Author Archives: ElusiveSilence

I wear masks Too many to name Some by choice Others just came By birth or family Put on without consent No one gave An option to dissent Each mask came With a script of its own It did not ask It had to be worn The longer I wore The more they merged BecameContinue reading “Need”

If I could choose the words To say all I had to say And write them all out Before they fade away I would write with fervor So I do not miss out All the frivolous details Pouring my heart out My words would probably fall Over each other a bit Trying to race eachContinue reading “Writings on sand”

The fog is thick The memories blurred My heart remembers How it stirred My mind falters Details forgotten It is the heart that desires To feel besotten One more time To reach out and hold The lines long blurred Yet the colors are bold Like a raging fire A tightening in the chest Rising credcendoContinue reading “Your eyes”

To turn my face up to the sky And feel the rain with all its pain To look a dark cloud in the eye And to say – bring it on again This is how it must feel To be bleeding but not slain To climb a mountain to the top Look around and claimContinue reading “Coming home”

At your feet I lay down my offerings I lay down my body And become your disciple I lay down my mind And become your friend I lay down my heart And become your lover I lay down my soul I become you

I am always talking Words adorned or tattered They say it is because I wasn’t heard When it really mattered But maybe just maybe I talk so I can reach out To anyone who might struggle Feeling a little left out Or I talk to just make sure You know how I feel Because IContinue reading “Indulge me”

A lifetime of want Of longing and need Needing more Naked greed I stare at the flame And see in its light The dance of me And my empty plight But as I stare longer A stillness descends As if me and I Making amends The fire is complete Burning bright Beyond right or wrongContinue reading “Fire”

Eyes wide open Or closed Mind wide awake Or dreaming I feel it in me And around me Your presence I can be in a crowd Or sitting by myself I can be the jester in the court Or the muse to myself I feel it in my mind I feel it in my heartContinue reading “Your Presence”

I may see you as a star Or the door left ajar I may put you up high On the pedestal of light I may make you the wise one There, when the rest are gone I may see you as the fire That will light up my pyre I may see you as theContinue reading “Be You”

Take off the clothes The hat, the shoes Peel off the skin The tissues, the nerves Carve out the organs The brain, the heart And lay the bones bare Free the soul Let it speak for itself Even if a whisper It needs to speak Just a little louder Sit by it’s side Just aContinue reading “Lean in”