Dragon Eyes


With heart of steel
and mind of flame
She walks the path again
each day
With soul like gold
and thought like storms
She treads the lonely road 
forlorn
None nobler than this proud maid are
Her every flaw, a gem, by far
As bright as her Eyes
Watching 

Looking through the Dragon's Eyes
Do none but I perceive her cries
In the Darkness
Wanting
Her heart of steel breaks like glass
If betray you this loving lass
In the Shadows
Willing
Her Dragon Eyes bleed tears yet
Staring through night of memories' get
In love-starved Dreams
Waiting

With will like heart
And hope like mind
She asks only for love
This time
With open mind 
And gaping heart
She lays bare her spirit
Each part
No virtue exceeds her fair self
Living scars permeate throbbing depths
As dark as her Eyes
Watching  



I Break


I break myself, morning, noon, and night
With every hour I am worn down and torn
I long for feathered things on which I might take flight
But I'll never have wings to get away from here

I fight my fight, morning, noon, and night
With every day I am defeated over and again
I long for some key or answer to put all things to right
But I'll never have a reason to keep the peace

I hate my life, morning, noon, and night
With every dream I am heartbroken to awake
I long for a miracle to free me from my plight
But I'll never have prayers to justify my liberty

So on I watch, morning, noon, and night
With every smile I am worse in my dishonesty
I long for a truth to shed some forgotten light
But I'll never have hope to share with fallen friends

And probably never crawl from this grave I've made  



We Are Tainted


Wandering, starving, stripped naked, alone
Running from everything, driven by something
Horrified by what we see, and also by what we feel in ourselves
Lost in the wilderness, pierced by our wrongs
It makes us tremble to see so much beyond what we are
If only we could be filled by something more, more than these, and become children again

Blinded by the image of an immortal tale
Losing sight and sense of life and love in lust for a lasting name
Hungry for eternity, singing and sinking in depths of hubris
A seed of discontent, even while eternity is freely given

Empty, consumed by those little wantings and desires
Even we can find the way, but to each his own
After all, we are only human, but are we monsters?
We are tainted

Becoming the beast, becoming wild things and thoughts
Fear glazing eyes, ringing in our ears
Every shadow can carry a threat
Don't let it be, don't let them see
With every breath something ignoble sears in through our nostrils
But liberation isn't here yet

Mindless, tearing, howling, devouring
The darkness inside of us all
Stalked by a part of ourselves, something put there, 
Threatening to make us less than we are
If only we could reach out with these hands, these bloody hands
These dirty hands

If only we could reach out with our hands to touch the light

I want to tear into the light