A chill,
Reaching to the soul,
Freezing it solid,
So that it may break at a touch,
All from a few words,
Spoken from fear,
Fear of giving in,
Fear of living.

* * *

A love deeper than words,
Rooted in the past,
No lust needed to express it,
Hasty words from those that don't understand,
Don't understand the love or the people involved,
A love everlasting.

* * *

A strong person,
Supporting so many,
When so few give support back,
Giving oneself away,
Never asking,
Always giving,
Till there is nothing left,
And a shell stands before your eyes,
Fragile and weak,
Empty and scared,
About to crumble,
Will no one give back what they took?
What was given without thought,
Given to those in need,
But look now to the giver,
For everyone has needs.

* * *

Fiery sky,
Darkness deep,
All alight,
But for one,
A light from one flows,
Darkness yet still grows,
Low and hidden,
Crawls along the ground,
Encircles all the light,
But still it glows bright,
Still it flows,
Always continuing the fight.

* * *

So strong,
So in control,
So poised and ready,
So smart,
So witty,
So fast,
Yet still much there is to pity,
So scared,
So worried,
So out of control,
Yet nobody knows,
So good,
Too good,
For you fool yourself.

* * *

My eyes misted with love,
Soft and delicate,
Hers are,
Yet strong enough,
Strong enough to break through,
Break through my walls,
My glass eyes don't reflect her,
They don't deflect her,
She sees through it all,
And raises a feeling from the depths,
A tear glides from my eye,
Washing away my shields,
Eroding my walls of sand,
Cleaning the grains from my eyes.

* * *

Eyes care worn,
Search, Search,
A warming Silence,
A light touch,
The dust stirs,
An old treasure found anew,
And the replaced,
A slight step,
A soft breath,
As the sun streaks through the window,
Falling on a picture or a book,
Highlighting the past,
Your old life,
Your new life.

* * *

Many Miles Apart,
A separation of body,
But something transcends all the distance,
A smile,
A look,
A gleam in the eyes,
A knowing,
Comforting,
Silence,
A love,
Which no distance can part.

* * *

An unanswerable question,
Why?
Why?
What do I expect?
What could answer it?
But still I ask,
And still she tries to answer,
And in so doing,
Answers all my questions.

* * *

I talk,
About my day and its contents,
You cringe as I talk,
You think and wonder,
Wonder how it happens,
Wonder if it's true,
Hope that I am lying,
Wish that I were,
And then know that I speak true,
You see it in my eyes,
And hear it in my surprisingly calm voice,
You still wonder,
As the days forever continue to roll by as I talk,
As it all goes on.

* * *

The eyes grow dark,
Turning black,
Closed to the world,
Forced to block it out,
From all the torture and pain,
All is blocked,
Even at the immeasurable cost,
Of the magic that is life.

* * *

As I step off the edge,
The crowd behind me notices,
And screams,
Screams of fear,
Of remorse,
Of loss,
Of warning,
But why of warning,
Don't think I know not what I do,
But still,
I turn and look,
And realize my mistake,
As I start to fall,
Grasping with one hand the edge,
The ground crumbling under it,
I claw at it to keep from dropping,
I hear running,
It is coming for me,
If it is one or many,
I cannot tell,
The question is,
Are they coming to help me,
Back over the edge,
Or to watch my final fall.