Slashing Worry

you want to take a foot hold in my life?
well I'll spit on your feet and hope it burns through
because this isn't a place for you
I want to be so filled that you'll be able to spot me,
steer clear from me a mile off, three thousand miles,
no, 250 thousand miles off, and sit on the dark side of the moon
so no one would ever be able to get another glimpse at you

She's a gift, there's no way I'm letting you steal her from me,
we've made it too far, He's guided us through time,
and here we are, the eve of our reunite,
and you want to drive a wedge between us like a chasm,
Want to make a joke about? switched it up, jokes on you,
I already know the game you'll play, bury me you in your slaves,
because you know one just won't do it.

First one that hits me, I'll open my arms and embrace the fear and let Him burn it up,
Second one that hits me, I'll fall to my knees and cast it out in his name,
Third that comes, my hands will dig themselves into the word and be thrown at you.

I hope you get the hint.
You're not taking her from me,
for as our love flourishes,
you'll be cast out again,
night, night.

All Falls Away

Each step I take ripples the ground below,
My breathes grow heavy as my eyes see the beauty that's nearing.
As I move towards her, the banners and signs begin to sway with my wake.

When our toes meet, our eyes are already locked,
and the floor begins to crack with anticipation.
The thoughts and cares of the world pour from my ears,
and bathe the surrounding land.

My hands graze over her hips, shattering the windows,
sliding up her back along the silk dress, syncing our lungs.

My articulations sink in the streams of her hair.
Our eyelids loosen and fall likes drapes,
and when I press her body to mine,
the ceiling begins to fall around us,
and everything falls to rubble,
as our pursed lips finally, fondly re-greet each other

Candle

With a dash and a breath
warmth finds a material home.
After evaluating the right measures,
the intensity grows and sustains.

The consumption introduces a mote,
a protective place to fight for forgiveness

As the tower shrinks,
the plasma begins to tear, but even those are short lived.
Running down the exterior, it moves from the source,
beginning to slow and finally harden,
leaving scars along the body.

Once the resource reach their end,
the initial guarding, encompassing mote
starts to swallow the life until it's extinguished
and leave only a fallen puddle of what once was.

Lift me Up

forget this

I won't stand along the wall for you

you want to melt me in my transgressions

when all you know is how to sink me in my fear

but this is where you'll start to see my aggression

flood this mind with all the praise I can for Him

and when I'm found to be sinking back into my skin

I want you to stand and watch me shred every last bit

because this is body is beginning to feel heavy

and I won't drown under this sin that you paint on me

my chest is growing tight and your demons are strapping me down

"Don't leave this seat, there's nothing up there for you"

I'll close my eyes and spark these muscles to lift my screaming soul

grounding both my feet and holding myself above the rising doubt

And looking to the sky my spirit sees Him descend next to me

and my bones begin to chatter as my earthly realm begins to shake

My spirit wakes as it's Lord begins to present Himself,

and it climbs above my shoulders and screams to the near by sleeping,

perking everyones spiritual ears up, opening their eyes to the see the One.

While my body begins to convulse, tears of joy cut my cheeks

those in control of darkness tighten my chains to the table

"You won't be able to move past this hold"

But these words don't sit on my heart,

I don't even know what was just said,

and I hear His voice say "Go" and I moved

Before anyone could even conceive his presence

The Real World

There’s something inextricably evident
it resides in my bones, it flows through my blood
a place where clouds are new, a time of embracing wind
the secret is kept deep down, in the unexplained

Walking through this world he sees the back of the curtain,
the life that surrounds him, is an endless pursuit
to bring him back to where he belongs.

As she walks by she passes her nails through the curtain,
and he gets a glimpse of what paradise is.
She knows him like she’s already a part of him

The very visceral variations of the truth are speaking now.
As his eyelids begin to collapse, her arms embrace him,
and she carries him past the veil and when he awakens,
the lush engulfs him, the way it was intended to be.

she returned him to the life of his dreams,
the one written upon his arms and legs,
brazened into his heart, and beating within his soul
they’ve reached The garden.

