Dancing in a Whirlwind

Today I took on the monster
In the closet
He wasn't so fierce

Today I danced in a whirlwind
Of my own making
For the sheer joy of it

Dancing in a whirlwind
I could feel the freedom
Pulsing through my soul

Pummeling my body
Challenging my heart
To let it all go
And dance

This Love

Softly falls your breath
Upon my shoulder
Wrapped around each other
As we sleep
My love for you is
Unlike any other
Lovely as a rainbow
Ocean deep

You capture all my love
And hold it gently
Living in your care
Has kept me sane
This life we share is all
I ever dreamt of
Intense as summer sunlight
Soft as rain

Done

I feel as if a curtain
is being drawn
shutting off my chance
to connect with
the rest of the world
my world

I feel disconnected
and though I struggle
to shake off this feeling
of dread
I encounter a hollowness
I'm empty

Doors are closing
doors I fought to
keep open
All the lost chances
piling up against them
locking me in

and I don't care
anymore

Undo Me

Break down all my barriers

With gentle touch
Lightly given

Lean in close and breathe me in
I am enriched
By your smile

Wrap me up in loves warm comfort
Keep me here
Awaken my senses

Let me taste the love I'm feeling
Lingering kisses
Undo me

Salvation

And therein lies the hurt
The wound that cannot heal
the damage done with thoughtless
ease
This pain is all too real

How quickly dies the hope
When careless reason wins
I can't ignore the cry
My world around me spins

I look to you for hope
Salvation in your hands
Will you grant to me your love
Or leave me barren lands

Inexplicable

Can love be spoken
Are there words to enchant

Your waking moments
As if they were dreams

What words now etched
In my memory
Can withstand
The whirlwind I feel

For I have loved
Completely and beyond the moment
And will forever
Be grateful for the taste

For it lingers

Broken Wings

It wasn't the wings that pushed me down
It was the loss of hope
No wind can stir beneath me now
There is nothing to lift my spirit

Wings are useless things
When they have no lift
No joy to make them flutter
No hope to give them flight

Earthbound now, forever grounded
Loss of love and hope and dreams
Nothing left now to believe in
Living life with broken wings

Awakening

Cacophony
Pounding its way
down my spine
Thoughts in a whirlwind
Shambles
Edgy, sublime

Hearing the echoes
of words so
discordant
Living the maelstrom
each passing phrase
triggers

Having no use
of misinformation
Cannot conform
to others performance
Feeling the freedom
inherent in dreams

Racing to find
a way to express this
Bursting with joy
the power
of owning my
happiness

I sit in my
room
Beyond contemplating
A smile on my face
Retreat now the gloom

Enlighten me

I entered the room
with quiet trepidation
not knowing what
might wait within
I felt some agitation
a bit of hesitation
The room was so dim
no illumination
I trembled a bit
perhaps in fear
perhaps anticipation
no room for rumination

With unsteady gait
unhealthy imagination
swallowing my fear
and breathing constricted
fear reaching culmination
then you
Illumination

Reckless

I am so very breakable
please take care should
you cast my love away
for I only know how to love completely
each and every day

I have no way to shield myself
love is my only goal
I cannot keep it all inside
Love is the gift I give to you
and life will take its toll

I understand the risk is mine
It doesn't slow me down
if loving you is my demise
and love be my only crime
then such shall be my role

What If

I want it all to
mean something
Can't stand the chance
it doesn't

What if

What if everything
you care about
feel passionate about
suddenly
were gone

Are you lost
Do you know
who you are
anymore
Does life hold any
sense
of direction

It must
It must all matter
right?
It has to
or else
Why am I here