I hope the shadow of my soul
is clear and present to be seen
And that it fits around the world
to smile in all its lustered sheen
I wish for it to know no bounds
for being one and one for all
And ready for what lies ahead
when spinning off this great blue ball
A soul I think, must know the truth
and so in comfort I remain
Though understanding shuns me now
that one day it is mine to gain
So when I leave and say goodbye
and wing my way unto the sun
When ashes scatter in the breeze
and all the worry said and done
If but one thing I hope remains
as gentle as the skies above
I hope with my still beating heart
the shadow of my soul is love
I've touched the flame of the poet's soul
and felt the burning of wondrous wonder
it dances in my mind a brighter glow
where treasured words are there to plunder
Forgive my sin of being a dreamer
whose lost in the realm of forever land
where stars are candles lit on another world
and waterfalls pour on planets of barren sand
Where imagination stirs vibrant colors
to paint rainbows that circle the Earth
where a flame burns all the crumbled paper
and the ink that flows starts a new birth
Words can take me to the sun and moon
to see the shadow of my soul
and walk in meadows and forest-green
lost in time...without control
I awaken to a lane draped in roses
after passing all the petals that fall
the color of my passion bleeds red
I've entered the poet's sacred hall
I found the flame that was burning there
I'm standing all alone
I touched the flame of the poet's soul
where imagination and I are home
Your face lays soft on the surface of my mind
a deep reflection beneath the shadow of my soul
that leaves me smiling in the twilight of life
as I wonder about love from long ago
that stays with my lost rainbows sought
when eyes melted between ripples of time
and lips formed to kiss the breathless moments
that were captured in the palms of love's passion's divine
Kept in yesterday's misty dreams of hunger fed
filled when raindrops splashed against the window of the dawn
when love hid, in morning's bed
where the sweat from our skin felt like dewdrops...falling
as we sought the soft golden glow from the sun
Like flowered petals opening to embrace the light calling
like feathered wings lifting our souls above
in gentle flight to another time, another place
a jeweled memory held close
in a silent glorious intimate space
that dwelled in the heart of our love
2/23/20
Shadow of my soul
Speaks to me in parables
Somewhere from my back
When I turn round to perceive
It was not Jesus Christ
His best enemy it was
Telling me in polite language
‘Go to Nazareth, go now
Follow the star rising in the west
A new king of your stomach is there
Born today that you and your kith
May eat for the future
All that is created today’
The heartache gone,
but still remembered
Its pain
—the shadow of my soul
(Dreamsleep: October 10/25/2019)
Your face lays soft on the surface of my mind
a deep reflection beneath the shadow of my soul
that leaves me smiling in the twilight of life
as I wonder about love from long ago
that dwells with the lost rainbows sought
from love's desires
when our eyes melted between ripples of time
and lips were formed to feel the breathless moments
captured in the palms of love's passion
kept in yesterday's misty dreams of hunger filled
when warm raindrops were counted
as they splashed against the window of the dawn
where love hid in seclusion...
from the soft golden glow of the sun
searching our skins like dewdrops
falling from flowered petals opening
to embrace the light...caressing us
like feathered wings lifting our souls away
in gentle flight to another time, another place
that's now a jeweled memory
I hold close, in the silent glorious intimacy
that dwelled in the heart of our love
8/25/18 re-written 2/23/20
Touching fingers off
deep fire melting tips
sweetly burning brushes
inside warmly walls
Within four chambers
echoes whispering silently
softly desires warm when skipping a beat
Oh you talk the words
of the sweetest golden honey
intoxicating mead
The drunken spirit dancing
swoons just in thoughts alone
In what you said darling
I blame you smiling
you're a regal beauty
Whom I will kiss
hovering gently over your fingertips
softly holding one's vision
A flame left under the silver moon
dancing with you're shadow of my soul
one firefly beaming beautiful
In the night sky a light from you
shines in each passing new moon
takes a step closer
just to know all the right words to say darling
I'll kiss you till you're calm and then you would be mine..
or maybe i'll wait for the star
to shine upon that beautiful day
GLASS HOUSE
It was me
Yes ,did it deliciously
Mind blown
Petals chopped
Goodness stamped
Fantasies striped
Freshly plucked dreams
Buried alive .
Years flew along water
With oncoming seasons
Virility of cool showers
Narrowing to drizzles
In faded memories .
Nun bird nested in heart
Transfigures to a shadow
In white thread monsoon rain .
Rain prevails
Nothing but rain
Lashing rain ,her hair unleashed .
I sat at the doorstep waiting patiently
Dreams sprouting to life ,
Swallowing mouthful of air
Shadow of my soul
Bow to gnawing flame
In this coconut shell
Lying in state .
The chilly call of wolves
Troubles the shadow of my soul
Despair rips deep the heel of my youth
And my flesh holds no sympathy
Toll the bells in yonder glen
To bring the parsonage as one
Let tears fill the river Styx
And silence hush the agony of love
Rejection grinds my bones to powder
To be cast upon a cold north wind
There’s no shroud of warmth for me
While betrayal still walks among men
My spirit still quietly lingers
In the field were young maidens dream
Their hope remains until the evening
Then wolves come to feed
You are the voice within my head
the whisper in my sleep
the second shadow of my soul
the tear I never weep
I hear your laughter in my mind
like raindrops on the ground
but when I ask you what you want
you never make a sound
You are the ghost within my heart
that cradles me at night
I start to think your really here
then you vanish with the light
You haunt me in the daytime
like an echo to my sound
I look about to see you
but know you can't be found.
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All I want is in my lies
That never-ending wish that I can save your life
But there’s no one really there
There’s only one more distant dream within a mirror of despair
So perfect in it’s role
To seat itself deep within the shadow of my soul
Another answer I create
I find the torch that lights the walls but provokes another shadow in my wake
Death to my mistakes
I calm myself and douse the flame to measure what awakes
But I already know
I learnt this lesson long ago
All I want is what is gone
So I picture love and prick my heart just to carry on
There’s rarely something there
I still have to fade and sacrifice to prove that I can care
Broken into place
The mask that hides my evil eye has dug in to my face
It’s getting deeper every day
The pain is forcing the evil eye to focus on all I say
There’s no end to my mistakes
So I light the way and carry on despite the lack of human trace
I’m stronger than I know
And despite the hurt and the evil eye I’ll never let the lesson go
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