Pain

Is the pain gone
It felt as if it would never go away
A living reminder of past misadventures
Throbbing and twisting beneath the skin

Emotional pain can be just as bad
Smashing us hard in our chests
Pushing down on our faces
Making us somber and despondent

The darkness makes us sink
Be it from karma or chance
Drowning us in the abyss
Of brooding exile

We seem distant and removed
Taciturn and withdrawn
Flying on fractured wings
Broken blood vessels and ruptured tissue

Our hearts are wounded yet will not scab
The emotional weight felt with every step
Isolation in a crowd
Obscuring our vision

Without pain we would not know pleasure
A dichotomy of madness
Trapped in an illusory cycle
Until what end

The Revolution Begins In The Heart

Tear down these walls
that keep us afraid and alone
The solitude bears down on us
like a runaway train
Ripping us limb from limb
Leaving us bloody on the tracks
Crouching in the shadows
watching the feelings drift
witnessing a muted soul
The revolution begins in the heart
and feels its way into the mind
Do you ever feel the need
to shred the torn curtain
to break apart the iceberg
between us
Passion can not be bottled
it exists as fire in the wind
Take these fated fantasies
and let them rest in peace
Fragmented in the past
sleeping in the darkness
blooming in the moonlight
Beauty has the power
I can not say if that is right
but it is in the eye of the beholder
Even though society
judges our every step
Tear down these walls
that keep us apart and without

Fire

Fire
in your hair
Contemplating your lithesome gait
and the independence of your spirit

I see mercy in your eyes
Recognition in your stare
Time and space lose meaning
when you are near me

You can not be constrained
fences are anathema to your existence
You must run free
marking many miles

Honesty engulfs your soul
You wander far and wide
bringing grace and wisdom
along for the ride

The adventure begins
Energies collide at the crossroads
Have I met the stunning vagabond
of my dreams

Unique sister
you follow your own path
and I follow mine
We always meet at the nexus