Street of Dreams

 

The street of dreams,
Night filled with light,
Alleys lead to doorways,
The lark issues her call, as,
Footsteps break the silence.

Men visit with their visions,
Alive with a hope,
With their will, they go forth,
To empty doorways that lie astray,
On promises of a foreign land.

On the wings of tomorrow,
And the wishes of today,
Alcohol and drugs might make you mine,
The silent prayers go unanswered,
While the priestess sits in solitude.

The desert wind kicks up at night,
The street fills with desert sand,
Stars scatter across the sky,
Motions slow, the cold descends,
Silent, the night slips away.

Unbecoming is man,
In hope he stays,
The street of dreams,
A street of hope,
A street to far.

Most fail to reach the door,
Fall astray on whims of chance,
Or slayed by their evil paths,
Together and forever they wish they were,
But fall they do as most must do

Onslaught

The tribe as whole stands as one,
And in silence they wait,
The hill rises yonder,
And he waits to ponder,
Darkness must descend.

The omens all pure,
The eagles fly,
The sun kissing our luck,
And the priests call for war,
but patience is never mastered.

Lay steady,
The horses kept quiet,
Battle will surely commence,
The time is not right,
Soon it shall turn,

As he turns,
All nine commander turn to him,
And he gazes into their eyes,
Fear rides nowhere,
For there is just one vision.

Oliver knows the dragon lair,
He awaits them to lie asleep,
He needs a few brave men,
The army must wait,
For this is only for a few.

Fire bearers always fear,
Oliver knows no fear,
The sea of thorns far behind,
The kingdom of his distant,
The lair of the dragons yonder.

Darkness falls,
And the onward march begins,
Slow,
And shallow,
Unsheating thier swords,

They move,
Queit,
And hollow,
Into the marks of earth,
Deep into the dragons lair.

Into formation,
A steady gallop,
Further upon the lair,
The dragons know
The dragons lay awake.

Oliver stunned,
He needs to fly,
So turns on his neighing horse.
Flee!! Retreat!! The Command!!
Scatter!! Run!! Danger Danger!!

Back to the hills,
The dragons fly,
Fire rages across the hills,
Fear riders all across,
Burning bright the countryside alight.

Many die,
The dragons fearless.
Oliver, Melanthius,
Lie as if in stone,
Hidden in a cave.

Smoke rises from the lake,
The water burning,
Dragons breathing fire,
Most stunned to stone,
This war has just begun.

Etna

 

"To the elements it came from
Everything will return.
Our bodies to earth,
Our blood to water,
Heat to fire,
Breath to air"

I

It mattered not how Etna burned,
Or how great lives were lost,
All have called for an afterlife,
Or a life of worth.

And from where we start we end,
From the awakening to finite silence,
Roads are trod, castles are built,
Bridges are burnt, and empires conquered.

Each one lives a life that is known to them,
In revelry or pride, or nothingness,
And all judge, and watch and speak,
That the lives of others are no good.

Life, we value life,
And yet thousands die in battle,
Millions sometimes, and life,
Then what is it valued as?

The greatest minds could have perished,
Or been tormented into living hell,
While the wasted simply watched,
Unknowing, and unbecoming.

Ambition, one may call it,
Is a double edged sword.
And who knows how to curb it,
The mind of a madman stays in thirst.

A great life perished at Etna,
A great warrior died of a nosebleed,
Pindarus took a great life on misperception,
So this is the world that has now become.

II

Structure, structure,
All consuming, all convincing,
Joining these structures,
Fleeing these structures.

Structures built to consume all,
And all want you to conform,
This might not be spoken of,
But Confirmation is acceptance.

To walk the long roads alone,
One must be brave,
To burn ones bridges one must be brave,
And bravery stems from you inner soul.

Money and Power all so glorious,
All so convincing,
As if the be all and end all,
But its the start of a slow death.

III

One to another,
And from there to the next.
Hear the voices,
They are calling,
They want you to join,
And if you run,
How far will you run?
Till your passion runs dry,
And one of the structures,
Falls on you,
And takes you in,
Time passes,
And life passes,
Awake another day,
Another life,
Another person,
And you think,
“What have i done”?
And you realise,
Tiss all a game.
And most play the same game,
Run, ride your waves,
Build your thoughts,
And when structures come,
Slay them,
Not all battles are won,
But fight till the last dying breath.
Or else give in today,
And be done.
We come from nothing,
Go to nothing,
Make what you can of what you have.

Mother

Silence, said mother, Silence.
And I said silence, silence.
Live our lives in Silence,
For we mustn’t wake the dragon.

The skeletons must disappear,
Before the closet is opened,
The mirror lies,
And so do your eyes.

Silence, said mother, Silence,
And I said silence, silence,
Live our lives in Silence
Mustn’t wake the ghost we burned,

Stray not from the lives prophesied,
For what you must do is all written here,
The scroll I hold, mother said,
And all you must do is written on it.

Fear not, son, pray and believe,
Follow what is told,
Love who I tell you to,
Live the way I tell you too.

All you wish will come,
Life is long,
Love will be found,
Its understanding you need, love burns fast.

Silence, said mother, Silence.
And I said silence, silence.
Live our lives in Silence,
Don’t anger the gods who gave you this.

I´ll guide you, And love you, and live with you.
We all will help you, we all love you.
And you can do all you wish,
Life is long and you will have all the time you wish.

True, I thought,
True life is long,
Love I must find,
I´ll find all I must.

Look there now,
Look here now,
My friends disappear,
Silence, Silence, Absolute Silence.

Death, Marriage, Society,
All disappear in such silence,
The stars they stare down at me,
And I look up.

Silence, said mother, Silence.
And I said silence, silence.
Live our lives in Silence,
The echo it rings through me.

Stars trail me,
Cities and countries embrace me,
Black shirt, blue jeans,
Boots and coat,

The snow melts on my brow,
Kisses ring through my morning sunlight,
Oh my love, kiss me now before I go,
Silence silence, break my silence.

Walk and walk, away and awake,
Darkness falls, silence, silence,
Now I want silence,
Hear the water flow.

Speak to me,
The trees speak,
The wind sings,
The stars dance.

I caught magic in my fist,
Life in my heart,
The ways of swords in my mind,
Nature in my soul.

And that distant call transits,
Silence, said mother, Silence.
And I said silence, silence.
Live our lives in Silence,

Now it breaks,
Freewill, unshackled,
Stony walls descend,
The seas rise.