Ode to Love

Blood cold in my veins Congealing, crystallizing Finally frozen These flowers for you A sacrifice of my will If yours is not me I'v uncertainty Their petals may yet remind By innocent hue Blooming naturally Red then yellow, though I'm blue Here I won't feel it For on ground frozen No other can enliven These terms black and white No sanguine support Nor law's technicalities No sun's warming rays May you never see (For I know I never could) This permafrost end Black hole all the same With the work of a moment Their time shines the more 

I feel like the town Now runs around with scissors Cobblestones in heels Litter of puppies Please forgive this hubris storm And help baby proof Keep the wolves at bay As I imagine lessons That may edify Wild and crazy But each carries spark of hope And promise of more If power remains Let it be to herd these cats As was done for me So claims defended May be as roots upended Sproutlings replanted And errant dreamers Might be rescued from these snares On this holiday I am a novice But in any way I can Let me help clean up 

Laments structure sadness in darkened halls Hopeless and more, screams echoing throughout How does one decide, surrounded by walls Which will lead home and which just flit about? Face the truth and expose all your secrets To become a bastion impregnable Naught planned impossible even bleakness Broken in good faith becomes tenable "You need a fountain," I grab equipment Haven't I been in these caverns before? Unsure the steps but set on fulfillment How could one find freedom without the door? Laments like blueprints to bloom barren ground Hope be deferred no more! Tree of Life found.

What you say happens, what I say happens Must one of us stay silent forever? What I think happens, what you think happens Can this end in anything but "never?" How can one walk away from one so close? I don't remember, don't think I want to Even in the net I wonder of gross Though colors respond to sharpen moon's view Desired and devoured spectrums grow Until pinpoint accuracy is found Radio still signals strangers below Up so high, don't think I've forgotten ground Through infinitely small angles we sift Lover, strangers, friends, and family the gift 

Ear cocked messenger Not versed in English nuance But loyal and quick Through the town of hope Carried from my friends to yours Your ear to your mind *stompstompstomp* reply Heard as suffering no more End to beginning ...Loosly translated... As skilled as he is with names I am with Hebrew But in your tongue skilled Invitation accepted Rats climb back on board Tiny town uproar For hope, now in fact, secured Like a wish fulfilled Time coalescing Validity wisdom proves Consistency forged Let your spirits soar For my love replied this day {Hips and stomping feet} :o  (Meet me here and now) :O 

Such foreshadowing! When the tiny town of hope Is seen in color Known by eyes and lips In magnificent color Strangers recognized Learn to love yourself My hope for you is as yours These pages won't do So the zebra flies Like The () other long before With (re-mixed) contrast What things you will see! Will you ever share with me Your adventure notes? You do not have to Know I'll listen anytime This ear tuned to you Take your town with you! As appropriate warning Let this fist shake serve! (*shakes fist*) I watch as you go So close yet so far away In heart but not sight

I feel a flashback One I have not seen before At least not so clear I choose words with care For I sense what is at stake (Though not carefully) "This dragon I've met The one that threatens your fields That preys on the young I know how to win So familiarize yourself For I've repressed it If you can lead me Crafting the things I see here We can win this day To the wilderness! This fight will not be easy We must be prepared You must bolster me For deep seeded trauma lurks My mind will scatter Piece me together And surely your guest will stay You both will be blessed."

Unfamiliar paths Except something like a dream Shifted once over "Oi! What's all this then!?" A beautiful stranger cries A nonsense traveler I knock on the door All at once I am brought in Through great castle gates Treated like a king Though I've earned no such title Still, I feast and laugh 'Til I grow suspished (-.-) What manner of thing did I For this reception? The queen summons me In this tiny town of Hope Uncannily bright "We have heard of you Your tiny tenacity Your unique resolve A guest is coming One I'm hoping to retain Will you please help us?"