These Strains

These strains have catapulted me
beyond where I was before
A cosmic tumble in the night sky
I can finally see somewhat
beyond the pain
How much tribute do you need
Your desire is as endless
as the pathways of the stars
The bruises have more or less healed
leaving a twinge of remembrance
We are parallel to infinity
wandering through a neon sky
Peace is within
You demand my very soul
but give riches in return
Old wounds grab us by the neck
and drag us along
until they finally let go
as if to surprise us
Is everyone ready for round two
The flagrant scars of yesterday
have turned to faded scarlet
The shadow of pain remains
as a reminder of the misadventures
of the past
Those misadventures being some of my
greatest memories
fabled storied nights from the past
coursing through my veins

Beauty In A Word

I lost a piece of the sun
That is drifting away from me
Filling me with anger and sadness
The memories rise in my throat

Beauty in a word
Enveloping me
The kindness of love
Contrasting with a world of brutality

The intimacy has been murdered
Quickly and cleanly
Without wiping the blood from the blade
Distance

Truth always getting in the way
Impeding progress
Afraid to lie naked
Beyond the lies

A time to be satisfied approaches
Pressing through the clouds
That eclipse the light
And keep me from what is mine

The Lost Moments

I can not remember
The exact nature of the past
In retrospect vision is blurry
History is lost
Sequences of events are blocked out
Any given night can be blacker than black
As it is blacked out
Only a few rays of light
Penetrate the void
Offering little comfort
And no solace
The time is missing only to memory
Because I was there
I lived the lost legacy
The wheels of experience were rolling
But someone forgot to take notes
Reality has slipped into another dimension
The real is still real
Only somewhere else
Curiosity drives me to attempt to recollect
Certain moments are recalled
But the process is very slow
And only so much can be remembered
Memory seems of little importance
Except that if we forget our mistakes
We are doomed to repeat them
Sometimes I feel doomed
To repeat a past
That has me by the throat

Only Thoughts And Feelings

I want to go deep inside
To find out what I need to do
Deep inside me deep inside you
To feel your inner flesh
In an attempt to reveal your soul
Our bodies entwined is familiar ground
Sex is a battlefield
A trusted friend
Reaching out
We threw our bodies against each other
You smiled and I saw the sun
Dancing in your eyes
Reflected in your stride
Life became more difficult
Because I made it so
The answer was in the palm of my hand
My fist was clenched obstructing truth
I blamed the world
When it was my doing
I let it all go
Start fresh
Look at us now
If we knew the future back then
We would have screamed
It does not seem to matter now
We are diving deep down
Where there is no light
Only thoughts and feelings
Struggling in the dark

Perceptions: The Winds Of Time

The winds of time
Changing forever what we will know
To be true
In our hearts

Cataclysm of humanity
Stretching the earth
And existence
To fit our perceptions

The dark clouds
Dictate our perceptions
We are ruled by our fears
Pushing us onward

We strangle ourselves
Make martyrs of our kin
In the struggle to survive
To postpone death

Searching for magic
For the carnival con
Seeking security
At any price

Afraid of the work
That needs to be done
Afraid of the effort
Required to change