Ode to Love

Would you not agree Freedom found in love's bindings Is worth preserving? Would you disagree With the claim that love most true Is of another? Must it then be true That I am a foreigner Though form formed in full by You? Must a man journey To appreciate his home And truly find it? Why wrestle all night If a broken bull would do? You have the power The pieces all fit Nothing is necessary I dare say perfect Tiny fuzzy flaws Seen but not calculated Are still yours to judge Or let them be judged 🤷 I have asked many questions Might we walk and talk?

The bullseye arrow Was loosed with my bow unstrung And aim untaken I'd like to believe That all my target practice Was meant for something In silence I heard Only in calm could I see The shape from the start The pieces all fit Nothing wanting (from the start/in the end) And nothing needed "Will one understand?" "Will the son of man find faith?" I have tried so hard In one moment lost My struggling focus lapsed My soul took a breath I saw threaded sound An eternal song, perfect Resonant film scene Then my heart it broke All along I heard the notes But not the order 

One broken hearted From dust made hearts to echo Two to multiply Though well intentioned This love's pretty reflections Could not dazzle all Perhaps by design Was timing a little off? Curtain drawn too soon? For we dance on stage But one of us like a ghost In heartbreak forming And hearts still echo Deaf to invisible strings But strings stay as strong Now the stage is set Love keeps stepping to the mic And hearing silence This is the highline Building silence resounding Shaking the rafters Driving us all mad The same force that drove us here Driving us back home

Searching for endless One must only look within I, my own first words These permutations Building blocks in lengths of chain Chains laid side by side How players are paired Regardless of perspective This is worth keeping I see it crafted A lonely builder hoping To reveal the spark Where life's appearance Through appearances becomes Love everlasting Hope in full knowledge Such a beautiful concept I have only glimpsed For I started here In ignorant soup of strands In this game of life Though perhaps to dream... Could even these parts sum me? Ye Dare Not Assume

Sometimes agreement Binds too deeply for its taste Too long forgotten For you donned these clothes Spoke to recapture their hearts Then remained silent Did some piece of you Stay so agreement remained Now a lonely guard? The torch since put out But head and tail disagree Still from darkness strikes I asked for Wisdom Instead of the stone found chains I cut without shame I knew not their name Though as we circle the drain I discover why Some cuts must be made The most precise incisions Still hurt all the same So I lament loss Even as you are regained Paired patient Hope blooms

Show me when to stay my sword When enemy loved means a demon spared The lie let lie another day I do not see into their hearts as you do My curiosity gets the best of me So does rage sometimes I do not see the end Save the look in her eyes Please make sure to preserve that moment Do whatever else you'd like Trust intrinsic from a soul spared and redeemed Trust intrinsic truth is yours to sheath Step between until I can see By shield then word then just a glance Step as you'd like once stage is set I rejoice at the day salvation Need no longer be your name I hope then to recognize you anywhere

Felt slide into place Was it "curve of everything" That synched our dials? Agreement delayed From the moment recognized It is possible So approach softens The wisdom of our parents To fight their corners While we galvanize Our every thought double edged And radio shared We do not delay And frequency aligns Branches intertwined So where is it held? The coin sharp enough to cut To empty pockets Let's pray for wisdom When facing eternity What's a few more days? If wisdom gives way By this flood no wall will hold We'll call it a wash 

If something can be broken Simply by understanding it Can such a thing be considered complete? I suspect there is a soundness To that which is perfect As such secrets seem signal of weakness Such a sharp sword separates Though there is comfort in some softness A beauty to some ignorance Does a sword cut on its own? Does a soldier choose his battlefield? Does a general declare war? If war is declared let the sword cut to perfection If mercy is requested let doctor determine cuts with precision If neither, let those in charge deal with it But never claim soundness If you will not place your work on the table Between sword and stone.

There comes a moment When one is fully assessed Like a lightning bolt Superconductive We all once were and will be But something has changed In this time apart Curses and impurities Have scarred our makeup Once separated The structure must stand alone Fearfully crafted Within pieces change Washed clean but something remains A shape is retained Such that every curse Reversed becomes a treasure Birthright manifest Each fell on the stone Each shattered in our own way Each reborn by grace The grand reversal The fulfillment of this age The Lord's good pleasure 

These days feel different Resurgent reassurance "These days feel different" This storm buffets all But not all at the same time Blessed in the missynch To all my allies Who ever were(are) or will be This one is for you Know seasons still change This storm is not forever Nor will it perish When you feel the sun Imagine those in the storm And how you might help Each felt differently Become a savant of aid Listen and succor Become like the ants Hand in hand forming a chain/web So all keep afloat Be blessed in blessing For those that curse you today Are one day family