to bewail Marley’s eternal affliction to foment Nehemiah’s masons to arise anew to unsheathe Durandal in duty at Roncevaux Pass to shed repletion in want of the gift Eleos bestows to share communion with Mephibosheth as a pauper alike to incite an Orphic love even unto the dominions of Death to reawaken the soul’s wonder of the Basileias banners to echo the sage implortation of Lady Wisdom’s call to breathe vigor in dry valleys to rusted sinew to don the emptied raiments of Saint George to be found by Diogenes’ lantern light

I met you in a broken photo, With tears of grief for long departed, Learning to dance for love of you. You came in like a joyous wonder, Smiling at your faithful mother, Never waiting for the stage to be set. You have a way about you always, Shown in every little smile, That can melt the pain of any heart of stone. You have a voice of tender power, Sounding a heart that can’t be stronger, You’ll be a man who can’t be moved. You’re as relentless as the sunrise, Bearing all its depth and wonder, Rising to be […]

Wandering in pale veiled starlight Hoping for a new light Wanting a sunrise painted in purple skies Wondering how I got by With wells that long ran dry Quiet dreams held under my tongue I’m leaving California Tired of dreaming in failed orchards In a fog that chills my bones Wanting a home I’m proud to call my own Searching for a new life Going to rid myself of old strife Dreaming of making a world with you I’m leaving California, I’m going to leave it all behind Deserts are wide open Flowers have all grown in I’m finding myself […]

Say it again as we start to begin, Starting our life back over. See you smile as we stay for awhile Makes me turn o’er and over. So kiss me again and let the feeling sink in As I’m falling more in love with you. Until then… Until then… Time ticks by and the things don’t rhyme, But I know that’s right where we belong: Seeing you there in the places where I held you, oh so close, before. I’m counting the days as I hold you this way Knowing our time will surely come. Until then… Until then… We’re […]

Dream of colors as the film pulls tight; See the world fall to black and white. Through the chaos your eyes shoulder blue; I fall captive here only by you. Only by you. Set the focus as the light is case; You strike a pose with a look that lasts. Dreams of wonders for the time that’s been; Of all the men I can’t believe I’m him. Only by you. Saw a vision through the photograph; Dreamt of colors as a I saw you laugh.

I need inspiration To sing you to sleep, To fall in this deep embrace, Depend you as a keep, To sing sing as in ancient days The stories of old, The song that Orion keeps Like Cupid with his bow, To wake by this pond again, As the nymph tells her tales, Tales of the wars of love, Helen’s decent like a dove, And dream with you by my side, As we sail long through the night, To join in the lights above, To get lost in this waltz of love, To tell of my need for you, To let […]

Still is the night, For the stars wear their veil, Surely comes the morning but still is the night. I’ve grown heavy hearted, As these bones yearn for snow, The allure of Your love falls on deaf ears. But, here, I remain. O Lord, I wonder, Why You offer no reply, Before Your crying eyes questions die. Gladly beyond, Your eyes keep their silence, My Beloved is Yours as from the start. So, here, I remain. You beckon me nearer, As You whisper quiet love Tears of grief and of sorrow we have shared. O how You see me, The […]

Still is the night For the moon is down and the stars wear their veil Surely comes the morning, but Still is the night

Into the wild, I go, through thorn and thicket, To where the green grass grows on the forgotten, barren path, dry and overgrown. Into the wild, I go, to where the oak trees grow.

As the sun was barely waking, beyond the horizon, as the last of the distant eyes kept watch upon the anticipated dawn, those left behind, falling into the shroud of a thin darkness awakening to the display of the twinkling heavens, remained under the reflective watch of their keeper in a manner reminding them of the center of all things. And, perhaps because of the dew stubbornly clinging to its companion or because of the lazy feel of the moment or because of the desperate plea of the stars to prolong the marvel, the warm light crept gently—crescendoing beautifully with […]