I Hear Your Name

All the things we used to do and say
I was with you each and everyday
We had love..we had it all
But like a house of cards it had to fall
I don't know what made you turn
I guess now I'll never learn
In the darkness I hear your name
Or is it me calling it out again
I always thought you were my best friend
Now tell me why it had to end
I never thought you'd be gone someday
I never thought it would end this way
When I reach out your not there
I wonder if you know how much i still care

Hollow

THERE ARE TIMES
WHEN THE MOON IS SHINING
AND THE STARS ARE TWINKLING
WHEN I'M OVERWHELMED BY A FEELING
LIKE AN ECHO REVERBERATING INSIDE
THE LIGHT BOUNCING AROUND IN THE HOLLOW EMPTINESS
WITH THE SHARDS LAYING AT THE BOTTOM
GLITTERING AGAINST THE SHADOWS
REMINDING ME OF WHAT ONCE WAS WHOLE
WHAT ONCE WAS
MY HEART

No Escape

ENCHANTMENT

THE BLACK VELVET SKY
HOLDS THE SHIMMERING SILVER AND GOLD STARS
THE CELESTIAL GODS SWIRL THE GALAXY
TO CREATE THE BLANKET OF THE NIGHT
AND WE LOOK UP FROM HERE ON EARTH
OUR IMAGINATION CARRIES OUR THOUGHTS
AND OUR DREAMS STRETCH
AND REACH FOR THE ENCHANTMENT

Corks Pop
Champagne Flows
Toasts Raised
Glasses Clink
Crowded Room
Passing Glance
Chance Meeting
Shared Conversation
Interest Sparked
Soft Music
Slow Dancing
Hushed Whispers
Beating Hearts
Warm Embrace
Clock Strikes
Sweet Kiss
New Year
Good Night

Over and over and over again
We go through the same things
"Did you know this?"
"Did you know that...?"
When will this ever end

I can get lost in his eyes so deep and brown
My fingers in his coal black hair
It glints sapphire in the moonlight and is soft as silk
His cologne is woodsy and manly
I breathe it in as I lay my head on his shoulder
His smile flashes and his deep laugh shakes his chest
Because I brushed my fingertip across his ear
His big strong arms hold me tight
His lips press softly onto my forehead
Then he tells me that he loves me
And that is all I need to hear

In the depths
of my own abyss
I see a vision
and that vision
must become
reality
let it be through art

Tears filled her eyes until they brimmed over and slid down her freckled cheek. She bit her plump lower lip in an attempt to suppress the sobs that were building inside. She lowered her head to her knees and her little body shook as she cried quietly. At her feet laid the body of a doll. The shards of porcelain that had been the dolls head were scattered on the hard wood floor.

The doll was an heirloom that had been lovingly passed down from one generation to the next. She'd always admired the doll in its glass encasement. Actually she more than admired it, she had coveted the doll. The golden haired beauty with the soft green velvet dress with silk and lace trim and gorgeous amber colored eyes and bisque skin that had looked so real was now broken.

She'd been so careful when she pulled the doll from the curio. She'd gingerly touched the hair and felt the cool velvet of the dress under her fingertips. When the doll slipped out of her grasp she instinctively closed her eyes and she only heard the crash as the doll broke. When she saw the broken pieces she crumpled to the floor in an attempt to gather the shards of porcelain. There were so many tiney pieces that she knew the doll could not be repaired.

I guess the moral of the story is to hold on tightly to the things you love. Because once they slip from your fingers they may be gone forever.

Refractions <<added on 6/10/01

Light refracts off the prism of my soul
Hope and joy abound
Feelings and emotions which make me whole
Flicker and surround
Cast your eyes upon me tell me what you see
Deep inside my heart
Listen carefully to it's sounds of destiny
A future's start
Send me reeling with your gentle touch
A hand upon my skin
Desire intertwined with passion is too much
Until we shine again