Arriving to this day, my comprehension would not carry me
Years have passed thru the valleys and oceans that brought us
Unaware of the time that has run its course
Inquiring within my soul as to the journey that lay ahead
Has life’s challenge brought me to the answers that hid beneath my eyes?
Where are you now in your directions that have lit that path?

Was there a road that could have led me closer to you?
If for a moment, I had had the slightest clue, it may have altered this reunion
In our hearts we may despair at the choices that lead us down this path
How many nights have we yearned to be together for all the wrong reasons?
In those wrongs we have managed to right the sins of the past in to the bliss of today
There is a life somewhere out there where we may both find the peace within
That is the place I pray we may find each other in, if even it was not the same

Tonight I shed my fears, and recognize the strength in your happiness
For if this destiny manifests itself in your companionship or in your distance
A part of me will laugh at the sincerity that life will deal me
The days have surely taught me the bittersweet taste of maturity
In this love I manifest to be with you, I release you from the confines of my ego
Coming to terms with love, is probably the lesson all men must one day confront

My anxiety is vaporizing slowly as this night wears thru the moon
If I am to have you as my lifelong love, I could not refuse you
As the stars illuminate the night, your smile lightens my depths
We could be together for an eternity, for the remainder of days or for the simple moments spent in each other’s company.
Sailing thru the calm waters, the ocean has illustrated the facts softly on the waters
The reflections of what might be, whichever direction the winds blow in the morning
A reflection of you dwells within my eyes, for the gifts of time I will be blessed in receiving.

Stories may have been told
Promises may have been made
Meetings may have been delayed
Feelings may have been swayed

Time never blessed the encounter
Chances never crossed the paths
Planets that never aligned
Hesitation that never left our side

Till one afternoon, clarity was my guest
and my mind put you at rest
while my intuition wanted the best
when your heart was my quest

Curiosity consumed the better part of our emotions
conversations baring our intentions
difficult questions we asked without hesitation
cups of espresso's highs became my sensation
when your eyes asked me when?

I simply basked in the warmth of your presence
and later on that night, the answer came to me
under a full moon, I responded:

When you’re ready...

Each time the question begs itself to be answered
The sun rises over my horizon, only to find you pampered
Pampered in this heart, I am no longer sure can be hampered
In this sea of devotion, I must have sank deep into your depths
Without knowing however I may ever find the strength
The strength to recognize the beauty, this life has provided me  in depth
How is it that the moon awakens the deepest part of me in your thoughts
Dreams men seek, I have relegated to simple insecurities
For in your presence, I have seen the humility and appreciation of life
You are the fabric, that man dreams to be sheltered by
If only for one night, I may find your caring soul to protect from the cold
Thank you for showing me the way I wish to grow old

Attraction is my chocolate and you’ve become my sensation
There is an invisible beauty moving through this revelation
Transforming time spent into contemplation
Memories in the making, and vows for the taking
Taj Mahal is a testament of love’s pride
For in the torrents of grief, a great expanse of resources honored love
We contain an incredible ability to love and create masterpieces of affection
For now I must further my contemplation of this devotion
Like an explorer searching for the springs feeding the river.
I must become the keys to this heart I gave grown to consider
How much my heart can contain is the mystery I will uncover
For the fullfillment of love is the union of souls we shall discover

It is of consequence when a full moon makes me laugh like a child again
Maybe it was merely the pressures of a difficult day
or was it your return from the shadows of my heart ?

At first I was not sure if my mind was yielding one of its finer deceptions
But then your pulse came across like a waterfall crashing upon the remnants of a precious stone I once called your smile
Our paths have crossed again, whether by intent or by fate, I might never know.
Living in this moment has never mattered more than this minute we are together, as surely as you are here, these beautiful sixty seconds will eventually depart in to the past.
You are a past, present and future that intoxicates my sanity. 
Whatever wisdom I have, only serves me to appreciate you as a beautiful being.
The smiles you sprinkle into the air between us are a reason to celebrate love in its most innocent form.
Yet maturity is this love’s nutrition, for you are freedom’s mist and I am the cloud you seek comfort within.
Your words are gentle, yet your emotions are storms devastating the past and present.
A fate I will not contemplate, yet its direction I cannot negate

Seeds of attraction you have once again cultivated, nourished by your freedom’s mist.
For now I am simply thankful for this precious moment to experience you........once again.

