By the time you arrived home that morning,
I had convinced myself that you had gone forever...

Through mists of doubt and veils of blackness,
I peered into arenas never built...

Where dark days cast the smallest shadows,
You might look for me...

Cradle me now, allow my dying heart to weep,
Inside your tender caring arms...

Endless dreadful winters have melted into the...
Since we last shared cigarette and hope by the...

THE INVITATION
But dawn-break born...

I hope when your ego is scraping the ceiling,
And your mirrors grow tired of that smile...

Around every corner on every street,
Just beyond the comfort zone...

I can hear the children sleeping, far away in...
And the mantle clock mocks me with its taunting...

Thirty years ago you came,
To check identity, confirm name...

I have just deleted soul,
As your orange inmates file sits leadened black...

Many heartbeats, many paces separate the dueller's...
This circle drawn, retreat forsaken, spit of rain...