Reality Is Believing

Avoidance not by choice
Not mine, only a voice
Reminding me that life is less than what it should be, to me
At least these moments I see, passing, fascinating
I had dreams to tell me all I know or knew
Until I set my feet upon the morning dew
Such beauty in another's words, heard and compared
It is true that you are who I wish to see, whoever you are
Near or far I question the letter, it will be the same but nothing better
As a memory is greater than any image, but pictures speak with color
Of the frozen landscape of a desert, caught forever in time
Or the image of an ocean burned upon a page
Words unable to do justice to the feeling
The scent of flowers, swaying trees in the breeze
Carried toward me, taken in
This is where life chose to begin
Hearts flutter for a moment, remembering these places
A blur of passion shared by many oblivious faces
Stop for a moment, take your time
An image can do nothing for how you can feel
Force yourself to reveal, remember
When you simply capture the beauty, emotion is dismembered
In truth, an image is so much
But memory can be as real as touch
Find love in what you see, will it to be
For only in these moments can we truly see
What we are through all our lives, permanently

Hearts United

At times, my rhymes do come to me
In the strangest of ways
A whisper in the wind, things I see
The Sun bids farewell as it leaves the days
It never feels wrong, only different
As I steal the Sun's song
Perhaps to simply record what's unheard
As it has repeated these words so long
I only wish to expand upon the beauty
For this world to see, setting eyes to the sky
Above the images upon a screen, surely
They must notice, they must care, they must try
I know these words are shared, I know
But within such truth is beauty of its own
So I will never let any of them go
To respond in kind, though less than what is known
I will begin to speak as sunlight does decree
This place, our land, made not by man's hand
The skies above, clouds and cool breeze
These things I love as the stars above, so I stand
Could we all just open our eyes and see what could be
Your dreams as real as any other, as the love of a mother
Living in peace, harmoniously
Embracing the hands of our sisters and brothers

The Failest of Days

Confined within this coffin state
unaccustomed to such a fate
Not when there is choice for I wish to hear a voice
Alone is not lonely, or could it not be, unsure
This sickness and the rain, agony endured
Surely there is more to do, so many rooms
I think of things to pass the time, nothing here
My heart begging to reach out, a social drought
Wet is the ground I have found, the sky begins to cry
As a tear leaves my own eye there is less now
I stare blankly at this screen, hoping to daydream
Understanding the passion behind words must scream
Fate tempted by this longing to be more
Reaching these shores that I have always wished for
Heavy hearts, weeping in the rain
No, I will not cause you pain, for you must know
You are the ones for whom my heart does grow
I dream of great things, as do many, as do all
Such light can shine as colors of the fall
We are where the dream becomes a cause
Humanity enduring natures laws
A beautiful ballet of helping hands
Remembering the beauty in this world could be set free
Who can I be, I wish to see

To Behold The Lives We Hold

Temporary things take up space, not to embrace
As permanence in life is what they replace
Would I not give a flower to my love
Knowing it will fade, wishing it would stay
I know these terrible beings and why they create such heartache
Demons of the night, dreading daylight not walking in the shadows
Crawling, hunched over as they feed
Caring only for the hearts they still don't understand
Truth in life, my only demand
Above all else, how we should define
These pauses in our path we choose to find
I have and still attempt to show, letting all know
To reveal ourselves to those who help us grow
And statements made so long ago, in words
Still heard, fantastic they may be, untrusted
I know within myself, from the mouth which they were thrust
Could I trust who I should, knowing this could be a fable
My life guided as purely as I am able
I strive to be what was not truly known to me
Hidden away, with so much I wished to hold, not to be
Such things experienced, none would share, made to be known
My strength falters as I dare, returning bitterness is shown
I may not seem to be seen as I am, barely a man
Not a man, a person, breathing with my heart beating
I will love even those meant not for meeting
For some choose to learn from what they feel
Change for better from such ordeals
Myself, I cannot place my hand within another
Not without finding my place beside, as a brother
For a stranger, a friend, or a lover
I find my confidence, this warmth where hearts recover
Life must be, not without overwhelming passion
As only within the memories we make is our life fashioned
This life, these dances
All considered only chances
When life cannot consist of thorns
These are not the reasons we were born
I understand this rose, this life I may have lost comes with a cost
But now it isn't up to me, not for me to see to the loss
My life shaped who I am, damned or blessed
For how the past defines, I will love no less
The future beheld, set before my eyes, for this, I try
I have and will for always be this love until I die
No matter your beliefs, perhaps you will learn
Then and only then shall I know that love was earned