Deep down beneath the floorboards of my soul
Intangible lives In a place where the softness Of a thousand tears longs to kiss your naked feet In each breathing crevice of my being Light resides Its splendor dances, mirrored in the hundred polished shields Left behind by unnamed warriors Playing somewhere beyond the grasp of your imagination The child I will never be laughs her music into the the folds of my newly unlocked heart She dares you to wander the burnished path The one that threatens to trip you as it winds between the barbed wire of sorrow And the mossy gardens of gleeful fairies And once haunted places Marked by piles of worried stone All the walls are falling down to greet the water To kneel and worship at the river’s edge Her rushing sweetness sings forgiveness Transforming lost things to found memory Leading your mind in all directions at once A sudden thunder of bird wings A wind of countless arrows above For a moment you are lost to the dream And you are blind Still determined Down the stairs you stumble Unable to surrender to anything but curiosity Tapping on spirit doors Rattling the casements of my soul Moving all my furniture Rolling back the rugs Shouting a name you hope I will answer to Frantic now in your desire to see my essence Who I am and how I bleed What is the crux of my happiness If you stop scrying so hard Cease your pushing, pulling and stabbing at the shadows Embrace this stillness That coats the very center of the beast Like the resonance of snow Or a hymn sung by feathers falling on your skin In the pure hushed and purple quiet You’ll find what you didn't know you were looking for And yet, exactly what you wanted In the cradle of the darkest, darkest dark Shining moonlit like a pearl A glowing ruby dwells at the core eternal A spark pirouetting and leaping Fueled by you And each who passes nearest my heart Rooms for those I've held most precious And sometimes even strangers who have wandered in Touched me in a chance exchange And left a permanent mark, unaware That brief bright spark would become a torch Lighting the way Eviscerating even the blackest pitch, the most indiscernible path The convergence of sparks bubbles upward Miniature stars bursting in the fountain’s crest Pouring out my eyes, lifting my smile They stream from my fingertips when I open my arms To encircle your weary body Each point on my crown becomes an inextinguishable ember Fueled by every interaction Of love and regret Of hunger and joy Illuminations that come from many Flow through me inside and out They change and reinforce who I am The source of inspiration The definition of purpose An intricate dance of satisfaction and need But this spark I hold in my hand, just now Is the moment we met This dazzling brightness perched on my shoulder Is one of many times we have shared our desire This flickering ember in the crook of my arm Is the piece of me that misses your face Your arms, your sex, The warm, rich rumble Of your voice when my name departs your mouth I’m fondest of this spark Which embodies this longing It remains even when we are pressed close Blissfully drowning Fingers lacing, a net Fishing in the wildness of our personal ocean A reminder that everything is fleeting Except the spark Haven't posted anything new in a while. Been writing, not posting. I think this one is just about finished. Leucothea is an ancient sea goddess and protector of sailors. You can see her dance in the sea foam.  In this little boat, alone; rocked by the storm
Unfurling my heart keeps my torn body warm Folding my sorrow; a sail for tomorrow When night clears, moonlight will guide the wise way to go Stars crown a tower that serves as a lighthouse Darkness, she covers me, keeps the cruel winds down Buffered, yet weathered, still fishing for destiny Deep in my hold, treasures of hope, love and dreams CH- And she follows me everywhere I need to be In my loneliness, never alone She attends me in my longing and desire I have no doubt I am loved The moon and the sea carrying me So that I always know I am home Sweet Leucothea, her foam forms my cradle Timeless Mother, keeping an eternal candle So I'll not be blinded in the darkest of depths When flashing blades slice me, I’m soon healed by her kiss My passage to venture, my answers to forge My temple to build, my waters to pour Questing afar from human comfort or friend Moonlight companions; fox, blackbird and bat CH- And she follows me everywhere I need to be In my loneliness, never alone She attends me in my longing and desire I have no doubt I am loved The moon and the sea carrying me So that I always know I am home I'll ferry the loneliness, longing, despair I'll knot bones and feathers and tears in my hair I'll sing in the darkness ‘til sun beams the shore Finding soft sand there, sharp cliffs or cavernous door Experience. Teacher. Wisdom bleeds from misery, Joy blooms in the unknown, next note an uncertainty Each journey the same.and every voyage unique. Each answer a question, no knowledge complete CH-And she follows me everywhere I need to be In my loneliness, never alone She attends me in my longing and desire I have no doubt I am loved The moon and the sea carrying me So that I always know I am home And so on I go on my continuous loop Some days appear different, some play out the same truth I've sailed here before under this glorious moon I've stood on that precipice and howled at the gloom 'Til numinous moths raised a wind at my back In dusty clouds, lent their wings to me, opened the crack That always leads to beyond, spirals into my soul Sailing back in a boat of light, new seas to roam CH-And she follows me everywhere I need to be In my loneliness, never alone She attends me in my longing and desire I have no doubt I am loved The moon and the sea carrying me So that I always know I am home I always know I am home White Goddess Protecting Me Proud Ino she carries me I have no doubt I am loved 
