Left bare, one crooked branch Leafless, alone nothing grows there A great tree before I let the rot take hold Suspend me from your arm, let your skin fuse with my knot Rail against the fight of life Don't try to hold your breath, you chose me Two stitches cheating time, alone the wept You tied the loop that binds the tension Here, I fetch this...Learn More

"Wistful eyes breed apathy," A teacher once told me "Longing heart poisons the soul," She warned as if foretold Empathy cruelly feigned Her voice was taut with pain "Turn to God, remove your mask Or your flame will turn to ash." Like the darkness inside you, you'll succumb to me (I know what you are) In the shadows you creep but there’s no...Learn More

It took just a moment I felt the shape of her breath Cascaded in haze Sealed across my brow With love I embraced this shoulder to weep on Hewn in front of me A kiss of it's palm Releases from it's clutching fog A shimmering grace of wings Pulling away stained glass confusion To reveal in colors The scythe in my heart Was put there to blossom And...Learn More

A storm of light once took me And graceful was it's thrust Across land and sea she carried us A man can see only so far Before what's near turns blurry But a man can yearn with fiery lust Yet the pain of heart is eased by none But a man can love the burn of the flame Where does the soul's journey transform Into a martyrdom? For my steed engulfed...Learn More