Ode to Love

The fury subsides I know it is but an ebb Standing between realms Construction begins As subconsciouses lash out Painful all around The pain of rebirth Resurrection without death I know this will end Beyond is unknown Everything is crying out For a love story Like this I cannot So I willingly transform Praying for mercy On the precipice Her emergence just ahead Will I be ready? I know I must be I have seen what lies beyond Peeking through the fence I must simply stop And approach as expected Never turning back

Drum beat in the dark No matter if it is real As long as it works Making a ruckus Raising dry bones from the ground Knitting back the flesh Unshattering glass Mirrored armor refashioned Avatar Rising Phoenix Rekindled Birthing out of nothingness As it was before Seeing through the walls An image of other realms Still waiting for me Now gathering strength Filling my since emptied realm Imagined as full Limbs with consciousness Band together like brothers Forming its spirit Remembering this So trips back will be shortened Bursting through the seams

The darkness fills me With unrestricted access My defenses gone My armor gifted Now a universe away I pray it still works Here I am naked But no one dares say a thing What good is a king? Without a kingdom No worthy home to speak of None to call my own They are but shadows Painful reflections of you So I shatter them Until I am left With only broken pieces Sobbing on my throne The grand facade burns Lasting no longer than you Torn in an instant A bird sings above I find myself distracted Then I think of you

Preparing for this Hoping you arrive swiftly As I jump then fall Grasping for the walls They are shifting around me I will need some help Somehow she is gone An impossible ending In my worst nightmares How is she not mine? I lay in the ground broken Cursed, but empowered Worst combination For me and everyone else On the day you left I try to bow out But my essence rages on Out of control now In a moment, gone Everything I have fought for And considered real I try to drown out The cursed ones I leave behind But the dreams follow

The space between us Cuts us each in different ways I breathe in the smoke Then all at once gone My fear is complicated (Alone) and unbound Without you or this I forget how to survive Thanatos flailing I need you baby Echoes in a broken mind I want to believe In some ways I do I want to entirely So I take this leap Evicting this death Flying into another Misguided effort? If it is, stop me If it is not, fine with me Traveling cosmos I promise you this I will be in the circle Ready for our trip

Bold interruption She plops right down by my side With a playful laugh Our legs brush lightly She has caught my attention Any little touch She knows me so well Letting me finish my thought With bright eyed silence But my heart races Proximity is enough To spark my interest Lighting fireworks I give her a sideways glance She responds in kind I scooch a little Now pressing my side to hers Our hearts are racing I write for her now "I like hanging out with you Whatever I do" Give me a minute My attention will be yours All yours, heart and soul

Subtle at the start The familiar waking up Or staying cozy Then came the puzzle Reminiscent of writing And suggesting more Next was a shoutout The girl awake in the dream Playing of the vows Now in my crosshairs The other side of the fence That was once a door Coyly forgetting That she was in the middle Of saying something Then feline surprise That glimpsing her meant so much Even I jumped in Now raising the stakes Two hearts, yellow attire My favorite (color)(hue) Then I dreamt the next Not wanting to spoil it I wait patiently