Shaded Heart

Songs never sung
echo through my mind.
Days yet to come
are all I know.

I am to blame
for this love undone.
Two lives the same
will never be.

The mind is cold
and obsolete.
A heart less bold
perhaps colder still.

I’ve left untied
the sail of life;
The sun casting
now its last shadow.

Random picture-painted life
Each stroke an act of love
Emotion and thought combined
Mixed by the Master’s hand

Delicate and deliberate strokes
Yield an unending beauty
Forged in that fragile frame
Hanging in the walls of my mind

Shadows I cast in light
Veil my hope for love
But I’m blind to life
As my heart sees you

Stumbling through darkness
Not to find my vision
But to gain my love
And hold her closer still

Memories escape me
Those simple, dull seconds
And my passionate moments
Confused now with dreams

Dreaming always of you
The sick and the sweet
Always beautiful to mind
Always tourment to soul

She flows gracefully through my mind
Like that of a thousand rivers
Whose cool waters converge at my footsteps
Offering to me the very essence of life

She effortlessly breathes a sensual message
That transcends all my thoughts and words
Consisting of a pure perfection
That sends pleasure to my enamored mind

She sleeps upon a golden lining
Positioned deep within my heart
A place of refuge and serinity
Where innocence lives within her beauty

Echos sound across these walls
Reflecting thoughts I threw away
Burning imagines inflame my mind
As hate consumes my fading heart

Lonliness never seems to leave
Along with words I could do without
I spit the acid of rejection
At your lies and broken promises

Feelings plague this hallow soul
And I curse myself into hell
When voices sound in my direction
I’ll be too far gone to hear

Painful thoughts crash ashore
As feeling slowly erodes away
Every image burns into my mind
For fear this could be the last

Every kiss stings sweetly
And your words echo through caves
Filled with shadows and evil
Where light may never break

Streams of sorrow flow quietly
As the salt interests my lips
Defeat infests my very self
At the movement of your lips

An awkward smile makes charades
You kiss the hate away
And I’m gazing toward the stars
For some solace from another lost

As we lay here holding on so closely
I gaze up at those heavenly fires
Brilliantly burning their lives away
Clinging only to their darkness

The moon’s radiance soothes me
Warming my mind to distant thoughts
Gleaming upon the softly breaking waves
That wash the broken death ashore

The streetlights yield a steady flicker
Complimented by the sound of passing cars
The rhythmic ambiance flows with my heart
A heart that is beating only for you

Seaborne air breathes the scent of life
And we’re quick to run to warmer refuge
The clouds set themselves upon your lips
Lacing the ground with its subtle shine

I shut my eyes and soak you in completely
And I pray I’ll never wake from this dream
With you it seems everything is poetry
From my heart with a perfect love

In the quiet stillness of night
As the rain softly taps on my heart
A breeze gently rustles through my mind
Which carries the whisper of your name

Months of time pass in seconds
As I lust for the thought of you
I fear to be left alone with my thoughts
Alone without the sound of your name

Words spill onto paper like blood
And they flow through the veins of pages
That somehow these feeble words might suffice
And fill your heart with the love I breathe

A simple game between two hearts
That builds and grows from another
Caring for each other’s needs
Loving them for who they are

And when one side has had enough
They’ll turn on you and declare war
Murdering those that they once loved
And dividing their allies amongst them

The feud will last for sever weeks
Taking unmercifully the innocent too
It’s funny how our lives can be so changed
With a simple change of mind

I saw you again today
But I held my breath
Wanting to just hold you
But even that is wrong

Trying so hard just to say “Hello”
When every moment counts
And every actions screams
And every word has meaning

I’m forgetting your scent
Every curve of your body
The sound of your voice
The magic of your smile

And I woke up this morning
Knowing I was still alone
And that this day has come
The day I’ve always feared

You saw me again today
But you never uttered a word
Passed me by like a stranger
As if you’d forgotten my name

You won’t even say “Hello”
It doesn’t even matter to you
Instead you’ve gone to my best friend
And I’m hating every second

You’re remembering the days
When everyone was friends
And no hearts had been broken
No feelings destroyed

It’s amazing to discover
You can change our very lives
With a simple change of mind
And not even give a damn