He Lives Alone

He Lives Alone

The mystical stag

Raising from the thicket

Wandering the woods

Under the light of a waning moon

He walks with the gods

Nature’s mightiest warrior

Born with the ultimate swords

He defends his forests

The meadows where he roams

He is a supreme male

A king among God’s animals

Yet, he lives alone

The Old Man In the Mirror

The Old Man In the Mirror

I look at the mirror

The man I see looking back

He is not me

I do not have bags under my eyes

The wrinkles were never there before

I have always been a young man

I guess that was so long ago

Now my hair is greying

The hair that remains that is

The lines of age covers my face

How did I get so old

When did my youth fall away

I do not like the man I see in the mirror

He is not me

Faded Names

Faded Names

Walking quietly at sunset

Listening to the breeze

Moving through the trees

Crows scream at the new moon

Shadows of names

New and faded

Casts shadows into the stone

Who were those people

How did they live

So little information about their lives

Nowhere near enough to know them

The light fades

Darkness fills the area

Their names are gone

And once again

They are forgotten

Reality of My Mind

Reality of My Mind

So much I cannot understand

World upon world

Drifting through my mind

Are they all real?

Which ones are visions of infinity?

Who lives on them?

Do they know that I am watching?

There is so much in just one reality

Although I wish to understand it all

It is so hard and so painful

Too much for my feeble mind to absorb

Roads going everywhere and nowhere

Leading to differing places

Yet, I am afraid to travel them

Not knowing to what world they would lead

My thoughts have twisted the universe

Into something I can no longer trust

I cannot make it stop

I cannot turn everything normal again

My mind created the world

Made up the roads

That will have to be my reality

For a very long time to come

If Time Were To End

If Time Were To End

If time were to end

Even if nothing else existed

If all of reality disappeared in a flash

I know the my heart would keep beating

It would keep my memories alive

Showing the moments I spent with you

The moments of happiness

The moments where we cried in each other’s arms

And when a new reality emerged

It would know nothing of us who came before

Still my heart would be beating

My memories of you would remain

It would know of you

And how I loved you

The Ultimate Temptation

The Ultimate Temptation

The pit is so dark

So deep that it has no bottom

Still it has a beauty

The glow of volcanic embers

Turn the walls into flickering gold

Dragons float below

Brushing their wings against night blooming flowers

Black clouds drift in the heated breezes

Lightning flashes and thunder rolls

Echoing through the infinite space

So hard to stand at the edge

The temptation is to leap into the void

To see what the world is like at the bottom

Yet, it is a question that must not be answered

The answer is beyond human understanding

Something the gods wish kept secret

Still it is there before us

The ultimate temptation which will never be sedated

All we have to do is float with the dragons

Watch the lightning and hear the thunder

And listen to our hearts

If we do

If we can

We will know all when the time is right

All we have to do is believe

Too Drunk Too Call

Too Drunk To Call

Darlin’ I know it was a mistake

Going out least night

I had a few too many

Jack, Jim and Jose weren’t my friends

I shouldn’t have called you as the sun was coming up

I just wanted to tell you I love you

Let you know that I was thinking about you

Wishing you were in my arms

I knew I shouldn’t have gone to that saloon

I knew I should have only had a beer

I could hardly walk but I thought of you

God, why weren’t you here with me

Jack, Jim and Jose gave me the nerve

I was calling to ask you to be my wife

I had it rehearsed in my mind

My heart had written the words so long ago

Still I had a few too many

I shouldn’t have called you as the sun was coming up

I should have waited

I should have let some time pass

Then maybe you would have said yes

Maybe I would be able to love you for the rest of my life

Maybe…just maybe

I would be able to remember your name