Ave Regina coelorum

Forged by fire of a smith's hand
From molten form comes symbol of power
Elegance carved into each corner of imperial metal
Symbol of wealth and blood of sovereign accord

Vibration of rhythmic hymns to Queen of the Heavens
Dutiful monks of ages past treading softly over stone
Ghosts of incense drifting lazily in lofty heights
Find the faithful on bended knee reverently clutching

Of coronations and lay of state in centuries past
Courts of countries pass through hallowed halls
Crusades beginning in pronouncement of God's will
Balance of sovereign power dully colliding in ancient realms

Spires reaching towards lofty heavens
Carved dedications to pursuit of holy heights
Symbols of national treasures abounding within
Echoing scenes of red music of burning glass

Lost

Across the starry divide I peer
Where heavens coincide with the sea
Where stars dance to the eerie moon
Where echoes of the past come haunting

Time has left me with mocking laughter
I see no end to my dismal plight
I see hope galloping across moonlit waters
I see my life as it used to be known

For ages my heart has beckoned for love
When fields where green and skies were blue
When laughter of joy filled the room
When tears of compassion drowned every sorrow

With increasing despair I wait
My love keeps the rhythm of my heart
My love calms my agonizing soul
My love strengthens my will to persevere

Come my love..........come soon

Echoed Silence (Quatern)

Slowly, I scan the barren wasteland

Fatigue, it seems, has become my partner

Endless twilight fills the portals

Mocking my thoughts of restless wonder

Ghostly sounds of monotonous creaking

Slowly, I scan the barren wasteland

Caught upward in this icy entrapment

I think lovingly of my love left home

Relinquishing thoughts to my secluded surroundings

I listen intently for past conversations

Slowly, I scan the barren wasteland

Tearfully realizing I'm in echoed silence

I smooth the embroidery passionately sewn

Hoping love will thaw this isolation

Fearful of a coming darkness

Slowly, I scan the barren wasteland

Sailing Barque (Tyburn)

Reaching

Tacking

Rigging

Sailing

Sailing barque, reaching, tacking upward.

Minding her rigging, sailing onward.

Sacrifice

With no moonlight on her hair-
She's saddened by her ebbing chi,
A sea strand of land
Like a finger reaching
Through the sea amid roses, beckoning.
Her hand gliding away like imperial
Seagulls on a breath of air.
She's going to become less as
A watery mermaid amid earthed boundaries.
Crashing waves echo one conversation
In this cruel moment where
love was forever left away.
Clouds came in concealing unrivaled
Content in finding her moon.

Tic Toc

tic toc, tic toc, tic toc

restless sand slipping through idle fingers

tic toc, tic toc, tic toc

rivers of time meandering past endless shores

tic toc, tic toc, tic toc

continuous cycles of setting suns and moons

tic toc, tic toc, tic toc

torrential tides constant in ebb and flow

tic toc, tic toc, tic toc

fleeting moments fading from memory, tic

names and faces disappearing from view, toc

tic

From Beneath

Aphrodite by LXZP from Photobucket

Silently vying for space in a jungle

Souls march on in determined way

Decisions made and contracts confirmed

Hurried in pace, narrowed in sight

Time bought by advanced technology

Disappearing sand lost to efficiency

Net gain and loss make the bottom

Fulfilled life find quality a loss

Sun shining through a crystal realm

From beneath a view of chaos

Amusement found in a maze of mice

Wonderment over a multitude of fuss

From a position of calm and contentment

Wishing more would stop to enjoy

This life of enjoyment and discovery

Jump the wagon to see nothing you'll miss