Lit And On Fire

One man debate An argument defined Hashing out the issue With me, myself and I One desires loneness The other, company Conflict now arising The third one, symmetry One man debate An argument prolonged Escalating problems In speech, in prose, in song One highlighting drama The other, tragedy Channeling the Greeks now The third sees comedy One man debate An argument to cease Locked within his own self And his soliloquies One solution: counsel Another: time and space The other: flip a new page And run at his own pace

Dark and ominous, a black hole between the lines Happiness sucked out, in a vacuum hope declines Chaos and mayhem, a star bleeds letters and cries Desires forgotten, all options demoralize The sun collapses scorching the words on a page Old plans scribbled out, dreams abandoned in a cage A new moon waxes, oblivious to changing times It wanes in stages and clings to a few old rhymes Troubles multiply, asteroids belted with fears Confusion collects, stories of pain inked in tears Planets misalign, mourn the death of gravity A missing chapter, an incomplete rhapsody Galaxies of hurt burst in a heap of verses Faith in the future, locked and buried in hearses A comet blazes, burns out like forgotten phrases The curtain closes, a world that left no traces Books left unwritten, empty paper cuts the sky Blank parchments scatter dust clouds, a sad lullaby Tales of old thrown out, prose and poetry despised Pens not wielded, ink dries, the cosmo

Just in case no one has ever said it to you: Good morning, beautiful! You are precious and one of a kind. Your soul is luminous and you glow from the inside. No one can do you but you. Just in case no one has ever asked you: How was your day, gorgeous? You are in my thoughts and I miss you. I care about you, how you're doing, what you're thinking, and why you're sad. Just in case no one has ever told you: I choose you. Not just for a moment or a day. I choose you for who you are and who you are not; inspite of what you have done and what you have not. Just in case no one has ever whispered to you: I love you. No ifs, no buts. Not just your pretty eyes or warm smile, your brilliant mind or carefree style. I love you. Period. And just in case you need to hear it again, over and over: I love you. I love you. I love you.

Unruffled surface of calm perfection Unspoken turmoil beneath Tormented abyss of denied expectation Springs of doubt boil underneath Drops of thoughts muddle the foundation Waves of questions unasked An undercurrent of veiled agitation A slow erosion of trust masked Tide upon tide of tacit frustration Ebbs and flows with a forlorn tune Musings and reveries desire liberation A tsunami of emotions in a cocoon Truth trapped in a dam of isolation Puddles of lies strewn on silt A gulf widened by withheld affirmation A chasm concealed by guilt Streams of disquiet with each conversation Buoyed by a shroud of indifference Ardor floats on hope and explanation Sink at the silence of ignorance Deep waters plead for translation Where words are drowned by sediment The shallows may be a picture of sedation But the depths silently bellows, desperate for help

A sinking feeling A nagging thought A scream wanting to come out A persistent prodding A relentless nudge What are they about? Glazed eyes Quiet sighs A slight crinkling of the nose Disappointed looks Forehead furrows Was that a sneer? Who knows? A thick silence A meaningful pause Questions without answers Signposts and lights Dots and lines Was that a code? Who cares?

You go nowhere but move fast Spinning mildly you won't last Though attractive, quite a bore Round and round and nothing more You don't back down, not a chance Overcoming circumstance Quite aggressive and intense Often making not much sense You concur with all that's said Always nodding with your head One for all, for unity But then think of where you'll be You are languid now and then Eager for the where and when You're the bedrock for this thirst And at other times the worst You're the limit they can't pass You're a boundary that lasts Separating time from tide Marking where all should abide You are signal to a change Dropping old things isn't strange Little cooler but still warm Letting go has been your norm You're commanding to the eye All, it seems, intensifies Insulating, tough, and cool You're a fighter, not a fool You are random, you're aligned Each a trai