The Obsession

The Darkness Before Dawn

I feel your pain

through every vein

in my body

It runs cloddy

I cannot move

stuck in your groove

You are not well

This I can tell

Just like a twin

under my skin

until you heal

this I will feel

Live not in fear

Soon it will clear

If you let me

I can set free

your mental crux

through gentle flux

I love you dear

though I'm not near

Your soul I know

Gifts it does sow

Please worry not

about a thought

They will be gone

one waking dawn

Fairy Ails

I know the demons 

who lurk inside 

You kick and scream 

yet they won’t subside 

They are not just in your mind 

They crawl into your every cell 

that they can find 

It starts with a vision of a thought 

From whence it came 

you will forever know not 

Then follows the innocent fear 

The trembles and pouring 

of many a tear 

The pain in your gut as your body curls 

into the position of your birth 

Renders you immobile 

as if glued to the earth 

These monsters fill you with guilt 

Though it is irrational 

you wither and wilt 

Your body shrinks 

as your heart sinks 

Hell opens up to you 

You feel its heat 

as your spirit falls through 

Those you love try to pull you from the fire 

Some accuse you 

calling you a liar 

They do not understand 

that your heartache is real 

They tell you to think about 

how you are making them feel 

There exists no switch 

of which 

you can just turn them on and off 

You’re simply riding the waves made 

when those demons scoff 

If they laugh 

then so should you 

This eventually 

is what you learn how to do 

They will get bored 

and the winds will be calm 

Only every now and then 

will they bring you a qualm 

They will always be there

as they were from your start 

They simply had to act 

before you got too smart 

But once you know 

they do not own your soul 

Your heart and mind 

will begin to feel whole 

Shadows cannot exist 

if there is no light 

So remember

they are yours to rule 

with your gift so bright 

Be at peace 

for you are good 

The life you deserve 

is unfolding as it should 

Why I Cried

You asked me why I cried 

It is because the day I was born 

was the day that I died 

And the day you shared with me your strife 

was the day I was brought back to life 

I assure you my words are not in vain 

when I say before you was only pain 

For it is the truth when I say 

you are the sole joy of my day 

I cannot help what I feel 

You have drawn me with your reel 

Do not be frightened 

I mean no harm 

my heart you have enlightened 

with your soul's charm 

I simply want you to know 

All I am trying to show 

Until the break of dawn 

I shall grieve that you are gone

Musical Genius of the Insomniac

He never sleeps 

Yet, if he should 

he wakes and weeps 

Music he seeps 

from out his mind 

in bounds and leaps 

It comes in heaps 

through his fingers 

to strings it sweeps 

Secrets he keeps 

find their solace 

as gifts he reaps 

Through his eyes peeps 

gypsy struggle 

which his soul steeps

From out of the Woodwork

From out of the woodwork you came 

knowing nothing much but my name 

My being has not been the same 

as you engulfed me with your flame 

That fire cannot keep me tame 

Perhaps this rapture was your aim 

Neither of us can take the blame 

We both knew the rules of the game 

My heart I allowed you to claim 

Only your hands serve as its frame 

Heartfelt and sincere without shame 

your purpose is of utmost fame

Clouds on My Tongue

There are clouds on my tongue

The right words can't be sung

Enveloped in fog,

they are caught in a bog

Yet, if I could converse,

they would not be terse

Flooding through all the fears

lived out through all your years,

their rains would fully stop

the pain your tears drop