Dreams won’t leave me
Alone
Waking or sleeping
My heart is always seeking
You
Beside You
Tag: dreams
Heart Returned to Sender
My heart returned last night
From adventures far and wide
A little sheepish
A little quiet
A little battered from the journey
A little rougher than I’d like
So, I set it on the stage with me
Poured love into the mic
Watched it grow and heal beneath
The cozy, kind bar lights
All the worries
All the fears
All the longing that I feel
For a connection deep and true
Transformed by chord and key
Unlocking every fetter
Chaining you to me
I sing away the blues
I’m lost within the music now
My heart is home and healthy
Sound
Giving thanks and gratitude
For every song I drew
From all the love I won and lost
For all the mysteries uncovered
For every dream come true
We’re getting ready for the next dream
Recovery and rest
My heart is home again now
Returned to sender from the best
I could imagine
Whether truth or lie
Love is never ending
Friend
Love never dies
Shooting Star
Targeting wishes which stretch through the night
Moving toward dreams without fear without fright
Waking in tears from the toil of it all
Back to sleep reawaken to morning bird calls
There’s dew on the grass
Falling rain just a splash
Morning has broken the fall
I rise like the dawn
Stretch open and wide
In the fog
In the clouds
In the sky
There’s a song in the air
There are words in the breeze
There’s a story out there that I’m hunting
I grab up my pen
Loaded with ink
Off through the forest to think
One vowel at a time I will capture
The consonants fall into the traps
I’ll stalk paragraphs through the morning
And sentences after a nap
I’ll wrestle the details
Hang the drafts up to cure
Add the notes and the melodies later
I shoot for the stars
Whether near whether far
Dreaming the life of a writer
I Dreamt of You Again
We were effortless and new
Out of the corner of my eye
I watched you looking around
As we walked
Buildings of brick and learning
Flanked us
Windows glowing softly warm and bright
We had been here before this night
In another dream
Another time
Would you meet me there again
I wonder
Are we students of this life
Through sacred halls we wander
Our bodies are slumbering far apart
Our spirits light
We didn’t need to speak
We understand each other
Other places other dreams
We’ve met there too it seems
Running though the forests
Bending back the beams
Of time and distance
I look up into your eyes
A beautiful disguise
My heart is caught just for a moment
When you smile
Sleep comes easy to me now
I’m not afraid to fall
You’re out there somewhere waiting
By the lamppost in the hall
Pillars rise above us
The dome is crowned with stars
Tiles are laid before us
There’s an alter growing larger
Where we walk we’re leaving foliage
How the forest grows
With each step we take
Behind us a blooming woodland
Unfolding from the ground
In these dreams we’re never touching
We are walking side by side
Your secret smile is saving
My heart and soul behaving
I know this love is true
Connecting me and you
And if all we ever have
Are midnight dreaming strolls
I will keep the door wide open
I will meet you there each
Time we’re called
Climbing winding stairways
Through the galaxies and halls
Where the books are not yet written
Here in the world we live
Our spirits reading pages
And the writings on the walls
Sleep well my favorite slumber
May your heart rest and be at ease
I will meet you on the shores
Of the ocean made of dreams
Whisper my name when you are tired
When drowsiness evades
I will find you there and bring you with me
We will walk the dreams again
Discomfort
Longing for safety
A warm cocoon
Leave the cold at the door
Closed eyes against the troubles
Howling in the dark
I want soft music and quiet books
I want romance and love stories and happy endings
I want boats floating on tranquil waters
Under blue skies with cotton candy clouds
Longing for pleasant dreams
Deep sleeps
Friends and laughter
Good hard work with time to rest
Time for me
Longing for home somewhere
Sometime
Discord makes an ingress
Violence calls unannounced
Shocking not shocking
How full of madness is the world
How full of strife
We no longer have to operate from such lack
How can humanity continue in this way
There is plenty for everyone
Distribution and hoarding are the main barriers
Logistics, and logic, and heart
Could so easily combine
Here we sit on the sidewalk in the rain
In wonder that no one opens the buildings empty
For shelter
Could you care less
Could you care more
Discomfort
Could you address the
Could you change the
Can we improve the
Blank spaces with hope
Blank spaces with care
Bland spaces before we
Slip over the edge
Humanity drowning in war
Humanity choked by greed
We were called to love
Above all
Our people
We were called to love
And did not answer this discomfort
With charity or generosity or wisdom
So came the collapse
Towers of Babel falling
Undone by pride and ignorance and obstinance
The ocean devoured the mountain
The mountain exploded into the sky
Somewhere a small god giggled to a
Small goddess and said
“Okay, I reset it. Your turn.”