The closer I move towards the truth, the more sadness approaches me
It is said that "the truth shall set you free" and in its own way,
My freedom is like the Sun rising over the mountains, illuminating the terrain.

The day I woke up and needed you the most, your eyes could not see and your heart could not feel
Now that I value why the truth shall set me free, for the torrents of emotions you've stirred with in me, I have one emotion left in me. One emotion I call patience, and you disguise as love. For in the end patience is the only love I can offer you, while impatience was the only justification on your lips.

Tonite, the moon is bright and my heart is awake. My salvation lies within me, to break free of needs
that no man could satiate. For now I've come across the most beautiful of truths, the truth of conversations, of laughter and of patience.  I feel the sands of uncertainty, jealousy and guilt disolving into the waters I have left behind.

The torrent of emotions you generate are merely the calm before the storm
The sweetest kiss between our lips were merely the spring warmth before the summer
Whatever the Autumn may bring, I have no care for, as the chance to have loved you
was worth every tear I will shed for your absence in this heart I call my home

Tonite, I have stripped my soul of regrets for days I needed more in your presence
For what are sorrows if I cannot merely recollect the beauty of your essence?
My heart is like the desert that many call barren, yet the intelligent call plentiful
Somewhere between your shoulders and neck, I found an oasis of ecstasy

We are on this earth for a time to be together until we are a memory
You are the fullfilment a heart beats for, and a body craves in harmony
These precious moments blessed to be ours have intoxicated me beyond this agony
For yours is a love that I absorb like a Bee to a flower.
My mouth waters at the thoughts of  honey, we have shared in the most tender embraces

Crossing the river every night, you are my guiding light
Navigating the waterways of peoples' insecurities
I find you to be the comfort in sight
Are you my destiny, like the moon so bright ?

The moon radiates my fate
The stars guide my certainty in your intuition
My hopes were cultivated on your fruition

Tonight, I am the wind, and you are the sail
Instead of sailing into your smile, the I have become the drive
Whatever may be said, the heart is the truest compass of all
For I seek to elevate the goodness, you so desparately chase away

The freind has blessed me and made it clear
For now while I confess to you my dear
Let us join our voices and sing our lusts out here
We may never have this beautiful chance to be so near

I confess my helplessness and mortality, yet I follow the directions without fear
At night, I will show you my heart and weep with your tears
In the morning, resolutions I must adhere

Can you hear my confessions by night upon your cheek, for they will reflect a truth few will
contemplate and even fewer will appreciate

This is the love that confessions by night will illuminate

In the footsteps of this journey, the lover supports my yearnings
Between the strides, a struggle became my learning

The stars illiminate a map for me, yet my eyes can barely make the light
The Day shines bright, as I find my way into the night

What is left of logic, if the heart awakens perceptions invisible by conception?
In this boat of my soul, the two of them build their trust in one another
For neither of them survives without the other.

The ocean has become my mistress as the waves envelope me
The energy within roll me around like my passionate embrace
An embrace so potent, that I have lost my sense of direction in her grace
The highs that waves takes me to are reminiscent of her lips upon my face

It is said that the Ocean will have its way in the end, as will the heart.
The Sun's sinking into the deep blue seas, are my lover's sillohette sinking upon my back
The Sun's rising over the mountains are my hands caressing her shoulders

This embrace has taught me to savor the moments felt, experience the currents of passion and my devote my eyes to the pleasures of her embrace

For what Am I, if the lighhouse of my heart cannot bring me home to you?
Home to you for a candid Conversation from the heart....

