Songs drifting in the hot, humid air
Stealing amidst the walls of the night
Sealing every crevice with despair
While fragments of hope scattered its light
Like sonnets of spring in November
Playing unceasingly in my mind
Unfading in the breath of winter
Drowning days of solitude I find
Though I long to escape its embrace
I yearn for its warmth even in dreams
Where I linger long after the blaze
As the snow melts into mountain streams
She scanned the heavens with a sigh
As stars twinkled in defiance
Lifting her pale arms to the sky
While leaves twirled in a mystic dance
The soulful windsong played faintly
An almost forgotten lament
Drifting in the night breeze softly
Alone. Unheard. Unending. Bent.
The air went still for a second
Bowed by grief at the end of dreams
In the darkness echoes beckoned
As evening succumbed to its whims
The melody picked up anew
Uncertain. Halting. Uneven.
While the crescent faded from view
Frozen. Aflame. Reborn. Broken.
Bathed in radiant moonlight you stand
Wrapped in shadows, eyes unreadable
As the swirling smoke curled ‘round your hand
Like a dream that never really ends
Fighting my own demons I just stared
As words left unsaid hung in the air
I watched on, afraid to be ensnared
As it lingers on a day so fair
And though I know not where my path lies
‘Tis enough that we once chased away
The shadows at your feet, drowned the cries
Haunting my sleep, stalking your day
Now I can walk away with a smile
Bring with me the rain and unshed tears
Fade with the waning moon in a while
Forgotten with the passing of years
The red moon dawned upon the groves
Lifting the mist that shrouded the mountains
In its wake sailed a trail of chanted odes
In the rhythmic splattering of the rain
Where evening came like the softest whisper
Of a cool breeze singing its lullaby
The dreamworld beckoned to those in slumber
Like a veiled haven till sunrise draws nigh
Enchanting time to fall deep in its spell
For the music continues to linger
Each soul with its own story to tell
Like fallen leaves drifting on the river
The setting sun painted the skies soft pink
Charcoal mist-like shadows cloaked the mountains
While evening crept, daytime stood on the brink
With the breeze sailed the smell of coming rain
Only the pale crescent moon graced the night
As the red star kept its steady vigil
The abandoned crossroads came within sight
Biding its time beyond the darkened hills
Towering pine trees obscured the black skies
Yet their haunting songs wafted in my mind
As midnight glowed with a thousand fireflies
Beckoning, calling as I yearned to find
A fate woven to all the choices made
And though I shall weep alone in the night
The tears shall dry and in the morning fade
To search anew for that elusive light
With hands bound by the very chains I’ve wrought
The hidden trail to the path I’ve chosen
An existence upon myself I’ve brought
To seek its heaven or join the fallen
She stood proud looking down at the world
Brandishing her tears like a weapon
Forged by the gods in their mold of gold
In vengeance she lashed without reason
She bared her fangs and hissed angrily
Like a vampire queen she stalked the night
Her minions unleashed secretly
To the innocents scattered in flight
Accept not the gifts she freely gives
For they are like chains binding the hands
A brand staining as long as one lives
Cowering in shame across the land
She gloated, sucking her victims dry
Cursed those that dared oppose her desires
Her strength spent, she takes a breath and sighs
Gathering, saving her lethal fire
For the unknown enemy behind
The slaughter of her soulless allies
Her masked foes leaving her in a bind
Till she cries, haunted by her own lies
Fleeting moments shrouded by the mist
As numbness paralyzes my soul
Like a shackle fitted to my wrist
With its unseen chains tied to the pole
Ensnared. Caught. Trapped with nowhere to run
I closed my eyes as the tension mounts
Higher. Reaching for the burning sun
Drifting in the clouds, the hours I count
When all I have are but images
Flashing in the darkness of the room
Untouched as the dream itself changes
Under the light of the crescent moon
Lilting strains drifted on faerie wings
He stood enthralled as the maiden sings
In the twilight of the land she played
Her heartfelt music with the wind raced
Drifting like soft whispers in a dream
Flickering like some faraway gleam
The golden jewel of summer days
Painted amidst heaven's crossways
A fleeting moment's bliss in silence
On the fields where silver willows danced
In the brilliance of the day she glowed
Sparkling like crystalline streams that flowed
A carpet of luminescent leaves
'Neath the argent stars of one spring eve
In the dusck where wishes burn brightest
And whispered thoughts shall fly ever west
A smoky twilight gathered closer
As the path of dreams drifted farther
When all shall grieve the waning of stars
A haven forever marred by wars
The fire of the Trees shall burn no more
Gone save in the heart of ancient lore
Of stellar skies and clandestine lights
Scattered fragments of bleak autumn nights
If the darkened clouds shall ever shed its tears
Soft like silken rain to calm the fears
The thick veil of mists and seas shall rise
Winter ends with the kiss of sunrise
