Champion's Heart

To what can I compare you, my champion's heart

for now you have gone and torn me apart

No longer are you summer,

Your actions, they bite

Like frost on the window

From the cold of the night

Are you maybe a flower,

Petals perfectly built?

I'm only to find

that soon you will wilt

Maybe a butterfly

So drawn to the heat

But when I'm away

New comfort you seek

Can I compare you to a pond

Peaceful and still

Diving in I notice

How shallow's your fill

Autumn seems perfect

For now I can see

That auburn leaves  crumble

Once they fall from the tree

Melodies will cease

And rain will soon dry

Stories have endings

Wind's bound to die

What you were, I have realized, is not who you are

I used to compare you to the proudest of stars

Burning forever, seen from aways

Giving me hope on the loneliest days

Clouds now have rolled over, casting shadows like nets

Demanding I settle all of love's debts

So to what can I compare you?

To granules' of sand

I fought to hold on, but you slipped through my hand.

The Serenity of the Sea on a Path by the Sand

Searching your eyes

Searching mine

The clock hands twitching

We're out of time

Now you remain

A beautiful memory

The moment's gone forever

A sailboat torn by the sea

Don't you worry about my heart

I'll mend it, good as new

I'll fill it to the full

Make the gray a blue

I'll find internal rest again

My mind will settle down

Breathing will come easier

Inner peace will be found

For as life goes on

So ever truly will I

All storms pass with patience 

Soon again a steady tide

Forever to carry a part of you 

For certain that I know

But that piece's recollections

Make me strong and help me grow

A sad smile joined with a wave

To completely let you free

Testing first steps of new paths

Breezes calm and prompting from the sea

25th of October 2011

Hall of Doors

Sauntering down a hallway

Your hand blanketed with mine

I notice the path is thinning out

And decide to pay it no mind

Suddenly you let go

Run the other way

I chase after you for a while

Sob a plea for you to stay

I come upon some door frames

With wood and lock and all

Finding they're all sealed shut

I continue down the hall

The walls are closing in now

The Light is fading fast

With panicked eyes I look around

For a door that isn't latched

Sliding down the wall

Giving up and giving in

I put my head back with a thud

The strength I had is wearing thin

Helpless looking at the ceiling

I notice a crack of light

Jumping up to investigate

Overcome with delight

For there I found a window

When I thought all hope was gone

I'll look back to make sure you're not there

But then I'll travel on.

26th of October 2011