Falling in Darkness
Smothering every existing thought...
Snake tongues inscribed on words
flowing over thin paper glass rims...
Tongue lashing, eyes piercing
Face slapping words of shame...
Another war--another break in peace
Most thought Vietnam was bad enough...
*not intended to offend anybody*
While you sit calmly at your chair...
What beauty lies in Thy eyes
Swarming bees of honey cries...
Light the candles of our heart
For love alone shines throughout...
Scarlet rose lies in my cheeks
A bloom of your heart...
Through the ghostly forest
and wandering eyes...
Dripping down the red blood churns
down my chin the skin it burns...
A garden so brilliant against other pallid flowers
Comes in view at this untimed hour...
Black clouds smother away hope and dreams tonight
Into the mirror behind I see my face in a pale...