I see the branches sway
and watch the butterflies...
A Sanctuary is this,
my peaceful, havens nest...
Today I saw the sun come up
and wondered at the beauty of the world...
Trust me,
The time for tears...
Catch my heart before it plummets
from this lofty perch onto the...
I once held love within a grasp
so tender as to leave no bruise...
Amidst the horror and the noise
as bullets fly and mortars sing...
Dreams, captured, held
and nursed against the...
Watch,
as in my eyes the light...
Cold, and bright
the white gem sparkles...
Alone within a sea of numbers,
etched upon the skin and minds with permanence...
Consumed by breathless heat
which clings and cloys...