Love's Dark Goodbye

Last night my walls were tissue-thin
There hung a vale of starry skies
The years dissolved, your smile slipped in
My heart repeats an aural delight 
Our words, anew, infeasible shy

We dismiss the words, our eyes reply
A thousand angels chant your name
You hold my hand, I melt inside
Novas shower through my veins
While thoughts exalt, our voices tame

How shall I ever avow your heart
When dreams are all that we now share
In nights demur we always part
A tragic love I shan't compare
How could you leave me in the dark? 

For Ruth

When first we held life's craggy shores
Our hearts wrapped full were bound
Not short nor still while well aligned
Our sights and souls entwined

Winds soon came calling, they tore our grip
Swift tides called, "lines be cast"
For there came waves of currents strong
Our grip could not outlast

Those ties remain as knots unwind
Full sails must take their course
While distant lands draw lives apart
Our hearts still stride these shores

The Fire Within

If broken hearts can mend,
who will do the mending?
once broken
are they not more fragile,
or less so?

Toward a mindful life we bend,
and who shall do the bending?
once bent
are we not inclined,
or broken low?

Afar, our aspirations rend,
wherein can we render?
Hearts will ply
and onto such as you and I
a love may grow.

Should not there be a fire,
so who will draw the light?
But still
a fire burns so bright,
or fully, consumes our souls.