Ode to Love

The cumbersome veil Impatiently ripped away Fearlessly shedded How might "yes" be said And how might this "yes" be heard In realms so different? The architect plans A well studied scientist When it comes to me Every move and split Obfuscated with glitter Unmistakeable Encryption conveyed Right down to the slant arrow And new direction They see the whole thing But have no clue how to track Still chasing their tails Even I am lost But I do not draw my maps And she knows this well Anniversary Of chestnuts and roaring flames And unions delayed

Echoed to nothing Fearlessly and mindlessly I stare at the page Do all stories end With a staggering goodbye? I clench my left hand I see me after In a state that should not be My love gone away I grow so cold here Still a piece of me remains Heartless strategist Running on instinct (coding) "I do not want to lose you I cannot lose you." The last instruction In this state time loses hold All walls as nothing I fix the ending Unapologetically Ace (¤) in the hole flipped Are there better ways? Such notions only return When the storm has passed

Waiting fearlessly For the other to approach But not with patience So many mis(reads/stakes) Each hopeful in our corner Each waiting this out What are you seeing As I flounder and get up As if without end? What are you doing Tending another garden Not visiting mine? Second guessing starts Quickly crushed by focused hearts "Examine closely" "Oh the wilderness She would need to endure here Without a refuge" "His thoughts are on you This ache overwhelming him He wants no other." I glance and away While I still ponder details "I do." Never fades

Such a sweet conflict Borne on page and by daylight Delicately torn Sewn back together Pieces from each perspective Fitting perfectly She said "Time And Space" "I will remember the name" (And dream of your face) But before the end Enough walls turned cobblestones To sneak past the gate So I shared my plan Eyes like a kid at Christmas And heart on my sleeve And you sang our song B(l)ooming so loud they all heard My name on your hand The timing is yours Please ignore my grumblings Focus on my joy I can see your face My love opening the gate That's when I'm fearless 

As the sun goes down I see both dreams and daydreams Lighting the same stage Equal in your eyes? Your agreement making real For dream and story? Whispers of concern Keep me from running headlong For what might be lost? Specifically who If all fades to agreement This golden shine lost Not because it fades But the eyes that see it do Gold left in the dark So I disagree A delicate tightrope walk As your eyes melt mine For I miss those days Of carnivals and fun games But you are my prize So we forge new paths Fearless not meaning not sad We will be happy 

Strip the sarcasm It's time to don this new suit And slipstream meaning I meant what I said Shouted from behind my windows You seem to know that But moves must be made Moves that we each cannot bear So we split the load Each trying to spare The heart we cannot bear break Which ends up perfect Perfect, not easy So we each honestly cry From our own corners Unable to see The other corner shifted Source of tears misjudged Timing still perfect My steps beelining your way To your room, I come Make fearless moves Assuming these eyes on you I'm shadowed, not blind 

Shiney grain of sand Glistens new under the sun Not gone unnoticed How far it must be For you to catch the U-turn Let me ease the pain Let me trim these years By pointing out what is gained Might not have been meant It will be better If good is perfect in form What is very good? If choice is preserved How can very good be planned With good's precision? The timing perfect But some bones remain unpicked Unexpectedly Over, not within? A matter of perspective? Fearless of first things? Tiny glint of hope Enters the hope filled chamber Traditionally

Tears in a vacuum An adjustment not undone Moment not returned Your word echoing The key to both stay and go Initiate *BOOP* Screaming at the sky Half for letting light shine fools Half because I'm gone Feel your gaze narrow This June apocalypse planned For many a year My smile mistaken By reputation for grin But love through and through Hold tight the feeling Of that first sight burst of joy Truthful inner child For I felt it too Nearly every time I breathe A fearless flashback This may take longer But overtime brings treasures Irreplaceable 

Back into the vault Every foot a new puzzle I retrace my steps The bones holding strong Even as the facade burned More times than I count How to track a man Who is mindlessly traceless The man's sought treasure Ancient times summed up When oneness was without sting Somehow I missed you So you took yourself To show me what I was missing Always overlooked But you kept record Were you unable to stop? Or did I need that? Now you share your steps Showing one pass ain't enough But fearless of two Superposition Pockets and halls all at once eep for us throughout

"I'm done keeping score! Every move he makes shatters My expectations Let's just keep dreaming Of higher and higher bars So he learns to fly He dreams in color And has seen mine come to light Pulled from black and white My eyes are his sky Let them be the blue he sees And pupils deep night Acceleration Is the signal I'm coming Amply heralded For this fairy tale Deserves every perfect thing He might have in mind." Yes, I can hear you Fearless yet nervous of eep Still sprinting (my/your) way Still thread in these clues For resolute is not sure And neither is you 

