Throwaways

passing on the bridge
the beams hold still
from the weight
of lovers’ locks

I peer down
into
the sea:

a graveyard of keys

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Ice People

An embrace would meld us
Thaw us and bind us
Rough edges would melt and seam together
Forever, we would be unable
To be apart
Forever, we would be unable
To find sole solace
So our frail hearts
Love with caution
So we, who shake
Love in fear

Athena

O’er the hill he rides his steed
To memory’s eternity
Years past the deed
The children still whisper of his face
The lance, the chariot, the fearsome mace
The mysterious knight
Against the fading light
The dragons slayed
And the grateful maids
Send shivers of pleasure when again told
Those bygone chivalric tales of old
Yet sunset spells a specious cast
It was her, not his name, that should last.

Fated Love

If we were to be parted
Or never to meet
Then know this life
Is only anticipation
For the next

Painted Bird

The painted bird
Forever in mid-flight
On the wall scroll

Love and Possibility

On the hill, the sky is promised
Over the sea, the horizon of a fantastic land
And in your laughter, eternal joy carouses.
Yet, between the space of our joined hands
Resides the feeling they are merely shades of.

Silence

The silence which was comforting
Stifles in a dreary endlessness
But there are no things which go on forever
The good things and the bad
Tomorrow, the silence may again
Permeate a simple peace