Dashes of clarity

steadfast

erilbaril — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:32:08 +0000

i am telling myself not to be jaded
just because the world doesn’t see
how pure things are between you and me

i hold my head high even as i feel my feet
sinking in the sands of uncertain times
because i know you are within me

your smile i put on my eyes as the sharks
masquerading as dolphins encircle me
waiting for the perfect kill

i shall not fear no matter how fates can
be sometimes so cruel, how man
can often be crude and vile

for in you i see the truth budding
like a rose in the cusp of a morning
redeeming and eternal.

erilbaril — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:25:54 +0000

Bury me in your sweet embrace
Forever if you want
Roll with me in langour
Forget about the waiting hours.

Breathe this reprieve new life
So I may yearn for none man can give
Stir not my soul
Hush the beating of this heart.

I have no need for you sunshine
I banish thee to lands far away
Leave me flying high
In Neverland’s skies.

erilbaril — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:58:15 +0000

See me for what I see you
Let me go, now
That the sky has lightened
With relief after the storm.

Hold yourself while I take
That first step out your door
And leave the stories you
wove dying on the floor.

No I won’t ask for relief.
The fading light will help me
Bear the toll on my shoulders
The ache in my sinews.

My eyes will never
Look back to touch your face again
Nor my hands reach out to give
You their world.

I have no strength left for you
Only the numbness of a stranger
Disappearing in the gloam
Swallowed by shadows.