Oh throwing pebbles How an image takes me back Before red burned 'neath Before steps faltered Have you pictured the timeline Where I beelined home? But here neither knock... Doors knock of their own accord When all silence falls? Say what you need to Always seeding what you mean to I will make harvest If this were simple It would have been done by now Would wine be as rich? If this were easy Who's to say it would be us Two walking together? Fearless when challenged And this challenge has such draw So let slip the string Until then, listen The *tap tap* on your window Is still by design 

In a realm all yours How might a photograph look? I wonder aloud If these words are heard Then reality crafting Is surely afoot The radio plays The lyrics and music spark thought The thought becomes real I play a picture Each stroke and space a pixel The detail precise I know my preference So my name becomes my face As this is your realm Unmistakeable Prismatic from your viewpoint The contrast fearless Our faces pressed close Synesthetically brazen Even walls sensed new So sepia turns A matter of time, perhaps But on first contact

So complicated I forget to remember My name might go on (exhaust) I came here for sad But a message lit me up An invitation I dare not intrude Such things are detestable But did you say "come."? An open window Especially pointed out With a tired hope A gentleman comes When his lady's in distress So what are these steps?.. I'll shake off the dust This fearless power dormant For nearly as long Like a beast unchained I will close the gap between Then don my best suit Like the olden days Hark! The sound of pebbles? Please smile o'er the pane 

Context sharpening As the words are repeated Keys clarifying Oh this memory! The problem with forever It fills in so fast Not linearly But filling through each drilled hole A deluge of scenes But the threads hold fast Untarnished by surface things As all washes all So what is the end? Does this flood net perfection Or balance to naught? Fearless of each one Only for perspective's lack Technicality Know I will mean it To the last, bitter or sweet To the very last It is my nature One set in stone  forever At first sight         always

What was I thinking? Umm, I do think I've lost it Gazing at the stars Mesmerized by you Your voice and your promises Delicately laced The night continues But now markedly different Than moments before For I remember This web woven much deeper Than my wriggling Still it is soothing Inexplicably freeing Fearless in its binds So I sing my song As the night spells out your name I write it on page Dream of foreign stars Observing them like the night Each filled with a warmth Inspired by you I dream things here yet unseen  Write things here unknown 

How could one earn this ? This will require wisdom Though not mine to own Scratching the surface One made before I arrived One bursting to life A coin with two sides Both seen, one largely ignored Inscription misread Still, there is beauty Beauty from the beginning Overwhelmingly Show me the waters Give me fearless strength to jump I care not who sees Did I steal the keys? Not without your permission A line traced to cross So I bring candy And a plethora of gifts As I work this out To know you will stay Though you may cross lines yourself Brings hope bursting forth 

Not so subtle slip A penny in the pocket Many more to come Up there on the hill Did you see fireworks too Was our sight aligned? And in those cages Did you see it as I did? The walls that shattered? This is our story Each ending fills our pockets I crave better ways Fearless of reboots Though I feel like one's coming And wish it away We will praise the Lord For this timeline foreshadows A perfect one comes One that starts with us And sees us through everything And continues on It may be here now We still have not given in And we're still breathing 

What an oddity! The oft' nervous visitor If these words ring true It could not be helped I think I wander at night Through time's twisting halls But you smile at me Even before she thought to I will not forget With words of testing We did speak once in this place Fearless at your post But still not unkind With "I don't know, I just do" Somehow sufficient A warm reception Somehow without hand tipping Each and every time So your eyes reflect And may they continue to The eyes of my love Thank you for hearing In my deafening silence Words etched on my heart 

I feel I have said Words without understanding But sentiment true These long years apart Have they proven them untrue Or do threads still sew? I can picture us Without this separation I feel that I have While shining so bright And fearless in the darkness Hope is aa half truth Half of each of us Within those halls do we walk Or did we just build? I may never know Eternally different paths That must be okay I want you this way In the eyes of another Separate from myself We walk together In different ways and places Forever, always 

Stuff can be two things Can a person be the same Viewed by one other? He and I the same? Layered to avoid collapse Perpetual bloom? I wonder such things As I prepare to enter And facades crumble The fearless scales fall If true, it must be complete No structural flaws What a perfect dream! Stability in the lines Feeling bursts throughout Love felt in real time Able to walk anywhere And know the rules stand Such architecture Feels like it would still take time Even if timeless So name your hour Let us make preparations Be ready for eep.