Best of Friends

I still remember the first day we met
We were too shy to say much at all
It's funny to think back to that time
Because now we're having a ball!
They say that true friendship is rare
An adage that I believe to be true
Genuine friendship is something that I cherish
I am so lucky to have met you.
Our bond is extremely special
It is unique in it's own way
We have something irreplaceable
I love you more and more each day.
We've been through so much together
In so little time we've shared
I will never forget all the moments
that you've shown me how much you cared.
Friends are forever
Especially the bond that you and I possess
I love your fun-filled personality
Somehow you never fail to impress.
You are always there for me
When my spirits need a little lift
I cannot thank you enough for that
You are truly an extraordinary gift.
You are everything to me and more
I could never express that enough
Life is such a treacherous journey, and
Without you it would be even more tough.
Our story will continue to grow
With each passing day
Because I trust that with you by my side
Everything will always be Okay.
You are so dear to me
You know we'll be friends until the end
I will always be there for you, and
You will always (and forever) be my best friend, nay
You will always be my brother.

Finding Love

When we must face the world alone
 It seems a lonely place.
 If we've no one to share it with,
 We cannot see its grace.
 We're lost upon an empty sea
 Adrift within the storm.
 A shadow of our former selves
 Without substance or form.
 And yet, we strive to carry on,
 To see the sun once more.
 We place our hearts upon the block,
 As we have done before.
 But often we will move too fast,
 Or try to skip ahead.
 If one but glances through a book,
 He can't know what he's read.
 Each story cultivates a path,
 From beginning to end.
 It's a trail true love must follow,
 The way that it was penned.
 If you attempt to circumvent
 The courtship at the start,
 Your romance will become a fling,
 Which leads to broken hearts.
 For who could ever trust someone
 Who gives themselves so swift,
 And shares with one they hardly know
 Such an intimate gift.
 Happy endings are rarely found,
 In tales that start this way.
 Such passion sometimes feels like love,
 But passion fades away.
 And if no love can then be found,
 You'll be alone again.
 Adrift upon that empty sea,
 Where you have often been.
 For if your offered love is free,
 And it need not be earned,
 What merit do you think it has,
 When it is not returned?
 Love's worth is measured by the work
 Required to make it grow.
 But when you give that love away,
 Its value is brought low.
 So if you seek this treasured prize,
 Here's what you'll have to do.
 The love you offer someone else
 Must mean something to you.

When The Wild Wind Blows

Have you heard what they said on the news today?
 Have you heard what is coming to us all?
 That the world as we know it will be coming to an end
 Have you heard, have you heard?
 He sees them in the distance where the darkened clouds roll
 He could feel tension in the atmosphere
 He would look in the mirror, see an old man now
 Does it matter they survive somehow?
 They said there's nothing can be done about the situation
 They said there's nothing you can do at all
 To sit and wait around for something to occur
 Did you know, did you know?
 As he stares across the garden looking at the meadows
 And wonders if they'll ever grow again
 The desperation of the situation getting graver
 Getting ready when the wild wind blows
 Have you seen what they said on the news today?
 Have you heard what they said about us all?
 Do you know what is happening to just every one of us
 Have you heard, have you heard?
 There will be a catastrophe the like we've never seen
 There will be something that will light the sky
 That the world as we know it, it will never be the same
 Did you know, did you know?
 He carries everything into the shelter not a fuss
 Getting ready when the moment comes
 He has enough supplies to last them for a year or two
 Good to have because you never know
 They tell us nothing that we don't already know about
 They tell us nothing that is real at all
 They only fill us with the stuff that they want
 Did you know, did you know?
 He's nearly finished with the preparations for the day
 He's getting tired that'll do for now
 They are preparing for the very worst to come to them
 Getting ready when the wild wind blows
 He sees the picture on the wall, it's falling down upside down
 He sees a teardrop from his wife roll down her face, saying grace
 Remember times they had, they flash right through his mind left behind
 Of a lifetime spent together long ago will be gone
 They've been preparing for some weeks now
 For when the crucial moment comes
 To take their refuge in the shelter
 Let them prepare for what will come
 They make a tea and sit there waiting
 They're in the shelter feeling snug
 Not long to wait for absolution
 Don't make a fuss; just sit and wait
 Can't believe all the lying,
 All the screams are denying
 That the moments of truth have begun
 Can't you see it on the TV?
 Don't believe them in the last bit
 Now the days of our ending have begun
 Say a prayer when it's all over
 Survivors unite all as one
 Got to try and help each other
 Got the will to overcome
 I can't believe all the lying,
 All the screens are denying
 That the moments of truth have begun
 Can't you see it on the TV?
 Don't believe them in the last bit
 Now the days of our ending have begun
 When they found them, had their arms wrapped around each other
 Their tins of poison laying near by their clothes
 The day they both mistook an earthquake for the fallout,
 Just another when the wild wind blows...

No One Likes Scars

Bashful heeding
broken antique hearts
I've held the ache
for far too long...
Damn you,
tainted stars
you've slain me
you bled me sober,
thirsty
chilled to the bone
with anger,
and all that is left behind, are scars

Wonders of the Universe

Underneath the pale moonlight
 the north star Polaris shines so bright
 growing brighter still past twilight.
 Stars in the constellations gaze on
 even in the mighty warrior Orion
 watching supernovas burn in an explosion.
 Late at night we watch in awe as a falling star
 descends, making a crater from its path so stellular
 passing through the magnificent nebula from afar.
 Sitting and wondering where do things go
 when the black hole sucks them from the cosmo
 and we are left to ponder down here below.

