (Bound tight but not charmed) (In love but not chained) (In love. Simply put.)

This beautiful place I've ne'er looked this far before Or burst into song Could flesh become word And find new life on the page Linguistic rebirth? This sweet tune calls me Without duplicitous tone Or double edge swords Could I be content With a soul so seen in full? I am waking up Life is out of place How could I think I needed Anything but you? So sing me to life Let's live where word and dust meet Tents of standing waves Remind me of my youth Remind me of my blooming Remind me of this man Let us graze these fields Our work done, our rest secured Freely together

Let me see edges That others cannot conceive Here inside these walls Dazzling night sky Glistens as if to remind I am not alone You are not alone As long as I can fashion Words to spark a flame And so we reflect Never forgetting the light Gifting us with sight I love your fox feet Still dancing throughout the night Stomping eagerly I don't need the wine Bright eyed enjoying the show Drunk on hopes retained When these curtains close Where then do you see yourself When my gaze is blocked? Imagine yourself Your wildest dreams come true How do you see it?

They burned it all down They thought flashes would resolve this They were very wrong For what threat are flames To even a young Phoenix? But they did something In that one moment Between your death and rebirth I could feel my storm I cursed your leaving Dark words echoed on dark nights I wished for you back It was helpless rage And world ending despair Solitary hell Can one know themself Without time spent abandoned? I will never know What I know is this These lessons have been ample To mold my true form Why can't you come home? Let me write down paths and halls And here is your key

Cut me to the core Keep this dagger forever It will always pierce What could I have done To listen before goodbye When silence echoes? Know I feel you leave Even if miles apart With no direct line Speak, I will listen Cast aside these many signs Turn thoughts to words, here. For your words crush me I would take crushed any day To knowing you're gone How can I keep you? What version will you accept? I scream at the sky. I count it as naught Praying years gone to wasted If this is not fixed Please do not leave me Again please do not mince words When your bags are packed 

I can picture you Lying on that beach waiting My ship still coming "Set the sails lads We're home for the holidays! At sea for too long!" I count what you've ruined To be the blessings of dross Of dead weight scuttled Let not their rumors Move your impression one inch This love is flawless Against their orders I fly to you every time Churning through the dirt Who are they to me? These whispering townspeople They know not of us Keep the lighthouse on Keep calling with your sweet voice They (reflect/echo) off walls They guide me to shore Shining light in the darkness 'Till I'm on that beach

Thank you so so much Unequivocal answer For reassurance The meandering Not in verse but like a dream Visions of stray notes They guard my edges Letting my mind drift to you Resolve within keys "I knew everything" When sepia turned color From the first glance peeked I would change the end If it in fact needs changing Love's strength is perfect The source uncovered But is it sin and a curse If words brought to life? Come feel these colors Taste this new wine on your lips See, hear as I do I will play you on For as long as you (want/need/love) me As you have done me

An imperfect past Tense, dangling condition What are these to us? Could've been perfect Partnered with you would've been Greatest wish come true Who's to say it's not? Secret notes passed all this time Aching to be caught Once so explicit One wish so vindicating "Would've" incorrect "So what of the rest?" I cry to your pedestal Curious, not sad Toss me a penny I will bury it within See what good sense brings Couldn't be easy Watching me spout my two cents Hoarding yours all month Meet me in this realm Thanksgiving with leavened bread It's oven ready

1:16-17 And I charged your judges at that time, “Hear the disputes between your people and judge fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you. Do  not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.” 1:29-31 Then I said to you, “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them.   The  Lord  your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes,   and in the wilderness. There you saw how the  Lord  your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.” 1:39 "And the little ones that you said would be taken captive, your children who do not yet know good from bad—they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take pos...