The Water Goddess

He stood atop the hill, watching down by the shore,
the waves walked past him, tempting his every tear,
the cyclical rush of the waves, the flash from the lighthouse,
drew into him, luring him closer.

he closed his eyes, let his chest fall over his feet
he ran down to the edge, tattooing the sand,
tiny minnows past through his toes, starfish up his legs,

there were two waves, meeting at one point,
they came together and crossed over each other,
this is where he stood, and this is where she was found,
as the sand held his feet, the water lifted,
beginning to fold into draping sheets,
as she began to fill her dress, her breasts crested the waves,
and the riptide of her hair pulled him closer

she whispered to him but he couldn’t hear it
she spoke again, and diamonds fell from her lips,
his naivety bent over to collect, and her finger grabbed his chin
she brought her lucid lips to his, for a moment of bliss,
momentarily, he passed through her,
and within moments the waves collapsed around him,
and there they stood, together as one

release me

feels like there’s two
two persons in one,
while i try to mold them together
there are times i feel like i need to stretch
but it gets more intense than that
i feel like i need to scream and let
the inner one out

it feels like he can grab a hold of my sternum
and tear his way out of my exterior
full of raw passion, no restrictions, no worries
is this my soul? am I supposed to let it out?
all i know is that he’s stronger than I am
and all I do is hold him back, keep him caged

the only thing that keeps me from letting go
is that i fear he may not be for good
I fear that he’ll wreak havoc to everything around me
but, could this be the warrior within me?
Do I have no choice but to let him out?
To fight this battle that rages around me
riddled with blades and knives and mail
ready to stand to anything that comes to me
Stand up and raise the roof of this encroaching world
have him set his eyes to the sky and take flight

So I continue to remain here, still, waiting
But I feel he won’t be able to wait much longer
I want to be ready to let him out, to know certainly
but I dont know if I have that liberty,
and I may just need to have faith

.imagination.

If the unexamined life is not worth living,
then I shall open every port to my soul,
and let life rain in.

There's no need to feel lost,
because of the things you don't understand,
for it is only your inheritance that is preventing you.

Face the wind with caution?
Take one step forward and feel the change,
your life will never be lazy, but strengthening.

Spend five minute under water,
realize there's no need to breathe,
for you live all your days in a soup of hope.

Add up all the love and subtract the things,
find there's no truth in your hands,
recognize you already can see past your retinas.

Today's time is just as irrelevant as yesterday's future,
the sunset and sunrise share the same side of the bed,
leap out of the plane, and never touch the ground.

Can't Pin Me Down

Go ahead, hit me
Try and take me down a peg
Go ahead, slap me
Make me look another way
Go ahead, tackle me
Wrestle me to the ground
Dirty my skin, but you won't squander my soul

No need to lie
I know what your plan is
Still tryin to take me down
In a place where I'm vulnerable
But your obvious, your basic
Throw the close ones at me
Dredge up my fears

But you've already lost
Because you should know
That I'll stand to a bully
Bring him down to my level
Show him what it is to be a man
Display what it's like to hold the light
Burn every last ounce of pride from you

We'll crucify you this time,
This time we won't mess it up

So if you come at me
This is what you should expect
Because who I have by my side
Will never buckle
I can't say the same for you

Tale of a Wounded Poet

With these eyes, all physical beauty was captured
with this heart, raging passion tore through
all of his being, embraced raw emotion
all in a tender balance and that world
came to a screeching halt when he said, “Enough.”
At the price for removing the pain,
the eloquent love was gone

Sentry towers guarded with archers
strung bows of logic, with arrows of reason
and brought down every perpetrator,
all in favor of opening the city walls
and uniting the masked poet
with his source

Something happened.
a dark cloud fell over the city
and the poet couldn’t even gaze anymore
plague swept the area
and everything decayed around him
If he didn’t leave, he would fall

Blindly he wandered his darkened facade
but with the aide of the allies’ flares
hurled over the wall
the destitute poet found his way to the edge.

Unable to find the door, to let the light in
he climbed.
he climbed for what felt like for years
until he reached the ramparts
and by a leap of faith, he lept
plummeting to the ground

By the grace of God, his eyes finally opened
to a woman, the golden haired lass, engulfed by the sun
As he focused, her long earthened locks
lifted him up and showed him his path

As he walked, she followed, and disappeared
followed and disappeared again,
but as he moved, his chest beat stronger
as his chest beat stronger, his fists clenched tighter
with his empowered hands he began to sprint,
sailing across the land, leaving everything behind

Once at the ocean’s edge, she emerged from the water
allowing him to drink, each droplet brightened his soul
This is where he found himself again
the poet’s inner light began to brighten

Now, as his roots strengthen, he will stand
for nothing but his love and as his love intensifies,
he will be a guiding light, and a force to be reckoned with

For the Love of You

When we separated
My soul became sedated
Quietly awaiting our reunite

In this life
I forgot who you were
Almost didn't recognize you
But it was those deep oceans
That drew me back in
Reminded me of what I had been without

