Do you watch me when I'm sleeping,
Lose your breath when I am weeping?
Can you hear me through my confusion,
Find the truth in my delusion?
Your eyes speak loudly
When my heart fails me
Your pursuit for love
Is faithful as the dove.
My strength that bears life's unknown
Derives from my being known.
Life is not without true love
What life is is birthed by love.

My heart suffers the battle of Love and Hate.
Inhaling Heavens gravity defying fumes,
To hit my head on Earths jealous armor plate.
What's lost is reborn in my tear drenched soils bloom.
Rebounding with a force fortified to mend fate.
Fertilizing Hopes systematically barren womb.
The bitter Offense strikes at this heightened state.
Plundering my altars, threatening adandonments loom.
Collapsed with fatigue, all I can do is wait, biting the promise that Love is never late.

Every now and again, something happens...
A light gets lit that dispenses the dark.
The eyes closed for fear are opened by hopes spark.
The day threatened by the storm is welcomed by the rainbow.
And you say just the right words that quicken my hearts flow.

I have you today, so I will make you mine. I will study the color in your eyes, and notice every facial line. I will hold you every possible way, and listen to everything you have to say. My plans to rule the world can wait, for making you smile is the only power worth its weight. Your future calls for us to separate, so while I have you, I'll make you mine and cherish every breath you take.

Is freedom born or is it taught?
The baby new, defenseless and poor, awaiting the truth it's breath has brought.
Foundations laid on brick or sand,
A life formed by trust or cut by command.
The fresh fruit of joy
Or the rot of ploy.
Is freedom taken or is it given?
The secrets of love give birth to this haven.

You can travel the world and never leave your own.
Gather the people and seat yourself on the throne.
The heavy pockets and echos of praise,
feeding the beast hiding in the hearts cave.
Insatiable, his appetite grows.
Swallowing would be charity, regurgitating self-obsessed woes.
You can look into the eyes of your neighbor
Know their hearts cry and consider their labor.
Sharing a moment, giving wings to trust
 Whispering to hope, maybe love is enough.
Strength arises with the gift of flight
Friendship undoing the forgotten's plight.

Alas the dust has settled, with no beauty left to see. All the life that was is now a memory. Time laments loss causes of men, fortitude and strength adding to the pain. The future decides the battles true victor, what legend will the children render.