Shadows

Darkness approaches
My eyes see the flickering
of shadows
Or is it my imagination taking flight?

The nights have filled
with dark thoughts
Restless movements-uneasy sleep
My body in angst-needing release

It is now that I realize
Those shadows are thoughts
that dare not surface during the light of day
Morbid thoughts-dark thoughts

They come out to play with my emotions
During the less guarded moments of the night
Feeding on my fears of the future and those of the present

The early morning hours
The shadows start to fade
As the sounds of the morning doves bring
welcome relief
Signaling the start of a new day

MSM©Sept 2012

Hope

The darkness is approaching

You can see it from far away

It was only grayness earlier but now…NOW it is black and approaching rapidly

Another year is burning out

Another block of time; seconds lost with each breath we take

Some took advantage of those seconds while others slept the time away

The world turned in on itself this year

Each day filled with worldwide anxiety

Wars both economic and flesh-were front line items

Political debates were mired in pretended outrage

While the population cried with frustration and pain

The rich grew richer; the poor-well they just survived

Hope intermingled with despair

Children slept innocent dreams

While their parents cried the night away

The Almighty was invoked many times over

In all the languages which could be spoken

It is not known if He heard

However; the passing of each day

There is a glimmer of hope which grows

More and more seem willing to listen

My gaze goes to the sunrise

The sun brightens the day

A new year has been born

MSM ©DEC 30, 2012

No Cure

There is a glistening

Moisture felt in the soul

An ache in the heart

Loneliness starts this way

You think that it will pass

Instead it grows

You fight and fight

Hoping that the forced gaiety

Will drown that growing darkness

For a time-it may water it down

Shades of grey-almost clear

Your face wears a pasted smile

It is a cancer without a cure

The silence of it kills

It feeds on your need

It feeds on mine….

©cb July 2012

Song Bird

The songbirds are at it again

Singing only the way that they can

They sing of happiness as I can detect no sadness

They sing of love as they are responding to each other

It seems that my life is like this now - singing all the time

Not filled with any sorrow or pain or regrets

But a song which fills my soul and comes from the heart

It is a song of love - of happiness

© cb-may 2012

Sometimes

Sometimes all I need
Is the warmth of your hand


Sometimes all I need
Is the sound of your laughter


Sometimes-just sometimes
I just need to hear some tenderness


Sometimes I just like you
Most of the time-I love you


2012 feb 23/cb

Whispers

Names are whispered softly in the darkness

Such tenderness unabashed with a love so true

The heart pounds like the waves crashing upon the shore

They vibrate and stir my very soul

It answers in kind to that whisper so tender

Reaching a crescendo ending in a roar

No games are played here in this twilight

It takes but a moment for arousal between us

A soft breath, a tender touch lingering upon the skin

My name escapes your lips as you meet the skin of my neck

Murmuring endearments; gestures of love

A soft kiss turning carnivorous with lust

A soft sigh escapes me growing into louder groans

As soft caresses are placed upon your head

Soon it is my nails digging into your skin

Our eyes smoky with desire; lips bitten with force

A fire igniting from ashes long thought dead

Scorching both of our skins; assailing our senses

There is a magic in our touch which propels us forward

Deeper into each other with more than just the physical

It is a mystic ritual performed at will

The names whispered are those of yours my love; that of mine

As we are entwined within one another

It can be no other way

It is the last night of an old year

And the dawn of the new one

A promise of things to come

Dec 2011/cb