Even For A Moment

Standing at a crossroads

Looking back...

Looking foreword...

Wondering...

I keep on wandering

Just searching where I belong

I'm keeping one eye the past

And another on what may be

All I have to do

To survive the sunset

Is to survive the daylight

And all those chains I've broken

I Keep pulled tight

I've reconciled with...

Moments I've let go of'

And memories I've kept hidden

Sometimes I look back and see myself

Maybe that was the path I should have taken

Another regret...

Another experience lost

Lingering forever...

Like a ghost dancing around the fire

There comes a time that going back

Is just another illusion

So you simply linger from time to time

With your eyes lowered...

So everybody else cant see into your soul

And how its faded....

Till the next crossroads

Where the cycle begins again

Eyes down...

You may find a piece of your past

In the search of where you want to be

Something that makes you better

Along the way...

Even for a moment

© August 1, 2011 ~Ninth Wave Projects





When the Light Fades

And in the mirror the light fades

Leaves you silhouetted in silence

Reach out and try to touch the sun

Without getting your fingers singed

It's like that fine line you walk

Perhaps its just my imagination

Or maybe its a dream

Just three steps ahead of the nightmare

And that's all that really matters

When your light fades

And your face fades

Then your lost to them

And they win the game

Sometimes in the reflection of the mirror

You catch a glimpse out of the corner of your eye

You turn to look but only for a moment

Has a familiar sparkle

A familiar face looks back

And it whispers......

Where are you, where have you been?

Ive not seen you in so long...

Many times I thought

I'd never see you again

My friend...reflection of a dream

And still when the light fades

And your face fades into total darkness

To the dark side of the moon

You will always remain.

© NINTH WAVE PROJECTS June 29th 2011 

Still Small Voice

Look around you

The winds with colors

Pulling you upward

To see the face of God

So just let go

Take that step in mid air

Just take Gods hand

Strong and protective

Close your eyes for the moment

And take that step

You wont fall

He will cradle you

With infinite wisdom

Trust never fails

And with all the love

That holds the universe together

One tiny spark

Thats what we are

In a sky among billions

And yet he knows each of us

By our own individual light

Our light comes from within

Piercing the black ink sky

He knows our still small voice

When mountains tremble

Beneath his feet

And his voice surrounds you

Like the walls of a great castle

Protection all around you

In the presence of God

Just have faith

And reach out with no fear

Call out to him

With your still small voice

And he will answer you

© May 26, 2011 NINTH WAVE PROJECTS

Phoenix Rising

And so the Phoenix has risen

It's like nothings changed

After all these years

Seems so easy 

Just to be with you

Like it was yesterday

Yet now we are older

Were just a little bit wiser

Than we used to be

As we come back around

This rare second adventure

Don't know where it's going

I'm not sure I really want to know

Rather let it play out

Moment to moment

And see where this road takes us

These many years I've stood alone

Wouldn't let myself feel

It was always safer that way

And yet, time marches on

One of the children of the Universe

Has changed

Passed a mortals challenge

And is ready for the next phase 

Of life.

© May 17th 2011 NINTH WAVE PROJECTS

Tempest Fury

 

And the storm raged

He stood transfixed

Looking out over the water

Waves crashing

Electric sky in its tempest

Filling the senses

Swirling emotions

Raw and untamed

Was the beast

In all its fury

He was no match

For what was to come

It would be a test

Of his very soul

So he reached out

And grasped the winds

Called out into the darkness

And held on to the night

As it all unwound around him

The wind lifted on high

The spirits of the brave

And he consumed the power

Rose up against the night

And with all that was in him

He turned the storm away.

© 4/26/2011 NINTH WAVE PROJECTS

Tower In The Sky

 

Once upon a time

Long long ago

In a world

Quite different than this

He looked over the walls

Walked down the halls

Of the castle so fair

Big stone walls 

To keep some out

And keep some in

A prisoner in disguise

He could walk among them

The people of the city

And no one was the wiser

Searching for something

He could never find

A life unchosen

Calls to him

Beckons him 

Reminds him of the past

A reflection in the mirror

As he looks among the children

Playing innocent games

So he wonders

From dawn to sunset

If he made a mistake

To take the path he's on

No one knows but him

How empty he feels inside

While he sits in his tower

Watching the people come and go

The children so enchanted

And the old ones

That do not come anymore

Have taken the journey

Into the mist across the sea

And he wonders

When his time will come

And will anybody notice

That he no longer watches

From the tower in the sky

© April 8 2011 Ninth Wave Projects

To The Edge of the Line

I've held myself together

All day long

My mind wanders

To places it shouldn't go

Filled with what ifs

And had I only known

Well they don't much matter

Anymore these days

Old bones left to rattle

Dark spirits when the wind blows

But the souls have long gone

Leaving empty spaces

Like memories

That slip through your hands

Like so many grains of sand

Just like the sky

Full of stars

Falling across the heavens

Calling out

Waiting for the children

To come home

Some days are just too hard

And the nights

Full of images

Like a ghostly play

That keeps calling to you

Then vanishes

Like a ghost in the fog

Always out of reach

Beckons to you each night

Deeper into the darkness

To the edge of the line

I've stood at that edge

So many times...

Yet something keeps me here

I feel a hand on my shoulder

When I dare myself

To take that one last step

But tonight once more

I resisted the fog

Turned my back on the ghost

And retreated to the safety zone

But there's always tomorrow....

© NINTH WAVE PROJECTS ~ 3/17/11