So you think you can be the captain of this ship
Can you keep her from running 'ground Turn One Hundred eighty degrees on a dime Yeah can you turn this ship around You want to be the captain of this ship Can you keep her 'right in the stormiest of seas Will you save her from the monsters ‘neath the waves Resist the siren call of the deep Oh you want to be the apple of my eye So you scaled my garden wall Then you smiled just like a dragon and a dove And you promised me you’ll catch me when I fall Now you want to be the master of this heart And you’swear you'll tame the wildness , trim the thorns I may wear a crown but I long to sleep In the arms of the one the one who wears the horns Then perhaps it's time you know the mystery We’re each only the bearers of our souls There’s no mastery to walking by my side Each flame lights the other we are whole So when you choose to share the journey of this heart You’ll love the roses all the more for their thorns I may wear a crown but I long to sleep In the arms of the one who wears the horns I may wear a crown but I long to sleep In the arms of the one who wears the horns  There is beauty and strength in an injured soul. True love can find you no matter how you might try to hide from it. That is what I believe. I have seen it with my own eyes!
Somehow you shine your own light while you wrap yourself in night So no one will see you are the mirror of the sun That ruby that i found cradled deep underground Makes me ponder off and on, have I found the one The one true song, that Perfect note When it comes out wrong, it's so full of hope That one blue day I've been scrying for In the night I have prayed for an open door Somehow I stumbled and I learned just how to fall on broken glass Get up and take a bow, see how I''m dancing once again As black as you may seem you are far from an abyss And I can tell you this because of the depths that I have seen Well I hardly know you know, but I think that will change soon now Maybe I have always known you, perhaps we have always been That one true song, that Perfect note When it comes out wrong, it's so full of hope That one blue day I've been scrying for In the night I have prayed for an open door Damage has been done more or less to everyone Who's had it worse who's pain is lesser who am I to say I'm sorry for your loss but you don't have to bear that cross You don't have to face the music, you don't have to make my day Hey, just ask for what you want and if it's me that you have sought Maybe we will dance together, try on each other's wings and play That one true song, that Perfect note When it comes out wrong, it's so full of hope That one blue day I've been scrying for In the night I have prayed for an open door And the mystery is fine, I don't have to know the next line If I'll be yours or if you're mine I've put this feather in my heart, I'll hold my song out to the dark And if I must go on searching, I will not be afraid, no I will not be afraid The mystery is fine, I don't need to guess the next line I've wrong too many times I've put this feather in my heart, I'll hold my song out to the dark And when I see that open door, I will not be afraid, i will not hesitate So, this is one I am trying to recover from memory.... Due to financial hardship, I've lost most of my possessions during the past year and sadly, this included a lot of my writing and equipment and recordings. Unlike the furniture that will be auctioned off, personal irreplaceable items are usually callously destroyed or thrown out despite the storage company reportedly requesting personal items be left with them. I'm finding that I remember at least the bones of a lot of the things I've written & maybe some of them will improve in the re-writing. Anyway, at least I can "save" them here. Consider these works in progress.  