Fallen Angel

Were it upon humbled knee
Nor to be head slung low
  Where once brilliance
    And wonder so brightly laid
   Upon those shoulders
    And sewn into lace
     Worn to wad of cloth
    stained of pitch and age
The fallen
   Lay
  This far from grace
  Because of will
   Of man
Fallen
  This angels quest beseached
Not tear from eye
Is cried
  But moan and crush
   One once true will
  And tarnish stay
  Upon halo so loosely dangled
   from vanquished fingertip
Her charge
 nay, all men
  a young man, so frail
  youth-hardy
   be it just foolish
  denied all she offered
A loosened wing feather
 blemish upon perfect skin
  for all denials
  ten fold her failure
Upon the world
 the world upon him
The fallen
 can do no more
  strength, is no more
Defenseless
 this young man
  now must travel
   face the great, wondrous, evil
    travels of life
   with now, no more
   than his bare hide
   between him and it all

Butterfly

Taken to the air
Many fell bats
  Of wings and prayer
The heavens beckon
  Still the world contains
  No matter the beauty
   Or freedom deserved
   And these wings so frantic
    For flight
A flutter
And airs dance
Should the skies bring rain
To the wing
   The water clings
From the space of not
To the time below
The wind is harsh
And the wing must surrender
Even at a last attempt
   Of flutter
Upon a dampen leaf
Tendril legs stand
Even as in air
As here
   Beauty sings
   For all to hear
Then to fly
The butterfly

Blue eyes

The softest blue eyes
 peering from behind a single ringlette
 framed by a moistened eye
 then tears to drop and run
  across the smoothest rosy cheek
  stopping, just briefly
 just near
 the pretties smile
 This racing heart
 and wanting eyes have ever seen
Because words carry more weight than actions
Because I never wanted to say the wrong things
 or the right
 too soon
Because I love you so much
 "I love you" had found it's way from that corner of
  my mind
  the corner no one knew existed
  until I to you
  words, I love you, echoed
 a very short air space
 to your ears, and
Your smile, so pretty and warming
 and eyes, those eyes
 that so easily have seen through me
  soft and blue, you, and
 Your embrace, or more;
  our embrace and
 through just as much space and air
  "I love you too"
  . . . I love you too

Simple moment forever

How soft

her lips against mine

so lightly

as a feather whisp

So set a dream

to share

as morning breaks

to the lights of day

in one single embrace

A shiver set forth

ones touch

to the other

at prickled snap

of gooseflesh grows

into warmth and feeling

Silk threaded whisper

asks for surrender

life cries for more

How soft

her lips

hows soon

this moment recedes

How long

we will always be

always

The rest of our lives

Where did it all go wrong

we fell out of love

and I don't know when

it was

do you ?

Here we are again

and I've never felt so alone

than when I'm in your arms

you must feel it too

I want to start it all over

just like the day when we first met

You are always that beautiful

and that smart

as when we first met

but something has changed

What did I do wrong

what turn did I miss

can we start it all over again

Can we push back

those dust choked memories

into the light

make them all brand new

No amount of begging

pleading

helps

Tomorrow washes the past

next week punishes yesterday

even then

next year forgives

and the rest of our lives

makes us relive

every second we fucked up

Tear drops

Be those tears
For joy and love
Or hurt and frustration
Even fear and lonliness
Upon ones face
Elevation yet relevation

And mine
I crumble
Because I have surely failed

To hold my front
As man
Father
Shed but one
And death is mine
From the world of the strong
The unwavering

Slow down

The world has always been right in front of me

As plain as it can be

As beautiful as it should be

And the world

Just as harsh and hard as it always is

It started off so slow

And easy

And wondrous

And scary

The world wrapped me up

Kept me safe

Scared the hell out of me

It ticked away in slow moments

That looked as if they would last forever

Never meant to be for me

Or anyone else

The world snailed along with me

Not as long nor as slow as it first seemed

All at once

The world let go of me

Its furious pace became aparent

To me

It scared me at first

Then challenged me to keep up

Then ran over me

So many times

And times again

Even as the world pushed me down so hard

Bloodied my nose

And broke a few bones

I found a way to slow it down

Just enough

Enough to see the beauty again

Feel the fear

Know

This world

Fall in love

Care about someone

And something else

Besides myself

Hold and care for a sick son and daughter

Till they are well again

See

Fear is when you dont feel safe

And my sons and daughter

Have felt a day or two

Without fear

In my arms

The world

slow and low

Then

The world

And those things that speed it to such a blur

To madden your senses

Loose yourself

Again

Fall out of love

Many days and years

Of nonsense

Selfishness

The world screamed forward at break neck speed

Depression

Another lonely

Selfish waste of the turning world

Or

just stand still

The world doesn't care

as it moves right past you

I pray to slow it down

enough

for this life time

to feel like one

and maybe just a little more