Elements

Elements of love's lament
to slide and quick replace
smiles of warmth in turn adorn
and salty lines embrace

Oft In Distant Shadows Played

And oft in distant shadows played
fret and fearful spark
fool enough to chill the cuff
and to the nerves impart
Light therein to sway and swim
subconsciously the prey
every hair to stand on end
look this and that away
Dark enclose and ember
fan flames and hell excite
off in distant shadows
in the meadows of the night

Photograph

Portraits old devoid of shine
relay and play in passing time
thoughts of then they are and were
like passing words in time occur
Remnants stitched away and felt
into the empty page to melt
thoughts confined by time's embrace
to live and love immortal grace
Blink and shutter fade and gray
into the canvased heart's display
and there they must forever stay
as time and portraits pass away

Sultry Drips

Sultry drips from pursing lips
as colors twist and swirl
dreams to come from fork-ed tongue
undone in passion's whirl
Heart's neglect provide protect
give shade from stormy seas
now on them find those words remind
once wind has calmed it's breeze
Furies found with light abound
where colors swirl and twist
dripping from a fork-ed tongue
come words from pursing lips

Illuminate

Like breathing underwater
shadows bringing in the dark
enclosing all around to drown
into our sleep embark
Fade into forever
and endeavor in its wake
in death to rest eternal
til time to meet our fate
Slipping into nothing
something more than this
time to sleep eternal
journal deep and dark abyss
Light ahead cascading
invading thoughts abound
burn to fade, illuminate
there's glory all around

Splash

Splash upon her lips to paint
where passion found it's stay
fiery taste of love's embrace
with ember-ed burn displayed
Gentle tinge in sparking singe
did swirl from smoking lips
touch of heaven leaving scars
in proof it's truths exist
Steam expelled as heat's exhaled
quick breaths as angels faint
fiery taste of love's embrace
upon her lips to paint

Time In Rhyme and Reason

Time in rhyme and reason
forcing every day to pass
the shifting of the seasons
clouds are gently rolling past
Across the plains unending
over sands and glistening seas
the winds to call for after all
they wander where they please
Further on forever
to endeavor on their way
the sky to shift with darkness lift
as blues gives way to gray
Still the clock is ticking
resting thoughts on river's flow
time in rhyme in reason
ever changing as it goes