Balm of Friendship

What say thee, that trouble is brewing, troubled hearts?

Care thee not for the sorrows lain to rest?

Sorrows fully felt and dealt by the hands of capriciousness.

A heart once that broke, can never fully mend

but through the healing balm of a faithful friend.

Walking Away From Pain

Honesty, the best policy

at odds with a desire to hide

to protect others

from our unvarnished opinions

which are an incomplete picture of reality

we can't really hide

though we all play a game

where the truth is unspoken

yet we both know what's wrong

what hurts

we've all been hurt

I can see the hurt and pain

I know what those defenses are

I believe in you though, cast off all of that self doubt

It's hard, I know

Just walk forward

If you destroy yourself, then you destroy a part of me

I believe in you

Still

My Daughter

Your eyes hold visions of happiness

A sanction of life that recalls me to vitality.

My hopes and dreams alight

when you smile, when you laugh.

You are blooming, I have bloomed

the cycle continues

I recall you as a child

You recall me to childhood

The future manifests itself through the past

and we both grasp for the present to begin anew.

Dreams

In my dreams I turn towards you 

sleeping there an arms length away

I want to curl up beside you

you're so tantalizingly close

So I crawl over obstacles

and I reach you

but you turn away

I'm left grasping 

the empty air.