Moon Bound

The moonlight fell on us
 as we found a new path
 with a distilled fragile iridescence
 filtering down dreamily
 its enchanted spectrum
 somehow simmering
 Like two moths to a candle
 flickering in a soft, warm wind
 the moonlight waved us in
 while it waxed and waned
 its primeval power penetrating
 our soul's domain
 landing on a spot deep within
 where remembrances of the first light remain
 We walked hand-in-hand lost
 in what we found
 our moon shadows
 gently gliding on the ground
 not knowing quite then
 how slyly we had been bound

Cranky Old Man

I came across this one day and after reading this, I realized how much we misunderstood the older population, Afterall they too are humans and shouldn't we treat them like one?
Cranky Old Man:
What do you see nurses? . . .. . .What do you see?
 What are you thinking .. . when you're looking at me?
 A cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise,
 Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . .. with faraway eyes?
 Who dribbles his food .. . ... . . and makes no reply.
 When you say in a loud voice . .'I do wish you'd try!'
 Who seems not to notice . . .the things that you do.
 And forever is losing . . . . . .. . . A sock or shoe?
 Who, resisting or not . . . ... lets you do as you will,
 With bathing and feeding . . . .The long day to fill?
 Is that what you're thinking?. .Is that what you see?
 Then open your eyes, nurse .you're not looking at me.
 I'll tell you who I am . . . . .. As I sit here so still,
 As I do at your bidding, .. . . . as I eat at your will.
 I'm a small child of Ten . .with a father and mother,
 Brothers and sisters .. . . .. . who love one another
 A young boy of Sixteen . . . .. with wings on his feet
 Dreaming that soon now . . .. . . a lover he'll meet.
 A groom soon at Twenty . . . ..my heart gives a leap.
 Remembering, the vows .. .. .that I promised to keep.
 At Twenty-Five, now . . . . .I have young of my own.
 Who need me to guide . . . And a secure happy home.
 A man of Thirty . .. . . . . My young now grown fast,
 Bound to each other . . .. With ties that should last.
 At Forty, my young sons .. .have grown and are gone,
 But my woman is beside me . . to see I don't mourn.
 At Fifty, once more, .. ...Babies play 'round my knee,
 Again, we know children . . . . My loved one and me.
 Dark days are upon me . . . . My wife is now dead.
 I look at the future ... . . . . I shudder with dread.
 For my young are all rearing .. . . young of their own.
 And I think of the years . . . And the love that I've known.
 I'm now an old man . . . . . . .. and nature is cruel.
 It's jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool.
 The body, it crumbles .. .. . grace and vigor, depart.
 There is now a stone . . . where I once had a heart.
 But inside this old carcass . A young man still dwells,
 And now and again . . . . . my battered heart swells
 I remember the joys . . . . .. . I remember the pain.
 And I'm loving and living . . . . . . . life over again.
 I think of the years, all too few . . .. gone too fast.
 And accept the stark fact . . . that nothing can last.
 So open your eyes, people .. . . . .. . . open and see.
 Not a cranky old man .
 Look closer . . . . see .. .. . .. .... . ME!!
 

Inferno

Through the fiery caverns we sail
 Virgil at my side my guide and master
 Questing through the nine plains of hell
 Infernal wisdom shall fill my soul
 Slowly now the days departing
 The darkened air releases me
 Frightening visions of my journey
 Entrance me to limbo I'm not
 Free
 Abandon all hope who enter here
 Enter the gates, Charon awaits
 Abandon all hope who enter here
 For this is where all things are left behind
 Every doubt and every cowardice must die
 Souls of rage and anger whipping in despair
 The souls that wail on this plain pray for death
 Denial is the reason for their suffering
 Forever being stung by wasps and demons breath
 The blood and tears that fall serve the maggots need
 Descention, thrusting to the second plain
 Minos judges as his tail twines
 Lustful thoughts and greed whip these wretched souls
 A hurricane of hate mocks their helpless pleas
 Drifting now down deeper, into eternal flames
 Awake at the third circle, the cold and filthy rain
 Punished for their gluttony, languid for all time
 The earth it stinks of corpses, damned for all time
 The vicious beast Cerberus, three heads, blooded eyes
 Tears his talons through the air, all the sinners cry
 Down, be still thy cursed wolf
 The master scorns its name
 Dive to the next plain
 The sullen and the vain
 Suffer for greed
 The prodigal they bleed
 For all eternity
 Plutus holds the key
 Damned, the wrathful and the vain
 Suffer the fifth plain
 Cross the river Styx
 Heed your crucifix
 The mudded corpses cry
 Howling to the sky
 Reach the other side
 Open wide the gate
 Enter the sixth circle of barren land and flames
 Passing through the gate of dis the furies scream her name
 Belching forth in agony invoking her to rise
 The spirit's rage consuming us the evil in their cries
 Queen of vipers, queen of serpents
 Cast their souls to stone
 Spread to wealth of Gorgon's power
 Medusa's inner soul
 We're drawing ever closer to the seventh hell
 They violate their neighbors, their god and themselves
 We're sailing slowly through the boiling river of blood
 Immersed in the depths below souls scream in agony
 The twisted beast he laughs, he draws his arrow back
 His sights on anyone exposing of their flesh
 He impales their hearts with ease
 And shrugs their piercing screams
 Pity is they'll never die
 They'll suffer here eternally
 Imagine a place where every horror comes to life
 Where every torture is real and time stands still
 Eight fiery steps and we're closer to the end
 In a cold and timeless grave buried head first in faeces
 Praying all the while for a quick & painless death
 Scratching furiously at scabbed and oozing wounds
 Lucifer ... angel of light
 Cast below god of ice
 Ruling hell unholy trinity
 The traitors freeze for all eternity
 Lucifer ... betrayer of god
 Tormentor ruthless and cold
 Judas' screaming here in agony
 The traitors freeze for all eternity