Weeping Circles

It's no surprise to realize so many have lost their way

In the myriad paths and twisting turns that lead us to today

Perhaps the confusion or lack of choice

Leads us into this maze

I hear you whisper beyond stone walls

We really cannot call that choice

And as I try to maneuver these endless halls

I'm lead further from your voice

And we stumble, lost, like we're broken

Move forward but blinded by all this haze

Unhearing to the words once spoken

Reminding us of better days

Words flitting through my mind

In a symphony you will never hear

My heart strings play the requiem

Of everything I hold dear

And with this death and ageless passing

My soul atones and takes its lashing

Is Dante's fourth circle where I am lain

Wanting more than I could attain

The second circle brought us together

But the first I'm left when we are severed

And wandering in this boundless nowhere

Grey mists stretch to the vast horizon

And I know you're out there, searching somewhere

But it hurts too much to carry on

When this ends will I ascend to Heaven

Or be a tree in circle seven?

Will I one day see you again?

Or will the cycle finally end?

Twisting Mirror

In this hall of mirrors

I can't say why

The world can twist

In the blink of an eye

The foundations we stand on

Immutable seeming

Fall sudden beneath us

We fall like we're dreaming

No way of knowing

What the next turn may bring

The part we play showing

Hiding the sting

All the shadows around us

Divided we fall

Conflicted within

Not certain at all

The nightshade and absynthe

That flows through our veins

Blurring our vision

But won't dull the pain

And betrayal's a poison we choke but won't swallow

The tears welling up as the patterns dissolve

Leaving the soul aching, our insides so hollow

Trapped in the orbit where spirits revolve

In the stillness thereafter when it's only our echo

The world stops moving and breath seems to cease

Through the pain in these moments find the us that we know

And in letting go of the past we find our release

Two Roads Diverge

Two roads diverged in a familiar wood

And over time I slowly understood

That two paths would lead to two more from here

And question everything that I held dear

Or reaffirm, depending on the path I take

The path while dreaming

The path awake

And none are traveled

It's only me

Fate cross hairs with destiny

All these paths I'll never know

Save the one I choose to go

And it winds and turns, which way I steer

Uncertain what exactly brought me here

And I puzzle out the path I chose

What may have been? Nobody knows

But this path is fine, for ill or good

And it's high time I understood

That the risk and glory are mine alone

No holy light on my road is shone

Only careful trotting til I choose my way

And look upon here some distant day

How to choose

So many ways

To bring us to

Our coming days

Might I weigh and balance

Somber choose

Or act in haste

Lest I lose?

In preparation, despite how long

There's really no right or wrong

Just what is true to us and those we adore

To do right by all, and maybe more

Perhaps leave a token behind

A piece of ourselves lost in time

A benchmark here, for what we believed.

By which our legacy may be perceived

What You Mean To Me

In the steady creeping pace of day to day

So much that we forget to say

And for the moments, fleeting be

Let me tell you what you mean to me

The ripples that travel through my soul

That you placed there, from what you show

Make me today who I am

You've helped me be a better man

From a laugh we have or evenings late

Or the work we both procrastinate

In the jokes that only we may share

Or simply knowing that you care

With the Muse I wait breathless for your song

Fey given glamour from your mind

And it's been within you all along

Just leave your doubt and fear behind

These moments on which our hearts thrive

The essence you feel down at your core

The spirit your voice has given life

Or that greeting we've each been waiting for

Every story you'll ever tell

and every laugh you'll ever share

and that single life that you might change forever

By sharing that someday with them somewhere

From the mundane to the divine

Whether we've shared moments or we've shared years

Whether epic journey or just spending time

I cherish every smile and every tear

There is so much greatness within you

It's why I've chose to call you friend

Remembering all we've been through

That I've taken this chance to pen

I could write on and on and not repeat

Of the daily contributions that you make

And the moments we've shared in my mind so sweet

You've made this a life to celebrate

Thank you.

Where Are You? Where you Find Me?

Where are you right now?

Are you where you want to be?
Where am I right now?

In this place, can you see me?

World of dichotomy

It's staring right at me

Falling down on top of me

But you don't even know my name

But you know me, because you know your truth

Daily seeking proof

Of legitimacy, are you authentic or spoof?

Stare right down into your soul

Where two halves try to be whole

And you're staring at yourself through mirror

That's never getting clearer

The cracks at the edges, bleed into the center

But it's all still coming together

Ask the questions of the answers your afraid to know

Afraid to go

Where your thoughts fall low

But those doubts fall wide of who you are

Building strength from scars

Reaching from dirt to stars

Just hum a few bars

Of your inner cadence

Your spirit's surveillance

You lost yourself from afar

On your personal radar

You'll stare at yourself

And I will see you there

In the cross hairs

Of all the possibilities

And destinies

If you could just believe

This is who you can be

Dig deep, pull through the torrent

Wrench your heart through these tears

It'll hurt for the moment

But you've been aching for years

All your trials build the sum

While the swinging pendulum

Add the clicks of who you are

To etch your name in the stars

And I'm there, in the silence

Between the break down and the chorus

Where indecision cripples you

From the things you always want to do

You weep for dreams unspoken

Falter like your knees are broken

And hurts too much to stand

While you're doing all you can

To keep your head above the tide

Fight so hard to stay alive

Just want to breathe and let it be

But all life comes with misery

Where are you right now?

Are you where you want to be?
Where am I right now?

In this place, can you see me?

Will you carve the path you've chosen

While your dreams are scared and frozen

You can be miserable and aching

In any path your taking

So if this life will bring you pain

Then let your fire give you the strain

Every path is full of thorns

You've known this since you were born

And there is no going home

It will feel so all alone

So grip that fire deep inside

Choose to stay alive

Fight for the soul to survive

Release the beast that's in your mind

You'll always be hungry, always sore

From the punches life has in store

But you'll ask for even more

If you take the path you swore

To that child years ago

The person that you know

That child was supposed to be

In the adult the mirror sees

So don't take the path in vain

Don't shy away from this pain

And know

That where you go

Is where you will be born again