Pieces of Me

Caught

He calls me to wander Creeps up my throat Lengthens the night Leaves the pieces below I look to his shadow His voice but a flame The blank of his face Has laid with such fame Your silk leaves me gasping

Arise

Strewn and tossed in a fiery glaze; with and above your warming demeanor I am blessed and embraced in enlightening grace, for your beauty of soul makes my dark eyes see greener Phantoms are still

As I Lay

I catch my breath and feel it so well For temptation has begun to swell You cast your eyes with a grace so strong I am caught in its balance as my senses have gone I watch, so still, and try to find

Blinking Bliss

Light of the day Promise displayed Break my dismay The way that you play Turquoise sublime Laced with fair lines Open me wide Take me for a ride

Blunder

Dis-ast-rous-ly Us asleep We fall in deep Too shrill to keep Afloat, I creep Sen-ti-ment-ally I meant to be Most cautiously Corrupt & free Instead I see Rap-tur-ous-ly You tapped her Still sat blurred

By Any Other Name

Stealing beauty Fussed with time Her heart transcends With every line A canvas grows deeper Once pallid then grand A story so subtle Richness with appearance bland A mask so unknowing Shaded with every new tale

Chosen Woes

Palms' arrest Mouth to flesh Breadth adept Breathless upset Fertive design Transparent find Idle decline Vanquished by time Feigned decree Eloquence obscene Forsee to stand clean My ind

Dawning

I have slipped to infinity Graceful and famed Carried through perdition Riven, still tamed Yet envisioned a being Made to marvel my days A voice sinewed with softness Roughness to sharpen my praise