Of Voided Love’s Reprise

The lover’s bound insanityWith God’s forsaken vanityThrown into wicked fire’s iceNot just once but only twicePry the others from calamity Three or twenty-seven boundNo matter theirs is heaven soundTogether voices crying fate and fate has ever come around For each their failing never-lasting dreamTrouble only spiraling All spilled from such an old device Parted seasContinue reading “Of Voided Love’s Reprise”

Sunrise Over the Storm

Her life was made by the sun’s bright rayIn a world where she was hidden…His life shaped by the ones who hatedHis light something long forbidden…Su corazón encajaba con el de ellaY la vida se mueve por ellos…It always has and always willTo give the things that satisfy and fillAnd bring together those that shouldContinue reading “Sunrise Over the Storm”

What Grows from the Sea

She asked a question Simple question You love me now for what you see But can you love what hides in me? … Yes, he said, desire to show Showing all, she loved to know And all he said with certainty The things she always believed to be … Inside the tempest, darkened sea TannedContinue reading “What Grows from the Sea”

From Fear to Fondness

Based on a true story about kindness in a darkened world I had only been back in San Diego for a few days. The last time I was in the city, I camped with my son in a quiet business park about a dozen miles east of San Diego proper. No problems, just a fewContinue reading “From Fear to Fondness”

Love and War

Love and War. Violence and Sex. Ideology and Freedom. Fact and Illusion. All might be fair, but fairness is subjective and perspective can change what is right and what is wrong. As is the case with any polar dynamic, one extreme exists in order to justify the other. We all find ourselves standing somewhere alongContinue reading “Love and War”