The Panther and The Raven

Panther dark and slinky
slide you do into my gaze
claws as slick as midnight, click
with pause upon their prey
Calm and calculating eyes
comprise a hunter's stare
star of midnight's glory
confident and unaware
In the grips of morning
yet another creature preys
raven dark and slinky, stark
as black on black portrays
Heat to burn that emanates
from lips that seem to pray
the panther and the raven
one the hunter, one the prey

Warming Wind

Warming wind to me descend
light cast on eyes that chase
a drifting dream or so it seems
I'm lost out on your waves
Free to climb through limbs and skies
adrift on hope and prayer
so through you glide and coincide
with times and spaces shared
All a mighty river's flow
and in you I embrace
dark currents pulling under
and the hope in saving grace
Warming wind with me ascend
like smoke to drift take flight
carry me upon your waves
into that dream filled night

Hands Divine

As hands divine are molding time

and shifting spirits play

all things in time by his design

the past recast opaque

All things in a moment

nothing more than word to flame

sending time cascading by

as all things flow the same

Spirits sway and lift away

the veil of righteous choice

into the past opaque recast

unto the heart rejoice

Waters rise as thoughts reprise

again and spirits yield

all things in time by his design

til time itself's revealed

Mirrored Eyes Protect

Reflection found beyond the smoke
that mirrored eyes protect
secrets held behind the veil
to tell of introspect
Blessed and resurrected
yet a victim of her gaze
mystique to hold as dreams unfold
where shadows dance and play
Beyond the swirling fires of love
as passions fan the flame
words are born but lips can't form
as futile motion's made
Enraptured in the fury
moth to flame and breathing smoke
see me in her sultry gaze
as thoughts and dreams provoke
Does sorrow travel in those tears
and sing of heart's regret
reflection found beyond the smoke
that mirrored eyes reflect

Faith Remind

Tasting life as raindrops fall
for all are told they will
soon to find in faith remind
and colored skies reveal
Taught in storms surrounding
love abounding in it's wake
cling to one another
suffer not for suffering's sake
Remember there a promise
painted high for all to see
tasting life as raindrops fall
for not just you and me

And Thoughts Take Flame

And thoughts take flame in falling rain
and thereto stood my dare
as mists abound and swirl around
a dream as thin as air
Lightning all around ignite
the night with pulsing glow
unto this day it serenades
the corners of my soul
And thoughts take flame in falling rain
and hereby sits my stare
among the mists that swirl and kiss
a dream as thin as air

Becomes Our Portrait Painted

Life and death and all between
the sprawling span of time
laced with painted memories
to dance upon the eye
Everything connected
ripple out and back again
an ever changing portrait
made of sun and rain and wind
Into our lives in doses
roses graced with piercing thorn
to temper still in truth reveal
and teach the tempest torn
Try drinking of it's beauty
tasting life as raindrops fall
for beauty fades and time persuades
the hurry of it all
For moments saved in passing
light reflected on the eye
becomes our portrait painted
in the sprawling span of time