The One

In her eyes, see the skies;
see the world with no disguise;

In her heart, see the start;
see your place and play your part;

In her voice, see her choice;
see her love and then rejoice;

In her tears; see her fears;
see her safe throughout the years;

In her kiss, see her bliss;
see the light that others miss;

In her life, see your wife;
see the end to all her strife.

Samuraikatagi

Walls do not imprison me,
nor chains restrict my whole,
guards do not watch over me,
nor kings command my soul,

Laws do not direct my fate,
nor chance affect my goal,
time does not my life sedate,
nor routine take its toll,

Love shows not it’s all to me,
nor hope present its light,
joy lends not its warmth to me,
nor freedom end this fight.

This Shade of Me

This tired mind with broken heart,
this shattered man of tortured art,

This shadow place of evil dreams,
this house of hope with broken beams,

This ray of light with setting sun,
this crippled soul that cannot run.

Heroine

Even in the darkest hour,
Valiant, she wields this power,

Echoes cry of bygone age,
Legends leap from history's page,

Yielding not to evil deed,
Never fail, the call to heed.

Descent

Desolation, cold despair,
Emptiness, my soul is bare,

Solitude; the silence reigns,
Isolated; heart in chains,

Rescue me, my love for trade,
Escape me; my love betrayed.

Root

Courtesan and slave to greed,
Hallowed host to wicked deed,
Ripping hearts from souls in need,
Implanting each with evil seed,

Stolen hope and dreams combine,
Tortured souls by cold design,
Marked by this immortal sign,
Angelic life in quick decline,

Sedated shells of emptiness,
Secluded in deceptive bliss,
Insulting glimpse of happiness,
Neglected all but by its kiss.

1559

To live in this immoral time,
uncouth and plagued by wretched crime,

Despised by all with vicious scorn,
our monarch blind with love forlorn,

Restrained for faith and for belief,
suspicious minds impose this grief.

Endgame

Charred & broken, left for dead,
hidden, lost, the mantle shed,

Anger, pain, the feelings raw,
racing, dazed, the mind unsure,

Locked, enclosed, the ancient lair,
open, set, the fatal snare,

Tempted, blind, the greed is all,
trapped, alone, the echoes call,

Empty, drained, the body dry,
finished, gone, no tears to cry.

Reminisce

A shadow drawn across the sky,
in darkness clothed I know not why,
Lamenting this eternal night,
escape is lost, no hope in sight,

Ever trapped, entombed in shade,
never freed, my memories fade,
Forever more to walk alone,
eternal darkness now my home,

Reminded of a time long gone,
no sign of light as once it shone,
Along this path I travel still,
no joy or love my heart to fill,

Denied that which could never be,
except in dream and fantasy,
Secluded here without you near,
I drift away and shed a tear.