Draw me near and cheer meGrace me with your smileLet a veil encircle ‘round Concealing us, a while Let me lean against youStrong and warm and thereRadiating surenessShielded from life’s glare And as your chest enfolds meComfort’s warmth does riseCatching at the core of meLighting in your eyes A shifting of emotionGlints through this tender calmConvergently occurringAs you hold me in your arms Shall we disrupt this beauty?...

Questions I don’t want to askAnswers I don’t want to knowDecisions I don’t want to makePlaces I don’t want to goA life I lived in retrospectChoices that I should have madeChances had but left untakenRegrets untouched until todayActing brave while being frightenedBelieving through vast waves of doubtHold my tongue and quell my urgesQuiet, where I want to shoutLooking back, I know the answersFuture times remain unknownDecid...

It’s such a shameWe never touchedOr heard the other speak It’s such a shameWe fell apartBefore we got to meet It’s such a shameWords on a screenWere all the love we knew And such a shameThose words are goneIn cyberspace, with you.

I wasn't preparedTo love youI wasn't preparedTo stayI've tucked, and I've rolledMyself throughThe lion's shareOf my daysOne foot out the doorPurse in my handKeeping all parts of me SafeWatching for signsThat things have gone southReady to make My escapeSo let me standAt the thresholdStill inBut not far from outAccept I'm my bestClose to freedomRather than harnessedIn doubt.

Sing me tuneless comfortCradling my painHelp me bear the sadness  Burdening my brain Hold me while I rememberWhat can no longer beThe unthought thoughts I dailyTry so hard not to think And while you act as sentryI can bear to feelThe feelings begging to be feltPress forward urgently With you near, they lose dangerA beast without its teethA snake without its poisonA fire without its heat Tame and placid finallyDocile memor...

Assassinate a friendshipEviscerate a heartAbrade a soul that trustedWhen you chose to depart You knew my fearsWhere I was weakYou learned them over timeI couldn’t be the one you wishedMore your fault than mineYou claim you made adjustmentsThere were some, I agreePerhaps it was untenableThat a new "us" should be But still I’m shocked and reelingMy anchor weighed and goneA lost and helpless feelingFarewell my comfort zone I...

Bourbon scented pumice voiceBreath and whispers  Beckoning Glass of amberMelting iceMisted liquidLightening Varnished tableLeather boothDimming lightsSurrounding me Molded ceilingLacquered whiteCrystal fixturesSparkling Rough blue denimSex of handsConnected mindsEnlivening Burn of liquorOn our tonguesDesires baredKissing me Mercury eyesCrescent moonNovember nightRemembering.

Arctic FrostBastard ColdAche of EmptyNadir SoulDeath Knell tocsinOpen WoundNumbing Vacuum  Mental TombEnd of SomethingNever MoreTake back this Key; now seal the door.

Gaze into the mirror  At that beauty standing thereNo mar upon perfectionA visage pure and fair Smile a mouth that curves in glassReflection in the eyesFull form is that caught staring backDeadened, yet alive Passions build without restraintNo halt to those desiresNo holds barred now evil deedsThat feed untended fires Flesh becomes the canvasBone is now the frameTrapped within the portraitCursed to bear your name How blis...

Whispered notes upon your shirtSpeaking of my touch Murmurs linger on the sheetsReminders of our lust Our passions of the night beforeTrace my name in air Your lips again pressed to my neckSo warm beneath my hair Each hint of scent a mentionBringing me to mind My presence in my absenceAn aura left behind Soft, yet with such powerYou feel me in your arms Telling you I love youEven when I’ve gone With you so completelySilen...

Don’t lookWhy not?How can it hurt? Don’t askWhy not?I want to learn It’s doneIt’s goneUntied to you I want  The factsWhat did he do? PretendThere’s notA way to know In timesOf yoreThat would be so These daysIt’s thereFor all to see Just lookYou’ll findNo mystery SimplyA searchAnd follow clues The lureIs strongUnearth the truth But notBecauseYou really care What cameBeforeYou were a pair The goalWhen youConstruct the past...

Draw a circle round meLet me look awayProtect me with EnchantmentProstrating what you say Invoking now the barrierA cloak of crystal steelCascading all around meWith no infirmity Your words approach, empoweredBut weaken when they meetMy shield of pure EnchantmentSeamless security Standing here well-guardedYour words shall not break throughThey simply freeze and die in air  Then fall unheard from you.

It suddenly occurred to meI’m feeling a clichéWhat else can possibly explainPerceiving things this way? My arms are arms, and end in handsNot wings of gossamerI walk on ground and do not floatLike lepidoptera My heart, it beatsI hear it thumpBut seems to me it singsSurely that’s a neighbor’s musicCarried on the wind? The tingles on my bodyCould the cause be thatI’ve wandered now distractedly  Into a swarm of gnats? A grin...

Grazed by your eyesAs though you have touched meWatching your lipsWhile words emerge softly Speaking to meTelling me moreI just want to stay hereLetting them pour Silken, like scarvesThat trail through my mindThey calm, yet exciteAs I try to slow time And prolong this nightTo capture its passingAs cel by celI live it while watching So keenly consciousOf each matchless momentNo passage of timeShall erode its impact Invokin...

When we two partedIn silence and tearsHalf broken-hearted, to severOh dear!! That’s Byron (I say)The words are not mineIt sounded so goodI thought it inspired Now I’m depressedI need something newNot something I studiedWay back in school Let’s try it againBreathe deep and stay calmLet your mind work its magicImagination, come on Calling EratoOh Muse, are you there?Help me create nowSam’s dome in air That sunniest domeThos...