Absolution

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Long is the day whose end you can't foresee

narrow the ledge of bliss for lovers to dance

never-ending the breath of life when death stands at your door

eternal is the road we walk to lasting absolution.

 

Some things are forever

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You’ve shown me to fly,

I followed without reservation,

entered with you into the grounds

retained for rapture and devastation.

Unable, unwilling, to leave this park,

you fed me with your possession.

It’s cold now we don’t fly,

the howling wind my sorrowed call,

ice slices through where

your presence’s been withdrawn,

my hunger, this need, unsated, remains,

your claim on me, forgone.

In the Land of Dreams

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In the land of dreams

exists a time,

made from purest bliss

of both body and mind.

All too vividly you are shown,

the now, through the wonder of a child,

touched by an awakened consciousness

it exposes truths from lies,

subjugated to the deepest possession of your flesh,

thus ingrained in your being till the day you die.

Just a few ever get to have it all.

ADD overdrive!!!

I want to observe,

you like to be observed,

I crave the anonymity granted a stranger,

you thrive when your presence is acknowledged,

being a part of, escapes my desires,

you slide past strangers, turn them into names.

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When you capture my attention, be warned I’ll lift you high,

higher than you’ve ever felt,

I’ll stretch your depth and your limit,

I’ll tie you down with ropes of fire,

I’ll burn you if you do not know when to tell me it’s time to stop…

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I hold my breath

slowly expend

the number of breaths

I am meant to breathe

Want to try?

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Awareness flows in a rush

an indisputable might

grabs your hand without permission

ideas stream forth through your lips

the verve and decisiveness of your footsteps

echo in the ears of those not swift enough to follow.

Exhilarating, this free-falling, you should try it some time.

Reflections

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It’s quiet now,

time seems to have slowed,

become soft in light, its touch,

in the passing of a silent, cold night.

Its breath of icy clarity reveals a vista,

unravels before you as the rays of dawn,

smoothing creases in its singular able way,

lets the light warm your frozen bones.

A Perfect Release

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How can I explain the compulsion, the drive,

the absolute must, to get out, bow out,

hand back, absolve myself of responsibility

and disappear into nothing, in no-where-land,

remove myself out of past, present and future,

from anything and everything that is,

from any evolvement hereon after,

become untraceable, a forgotten illusion,

and I pray, I too, may forget.

The River

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There’s a flood pow’ring through me

filled with ice and obstructions unseen,

perplexing disclosures, dumbfounding twists,

a threatening force from fount unnamed,

surging without hesitation, without wavering in depth.

Was it I who opened the sluice-gates

with the password spelled by every step I’ve taken,

response I've made, belief and falsehoods proclaimed,

by every influence from which I grew,

by every sense I evoke in you…