For Thee (2012)

For thee my sister, my brother, my father, my mother.
For thee my friend, my peer, my comrade, my lover
For thee I would cross the deepest ocean
For thee I would steal the moon

Ask thou what reason I should have,
My answer would be thus

Love, which has no order, no rank, no priority
Love, that should not differ or falter based on mood
Love, that transcends words, transcends deeds
Love, that trusts and does not betray

Thus I answer,
Thus I feel,
To me Love is,

The only thing real

Empty Words (2012)

It always hard when a friend is in pain,

When it seems they struggle in vain

I want to help, offer some peace

Something for the pain to cease

I try to think of something to say

Something to make the pain go away

Something to make the suffering end

Some silver lining around the bend

My words of comfort ring hollow in my ears

How can I promise release from their fears

I wish I could speak and let it be done

One word for the hurt to be gone

I cannot, so I keep quiet

While my friends’ emotions riot.

They do not know I care,

They do not know the pain I share

I do not want them to know

For I have no way to show

I have no way to heal

I have no way to change how they feel

Perhaps it is enough to be there

Perhaps the pain gets easier when you share

Silken Threads (2011)

With silken threads I am caught

Struggling against them will not help me aught,

My emotions, everything I feel,

Make those threads as strong as steel

Unintentionally I wove these strands,

Unswervingly I tied my own hands,

Unknowingly I gave my freedom away

Now I dance to someone else’s sway

One person can set me free

One person holds the key

But I dare not ask this boon

Lest the dream end too soon

Transience (2010)

And so we meet, you and I

Like two rain clouds in the sky

Nothing solid, nothing permanent

The nature of clouds is transient

We float together on a breeze

Before parting without ease

Something is always left behind

Something that is difficult to find

And so we meet, you and I

Like two rivers strong and wide

Nothing solid, nothing permanent

The nature of rivers is turbulent

Together we sweep everything along

While others covet our sweet song

All seems well to the untrained eye

But before we reach the ocean we run dry

And so we meet, you and I

Like two flames burning high.

Nothing solid, nothing permanent

The nature of fires is violent

Our light shines pure and bright

Even in the coldest, darkest night

But on each other we must turn

When there is nothing left to burn

So how must we meet, you and I?

Like two mountains that never die

Ever solid, almost permanent

The nature of mountains is not transient

Cogito Ergo Sum (2010)

It is easy to become lost in silence,

To close your eyes and tear down the walls,

Give in to thoughts and their quiescent violence,

Answer the deafening, soundless calls,

The lure is great and difficult to resist,

Only a will of iron bars the way,

Unfazed, they continue to insist,

Only a resolve of steel keeps them at bay,

I know what will happen if they break through,

Soon enough I will become you,

The one who feels and hurts and cries,

The one who writes and dreams and dies,

I want to let you out, set you free,

But I live in a world where you cannot be,

In the dark musty dungeon you must remain,

And hope the day comes for you to reign,

Someday I will succumb,

Struck deaf and blind and dumb,

It is not difficult to go insane,

In a world filled with the inane,