In this conversation, our eyes meet
Within the glances, I feel the need
Is this your acceptance of compassion ?
Does my message resonate within the flowers of your heart ?
I have known the heart to speak
and the eyes to deceive
Your glances are soothing winds filling the sails of my soul
Yet your eyes, are the sweetest chocolate, sprinkled with deception

They say energy is transferred, never created or lost.
In the shadows of my mind, you replenish the light within
When a star fades away, and one night is discovered to shine again
A momentary joy overcomes my existence
For in this moment in time, the waterfalls of your eyes heal the desert
and within this desert a flower blooms, simply from the waterfalls of your eyes...

You are a feeling of togetherness
In your energy I feel the happiness
I cannot understand you or know you
but perceive the history of a lifetime together
You are the subtle wave that caresses the sand
yet your touch trembles the mightiest hand
The energy of your existence is a reason to smile
If my blessing is for our paths to cross for a brief point in time, then may I forever be thankful for the ecstasy you have brought upon my mind.
Sometimes the most beautiful memories are brief moments in time.  Yet this time I dare to tempt fate and follow a soft instinct for the sake of your smile
Thank you for a past I do not know, a future I might not discover and for the beautiful present I have discovered in the presence of your subtle undertones
In a split second, in the deepness of your eyes, I have enjoyed an eternity like no other.

In this Oasis of Dreams, my hearts desires yearn for more
The pleasures of life appear before my eyes across this shore
Partake in them, I cannot as my senses steer me away
With all my sincerity I swim against the tides of shallow waters, not knowing when my strength will fail me.

I have opened my heart to you in a simple act of devotion, yet I am laughed at for my simplicity.  In this sincerity, I find my will. My will is the Vehicle of this passion.  This passion is my hopes and aspiration to reach out, reach out and feel the beauty that is humanity.  Maybe the fast, is merely a training ground for the patience I must nurture.  

My blessing is this heart that will not give up, nor will it give in.  Someone, somewhere thought this was the sin, while I found it as the gift. No more, will my fears haunt me down the wrong path.  For what is my worth, if I cannot live with this voice within?

Maybe it is in the heat of moments when we truly discover where inner beauty grows.  For now, my thirst is merely a guiding light to the road out of sin.

Years at sea have taught me a simple act of humility.
This humility fills my sails all the way, as my bows cut thru the seas.
Across the seas my journey continues. In this moment of calm, I stop for a moment
In this moment, I take in a deep breath of air to appreciate the motions of this journey.

Captain of this ship I am, yet humility is my sacred lover, as I never wish to leave her side while I beg the Sun of Envy never to rise across my horizons.  My pride dances around me with joy, unable to contain itself within this restless soul.
For now the Moon lights my way and the stars guide my direction.

When love seems to have become a mist in the air that is barely noticable, it manifests itself again from the past. The love of a freindship only fuels my desire to care and cherish those I care about without crossing into a land of misfortunate actions.

My freinds all around, this is for all of you that have shown your compassion and support for me along the years. I am humbled by your love and faith in me. Mistakes I've made along the way, and I've begged your forgiveness. You have all shown your brighter side and come back in to my life.  Now in this moment of serenity, I count my assets not in monetary terms but in the wonderful people that have been on my journeys and the wisdom to bid farewell to misguided souls.

The essence of love and freindship is taking on a new meaning now; The beauty of it all accumulates as tears in my eyes like a morning dew upon a flower.

Repressed memories they could not be called,
as the knowledge lay within for a very long
Now that humanity has digressed so far
I cannot claim ignorance in this castle of thoughts
A castle of smoke and mirrors has become the medium of life

My faith brought you to my attention
Fathoming the true nature of your intentions
Your intentions can sink a civilization, while
the common man's aspirations lay in your manifestation

When decency and sincerety bloomed, I cannot remember.
Somewhere among the clouds and the bastions of innocence
I've rediscovered the road back to a heart that spoke gently
Could this be the end of time as we currently know it ?
Or is it the end of an era?

