shadows from the moon

the moon glows eerily on mountain ranges

casting shadows long and strange 

saguaro standing tall and lean 

with brush and boulders in between 

stars don't help or shed some light 

no settling this disturbance tonight 

coyote roam and search for prey 

to keep the rumbling stomachs at bay 

thoughts cast and fall on desert terrain 

wondering what'll happen if we meet again 

distance grows like the shadows from the moon 

dreams discarded that were roughly hewn

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like a dream

when the dream becomes reality 

and the reality like a dream 

when fire catches and ignites 

but is much more extreme 

the moon breaks through the scattered clouds 

the wind pushes colors of fall 

a galaxy of stars surround 

as love takes in it all 

closed eyes open, my heart beats faster 

it's all in the scheme of things 

when the dream becomes reality 

and the reality like a dream

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never

I'll never say those words again
I'll bite my tongue and hold them in
what lays spilled on a sticky floor
when it all gushed out that time before
I'll never say those words again

I'll never feel like that again
I'll bury it deep like unforgiven sin
what drifts in dreams, forgotten by morn
swept up like hair after its been shorn
I'll never feel like that again

I'll never hope like that again
hidden by that lovesick grin
it didn't work then nor does it now
I give you this, my solemn vow
I'll never hope like that again

I'll never say those words again
I'll bite my tongue and hold them in
what lays spilled on a sticky floor
when it all gushed out that time before
I'll never say those words again

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one more time

questions burn
pages turn
still some secrets
I must learn

behind, our past
don't look back
nothing there
but smoke and ash

still, the dreams
my mind screams
waylaid answers
I get it seems

in between
crisp, fresh sheets
love starts over
for you and me

one more time
it's all fine
still I wonder
what's on your mind

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between wonder and love

they meet in the middle
between east and west
between sunrise and sunset
somewhere between dependence and indifference

they meet in the middle
between unsure and surreal
between unopened and unsealed
somewhere between give and take

they meet in the middle
between rain and sun
between ended and just begun
somewhere between fact and fiction

they meet in the middle
between forgiveness and grace
between bittersweet and a honey taste
somewhere between wonder and love

somewhere between blue sky and monsoon
once again, they meet in the middle

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the valley

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once or twice

once or twice I thought I saw you
where shadows stretch across rock lawn
but it was the heat from the sun’s rays
a mirage evaporating into evening dust

once or twice I thought I heard you
drifting silently into a dream
when I looked you were not there
faceless lessons I finally learned

once or twice I thought I smelled
ambrosia left from morsels of love
it left me hungry after digested
thirst not quenched from bitter wine

once or twice I thought I felt
the softness of a lover’s hand
soothing brow but not my mind
coarseness of burlap against velvet skin

once or twice I thought I tasted
the sweetness of what could have been
imagination plays funny tricks
on the senses of what won’t be

peace

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to sleep

maybe even dream
dream of what it all might mean
intent clear at dawn

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love sleeps soundly

the sun shines in your smile 

your eyes the color of blue sky 

your touch warm like the rays 

you start my day 

the moon glows through blinds

 the stars blanket cool skin 

your voice the whisper of a mountain breeze 

when you say "good night baby"

love sleeps soundly in your arms

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pirouette

on my toes, but not my game 

a ballerina's pirouette 

Louboutin's with a red soul 

make a pretty silhouette 

crystal clear the morning light

the wine a deepest burgundy 

switching always back and forth 

bending deeply from my knees 

sleep, don't sleep 

dream, don't dream 

black and white to hazy gray 

this is how it seems 

want, don't want

love, don't love

pack it all away

thoughts on a rainy day 

on my toes, but not my game 

a ballerina's pirouette 

Louboutin's with a red soul 

make a pretty silhouette

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dreams on water

hiding behind trees at the lake 

leaves falling in full moon light 

trading all we had for something new 

moonbeams glistening like diamonds 

sparkling dreams on rippling water

over pebbles straight to the ocean 

night birds call, gliding, ascending 

around the corner where the river is bending 

down the timeless banks of change 

where sleeplessness awaits 

searching for a friend to see me through 

the darkest of nights

but I am lost in rock formation 

blades of grass bent by howling winds 

sparkling iridescent in shallow light 

I know I won't be staying here 

living on my hopes and prayers 

just another line 

as my watch clicks the minutes by 

I'll know when my time has come 

to get what's mine 

to give the truth 

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two shadows

two shadows meet
and fuse into one
a mixture, a blending
of sorts has begun
when darkness falls
a new song has been sung
when daylight emerges
so does a tight bond

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indomitable

Writing what I feel and think 

dissatisfaction, dilemmas, disillusion,

my soul and spirit in blog. 

It eases the pain somehow

helps me to come to terms,

thinking I am in control 

when a higher power dictates 

the past and the future. 

All that I am and will be, 

a future mapped out long ago 

a course that can not be changed

dark and light at the same time. 

Expecting the worst, 

hoping for the best. 

While my guardian angel sleeps 

the candles that were lit 

are extinguished unanswered.

A lifetime of obscurity 

that is dictated 

in day to day measures and

a future that is indomitable.

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life, also

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hate

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life

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July 4th

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choose your battles

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passengers

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RATTLE

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on this road called life

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hours

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life

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If

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