I have woken with the sunrise Feared the lightning-forked sky Filled the silver smoke with moonlight Chanting songs into the fire I have raised my voice with angels Done the daring devil's dance Tasted blood and tears of virgins Poured cold sweat upon a trance Soared among the heights of flowers Crawled across the muddied grains Smiled in ecstasy of hours Winced at sudden bursts of pain Heard the warmth of life's new heartbeat Felt the silent chill of death Seen the red rage of bleeding Swallowed hard my trembling breath Cursed the serpent that stole my innocence Blessed the sweet caress of love Plotted out a dominion of vengeance Lost my will to rise above Fell in dream-land with the fairies Swam with dragons of the deep Played pretend with delusional demons Cheated reality in sleep Fed the vapor to the vampires From my inspirational well Found Heaven among my memories And the Earth within my Hell Pages yellow as I turn them My ink has near run dry Keys struck lifeless as I touch them Crackling voice and hollow sighs Now, they turn too far away As I cut too close within Rip the bandage from a fragment Just to stitch the wound again Lying on a lonely planet Crying to the thousand stars Pleading for the clearest answer Throw the key and lock my heart Draw the curtains in my chamber Sleep alone and tie them shut From the wind that rocks the cradle And the severed cord of trust Wear an old man's tarnished ring Or bearyoung love's lost regret Remain a child among my kin Or raise an absent mother's pet I shall march the mundane streets Simply minding my existence Lest I feel the sudden sweep Toward the path of least resistence Where my voice resounds and rings At a volume loud as longing Proud at last, once and for all, Having found a sense of belonging Seeing simply and so clearly Where to make the right connections To send my poor forgotten soul Journeying in the right direction
Excellent. I expect to see your poetry in a book some day. You have a lot to live for....you just have to believe it.....
