Shy away; girl at play
electric candle light doesn't flicker
you could only turn it off
but then girl, you'll be dark
stuck in mist that is your trouble:
thoughts of love and seeking double
One that's here to stay and watch
and another for you to use and toss
Shy away; girl at play
electric candle light doesn't flicker
you could only switch it off
but when the light comes back and blisters
Of the heat that steams off the floor;
dirty underwear builds in corners
stained with both felt good wrongs
Choose a mister wicked sister
'less they both switch you off...
When you buried your soul you ceased to live
And then you soon forgot that you had life.
Without feeling you had self hate to give
And wished to live alone, a blind deaf wife.
There’s no future without past clarity,
And only then will you find closure true.
With bad nightmares self-blame and chastity
Your broken heart leaks love like morning dew.
With rising light of new dawn sun, look up
Remember back, the stranger you once were
The mirror shows in light of day, the now,
Beautiful face, with passions soon to stir.
Let not the past dictate your present ways
Its time to see the now and pleasant days.
This winter’s eve,
so clear, so bright
That crispness felt
when out this night
The sky’s alive,
with lights above
Symbols of hope
symbols of love
The greatest light
therein the scene
That’s looked upon
by king and queen
Is that which makes
the nighttime view
But when I saw the moon…
I thought of you
For radiance is not
the light above
It’s of the heart,
defined as love
It’s personified grace
You so you possess
That makes me feel
That I am blessed
Each night as when
the moon’s in view
I’ll look again
… see only you
Step from the shadows that hide the true you
Let your image reflect the light that shines from within your soul
As your face is merely a reflection of that which is within
Beauty
Before the face was seen, your heart revealed the you
That presence, those qualities, that light up rooms
The same that warm others hearts, for the face we now see is
Beauty
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