BlowYourHeartOpen

Oak bound heart Falling through the hemisphere Catch it before it breaks Love too shallow To battle a breeze Crush it before it swells A game so hard to play While the brain too dull Crushed and broken

THE DRAGON Red eyes gleam, Furled and hidden in the depths, It stares. A growl; Leather like skin blackened to sooth, Shifting and then stilling. A haze of smoke, Chokes the air; A lick of flame froths through. Only the stainless steel skies, Plunges this beast's organ Heart Into fits of despair. Modernity chases dreams of mythical eternity.

STARLIGHT I hear them singing so sweetly, As I rest my head on my pillow – Their lullaby lulling me to sleep. And all I want is to break these shackles Escape this earthbound hemisphere Past cloud and empty space. Where starlight burns so fiercely It will peal back this rotten skin And open these blind eyes. Only when dreaming am I granted this respite, Where I dance among the stars,   And feel their light on my very finger-tips. But I am bound in this solitary cage, Where neither sun nor star can penetrate Through these iron bars. The brightest beams of purest light are dimmed. Sunk and melted into black cloud; And night&rsquo

Earthbound are the thoughts Carved onto my brain. No ray of celestial light Can weave into the fabric Of this living-dead grey mass. I grasp at the stars And come back - empty-handed. All I need is that One kick-start That one shoot of the gun, To fire the mind, And blast the soul. Then - on the third day My dead muse shall Rise - Or so the prophecies say.

Frail, it shatters Scatters on the floor - Shards of glass Pinned on skin. A drop of red Burning at the edges So clear, so precise - But the sun will evaporate.

I want to be In love with someone And watch the light Dance on the tips of her skin. Like the sea, I'll be the ebb, And she'll be the flow Moving together in perfect rhythm . I want that feeling Of confusing, alternating, maddening Love to fill me from within And to know how it feels, To hear the words –