You deceive me with your lies
And your soft brown eyes
You speak with a forked tongue
Whispering of longed for love

You twist and turn and slide
Always and never at my side

This is my memory of words spoken without meaning
I looked into your eyes the whole time
Never taking away my gaze
Searching for the spirit
Blank

I clung to your body last night
Pretending this moment would endure
Knowing it would not

I left your side at dawn
Your back turned to me on the bed
You did not move toward me

Forged in the cosmic light
Bent and doubled
Pounded and aligned
A blade is formed
Straight and true
Cosmic sword
Of justice
Is called
At this
Moment
To
Redeem
The
Very
Meaning
Of

A man falls to his own complacency
Once he was a river
Running clear
To an unseen
Destiny
Full current of life he believed
In his own possibility
Time moves on
And he stagnates
In his own

Liquid drops of amber
Distillate to fill
The empty space
You do not call
What demon
Lies so deep
In wait
Lying
Clawing
That
I
Random one
Try to remain
Loyal
True
Friend
Or
Foe

Did I seek my redemption in you?
Or was it you who sought it in me?
In the line between two
I sought the one
Left
Undone

Believing that saving you
I saved myself

The light that cut through the blinds
Throwing shadows across my naked body
Split in two
Shades of black and white

I reach out and try to complete this self
So cut in two

I played with you today
A hand held out
Or dealt?

Carefully laid out
I challenged you
Knowing
Believing
Daring

But you in your
Stubborn blindness
Will not see
Nor believe

One wishes that words
Could change
What we know
But they do not
They hang in the air
Falling like feathers
To the ground
Where they are picked
Up by the wind
Circulating

I see
Fields of Light
Swirling atomic
Splendor
And
I
One tiny
Point
Of energy
Can see

This is
The projection
Of Thee
You
Who create
Beyond
Time
And
Space

Directing