This Ocean Known

Staying home, not for me to roam
Not now, not for the moment known
No more thoughts of playing this game
Between the sun, the stars and the plague
I will walk in the shadows, hidden from light
Break the silence with my footprints only
For you are not to be trusted, not for your deeds
Only for the passion this mouth from honor feeds
Trust never given, objects taken
As if being accepted you are mistaken
Stolen pieces of what made me who I am
I will go no more places, thinking of your faces
Wishing this life had never seen their traces
I do not know you, some may believe I do
As we breathed the same air, from that moment I was through
None will be broken missing pieces of this dark
This black, and hidden shadow from which the harold hark
I will go my way, you will go yours
If anger cross your mind, you're lost
See love in the days and see peace in the night
For all hearts, none unspoken stay your fight
Any other misbelieving, the hearts retrieving
Some may find this to be deceiving
I have never given up on what I know
You may have given sway or wished to show
There is nothing but the snow, nothing but what is already gone
I will not reach for something if I know my poisoned touch
Whether truth or fantasy, this burden is too much
As it is not, nor been ever my choice for I am only a voice
Among the millions upon millions of actions that rejoice
For this legion of protectors of the peace in all the land
I shall leave my life to theirs and this will bend no more to stand

The One I Once Was

My abilities only within the words I spread upon the pages of memory
Setting hearts and minds wandering through the distances and seas
This again, not as fluent as a thought, the candle put out
Always was as it will be, I am not in the mind to wait and wonder
My compasion in this fashion set aside to see the storm goes under
Your mind, not mine, it's known now as I lose myself to your words
I believe in you so much this time to chronicle what's heard
Inside forever now from this undoubted shouting fit
Once bitten then removed from mouths so willing to commit
I'll be this man, forever there to lend a helping hand
Though it may not be always in my power to command
Your hearts forever open as I care to be your guide
No more shall this portrayal of a man be what I hide

Shackled and Torn

Nowhere fast or slow, I don't know
Basking in the glow
Neon towers of light were there once before
Now sitting alone, in my room behind the door
With nothing but the fashion of the walls in pale light
Dark blockading curtains turning every day to night
Darkness willing with the wind that blew between the trees
Now gone and long forgotten never heard with heavy breeze
I remember how we talked, while I was stuck in this tower
I won't be leaving, I've returned to dream with every hour
Not for the loss of sight in my hearts eyes, as they cry
Only for the weakness I have felt inside
I hear this trembling lunatic that stretches out her hand
Trust me, you can trust me, not them, I say you can
Your hearts are so much purer than the ones he seems to draw
As if these vast realities were written into law
It's known they know a few things yet they do bridle their word
Knowing I could never speak their threats forever heard
For all their born relationships and others would disturb
It's true concern is fruitful when it's taken into kind
But act on pure deception and you poison every mind
Prevent the peace of purity and many years that passed
Only watching over something puzzles need to last
A perfect form of armor that could easily defer
The final act of judgement and the fear that it has stirred