amidst the scents
of both happiness
and pain
that hang inside the air
of this bar
in broad daylight
like lost ghosts
that have
no where else
to go
before me
is a glass
amber fluid
a red cocktail stick
gently swirling
a spinning ice cube
on scarred table
held by hand of waitress
I'm afraid to look up
and give an obligatory smile
in case I mistake customer service
and see pity in her eyes
so
here's my question:
where does desire
end
and will begin
the mistakes
we made
at least we know
that we made them
together
you
were the one
to my two
but we never
ever made
a three
over
the long years
of silence
only made close
by that soft pat
on mat
letters
they arrived
with stamps
beneath ink
showing
far away places
words
they tried to explain
a future
that was already
written
in your life
and mine
apart
that nothingness
between us
is only held
by a single
dream string
soft and strong
it sparkled
with amber light
and I know
to this day
for you
I remain
now
sitting on a stool
electric cables around me feet
guitar in hand
my fingers caressed
those strings
that once spoke to you
beneath that tree
under twilight sky
the notes adrift
on warm summer air
to me you came
a smile so bright
bangles on wrists
a flowered dress
which rippled in breeze
it was a dream
that became a memory
I never forgot
together
we were
for such a short time
however
I will always know
that my music
could call
to your heart
perhaps
tonight
as I
just the other day
under a flowered bush
half in sunlight
half in shadow
with no wind
the night before
to speak credence
of its appearance
a black bag
was now in my garden
flat and rippled
along the ground
just the other day
now
with mug in hand
partly raised to my lips
steam escaping
into October air
my eyes
they noticed a difference
just an inch or two
its centre had rose
like a half bent shape
hidden inside
as twilight arrived
the sun now
a last bleeding line
against the sky outline
scattered autumn leaves
whispering across
the crazy paving path
my eyes looked
at the bag again
another inch higher
and here my heart
it skipped a beat
why
did I now feel
this fear
where once
it was my horizon
too far
to reach out and touch
though a belief
in both life
and self
I walked my first steps
the first of my kind
and touched that horizon
soft
it was cream
with blue flowers
floating in air
when I stepped through
sunlight
touched me
it glowed
warm
against the pale
white
hardness of my skin
and before me
was my reflection
stood inside an oval
surrounded
by decorative wood
and I became lost
within my own gaze
f
a
l
l
i
n
g
in
slo
mo
d
o
w
n
hat falling upwards
jacket tearing at the seams
shirt bursting open
its threads
u
n
r
a
v
e
l
l
i
n
g
discarded
the masks we wear
each
and every day
oh
to be free
as I
f
a
l
l
towards a great unknown
faster
arms
by my sides
a grin
splitting
my face
in two
faster
my hair
streaming
then * puff *
it is gone
faster
features
start to melt
crumble
turn to dust
faster
all around me becomes
streaks of light
colours
there and then gone
there again
gone
there they go
a g a i n
f
a
l
l
i
n
g
in to
* translucence *
* opalescence *
* prismatic essence *
I have become
faster than speed can allow
all around me a brightening glow
then a sudden
g i a n t
* * * !! sunburst !! * * *
and
somewhere
way past speed
way past space
way past time
where memories
once forgotten
lie
here
floating
amongst
dreamlight
I now know
what it means
to be free
When I Close My Eyes by WalkinginDreamlight, literature
Literature
When I Close My Eyes
at the end
of the silence
I find
that there are
no more
steps that I can take
though
when I close my eyes
my dreaming mind
somehow
somehow
it knows
how to take flight
and touch
that silent need
both inside
and outside
of me
oh!
we were so close!
after years of searching
we finally found
a room in a house
with a computer
on a table
surrounded
by paper rainbows
the window itself covered
with translucent light
arced in glitter
all the colours
of a beautiful rainbow
lit upon walls
dust motes
they drifted by
as if in a dream
and
on the table itself
a stack of coloured paper
leather cover bindings
a book being prepared
and a glass paperweight
with a rainbow inside
holding the pages in place
that stirred lazily
from outside breeze
as I lifted the paperweight
words were written beneath
-- but --
before all that
we need to talk about
how we came to be here
in this room
in this place
all because of a message
left years ago
on a website
were artists
came to be born
born
and born again
like shooting stars
glittering colourful trails
across a huge vacuum
that pulsated softly
with rainbow colours
we followed
the many snippets of information
that we could gather
creating over time
a
very
long
Something Worth Saving by WalkinginDreamlight, literature
Literature
Something Worth Saving
Days
remain the same
pushed and shoved
narrow corridors
are lined
with unwelcome faces
that don't ever smile.....Books
clasped to chest
finger-prints digging in
quick walk steps
a soft patter
lost in the echoes
of pointless chatter....Appearing
somewhat unreal
cardigan sleeves
hide signs of indentations
that have stopped
bleeding
but hurt still
when I flex
bruised muscles...Formulation
in specific events
show my days
broken up
into sections
defining
different circles
from hell(discoursed words)
(pushes and pulls)
(trips that fall)
(anger that spreads)
(contempt-filled eyes)
(mouth's that always whisper)
(unk...