You & I will laugh and cry at the good memories we've had
Express our shame for being quiet among the blizzards of injustice.
My fears have now been shed, as I've recognized my mortality.
This is the mortality of understanding where we came from and where we are going
This time we are given, I want to spend in being unselfish and sprinkling love to those we come in contact with

Whether it is a premonition or mere hullucinations of my state of mind,
the vibrations speak of a different direction.
A direction that would awaken senses numb with the aspirations of the day
Now, that my heart and mind are together again
My only instruments are love and sincerety to my fellow brothers and sisters all around.

Long overdue is my thanks to you
Throughout the years your messages were always true
Now that the Sun and Moon are approaching noon.
I have taken a moment to reflect upon the nature that motivates you

For many a night you communicated so many truths.
While I spent sleepless nights wondering what you meant.
As the truth always shines, you have illuminated my way.
Throughout the darker chapters of being astray.

May I thank you, as I thank the Almighty
You are my intuition,
The Intuition that has saved me again and again
The simple truth I've learned is to listen to you without restrain

It must have happened in the most ordinary of ways

Awakening to the normal sounds of the grey, cold winter day

Where a world separated us away

My heart could not even finds its way

When the road back to you was on a misguided way

That was the moment when the lack of sunshine awakened me

The awakening was not about losing you, but forever finding us

For in that eternity, discovery was upon my intuition.

That was a discovery I had longed for, and now it was in fruition

It was the simplest notion that reminded me of the hearts contractions.

In the Spring my heart may have been full of your passion

Yet now in the cold, cold winter nights you stole my heart without ransom

The light illuminated my consciousness of choices made.

You are my choice whether my heart expanded or contracted without reason

For the partnership, we started would not be extinguished but seasoned

The day I fell out of love with you, yet started upon the path of true embrace

Forever and a day, you are my partner in grace

Somewhere between a sunrise and high noon we walked amongst the shadows.
While our eye's feasted on nature's beauty, we were blinded.
While our ears sampled the sweetest sounds and words, the insincerity was deafening.
While our noses where intoxicated by the aromas of Jasmine, Gardenia and Lavender, our senses were drowning.

While the delicacies of home filled the table, our appetites were suppressed.

It must have been that moment when I panicked.
In my panic, enlightenment tapped me gently on the shoulder.
Scared of what was next to arrive, I could not turn around
The feeling of panic and the cool embrace of enlightenment
must have finally opened my eyes to the illusions we painted once upon a time.
It was a surreal moment of truth when the veils where lifted, and my eyes slowly started adjusting to the light, after it's long absence.
Falling through this light I was, overjoyed by your gift.
Now that the reality began to take hold, my heart slowed down from its rush.
These gifts you shower me with cleanse my soul from the traps others thought had captured my spirit.

How I am supposed to reciprocate this kindness? I do not know.
Where ever fate may show, you have me as a friend in kind.

Higher powers guided us through the afternoon as we continued, yet the warmth of the day, drew a cold sweat upon our foreheads.
  In these vulnerable times, where aspirations raped our dreams, and thus created illegitimate illusions.
Appreciation has become our bond. Lies have become our past, gratitude has enveloped our future, where illusions drown for once, and for all.

At a distant place, where you and I may have once visited,
an old man sat at the waters edge observing the rising sun
In him the streams of serenity flowed freely, as each breath
was an exercise in appreciation.
This was not about physical elements.
It was a radiance from within, where a soul was content in its state
Where desires, were mere passing thoughts and not the forests within.

The old man had finally separated his burdens from his mind.
Where does the purpose lie, in reflecting on events outside our realm ?
In seeking the connection, he realizes without communication, he is alone.
In understanding his blessings, he feels the warmth of a higher power.
In separating his thoughts from envy, he is able to discover a beauty within.