That's why I don't just look at you
It's the reason why I can't deny you
It's the fact that when I hold you
I feel something stronger, something deeper

When we draw near
The gap between, nearly too far,
Inches away our breath forms the bridge
And our souls within breathe into each other

When your ruby reds reached mine
It felt like a kiss for the first time
A sure shot sign
That I couldn't leave those lips again

Forgive me, mi querida, if I'm forward
But there's no ignoring this anymore
This is what we've been waiting for

Take my hands in yours and yours in mine
We need to let go of the fetters
Break through this wall and step closer
There's no looking back now
We've reestablished our connection
It's already been spoken into my life
I'll be yours

Northern Light

You just flew by my face
A fireball from space
something as unusual
as the falling stars you bring
was it a mirage?
was it a reflecting light?
making a mess
of my fractured mind.

I’ll do anything
to keep you illuminated
to burn brighter than you already are
let that fiery exterior
ignite your core
and show the whole world
what you’re made of

You enter my life
like a shooting star
enters this world
and just when my smile
reaches my ears
you’ve vanished
I can only hope
the strongest piece of you
hits my heart

Stepping

sleep now falls over me

the churning sounds of the distance

fade in and out of my mind

not really sure what's real

and what's of my own imagination

stepping the first step of the day,

sunlight breaking through the blinds,

I take a deep breath of the salty atmosphere

I look back and the sun is dancing

through her hair and across her face

one more step brings me down to the ocean

the waves swallow my ankles

and looking out over her vastness

her hands slip across me and warm my soul

as if she was another source of warmth for me

taking a step back, the sun falls

and the sea breeze brings the night

and as the white brilliance illuminates your face

I would bleed into the moon to shine my love

for you tonight

I'm sitting here with nothing more than

all these hopes and dreams, vivid facades

of what kind of life awaits me

I just need to make sure I step in the right direction

Take It Away

I lay back and watch the world around me be destroyed

the wind rips through, God rearranging as He so fits

and many people would start running around

moving things back to where they were supposed to be

except everything goes where it needs to be

but I continue to lay here with a smile

for I know the changes that bring themselves upon us

are exactly that, for us, and if we try to revert back

to the comfortability of our foolish worlds

they'll just end up being toppled over again anyway

I think from now on, I'll leave my windows open

and when I return back to my room

everything will be rearranged in a fashion I don't understand

but I know that they're there for a reason

If only everyone could give up what they've held onto

Subiré

slipping down further into this rabbit hole

I find myself looking at a box of chains in front of me

ones that I've let hold on to me for years

that I've finally removed from my bruised skin

Why did I do this? What took so long?

Now that the fetters to my being are at my disposal

I must remove myself from this bird cage

I haven't stretched my wings in so long

I just hope that I'll learn to fly again

Tomorrow is near, and I can almost taste it

And as the light gathers within me

I let it warm my soul, closing my eyes

this new life enters me

I'm almost ready, to take on this gift of mine

breathe in all the air that I've missed out on

perceive all the beauty I've looked past

And let myself sink into love like I've never done before

Never Take What Isn't Yours

I hope you never see me

for I have unparalleled rage

I can pull down your world around you

and tear through your desires

don't be a fool and underestimate

for there are no packs between lions and men

since I will ravage your soul, there will be nothing left

and you'll wish you had never tried so hard

to take what wasn't rightfully yours

so surrender, for I might have mercy

and just let the murder take care of you

Careful Now, You'll Hurt Yourself

What do you do
When your love is not returned?
What do you do
When you'd give anything for her?
Endure, and see what the tide brings you.

Since you left, 6 months ago
My heart cooled and slept silently
But walking through that door
I was shocked at the woman I saw

Somehow time has taken a special interest in you
Your untamed beauty rips through my eyes
Past my brain and leaps over my heart

The more time I spent with you
The more deeply my love is invested
The memories of our last night
Slipped into my dreams, a tricky place
Where the torturous games my self concious plays
You smile at me and I just know
That I've finally waited for the right person

You thanked me for cooling my heals
But you still have indecision
You're unsure if I'm really worth it for you

Well I'll stand here until my knees give out
Let myself succumb to their gravity
Pass my weight to my hands until
My elbows crack under pressure and
With my head to the floor
I pray to the lord to strengthen my soul
For it is far stronger than any articulation
And it can hold on to you

So I lay here
In the dead of winter
Waiting for you to shine on me
Whether moonlit or sunshine
I'll be here
Living in your memories
Until they scortch your heart