how
can it be possible
to be afraid
so much
within waking moments
when outside a grubby school window
sunlight shines
as pain inflicts its incessant desire
upon flesh clothed
bound
arms held behind back
held by breath
its sigh scared against my neck
in time
it ends for a day again
sagging to tiled floor
as laughter some funny
some forced
trails away below me
it ends with banging doorsin a home
within a room
darkened corners beckon
their silent need calls to me
as the moon
bright white
presses against glass
before the dream flood
sweeps me away
to a place where no tears liveit was in art class
that I first understood a kaleidoscope
with its...
amidst the scents
of both happiness
and pain
that hang inside the air
of this bar
in broad daylight
like lost ghosts
that have
no where else
to go
before me
is a glass
amber fluid
a red cocktail stick
gently swirling
a spinning ice cube
on scarred table
held by hand of waitress
I'm afraid to look up
and give an obligatory smile
in case I mistake customer service
and see pity in her eyes
so
here's my question:
where does desire
end
and will begin
the mistakes
we made
at least we know
that we made them
together
you
were the one
to my two
but we never
ever made
a three
over
the long years
of silence
only made close
by that soft pat
on mat
letters
they arrived
with stamps
beneath ink
showing
far away places
words
they tried to explain
a future
that was already
written
in your life
and mine
apart
that nothingness
between us
is only held
by a single
dream string
soft and strong
it sparkled
with amber light
and I know
to this day
for you
I remain
now
sitting on a stool
electric cables around me feet
guitar in hand
my fingers caressed
those strings
that once spoke to you
beneath that tree
under twilight sky
the notes adrift
on warm summer air
to me you came
a smile so bright
bangles on wrists
a flowered dress
which rippled in breeze
it was a dream
that became a memory
I never forgot
together
we were
for such a short time
however
I will always know
that my music
could call
to your heart
perhaps
tonight
as I
just the other day
under a flowered bush
half in sunlight
half in shadow
with no wind
the night before
to speak credence
of its appearance
a black bag
was now in my garden
flat and rippled
along the ground
just the other day
now
with mug in hand
partly raised to my lips
steam escaping
into October air
my eyes
they noticed a difference
just an inch or two
its centre had rose
like a half bent shape
hidden inside
as twilight arrived
the sun now
a last bleeding line
against the sky outline
scattered autumn leaves
whispering across
the crazy paving path
my eyes looked
at the bag again
another inch higher
and here my heart
it skipped a beat
why
did I now feel
this fear
where once
it was my horizon
too far
to reach out and touch
though a belief
in both life
and self
I walked my first steps
the first of my kind
and touched that horizon
soft
it was cream
with blue flowers
floating in air
when I stepped through
sunlight
touched me
it glowed
warm
against the pale
white
hardness of my skin
and before me
was my reflection
stood inside an oval
surrounded
by decorative wood
and I became lost
within my own gaze
f
a
l
l
i
n
g
in
slo
mo
d
o
w
n
hat falling upwards
jacket tearing at the seams
shirt bursting open
its threads
u
n
r
a
v
e
l
l
i
n
g
discarded
the masks we wear
each
and every day
oh
to be free
as I
f
a
l
l
towards a great unknown
faster
arms
by my sides
a grin
splitting
my face
in two
faster
my hair
streaming
then * puff *
it is gone
faster
features
start to melt
crumble
turn to dust
faster
all around me becomes
streaks of light
colours
there and then gone
there again
gone
there they go
a g a i n
f
a
l
l
i
n
g
in to
* translucence *
* opalescence *
* prismatic essence *
I have become
faster than speed can allow
all around me a brightening glow
then a sudden
g i a n t
* * * !! sunburst !! * * *
and
somewhere
way past speed
way past space
way past time
where memories
once forgotten
lie
here
floating
amongst
dreamlight
I now know
what it means
to be free
When I Close My Eyes by WalkinginDreamlight, literature
Literature
When I Close My Eyes
at the end
of the silence
I find
that there are
no more
steps that I can take
though
when I close my eyes
my dreaming mind
somehow
somehow
it knows
how to take flight
and touch
that silent need
both inside
and outside
of me
oh!
we were so close!
after years of searching
we finally found
a room in a house
with a computer
on a table
surrounded
by paper rainbows
the window itself covered
with translucent light
arced in glitter
all the colours
of a beautiful rainbow
lit upon walls
dust motes
they drifted by
as if in a dream
and
on the table itself
a stack of coloured paper
leather cover bindings
a book being prepared
and a glass paperweight
with a rainbow inside
holding the pages in place
that stirred lazily
from outside breeze
as I lifted the paperweight
words were written beneath
-- but --
before all that
we need to talk about
how we came to be here
in this room
in this place
all because of a message
left years ago
on a website
were artists
came to be born
born
and born again
like shooting stars
glittering colourful trails
across a huge vacuum
that pulsated softly
with rainbow colours
we followed
the many snippets of information
that we could gather
creating over time
a
very
long