all I ask
is simple...
love me
completely.
if not, then
let me go
so someone
else can
have
a chance
to try.

can you love your own
instead of anothers

can you be of
virtue instead of
striking asunder

I think not
forsaken and hollow

longing inside
unreciprocated

let it go
move on
be free

existence
of oneself
open

entity
of mind
free

essence
of soul
timeless

I can see the future
just look into the lake
I see the sun rising
with a wolf upon it's nape
we follow a path that we
can only choose
though fate may have a hand
in which road is whose

water flowing
catching
a leaf floating

a waterfall
tumble down
a whirlpool
swirl around

direction
trapped
the leaf

having been
free

before this
never ending
journey

a
blooming
rose

on
still
water

surrounds

your
hand

you
cannot
feel
it

your
hand

opens
ripples
circling

like the
petals
of this

blooming
rose

soil against skin.
an Autumn field,
no longer grassy-green.

wind in branches,
blowing drying, dying leaves.

sun in sky,
slicing monotony of shadows.

rhythm of a stick, lifting

endless chatter
inside my head
things to talk
with you about

moods are soft
understanding and open
gentle laughter
warmth of heart

then I awake

it’s quiet again
between us

depth of passion
infuses all of existence
angst empowers mind,
body and soul

experience and indulgence
delusion of decisions
ultimate highs and lows
determine future direction

in your inner mind’s eye
set up so high
within view
just for you
on this pedestal

in my inner mind’s heart
feeling set apart
watching you be you
not with me
but with others

in sadness I look
and see a man no
longer with the
eyes of adoration
but with aching

my heartstrings
cinch tightly
as the familiar pangs
of uncertainty grip
me deep in my core

He and she, why
there will be no, when
for what purpose is it that
She and he, refrain

He and I, what
remember, when
is there purpose why
I and he, remain

I, no longer who

inside haven
secrets juxtapose
various variables

broken sanctuary
mystifies in duplicity
even very ablest of heart

fidelity mused
just to pose ruse
even in sincerest of core