HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

 

                                                                        You Are

You are everything,
Everything at it's crown,
Crest of taste, touch, sight, sound.

You are euphoria captured,
Suffocating despair,
No other lifts a spirit so high in the air.

And never does it plummet
As when released by you.
Lies masquerade, but you are the truth.

No wisdom so unwise,
No storyteller besides,
No ruthless adversary, no greater friend and guide.

You lead followers to hope's doorstep
Then near impenetrable you make the locks
And the only unhinging is that of the mind with every desperate knock.

Baring your identity
You taught my soul to sing
I just couldn't hear how loud 'til silence swallowed everything

Then ticking clock deceived my thoughts,
But only 'til the hand came back around
Fine is a hotel, not a house, sooner or later the heart checks out.

Fear then writes an ivitation
Come, stay a while
Fear that a seed nipped in the bud might have bloomed divine


Fear that it wouldn't have
Fear it never will
Fear of the power it holds that eyes can't see the end of still.

Tears of uncertainty
The unrelivable kiss
Don't mistake, I know I've already won, but nature still begs this:

Ghosts of thouhts relinquished
Before granted freedom of life
Then resurrected the night you lent your heart, might still share your sky.

Dreams are only feathers,
And ink is all but words
Until beyond the tongue they slip and soar becoming birds.

Cost, the offender
Worth, unconquerable defense
Gracious to honesty who won't forget what I'd spend again.

You are for the truly daring
Yet none are safer than when wrapped in you
You are relentless, you are gentle, you are reason for all we do.

You are courage
You are fear
You are laughter, you are tears

You are glass,
Shatterable, fragile,
But will bend not by strength nor years.

Words are futile,
So feeble, so small
When charged with conveying all that is all

But we never stop trying
For while you exist
We owe this frail effort in exchange for your gift.

You are forever seeked
Created far above
Who are you? You are Love.

     So that was me dabbling in poetry for Valentine's Day. Just as in a song my greatest reward would be that as you read, my words morph to become your own; that these words can go beyond words and mean something to you. Well, that and the hope that you made it to the end.

     Have a love filled day, today and every day.