Echoes of the Open Road

 The winding road ahead is veiled in white,

We chase the morning, unaware of night.

A gentle breeze blows through the open air,

Without a heavy burden or a care.

The wheels turn fast upon the dusty stone,

What waits tomorrow? Truly, none has known.

Why look too far across the shifting sand,

When present beauty rests within your hand?

The flowers bloom, the rivers rush and flow,

The path is sweet, no matter where we go.

Let go of yesterday's regret and pain,

And let this fleeting joy wash like the rain.

For life’s a journey, bright and full of grace,

A temporary, wondrous resting place.

So smile today, and let your spirit soar,

Before the wave retreats from off the shore.

Enjoy the sun while yet the sky is clear

For no one knows what waiteth for us here.

A Crazy dream

My heart so badly wants to cry aloud,

To tell you that I love you, clear and true;

Yet fear holds back the words inside the crowd,

As terrified to speak as I am blue.

In quiet dreams, I finally confessed,

And felt the sweet relief of your warm embrace;

I hoped perhaps in life that comes the best,

We might find truth in some another place.

Damn it, I almost let myself forget

There is no next-life script for us to write.

The crazy longing spins around me yet,

A foolish dream that shatters always bright.

A Life Worth Shouting

The sun comes up and goes down, and time just keeps moving.

Yet the thoughts deep inside my head refuse to stop.

Everyone says it is time to move on,

So I tried, but there was nowhere left to go and nothing left to chase.

Life just kept happening on its own,

I had no real choice, I just had to take whatever came.

Still, I want a life that packs a punch,

A life where I can shout out loud and say: I made it.

The Restless Storm

 I do not want to feel this heavy grief,

Yet strange, unwanted feelings linger still.

I seek no space in you, no small relief,

Nor wish to bend your thoughts against your will.

Yet still I wander, searching for your face,

Because your presence soothes this aching mind.

When you are gone, I lose my resting place,

And snap at everyone who stays behind.

My life unspurls beyond my self-control,

A bitter storm of anger and despair.

Oh heavenly Lord, who sees this restless soul,

Pour out your grace, and meet me broken there.

The Twin Mistakes - Purest Truth

 

I own the error now, the heavy toll:

The first was letting you invade my heart,

The second was to bare my naked soul,

And speak the words that tore my peace apart.

To say "I love you" was the final slip,

A careless dropping of a heavy shield,

The sentence trembling on an open lip,

The private wound I needlessly revealed.

Yet do not think I vow to keep them stilled;

These honest words arose from spaces clean,

By pure and simple inclination filled,

Where neither artifice nor guile had been.

I felt the urge, and so I let it speak;

I listened to the heart, and not the brain.

Though others call it foolish, blind, and weak,

That truth remains my proudest, deepest gain.

A Shadow Play of Mind

 

Is love a truth that lingers deep and pure,

Or just a chemical cascade inside?

A restless search with nothing to secure,

Where longing and illusion coincide.

To tell the truth, I wandered far and wide,

And missed more than a single heart can claim;

Yet all these phantoms where my thoughts reside

Were empty echoes built upon a name.

Is this the ache of what is left unsaid,

The lonely verdict of a one-sided part?

No, it is just the labyrinth of my head,

The idle wandering of a foolish heart.

While others find their joy and pass me by,

I waste my days beneath a heavy stone,

And name this tangled dream a grand goodbye

To love I built, and suffered, all alone.