Justice In the Quest For Love

I saw how martyrs longed for love, and so began the play of my flitting heart A strange girl had I become, with airs of fickle dream, My heart an embodiment of wonder to all that dared to behold it Closing my eyes, I would find myself knowing something new would shine my way Had I known what was coming, the dawn would seem far less appealing... As all journeys begin, a darkness began to veer its head The plot of reality melted in dissonant chords... Dark blue fogs of doubt caked my mind and heart Though the longing for love never left... And had it left, no dawn would await me I saw there were rules setting a foundation for my intensely embarked mark I knew if I were to feel any twinge of fire, I must first be rid of the fog...or at the very least find my way through it How it stung as it hit my virgin skin, not like gentle clouds talking me through it, Caressing, surrounding and seducing. . . No, like a poison, the bleak thickness of the doubt choking me Reducing me to child's tears...I toiled through its torments, I rested upon rough rocks of rhetorics Admiring their vitality and honesty... At one point in time I had convinced myself that I was one of them A rock- cold, rough... hardened and overlooked...destined to crumble Though more demands surfaced on this quest for love's Justice Weakened by the blue fogs blackening, I cried out in the pit of my heart, surrendering before me Words...kept so long inside... I freed them from the strongholds of my darkest nights And soon there was a deep, hypnotizing reply... Justice, tall and proud, said from above the sinking pit, "True, I have seen you before, A token of adoration you have become, Crying night after night in melodious black, With little to take, and everything to give... My demands are simple, as your longing is profound, You, yes, you! Take my hand so I may hold you tightly..." My mouth agape, I stretched out my hand to meet the vines of his fingers Clutching in sparks, he breathed into me life... and promise of love "Surrender your heart to the hope of love When you find you are not alone, as none of you are, When you praise with your singsong words that passion has altered, Giving all to a soul you have yet to see, You shall feel my hand lift you as I do now... Soon once more, you shall learn- the dawn will always be dawn And the night will always be your velvet pathway to Beyond." This, Justice proclaimed in the voice of a thousand cries of birth The overtones spilling out in rainbows of rapture It was soon after his visit, I knew I must perform... Surrender, faith, and action Three keys to the same door... And they, golden and alight, were in my hands to use The time came when my heart grew roses, thorns and all And hearts smashed their way through, though I cherished the burn... Fogs still lingered in the alleyway of fear And now I knew not to inch my way near For the punishment he had whispered like darts in my ear, "If you, now seeing the truth, dismember your heart, I will crush your petals into black abyss, I will reduce you to dust, leaving the thorns, I am animal in the face of failure, My tolerance for hate is shorter than an ant beholding a mountain And if you so much as reject my call, Hate is exactly what I will allow, And it will destroy you, oh singing heart..." This I ask of Justice, on the day of my calling, and yet still today... - "Tell me, oh spirit, Phantom of Epiphany, When the love I so long for locks tightly upon me, Becoming me, Shall it be as I dreamed, Or shall I be wholly disappointed, Left in the agony of reality, Where roses grow, thorns and all... Only to wither...and die... ?" He was so gentle...that he merely smiled and left me... It was right away, soon after his departure, That I felt he never would fully leave... He allowed me to weave my own dreams, Finding out for myself if reality was truly as magical as they write And as for an answer, as dull as this may sound... it is... I, like many tearful martyrs before me, Continue to long for a love that will fulfill me Often reality teases me, and I know not if she is demon or angel Though one day, I will see reality is on my side, ugly or not The play of my flitting heart still beating its rhythmic drums The rainbows of overtones lulling me into ecstasy, As I see words of wisdom thriving in the hands that save This, though little, I know- Love is justice of reward beyond our wildest dreams He sings to us every night, never making promises... He just smiles and allows us to live it He allows us to discover, and in turn give... To enlighten others still trapped in the ruts of fog Once we feel it, there is no turning back Please do not let him crush those roses you have made... Even their foundations were meant to reach the skies Touching the brightest dawn...and Beyond.. -For Justin Bordner's "Love Justice" Contest Love you loads, and thank you immensely for inspiring me!