Darker Me

Darker Me

What I seek is in the dark
Hidden behind masked hearts
Lit aflame by a single spark
This, you’ll note, is where it starts
The beginning of my lasting mark

Torn apart like a twister through winter
A feeling so cold and ever sinister
Deeper I smile as your heart does splinter
To the end, of your doom, I am the minister

Want not for what lies in the dark
Hidden beneath these bleeding hearts
Forgiven not for being baron and stark
You’ll be leftwith nothing but my mark

I’m not evil, not truly though
You might ask how I know
It is simple really, and I will show
Hidden in memories of long ago

Nature is harsh, cruel and unwanting
Heavy and burdened, ever daunting
Given no rest as life continues taunting
Like vengeful spirits, forever haunting

I merely embrace this fickle place
The vision of life, dark without grace
Forbidden and foreboding, a scary face
I mirror the world in this rat race

So, judge me no more without cause
Don’t tote your flimsy rights and laws
My will I abide without pause
Moving forward from what was

Life eternal, harsh and cruel
It truly plays us all the fool

Mysterious Me

Mysterious Me

I hop to a beat entirely my own
I run ferociously with the wolves
Peace is found when I’m alone
I fancy myself one of the elves

I’d hardly call my life tumult
But then again, who am I to judge?
Perhaps I am just the result
Of times and people that wouldn’t budge

I stand a top towers soaring ever high
Looking out across the glowing, wayward sky
Breathing in splendor without a second thought
The things in life that can never be bought

I bear my brains to the world below
Offered solace by my station
The predator among his prey
This shall be my final day

Until tomorrow.

From Birth to Earth

From Birth to Earth

Centered in a world of chaos and creation
Nestled into a valley or among the trees
Where water recedes in swift wind’s breeze
When simplicity’s call is answered in words of elation
Nature hides within the leaves

In colors so pale and shades so bright
For form and function do combine
Surrounding beauty purely divine
A picture, perfect, drawn before my sight
Its majesty is nothing but sublime

From where we’re born to where each lays
We sing our songs and walk our ways
It’s where we start and end all days
Bathing and basking in silky, golden rays

And when we finally come to rest
If we’ve chosen pine or oaken chest
Into soil and earth we will be pressed
And back to Nature we are possessed