Fury of LoveTake me away from my mother she cried and this boy that’s fallen at my feet I see a new man like a tower seems strong, yet he bends in the wind like a tree One look and deep I was drowning in blue eyes down in the wake of your love To side step romance was a dangerous dance, but I would never want to harm.... You...Or throw a stone at your charm ‘cause it makes me want to believe there’s still some good in this world There are no answers to feed the fury of love There is no message that exceeds the fury of love You give only to receive the fury of love You would give anything to feel the fury of love Take me away from this desert you cried and this night that's fallen upon me I see a woman with her hands full of stars And she swims like a fish in the sea Gone with you I was drowning in blue eyes Lost in the wave of your arms One kiss from you and my magic was yours, Know I could never mean to harm.... You...How could I throw a stone at your charm ‘cause it makes me want to believe you're still as good as your word There are no answers to feed the fury of love There is no message that exceeds the fury of love You give only to receive the fury of love You would give anything to feel the fury of love So is the candle out When I see you today Shut in your box of steel A dead giveaway You blank out your eyes and treat me like a woman in love You make me listen to the music when enough is too much And nowhere I could be is far enough between me and what I feel Don't put it off anpther night If I'm to lose my mind (nothing else matters tonight) Let it be in your arms There are no answers to feed the fury of love There is no message that exceeds the fury of love You give only to receive the fury of love You would give anything to feel the fury of love One of my most favorite & personal pieces, It's You was originally recorded as an intense metal ballad. It's magic seems to work so well as an acoustic piece or even with no accompaniment. It becomes more meaningful to me every time I perform it.  IT'S YOU
Take a walk by midnight To see you dance upon the sea Waves and waves crashing side by side Against the stones of the black keep I have no lantern to light my way Only moonlight beckons me to stay Put down your sword and let the anger leave you This is the night I first believed in you You carry magic You hold it in your hands And where it comes from I don't know As if I had, I had no choice As if I had, I had no mind Hand in the still to hush my voice And cause my fears to fall behind Its you Tonight I hold my hands up high Swallow the need for tears to cry There is nothing up above you now child Only more stars than you can count You carry magic You hold it in your hands And where it comes from now I know As if I had, I had no choice As if I had, I had no mind Hand in the still to hush my voice And cause my fears to fall behind Its you Its you Its you I know its you  Still working on this one, but hey, it's new....well sort of, I actually started some of it after a dream I had a few months ago. For part of it I was separated from someone by a thick glass door. He had the key, but was afraid to use it. And for part of it, I was like Psyche completing one impossible task after another in hopes that I would be allowed to let him out. (And so, I've dedicated to Eris AND Aphrodite, who are in cahoots AND Psyche too; what de heck!)
I believe in synchronicity All around me serendipity I believe in the wide and deep of dreams If I can't see you for the trees I still know you're there (I can feel you there) wish, wish, my command trial by fire and the velvet hand It takes me where I need to go And tells me what I need to know I believe in the now of the distant past Because everything is meant to last I believe in the truth of arrows sure and fast If I can't measure to the task I'll try another day (to rise above the fray) push, push and so I bow and bend as deep as is allowed And if I should sweep your floors I'm sure to find a door And what is this all about Am I in it or with out Are we even here What was I fighting for Does it have to be either or And why must I decide I believe in the beauty of eternal dance And that things are better left to chance And the chaos I embrace brings order once again So if I seem without a plan I can see the path (even if I can't find the way back) Love, Love is everywhere Even when it seems that it's nowhere There is still the sun And there are numbers more than one And what is this all about Am I in it or with out Are we even here What was I fighting for Does it have to be either or And why must I decide Like a rose without a name That sweet scent it is the same sweet surrender, surrender So If by chance you come to me And we may change what we believe and won't remember We can just surrender, surrender, sweet surrender  So grief cannot haunt you
If you wear joy on your sleeve Sorrow silver as a moonbeam Your smile a pocket of relief A damper for the color or The voice a notch too loud Your laugh a beam of light Around the edges of my cloud Even in the still of sadness The bright wonder revels For one cannot appreciate one less The other in contrast spills Across the page of life birth and growth and cost Make each a bit more precious so nothing is truly lost Your laugh forever dances in the reaches of my mind And the missing of it tugs upon my heart all through my time Even as I let you go I hold you tightly still You’ll weave among my dreams and so You will be immortal This might be just a short poem or I may develop it into a lyric. I like it as it lies for now.  Mysteries Who knows where the story’s going Oh will she find the key? Blossoming, breathing In my unfolding I capture the words then set them free Into the journey’s telling Set your mind upon the path hang on every whisper Feel it swirling The tale unwinds a spell is cast |
Lorelei Moon
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