Of Dreams

Be this light the light of dreams And none that shall compare Ever fell among the beams Or spoke unto the air Be this day the day of dreams And those yet to arrive In silence or in faded screams On this day will derive Be this night the night of dreams And all that…

Sunlight

Sunlight take away from me All the things I have Give me all that you may deem Perfection cannot make me sad Strip the borders of my soul Thread the needle of my eye Give me that which makes me whole Adjust the rhythm of my mind And when it all is said and done…

All But Gone

Without thinking, without blinking Is the feeling all but gone Is it burning, is it yearning To come out and sing its song And when it does will I have known That all that’s lost is lost for good And all that comes is better grown From all that’s lived and understood Or will it…

Where Must One Man Go

Where must one man go To find the fairest falls How far the river flows How loud the mountain calls Where must one descend To find the lowest low How quick the seasons end How deep the canyons go Where must one arise To reach the highest high How bright the brightest skies How sad…

Morning Washed Ashore

Clouds that gathered in the dark Amassed above the peak Withdraw their post without remark And fade unto the meek Tides that swell beneath the moon Bestowing seeds of pain Fall in shades of deep maroon Regressing with the rain Cold that billows in the shade Resurging from the past Feels the warmth of day…

I’ll Tell Thee Why

Why do I hurt? I’ll tell thee why For all the faded feelings I belie For all the coy confusions of the heart And all the sad impressions I impart Why do I cry? I’ll tell thee why To slay the beastly visions of my eye To liberate the demons of delight And free the…

Achromatic Skies

Many moons have bound this heart To one unearthly star Fostered feelings in the light And cradled dreams afar Yet altered in the light of morn And scattered by the day Are moments lost in time forlorn Adrift in disarray Awaiting that untimely sleep Of sunlight’s daily chore For achromatic skies to keep Alive the…

Notebook

I could fill a notebook every day With all the things I hope to someday do All the places I would like to go And every girl that I pretend is you No place that I have been can quite compare To any place that I have yet to see And no girl that I…

Unfaltering Veneer

All of my surroundings Shine like paint upon my skin Concealing all the secrecy That slumbers deep within All the world ever sees Is my unfaltering veneer Yet beneath the dry exterior Quite distant shores appear Whether sunlight falls or star I cannot seem to show The truth that I conceal The subtleties that flow…