Simple Words

That voice in your head
The whisper in your ear
Those simple words is all it takes
And you're no longer controlled by fear

Wind blowing through leaves
It washes the cobwebs clear
The fear and pain that clouded you
Now lay under your thick veneer

The feeling ebbs,
The tide waters recede
And the hurts that made you ache
They all do seem
so small and light
Not your greatest of mistakes

Tears of rushing diamonds
Slithering down your cheeks
for all it took was those sweet words
to start the rush of leaks

Those simple words of love and care
To know you aren't alone
The angst that ran inside your veins
The fire inside had shown

But it is the rustling in the bushes
that is now a simple song
and the chimes tinkling in tune
that you knew all along

The breathing of a body
is now the melody of faith
and the sounds of the house creaking
is the harmony it creates

"See" it said,
"You're not alone
The Beautiful world still lives"
And so I lay my head to rest
on the simple words it said

The Waters Edge

The World was still        
The trees did not sway
The earth was warm
And damp where she lay

The water crystal clear
The lake it did not stir
The very air seemed heavy
And the water called to her

Her name it came in a soft embrace
The trees they listened close
The wind and air dared not to breathe
The lake desired her the most

Her hands they sank into the clods of  dirt
As she stumbled so she could see
"Who is this that calls my name?"    
Her voice swallowed by the sea

Her face so soft and innocent
Her beauty, as yet untold
Her heart was opened and pure still

Her life was yet to mold

Her reflection gazing up at her
From inside the lustrous lake
She reached a hand to touch
The mirror of her names sake

She felt the edge give in
And the liquid did embrace her
As she gasped to cry out
It slid over her as like a lover

It wrapped it's velvet fingers
Caressing her body tight
And delved into its deepest core
Holding her with its might

She struggled and cried within the dark
Aching for just one breath
Fighting off the waters grasp
Not ready yet for death

And the water turned to ice
Stole warmth from her soul

It crept unbidden into her heart
Beyond all her control

She saw her hand, it's frozen form
Wave enticingly
She felt the waters silken touch
Oh so lovingly

Her feet were lead upon the floor
Her body now a stone
The cold it left her utterly empty
It numbed her to the bone

The air that filled her lungs had left
Her fate was all too clear
The fight it left her swiftly then
Nothing left to hear

And a light she saw ahead
But it wasn't what she feared
She would have startled could she move
As the light it neared


The surface broke abruptly then
Her body inert with chill
Her lungs they fought with water
Though her flesh it lay still

She coughed and sputtered liquid
Til she collapsed with a sigh
She had fought till fight lay dead within her
But something had made her try

The illumination she thought was her fate
Was the light that had saved
And though she knew not what it was
It was what she had craved

The dark abyss it called her name
The trees still listened close
The air it held its breath
Awaiting the her who it wanted most

But having tasted is darkest liquor
And bathing at its depths

She slithered away from its lulling cry
Her eyes now full of regrets

And now that world so still and quiet
No life dares make a sound
It calls, she hears across the plains
And runs for fear she is found

Ice Burning

Hands are heavy, eyelids weak.
Bones are lead, mouth stiff to speak
Cold are breaths, Ice to touch
Finger, Toe, won't matter much

Cold can burn as bad as fire
And heavy hearts can injure too
Lack of sleep can hold no match
To candles standing in the dark.

Body weary, head thick with thoughts
Eyes close for seconds maybe more...
Lids flash open, heart does rage
Tears run down my face

Passion, Desire like fire burns
But little do we learn
That feeling less can really hurt
That Cold, it too, does burn

That fire quick it leaps about
burning all it touches
But cold it seeps into the bone
and rots away the structure

Hardest Mistakes

I see the light, I see it clear
but how do I get to where I'm near
enough to look into its heart
one quick breath to tear apart

But before I moved a single inch
I look again to blackest pitch
The light I saw and sought to dowse
Was gone without a trace of doubt

