Lost Forest Temple

Lost forest temple
Sanctuary of my dreams
Before the light fades

A Mother's Rebuke

How dare you! How dare you speak of my son and his courage! How dare you say his name in your hypocritical praise. You who used him and threw his life away. You who wanted to be a "war president" like it's some sort of sick game! A monster to end all monsters.

Blood for oil - just so long as it's your oil and not your blood. And with you, who knows, maybe even then. Calling his death noble is just your way of calling yourself noble for your wicked, wicked endeavors. You do not have permission to speak his name. You certainly don't have permission to speak of his death!

I don't ask you to repent. That's between you and your war god. God help you if you ever crawl out of that hole of yours. Because there's thousands upon thousands of screaming wailing voices waiting to be heard. I don't want to hear your bullshit. I want to hear you're sorry. That would be a start to honoring him.

A Garden Of Words

We met in a Garden Of Words

From harbored shadows of our lives;

Dreams we'd dreamt alone

Sunbursting into life.

The universe our long lost home

And time a distant memory;

Navigating ancient stars

In fearless trajectory.

Sorrow shining in your eyes

Precious love lost at sea;

More certain than the daily sun:

Forever must you be!

Flowers of confusion grow

From tears of human pain;

Vandals pounding on the gate

Demanding we explain.

City noise invade our space

But none of that is heard

Where cloud dwellers dream

And contented cats purr.

Blessed world awards itself

As sinking hearts fall hardened;

But our place is in the light

That streams into this Garden.

Now I live in a broken dream

Cold and cruel with blame;

Speaking daily gibberish

No one knows my name.

From you I can not

Survive separation;

Is there still a way to

Make reparation.

In fear I ran away

From garden's heaven light;

Twisting in my mind

What is wrong and what is right.