The Embrace of a Woman

Make a woman laugh and the air is filled with butterflies,

Bring a woman love and the sky is filled with stars,

She will teach your heart to sing and paint life with color,

Loneliness is the only pain she fears,

Her soul searching for what her heart can share,

Like a river love will always flow through her,

When pour out more can fill her heart there.

He is born from the womb of a woman,

It is a woman’s heart that teaches him to see,

His hands learn how to add to creation,

But from her love he can add to the stars,

After seeing all colors nothing is impossible,

Bringing dreams into reality from afar.

To wake up to her eyes is fulfillment,

There is nothing more he truly ever needs,

For in love he found the unending song,

With words that his mind could never speak,

For she holds him in the embrace of her heart,

Where no life could ever fall asleep.

The Comfort of Illusions

 Beneath the light of Venus,

 Before the rising sun,

Familiar sounds as birds awake,

Away from the peace of the waves,

Far from the falling of night,

When Saturn looked upon me,

Blessed with another day,

Underneath the stars,

Trying to find my way.

Yet the stars have always guided,

To the distant shores,

Now the stars are in our hands,

Leaving us wanting much more,

Looking down into these screens,

Which promise most anything,

Emotion through emoticons,

Illusions we do embrace,

Forgetting to look up,

Into eachother’s eyes.

Forgetting all of the days,

Of front porches and lemonade,

Gathering fiddles and guitars,

Listening to stories from old hearts,

Of what the younger never knew,

While I feel such times I miss,

In the middle of the night,

Beneath the light of Mars.

We can find ourselves again,

In the warmth of other hearts,

For God gave us all each other,

From the very start,

To give is to never be empty,

Cups must empty to refill,

When we look into another’s eyes,

The memories will return,

As small sparks ignite our flame,

Of strength we gain through sharing,

Leaving the comfort of illusions,

For the guiding light in our hearts.

Bards of the Wind

From town to town they traveled,

Face to face and soul to soul,

Spreading words of life they heard,

To where they come and go.

Carrying the song in their hearts,

The played the notes to share the news,

To keep the towns as one together,

To share their joys or their blues.

The times may change but not the tempo,

Souls drawn together through sounds of strings,

Sometimes words just lack the power,

When music can say most anything.

Through time our skills have grown,

To share most anything far and wide,

Yet all this would lead to silence,

If hearts forget how to confide.

Looking out onto horizons,

Storm clouds building everywhere,

Amidst all fear and confusion,

It seems that people just don’t care.

And yet music carries the message,

Sung fully by bards of the wind,

The road to tomorrow begins today,

It is through love we can begin.

For Valerie

 Where today passes into yesterday we stand,

Where the story ends with the book closed we stand,

Yet each life is but a story in song,

And there is no song that truly ends.

A mother and a daughter and a wife,

A flower amongst flowers in the garden,

A friend and a comfort to many hearts,

Leaving an imprint on each soul with her smile.

We live a life amidst illusions in this world,

The greatest being that life has an end,

Yet the heart is a window unto forever,

Seeing the truth of love that never ends.

May her life shine through every heart she touched,

While her touch unforgotten continues to shine on,

The warmth of love will keep us and guide us,

For love has no beginning and no end.

Behind the Mask

 In the day or night surrounding,

Expressionless faces confounding,

On every street and corner,

Six feet away,

Both night and day,

Protecting our neighbors in health,

Protecting our hearts from contact.

 

Another stage in the game,

Colors of life fading plain,

Distancing form others,

Focused on ourselves,

Into our needs we delve,

Forgetting the greatest treasures,

Are walking the streets with us.

 

Looking deep into the past,

We hear the love of those who laughed before,

Look into eyes of those behind the mask,

Join hearts and lives together once more.

 

Someone has a problem before me,

What does that have to do with me?

This is a question of destruction,

Pulling lives further away,

When together we need to stay,

Taking this for the chance it really is.

 

Imagination is truly the key,

For all of our lives to be free,

In spite of the times upon us,

To reach out from behind the mask,

To form human bonds that last,

Redefining all it means to live. 

 

Looking deep into the past,

We hear the love of those who laughed before,

Look into eyes of those behind the mask,

Join hearts and lives together once more.

 

What you do is up to you,

You can change the world that's true,

Whatever the mask may be,

One of culture or of color,

Yet we are the same as every other,

Finding meaning of life in the world.

 

Nothing is impossible,

If your heart wants it to be possible,

That's how dreams become real,

From the heart into light of day,

Creation has so many ways,

Yet the eyes behind the masks are on you.

 

 

Looking deep into the eyes,

You can see the life who stands before you,

Heart of the one behind the mask,

You can touch that soul with good once more.