I saw the faintest shadow pass
The light beyond just enough to cast
and catch in mine eyes a movement shudder
and a sound, a small voice to utter

I moved, the shadows clung to me
Closer still, though I felt need to flee
I had to know, I had to see
I wanted to be sure to feel my glee

And so my feet they tiptoed closer
Till I found that I could peer over
And to my shock, my glee, my surprise
The light; the monster, had met his demise

The knife, it plunged into his chest
The blood was thick and dark
The candle smoking delicate curls
The killer had left no mark

But suddenly the lights did shine
The sirens blearing loud
The room was filled with shouts and cries
And I, standing still, among the crowd

They took me then, and cuffed my hands
And yelled and pulled and shoved
Among the shouts I hear a cry
"How could you do this to one you loved?"

"But sir," I tried to tell them all
But none would hear to listen
My voice it fell on deafest ears
My eyes they then did glisten

And tears they fell, for only I knew
What none would have me tell
My voice was silenced for none could hear
To hear to listen well

The man I loved was well and gone
A monster lay in his grave
His eyes they sought me while I slept
I cried out to be saved

But no one had heard my cries in the night
or saw the marks he left on my skin
But someone had saved me finally
And left me in the mess I was in

I know we aren't all perfect
I know we make mistakes,
But the hardest mistakes we pay for
Are the ones we did not make

And so I sit here now,
behind bars I'll spend my life
and I wonder if it would have been the same
If I had of held the knife......

Lies need to be fed

I saw that you swallowed it in
the lies I fed into your skin
the softest voices in midnight air
secrets never laid to bear

Touch inside the lights embrace
whisper close so you can taste
feeding the devil is the sin
blame me for letting it in

Let it sink beneath your surface
let it stew until it grabs purchase
in your gut it will await
growing painful won't abate

You see me standing at the door,
My bag in my hand,
A smoke in my mouth,
A bottle empty on the ground,

You think you know what is bound to be
you swear you would never do the deed
but here I am, bound to stay but destined to leave
your hands get tighter you know it's now or never

You hear my voice float across the room
taunting you with the rhymes you never understood
Looking at you through vacant eyes
Lost in the moment I thought to feed the lie

Ashes ashes, all around
this bird has flown
finally air bound
ashes ashes ashes abound

And so you think my end is near
And I withdraw my breath and leer
watch unseeing with eyes already dead
my body waiting to be led.........

A Day

And once this day, a happy day
once a day of joy and mystery.
and now this day, this happy day
filled with longing of a history

That would have, should have
made my day a victory,
now a day, a happy day
that reminds me of only misery

That special touch, a gentile touch
with sparkles clear and glittery
A special day, a momentous day
that lays crystal untouched in memory

But now a twist, a heart wrenching twist
And I say so gingerly
This beautiful day, this happy day
Now tainted with this trickery

But as I say, these awful words
The pain it turns quite bitterly
For this the day, the happy day
Birth thrown away quite flippantly

I could, I would, I should just go
And leave this day abruptly
But this is a day, a happy day
But to me it seems so slippery

The memories lost, the day is gone
and so I must ask blatantly
Is there a day, oh any day
That I would be happy inwardly.....

Shame

I say it's hard to be true around you
You say it's true I am hard on you
I say it's time to fix what little we have
You say we have little to fix

You tell me not to raise my voice
But tell me while you do the same

You say that it's my way or the highway
I say if you don't like it then why do you stay?
You tell me I'll only have things my way
But my way has more sense than yours

You tell me that you love me
I say then why do I hate you?

Being bound to you is more than I can bear
But you can't bear to be without

Shame you didn't see this,
When I still loved you true
Shame you couldn't own this hurt,
so I didn't have to bear it too.

Shame you couldn't see
that what you wanted you didn't need
And what you really needed,
you couldn't really see.

Staring at you from behind my thick lashes
Shame it took too long
Shame it's hurt us both so much
Shame it all has gone