When the night whispers

Simple profundities I cannot express

My mind is filled with nothing less

Than the longing for love I cannot find

And this empty promise of the divine.

I stand alone and stare ahead

Whisper secrets into the dead

Cold deep and bleeding heart,

Waiting for this life to start.

Oh the plans to be fulfilled

Of childish dreams and human will.

Oh the passions unadulterated lie

Beyond futures curtain in futures time.

I’m on a bridge and water flows

Skewing my reflection down below

Who am I now? Who will I be

On this endless road to eternity?

The past is waiting-looks like home,

So much more comfort than the unknown

The future beckons with promises untrue

The gray sky gives a hint of blue

 

There is hope. My God is faithful.

 

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There was a time I thought that I

Was so in love that I would die

That the thoughts I recycled in my head,

Would crush me while I lie in bed,

The emotions welling in my chest

Would catch in my throat and end my breath.

The mirages that my mind would create

Would ensnare me to my silenced fate

Oh this love how could it be?

That drew my mind to the sea

That drew my feet to pace at night

And drew my breath and held it tight.

If it were me that he would find

We’d have enough love for a life time

Still if my love were torn in two

It would be enough to last all our life’s through.

But what he did find was not my hand,

Nor all of my dreams that I had built in the sand

And I felt this love slowly wash away

As my bleeding heart began to break

A swarm of new emotions infested my soul

And I was finally able to let go

Because when my love had broken free

I escaped my deathly captivity.

Loves a battle, it’s been said before

And I once was a prisoner of war

But that ship has sailed and I’ve returned

And empty shell of what I’ve learned

These battle scars play a part

Of what I carry in my heart.

Oh there was a time that I,

Thought I was so in love that I would die.