This is the beauty that we can tap into if we seek it as an end and not the means.
For what could the means provide us, if the end remains the same ?
This old man is the fortunate one, for he was not the gladiator that won.
He respected the virtues of time and nurtured patience like a mother cares for her young.

Maybe my visit with this old man, in this beautiful place might sprinkle serenity upon me.
Or maybe my sunrise is the journey, that awaits me at my water's edge.

The dawn of a new day begins with a breath of air
The breath of air, transforming a feeling into actions
Actions sparking sequences of fateful events.

A rose blossoming in its ideal environment
A plane takes off  pre-dawn
A baker removes the aromatic breads from the oven
A school teacher prepares for her day at school
A fisherman hauls his fresh catch from the boats
A Newspaper is delivered
A Cafe switches on their "Open" sign

Simple events that happen everyday, yet this dawn was different
Although, the events were seemingly innocent.
There was a state of seconds moving slowly
Plans proceeding smoothly.

Children smiling from the misty windows of a bus
Businessmen reading newspapers on a train
Wives bidding their husbands good-bye.
Ships sounding their last horns before undertaking their voyages.

All along my mind was only seconds in this hour of life.
We moved within the circle of events.  We were very close at the strike of twelve, yet so far away at the sixth hour.  We move closer together, then move far away.
I almost wondered why the heart contracted and expanded with every beat.

This morning was my pride, all the events ticked away those precious seconds.  We were to meet around the corner, yet you were the neighborhood within me

This afternoon would be my accomplishments.  We would celebrate and sing our successes. 

This evening would be our anniversary, so much of our time we have spent together and the fruits of our efforts and love are all around us.

These precious seconds in an hour, we stopped time between us and took the time to tender our gardens. 

The hour is nearing its completion, and we have gone the full circle only to be together, seconds in an hour, an hour in a day, a day in a week, a week in a month....still seconds in an hour.  Faith in you is the transition of every second to its sibling second.  This journey we are on to be together seconds in an hour...

Somewhere in between a state of deep sleep and being awake we meet.
You are the shadow that is ever present yet elusive.

Your presence is barely noticable until you have left me.
Where do you come from and and where do you go ?

Belief in imagination would be a comfortable excuse for your beauty.
My reality however will not accept it in this simplicity.
The depths of your ocean has me scared, yet the heights of your heavens are beyond the joy, I was blessed to understand.

If in the small instant of this reality,
I apprehend a small detail of your strength.
I am humbled by my insignificance
but overjoyed at the sheer beauty sprinkled upon me.
A realization, I'll admit to is that your visions are my catalysts for the rare flower of patience I so desparately attempt to cultivate

Why do you show me the face of time,
that I can only comprehend with the intelligence of a child. 
My loyalty is undivided and eagerness unrivaled. 
Could you be a simple communication or the blessing of many a year ago ?

Like a sunflower pointing at the Sun, my senses are ever ready to discern your presence.  Have I recieved a gift and not known it ? My gratitude and thanks to you.

I was told humility in my dealings are a recipe for success, may this humility forever keep your light shining upon my mind in the darkness of my nights.

My eyes can barely recognize a landscape that was so familiar
My ears can hardly hear a melody that ruled without competition
My nose is remotely detecting intoxicating scents that filled the nights
My hands are not able to touch the familiar softness of the day

Are you still the same place I once reverred, or have you fallen into the despair of greed
Maybe my mind is in tune with a different reality, or appreciates a different age.
There must be a source that fuels this rebellion of sorts.  Maybe we start with innocense, forget it is there along the way.  And if we are lucky it all comes back, in a time we are most comfortable.  It comes back to change a status qou we believed was correct, only to show us the insignificance of this correctness.

They say true love never dies, but then again why does a love so old seem to drift so far, while my heart rejoices at a departure?  Who was the lover and who was loved ? 

