Balor

A Celtic demon,
Balor,
Descended upon me,
And tore my strength,
Placing them at the four corners of the earth,
Approaching with masked intent,
His sole desire,
To break me down,
Consume me with fire,
Trying to resist,
My mind seemed bored,
Unable to hold back,
The fury of the little devil,
And turned me into a liar,
Drenched to the bone,
With sweat and fear,
I seek dryer ground,
Where I can reassemble,
The many pieces,
Of I.

SDM

Wordplay April 3 (from a Western Soul Searching)

Here I stand,
Before you,
Naked as the day I was born,
Revealing to you,
That which you yourself are not willing to explore,
Or so it seems, with most,
Liberated by the eddy that confronts my soul,
Though juxtaposed against a violent swell of deepening sadness,
Of my own design and course,
corrected in eclectic moments, glimpses of sanity,
With five words delivered by true friends far and wide,
Bursting from the page,
My descent to and from madness,
That has released the handcuffs,
I myself had put on my wrists,
Fearing that I was nothing,
No good,
Not able to convince the world around me that this really is what I am meant to be,
No tricks,
No illusions,
Smoke and mirrors of the past,
Giving way to raw emotions that are no longer tempered by ill conceived rationalilzations or my intellect,
Naked,
I stand on the firing line,
Of my own awareness,
Of what I am meant to be,
Can you say the same,
Or does the comfort you know,
Blind you to the opportunity of self,
Unsheathed,
Wielded more powerfully than the Atomic bomb,
In an instant,
You can know,
A design of divine intent,
If only you could see the signs,
That truly are,
Right before your eyes.

SDM

Star Above

I look to the stars,
And discover a fire,
Burning inside of me,
A desire to change the world,
Starting with what we see,
Reality,
Relative,
Shaded by perception,
But in this age,
We seem led by deception,
A sly game,
Of three card Monty,
That we’re never meant to win,
Except enough to suck us in,
I smile as in the moons glow,
I begin to realize what we need to know,
It starts with in,
Understanding our souls,
Feeling our spirits,
And learning to let go,
Each moment,
Each hour and day,
Filled with choice and opportunity,
If only we could see,
How beautiful this world is,
And how beautiful it could be,
I look to the stars,
And the great out there,
And wonder will this world ever be fair,
Will we ever right our wrongs,
And realize the hope of our songs,
The dreams of poets, lovers and artists of all sorts,
I see the sky,
And the promise that it makes,
And it starts with me,
That’s all it takes,
We are the champions of our destiny,

What will you choose?

SDM