Never

I want to be seen but never known,
Held but never touched,
To be fire, but never burn,
Ash but never smoke,
Fog but never mist,
Snow but never sleet,
Sand but never shore,
Love but never more.

Once Upon A Time

There were moments when the world stood still,
When the fires ceased to burn,
When the fog lifted from the waters,
And the ashes drifted from our eyes,
When the skies didn't echo,
With voiceless goodbyes.

Smoke

I trembled with your fears,
I cried your captive tears,
I burned with your desire,
I couldn't escape your fire.
I breathed your smoke filled lungs,
And tyed your twisted tongues,
I laced your ash-choked hair,
And danced inside your stare.

Dragon Dance

You are a dragon,
Firelight gleams in your eyes,
Your gaze, piercing, burns brillant, and deep,
Leaving scars seared into my heart,
And still I'm desperately aching for more.
You are a dragon,
Steam rises from inside your veins,
The molten embers of your breath dance lightly,
As I drink them from your lips,
And still I'm hungrily aching for more.
You are a dragon,
The touch of your flesh sends a shiver,
A delicate tremor of fire and song,
My whole body twisted by desire,
And still I'm breathlessly aching for more.
You are a dragon,
The stir of your wings a fragile whisper.
Casting trails of wildfire across my flesh,
Stinging me, burning me, consuming me whole,
And still I'm always, aching for more.

Endless

Everything's coming together, as everything's coming apart,
Life isn't life at all, without the fire of love in my heart,
And though unrequited, as it may be,
It's power can not be bound,
It crosses from sea to sea,
Echoing only in sound.

The Night's Embrace

I love it when the night flies by,
When the stars eclipse the hunger growing in my eyes,
When the night breeze whispers promises, that never turn into lies,
When the moon's light erases a thousand failed tries,
And the echoes of the wolves songs, drown out all goodbyes.

Summer Queen

The sunlight glows warm beneath my skin, humming thru my body,
Lightning shoots out of my fingertips igniting the black,
Woven webs of gold dance before my eyes as the wonders of the universe pour from my lips,
I am Summer.

My Beautiful Dilemma

There's something going on inside of me. Something growing, changing me, swallowing everything I was before and making me so much more. “The world is full of startling new concepts”, things I've never felt before. They terrify me and thrill me to my core. I want to dance and sing and let the joy flow to those in my life, to those in my heart. And there in lies the dilemma I am facing, I'm not the person who let's fear get in the way of life especially not fear of rejection. I say what I need to say, what I want to say, what I feel and if I am hurt because of it at least I know I've tried, that I'm getting the most out of every single precious moment of every day. I feel like it will all be over in a blink, that in a flash I will be 70 years old, at the end of my life and the time will have felt like it just slipped away. It makes me want to be even bolder than I am, to relish in this bliss, to fly high on life and love. But how to control these feelings, to share them without overpowering those that arent ready to feel such “wild abandon”? There is something I want to say so badly right now, something screaming inside me, a need I have never felt before. If  it was just a matter of having my own spirit broken I would say it in a heartbeat, I would, I would shout it from the cliff tops and let myself fall plunging into the waters with the sweet taste of release on my lips! But it isn't just about me, what I have to say may not be wanting to be heard, I may think it needs to be heard but that could just be my own selfish want! If there's even the slightest chance that it would upset or hurt someone who's friendship and companionship I truly value, how can I take that risk?

The Storm Inside

There is a storm gathering inside me,
A terror rising from the deep,
A fury that beats like a thousand wings sounding in my blood.
I stand in the darkness shaken and alone,
Peering down from the edge of your shallow depths,
I close my eyes and feel the tempest,
The cataclysmic crashing of the turmoiled waves.
My wings take flight and falter,
Casting me out into the growing despair,
Tossed aside like driftwood,
I break the tide of abandoned hope.

The Virtues Of Life

Love, patience and forgiveness. The three fundamentals that are essential to the structural integrity of our human existence. A template for humanity's emotional design.  These three acts  have one very important thing in common, which most people unfortunately fail to grasp. And that is this: all three of these are acts of selflessness not selfishness.

Forgiveness is given to those who need it,  not those who deserve it.  It isn't earned or bargained for, it is given by the pure of heart as an act of kindness and mercy. The truly merciful act out of a belief  that is untainted by the wrongs that have been committed against them. A selfless heart remains unblemished even when scarred with grief, devastation, loss, and anger. Finding the strength to bestow forgiveness on the cruel, the weak, the wicked, and the generally misguided is the hardest task a soul can brave. Bestowing forgiveness, liberates us from all the dark tethers that other's have anchored to our souls. It gives us peace, and fills us with confidence in the knowledge that the courage inside ourselves is strong enough to guide us thru even the darkest of times.

Patience is about others needs as well. It's about understanding what those needs are, and doing your best to be sensitive to them. A rule of thumb with patience is that, if you're complaining about having to be patient, you aren't actually being patient. When you're pouring all your energy into being and providing the support someone you care for, or hope to care for truly needs, you can begin to see them in a different light, and perhaps even glimpse into their souls, piercing to their very core. In the end you can learn to grow and love together. Some people need longer than others to form opinions and make decisions, this doesn't reflect badly on you, it just means that said person probably has people whose wellbeing they also need to consider, especially when risk is involved. Demonstrating that you're capable of rising above your own needs for them, and for those that are important to them, is what patience is all about.

Love is the hardest of all because it requires so much patience and forgiveness.  And if you haven't mastered one or the other you will probably be facing many hardships.
Too often when we are in relationships or friendships our prime focus is how we are being benefited, how we are feeling. Loving someone because they make you feel good about you is not loving someone, it's loving yourself. If you find yourself always using 'I' or 'Me' statements, than your love is just that, 'Your' love. Singular self-focused thoughts such as; “You make ME smile, you make ME laugh, I want to see you every day” etc, rather than “I love the way YOU smile, YOU”RE so funny, YOU always light up a room” etc.   is a fair indicator of preoccupation with the nurturing of your own ego, and will quickly choke anything else that tries to grow. It is as they say,  you do have to love yourself before you can love others. The reason is because if you love yourself than you will not forever be seeking validation in the eyes of another, and then, for once you might actually be able to see someone for who they really are, and not just who YOU want or need them to be.

America, There Is A Price For Freedom.

It wasn't long ago that people were wrongly imprisoned and even sent to death on a regular basis, and even now with all our advancements there are so many innocent people in prison, their lives and their liberties taken from them wrongfully.

“It is better that ten guilty go free than one innocent suffer.”
This is the philosophy we have used to shape our modern day system. As Americans we are asserted basic human rights and freedoms. As citizens we have demanded a system that will protect us from suffering personal injustice.

Search warrants, evidence collection procedures, Miranda rights, these are but a few examples of policies put in place to protect ourselves. We all want to feel safe that our civil liberties will not be violated.

Burden of proof is essential to maintaining this system.  It is always the prosecutions job to prove without a doubt the guilt of the defendant. Burden of proof is evidence, and testimony and not just innuendos, accusations, and speculations. The public loves to speculate but if there is no proof there is no legal justification to the proceedings. If a jury were to ignore the lack of evidence and convict on a 'gut feeling' the conviction would be overturned in appeal.

And thats the rub, America, you can't have it both ways. The same laws that protect the innocent, protect the guilty. We either all have rights, or none of us do.