Loved Deeper Still

I have indeed loved deeper still Before my mem'ry let you go, And cast about for barren thrill. I have indeed loved deeper still, And I will love again. I will. My calloused heart will overflow; I have indeed loved deeper still Before my mem'ry let…

Love You Turned Your Back On

I wonder now what gives your journey hope When you have cast aside your love from youth. Does it not leave you lost, alone? You grope For what you once held fast as solid truth. You stand instead on that which soothes the mass-- Humanity so loves what makes it…

The Road

I've taken roads that brought me to this place, Yes, these same roads have brought me to this place, And I am standing on the edge of grace. The road goes on without me, full of change. I hope the road ahead will make me change As all…

Good-Night

And In The Silence, Hear My Heart Beat Fast With Abject Fear. Good (?)- Night. postscript Day twelve of the May Sonnet Challenge. Word sonnet. Not as fun as the last one of these I wrote, but it'll do.…

All My Heart Will Long For

It's only you for all my life, I swear-- And all my heart will long for til I die. My soul and mind will long for God, but I-- I've given you my heart and body, dear. Some moments draw me wayward into fear Away from…

Summer Rose

Patience lost and fallen is the rose: Love was in the nightfall til it froze. Frozen was the air one summer eve Despite the warmth and mist in fields beyond. Leave it be to agonize and grieve; It has no more the warmth of when it dawned. Summer birthed our…

Son of Iron

Perfect form and face and bright blue eyes Or gray as summer sea. So cold and tall And how impassive--without joy or sighs And lacking any fervor shown at all. The warrior of the stars, the last to fall Cradled in the blood-warm hands of Mars Noble in his task…

New Home

Our home has been our castle these short years Holding in its walls unspoken fears Giving way to joy that breaks in rays Of sunlight scattered over endless days. It birthed our way of life as two in one And brought its woes and comforts ere it's done.…