Love Venom

Blinded by her beauty he couldn't
 see beyond her superficial existence

Her eyes mesmerized him with hidden secrets in their depth

He would spend hours looking at her body; her curvaceous hips drove him wild

Naked she would lay before him exposing all her vulnerabilities

With hungry hands he’d explore her for hours for him it was more

Than just physical pleasure his soul craved

She didn’t mind that he would sometimes stroke himself as he fondled her breast

This only heightened the gratification of the game

He was something special different from her other lovers

 Not greedy or selfish only concerned with getting his own satisfaction

He loved her body and soul, mind and spirit would caress her for

ours bringing her to rapture over and over again

He took it for granted he’d always be there to nurture her desire
sHe didn't ask much from her simply to be loved the way he loved her

Slowly her mask begin to slip he began to see her selfishness in bloom

Vanity and being narcissist was slowly turning his love cold

She took and took and never gave bleeding him dry of devotion

Even her body consequently started to turn him off

 Did she ever stop and consider the Pain she was causing

 It was her influence that coerced him into seeing what

She wanted blinded by her beauty He didn’t see the trap she

 Was laying a spider luring her prey to its death so she could move

On to her next victim spinning her web of lust lure them in

By her beauty and take away their life when her beauty can no

Longer hold them

For a Moment

She sometimes would sit and look at his photograph

Tracing the outline of his face with her fingertip

Sometimes a tear would silently escape down her cheek

As she remembered his sweetness and the good times they shared

His eyes gazed back at her from the picture

She recalled how sometimes she’d sit for hours

Looking into them watching as they’d change

Colors with each passing mood and

Then he would passionately place a kiss

On her lips breathing in her rose scent

Sometimes all they needed was each other

The world stayed at a distance not daring

To intrude on their nirvana

Sometimes he’d sing to her his mellifluous voice

Touching her heart, she’d answer back with a

Song of her own

Sometimes there were no need for words between them

They spoke with eyes so true beholding every emotion

Once again she’d take a look at his photograph seeing all the good in him

And giving thanks for a love so real never taken for granted

Sometimes she’d wish the time would pass by quickly

So she could replace the picture and have

Him in her arms, sometimes time was just

Too long but worthwhile when he walked through the

Door with opened arms welcoming her love and she’d be

Contented he’s home placing the picture away 

Flame and Ashes

They thought their love was forever

Indestructible they told everyone

Complete devotion, trust, honesty

A love so deep there were no comparisons to be found

His love for her was to his distraction

What she felt for him couldn’t be put to words

Two people, two souls, one whole

To him there could never be another who could ever

Replace her

She built her life around him, never mind she’d

Lost her own identity

He kept her close to him, she was never far

From his sight

Her thoughts he dismissed

Yet she loved him still

The black and blue marks that soiled her skin

He said he owned her body and

Everything else she possessed

They thought their love was forever

His love for her was sick and her love

For him was out of fear and desperation

He knew she’d always be his to control

She finally took action and dashed his

Love in flame and ashes

A Breath of Heaven

Angles wings quiver above the clouds

Floating on the breath of heaven

Ascending higher and higher

Carried away weightless gliding with

The freeness of space and time

Lifting their voices harmonizing with

The wind

Embracing the beauty of life

Joining spirit and earth

Soul reborn in nature

The stars bow to their presence

Moon’s fullness rise cascading glow

Illuminating precious life

Angels ascend mixing in with the azure

Of sky soaring all the way up to heaven

Dancing in the billows

Slowing returning with

A breath of heaven

Enlighten

If this is the life we must live

Than let us live it to the fullest

If this is the life we've been dealt with

Than let us embrace it

Mistakes are made

But there's forgiveness

Learn from them

We grow

Wisdom is earned

Viewing our life

As if looking at it from

Someone else's perspective

Should help us see

The road we're on

Good or bad

Justice, injustice

Heartache, healing

Trusting, believing

If this is the life we must live

Than let us give our best

Tomorrow is just a guess

For the rest is a mystery

Shrouded in secrecy

If this is the life we've been dealt with,

Ask no questions

Answers are vague

Eludes us at every turn

Search your inner self

Mediate on the good in you

Let no one tell you

You are a failure

Believe in the gift

That is you

Tell the world to f***k off

If all they see is the negative

Blocking their vision to

See the positive

Live for no one

But live to be free

Keep the door to the cage

Always open

Throw away the key

It holds no love

Only wants to

Keep you from learning about yourself

If this is the life we are to live

If this is the life we're dealt

Make no excuses

Accept shortcomings

Own up to your mistakes

Learn and grow

Grow and become

Enlighten

Wondering

Misery seeps in between the

Coldness of my heart

Feeling the sting of bitterness

Wondering

Sowing loneliness, reaping aching needs

Adrift on the sea of vengeance

Suffering the what ifs

Living with the how comes

Wondering

Crying out in the distance

My voice echoes back

to deaf ears

Wondering

Vision distorted by tears

Clarity fogged in somewhere

Between the sound of thunder

And the howling of the wind

Wondering

Inside a broken vessel

Thrown away to live

A life filled with soft whispers of ghosts

That come to me in

Waken moments of

Wondering

Is this my heaven?

Or is this my hell

When will the sun glow?

Upon my face

Wondering

Darkness, my lover

 Protects me, keeps me safe

Wrapped in its arms

Shelters me from the pain

Wondering

 

Flawed

We’re both flawed diamonds in rough formation

Maybe that’s our connection

Without a microscope our imperfections are not Visible

Seen with the naked eye

Defects from birth created in the womb

Blemished DNA

Errors we’re afraid to acknowledge

Doing so might give validation to what others see

Our failings, we point fingers at one another

Shifting the blame

We’re flawed the damaged reflection of

Two individuals on a collision course to disaster

Enabler of addictions

Crippled by no intervention

The end of the road is death

A black rose lay to rest on cold concrete

All flaws seep back into the earth