Tired But not lost Hurt But not defeated Let me lay here For just a moment Cover me up with a blanket Of ice and snow Let me breathe and remember The sound of rain In my ears The touch of raindrops On my face The warmth of laughter In my chest I will riseContinue reading “Let me lay here”
Author Archives: ElusiveSilence
I seek
I seek For in my seeking is my offering And in my seeking is my claim I seek For in my seeking is my fire And in my seeking is my rain I seek For in my seeking is my dance And in my seeking is my restrain I seek For in my seeking isContinue reading “I seek”
The Innkeeper’s Promise
When the time comes You will know You will step out Onward again But until then Rest Let me hold you While you hold my heart When the time comes Promise me There won’t be good-byes You won’t look back
Hush
My heart grows restless Wondering when I will hold You My eyes tire from not blinking Lest I miss seeing You My ears hurt from straining To hear Your voice I look up and I tell myself Hush dear soul This is a game of eternities A dance of forever If not the breath inContinue reading “Hush”
I want
I breathe in I go away I breathe out I have arrived There never was a door There never were walls Silence drowned the thunder I step over the line I had drawn I breathe in I am fire I breathe out I am embers I seek nothing more Than to know You I wantContinue reading “I want”
Silence
You speak to me in a hundred ways Your silent pause- Wistful eloquence. I am listening
Warm
I swallowed a cup-full Of hot blazing stars Almost choked on one An extra bright giant They went down Burning a fire trail Before they settled In my inferno I am one with them Fire and dust in pride I am a little singed But I am warm inside
Forgiven
How do I reconcile The darkness under the lamp How do I offer The holy water murky with mud Do I notice My cup is broken, many times over Can I tell My hands are not always steady Do I weigh my soul In a balance, against my actions Do the sins Weigh heavy, andContinue reading “Forgiven”
My essence
Smeared in ashes But embers inside Sharp and jagged veil Hides symmetry always Thunder and rain clouds Over a calm ocean My drunken whirling Shrouds my stillness My words encase My silent surrender My appearance a beggar And my essence – You
Unbroken
I am the sum of many parts And each part made of more You can only break what you see That is all, and no more But keep breaking and you see Each jagged part is whole For star dust remains unbroken Even shattered to the core