Are we on the edge of discovery ?  Is there something so much bigger out there, that the sheer beauty is intoxicating us ?  In the currents, we are swayed, yet in the simple power of thought we are saved.  Maybe this little secret I carry, is a secret no more - merely an awakining of a gift, we all recieved a long time ago. Hidden it was, for all the wrong reasons, or was timing the essence of it all ?

Time stands still for no one, yet this fruit of the mind has been standing within the depths only laughing at a discussion of neutrality that could barely move one way or the other.  Now that spring is here, I see the two stopping for a moment and realizing the end of their reign was the rebirth of one of them. Who it was they did not know, but surely before the season's end, they knew it would never be the same.

A painting that you thought depicted your scene gets completely rearranged with the single stroke of the brush.  The colors are now screaming in joy, as harmony descends upon them as a toy for a baby boy.

Insatiable is my appetite, yet infinite is my patience for the Freind is my guiding light...and my nature is the discovery of this sight.

Hours of the night spent contemplating
Voices that spoke without being heard
Fog that covered the night, yet the heart that saw thru its sight

The corner of 15th & Lovejoy was an ordinary intersection
Yet the intersection of yearnings and realities met in joy
The cold had come into stay, but the warmth had transported me away.

How long has it been since  I heard that comfort of your voice ?
Maybe it wasn't a choice but the arrival of a new dawn, from an old sunset
Did I forget you would comeback, or did I not anticipate your flashback ?

You are the companion, I thought I lost along the track
Only to realize that within the walls of my mind, I forgot the way back.
When I least expected you, you were guiding my path.

This intersection is a blessing I wish upon you all
While its physical description hardly deserves mentioning, it is an epiphany that takes you straight in to the crossroads of life's choices.

The heart can speak, but without the audience, Can it ever be heard ?
The noise rises, yet for the ears of the listener, the heart overshadows it all.
All at the Intersection of 15th of Lovejoy on a cold, cold fog envoloping night.

The waters of the ocean are clear and the compass has come back to life showing me a direction. May your days give you at least one night at the corner of 15th & Lovejoy, when choices will speak their minds...on 15th & Lovejoy.

Images all around us of laughter, of crying, of success, of defeat.

It must be that beautiful human condition that we manifest a thirst.

The thirst for more knowledge, to work, to discovere and create.

The choices are all around us. Do we see a glass of water as half full or half empty ?

Every hour is another challenge, ideals shower us with hope. News showers us with the reality of the human frailty. 

It's a story that keeps playing itself out in the hearts and minds of all.

Every Sunrise and every sunset in all the lands holds secrets of a future as it unfolds itself.

Some cry for a past lost, I rejoice for the moments given and ability to move forward.

Smiles appear all over the world, as they wipe away tears from events beyond our control.  It is this delicate dance of the forces that motivate us to go in different directions.  Some of my freinds tell me it is today's efforts, some say it was yesterdays, and some believe it might be tommorrows.  In my heart I realize it is every breath we take in the past, present and future that is a step in the right direction, instead of breaths that signify our shortcomings.

Journeys that have taken me to the different corners of the human experience only make me happier and evermore thankful.

It is not about dwelling on the fallen innocent or the disparate, for the Mighty will heal all in his own time.  For me it is about the discovery, that we are all somehow related by way of a prayer, by a good deed, and by the will to deliver a better future to the generations. 

The forest may be dark on the ground, but there are ones who have learnt to appreciate looking at the sky.  Others have learnt to climb to the top, while others are stuck debating the height.  I have resolved to look around me and work so we may all climb together, stop and smile. For in the end it is not about the top of the forest.  But the journey we all went on, and how we progressed.

On a recent sunrise somewhere over the Northern hemisphere, the warmth and joy appeared like a blanket over my forest of thoughts.  It seems as though we may have somewhere locked our ambitions in to wells of desparation.  As the sun's rays slowly delivered their warmth upon me, I understood the choice was mine.  I could worry about how fast the currents would delay my journey, or I could rejoice in the winds that filled my sails.

Where do we go from here ?
close your eyes and inquire within your mind about a time when your heart was open...