Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Tilasia - The Fairy Queen




‘Tis a book of pain six year’s closed
That her vibrant spirit suddenly froze;
With hair of gold and lips of red
So delicate upon the coffin bed.

Her pages now call out to me
To open them up and set her free;
Like enchanted tales from long ago,
Who has the kiss to waken her soul?

From the Linden tree her name took breath
And through the tree she passed through death;
Glass shattered into gems that shimmered
A carpet of sundrops that danced and glimmered.

For a poet’s soul,  'twas a symbolic sight--
Death would not dare to darken her light!
A proclamation sent loud and clear,
She was just changing worlds; nothing to fear.

She takes up her mantle among legends of old;
Listen! Give ear! For new tales to be told.
Queen of the trees with the heart-shaped leaves,
Her reign has begun for the one who believes...

Claw Scars



 I faced the beast; so dark and cunning
Well charmed behind a smile
With talons sharpened through the years
He can deceive you for awhile

And I naïve, with loving heart
Did lay it bare believing;
Then claws sunk deep; my stunned delay
His sport! His game! His feeding!

“Please stop. That hurts.” I tried to say
To reach the man inside
The demon twists the message, though
To keep all love denied

This battle is not mine; but his
And he alone must choose
To slay the beast within and win
Or fight with love and lose.

I faced the beast; dark and cunning
Well charmed behind a smile
Claw scars now run deep within
My healing may be awhile…

The Fifth Freedom


(Freedom from Fear and Distress)
 

Your fear; My distress.
You wield your steely knife
To stab at shadows that threaten
But slice through hearts instead
And walk away untouched; unfeeling

Protector; Preserver
But only of yourself.
You patch your cracks with lover’s blood
To keep your shell intact
And step upon the broken; shattered

Teacher; Professor
“Cause no harm or pain.”
Pretentious words that sear the soul, pour
Like acid from your tongue.
And leave behind lives scarred; disfigured

Heal your fear; heal our distress

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Stonewalled


Silence. A cruel weapon.
Once so petrified of loss
To Cancer, the thief;
Now you bury me alive-
Pile the gravestones high
And petrify your soul.
 
No mourning; no weeping,
No flowers; no wreaths.
Only the sound of gravel
That falls instead of tears
To suffocate my memory
And obturate your ache.
 
Quiet. Hollow man.
Oh, silent, shallow man...
It is your own tomb you build.