My Heart Left
How can I feel anything at all
No longer alive, but weeping still
Waterfalls become rivers in the cavern
Where my heart once beat
A silent ocean calm
Tranquil
Dark and cold
Buried under stone shaped like bones
There’s no rhythm to my blood
No spark or twinkle in my eye
Lack and more lack
Making room for art and song
A dirge for love lost
I buried hope under divine dreams
What a love did grow there
That ran off with my heart
How shall I live
Without my heart
Beating here in this cavernous chest
Each breath in a painful remembrance
Each exhale a soft let go
I sigh your name
Bid you once and twice
Return to me
My heart
Where love did blossom
Even in winter’s frozen landscape
A garden of hope
A spirit of joy and light
In the darkest days and longest nights
Curving
It’s become a way of life
Changing direction
Fate is playing fickle
With my life
Destiny is peering closely
Moving the markers
Removing resources
Adding new elements
There’s no anger with the losses
A sorrow of losing what’s been
Left behind
There’s hope and renewal and optimism
Amidst the frustration and angst
If life settles again
Will I miss the adventures
The stories
The trouble
Someone must stir the pot
Of complacency
Blending the old with the new
The past with the now
No time for stewing
A long hard look at options
Decisive choosing
Another meal, another night
Another triumph, another fight
Struggle is always a part of this life
I weave in the joy
With a practiced maneuver
I’ve been on the mystery path
Not like this one at all
Full of unknown curves
Limited vision
And a pocketful of dreams
Listen
You can hear the changes
Tempo, keys, all laden
With a new song for a new day
Played in a new way
But for how long
Dancing to this beat now
Dancing to this beat now
For now for now for now
Let the future be there
When it arrives I won’t be ready
Even if I’m prepared
Raining Hearts
Shadows overcasting
The sun cannot be seen
My heart is bright and singing
Watching the rain that’s falling
Music to my ears
Music in my veins
The rhythm sets my toes to tapping
There’s sparkles in my eyes
It’s raining hearts today
Smiles are all I see
Reflected in the faces that I meet
Reflected in the passing glance
Of my reflection
Dawn arrived with sunshine
I can feel behind the clouds
The rain will move along in time
The sky will be revealed
With upturned faces we can
Stand upon the earth
With sunlight we’ll be dreaming
Of some better days to come
Blankets
The dampening effect
On sound
After a soft wet snowfall
Tucking the earth in for her sleep
Winter longings
For healing dreams
While stars sprinkle the galaxies
With ancient lights
Like you
Dig Out
Push aside the rubble
Of that collapsed life
How it crumbled down around you
Buried you under all you could not do
The beams across your legs
Fallen structures in your mind
All the expectations that they told you
Held treasured happiness unkind
Crawl away from every moment
Tangled ankles tightly wound
The edifice of other’s imperfect ideation
Of a life of satisfaction
Would not stand firm around the fire in your soul
You burned it down
Smoldering and crumbled
From the ashes you have rumbled
To wander and to search now
For something ethereal and true
Far out of reach
Not well defined
Balanced on the wire
Of uncertainty and exploration
Through mists of dreams anticipation
Don’t look back
Don’t look down
Each step takes your full concentration
Until you reach new ground
Blaze the trail through mystery
Among the trees of wisdom
Revive your spirit
Drink deeply from the clear calm lake
Of peaceful contemplation
You were meant to wonder
Your were meant to question
You are here to redefine
You are here to realign
Leave the ruins there
To be covered by the vines
Let the past be fallow
Plant your dream into the wind
All your intentions changing patterns
Circle thrice and say the words
Singing chanting writing
The world is waiting for your voice
For your stepping into power
Dance the dance that’s dancing
The music of your life
Something greater than yourself
Is emerging
Calling you away from strife
One more step and you can fly now
One more turn and you will soar
The wings that you’ve been growing
Snapping open
Stretching wide
Fly up with me, my friend
We meet again outside of time
We meet again outside of time
