Pictures Of You--PART 1--Black Series--Wings Series--Guardians Series--Roses Series--Angels, Guardians, & Soulmates Series

Black Pillars

Rise 

Above the moon

Light.

Shadows 

In my 

Soul.

Steam

From the Earth

Below,

A constant 

Reminder

Of 

Who 

You

Were.

Stories 

Inside

My mind,

The 

Ever present 

Lights

That shine

On a soul

Lost 

In

Time....

(To 

Be

Continued)

 

The Peace We Didn't Know--Hope & Survivors Series--Recovery Series

The You,

That 

Should have

Been.

The Me

Inside,

Somewhere

I can't 

Always

Hide.

The Once 

Was,

That 

I never

Seem to

Find.

The Someday,

I

Wished 

Would take over

&

Finally 

Give me

Peace.

The Rest 

Of You,

That

Came to me

To show 

Me 

That

Love 

Patience

Courage

Were more 

Than words

Never

Spoken.

The One

We've

Become,

To show the way

Through

Our

Darkness.

The Shadows,

A 

Testimony

To 

Remind us

Light

Shines different

On 

Everyone.

The Moments,

I 

Realize

Our 

Past 

Is not the same

For 

Everyone.

The Shame,

Always

Thinking

That who we

Really

Are

Still

Shows.

The Hope,

Even 

In the most

Sacred

Despair

Reaches

Out it's hand

So 

I'm never

Truly 

Alone.

The Memories,

That 

Never become

Quite

Clear.

The Gentle 

Grace,

Of 

A 

Soul

Who protects

A mind

That 

Can't 

Cope

With what's still

Lost

There.

The In 

Between,

A 

Place

Somehow 

Balanced 

Inside

Space

&

Time.

The Reflection,

I'll

Never 

Get

To see.

The Fate,

Altered

Against her

Will.

The Person

I've

Become,

Stronger

Than 

All the broken

Pieces

I

May never

Fully

Put back

Together.

The Peace

I've

Made,

Knowing

It's

Up to me

To 

Move 

On.

The Souls

Surrounding 

Me,

A

Reminder

Even broken

Things

Sparkle

In 

The 

Right

Light.

The Gift,

Another

Chance to make

Each day

A 

Little

Better than

The

Last.

The Promise,

I 

Made

To 

Myself

Everyday

I would

Become

All

The things

I've 

Never been.

The You

That 

Should have

Been,

&

The Me

Inside

Somewhere

I can't 

Always 

Hide,

A

Witness

To

Who

We have

Become.

Beautiful

Loving

Gentle

Kind...

The Peace

We 

Didn't

Know,

Is now ours

To give.

The Shelter

We 

Offer,

Stained

Broken

Beautiful.

The Someday,

Waited 

On 

For so long

Finally

Here.

Reflections Of You--Black Series--AZ Rains Series--Angels, Guardians, & Soulmates Series

Black

Wings

Fill the air.

Soft 

Flutters

Against my 

Skin.

Dark

Shadows

Cross 

The 

Sky.

The depth

Of the oceans

In my

Mind.

Why 

Does

It scare

Me.

The Soul

That's always

Been

You.

The

Look

In your eyes.

That sound

As

I

Break.

Your 

Scent

Is all I

Ever crave.

Nourished

From the inside

Out.

Air

In 

My lungs.

What 

Once

Was yours

Is 

Mine.

Take

This

With you

I say

Each time

You

Go.

Don't

Leave me

Here

To my thoughts

Alone.

Pieces

Of

Me

That filled

The room

That was my

Mind.

A filler

Now

For what

Once

Was.

But

Someday

You will

See

As 

I see

Me.

Simply

Reflections

Of

You.

Painted By You--Black Series--AZ Rains Series--Wings Series--Angels, Guardians, & Soulmates Series

 Black Feathers

At my 

Door.

Are they from

You

Or them.

The Messengers

You 

Send to

Me.

I Sit Here

This old desk

In front of me.

Letters

You left

Me

Always

Seem 

To 

Be

In my

Hand.

Memories 

You 

Leave me

The breath 

In my

Lungs.

I Collect Them

As a way

To feel 

You 

Here 

With

Me.

The Delicate

Touch

Of 

Life

&

Death

Against 

My

Fingertips.

I 

Suppose

Seeing you 

In 

My mind's

Eye

Will

Someday

Be 

Enough.

But 

For 

Now

I hold these

Pieces

Of 

You 

Close 

To

Me.

A

Visceral

Technicolor

Lucid

Dream.

In 

A

World

Slowly

But

Surely

Forever

Painted 

By

You.

Until Then--LGBTQIA+ Community & Ally Series-Civil Rights Are Human Rights Series-Hope & Survivors Series

A 

Stolen

Look,

From across 

Every 

Room.

Breath

Inside your 

Chest,

Still 

Mine.

The 

Smell

Of you,

Lingers

In 

My heart

&

On my

Skin.

Sounds

Of moments

Past,

Painting pictures

Leading

Back

To

You.

Memories

Of who I used

To be,

Without you

Here

With 

Me.

Touches

So soft

So brief,

&

Still 

Pretending

They're not from

The

Soul

I 

Love.

Safety

In 

Your arms,

Away from

The 

World

That doesn't

Believe 

This

Is

Real.

Wishing

For 

When we were

Younger,

Thinking

Love 

Was

Enough.

And

My 

Heart 

Didn't

Break,

Because 

I

Still

Can't

Hold you 

By

My side.

I 

Sometimes

Like to believe,

There's 

A place

That

Will see

Us

As

We are.

Where

They can see

The

Love 

You kept secret,

In

Your heart

For

Me.

I'll

Tell them

You're 

The one I chose,

Knowing it 

Would

Cost me 

Everything

But

You.

Maybe 

They'll finally

Understand,

It 

Made 

Us

Braver

Than they

Ever

Knew.

But

Until

That someday

Comes,

Love 

Will

Be

Love,

As it's always

Been.

And

I'll

Make the same 

Promise 

Then,

As I did 

Back when

We only

Had 

Each

Other.

That

I'll still

Be 

Completely,

Totally,

&

Forever,

In love 

With

You.

 

With You Gone--Black Series-Wings Series-Angels, Roses Series, Guardians, & Soul Mates Series

Pale 

Moon lit 

Skin,

Across

A lonely

Sky.

Clothed 

In all

Black, 

Blending perfectly

Into the

World 

I 

Seek.

Quiet

Is the space

We occupy,

For only 

The 

Lonely of thoughts

Past,

Take up 

Residence

Here.

Roses

Left on the

Ground

At my 

Feet,

Turn 

White

To

Red

To

Black,

As they

Wait 

For your

Return.

Take 

Me with 

You

I say,

One 

Last time

As I always

Do.

Let 

Me forget

Why I came 

Here,

Promise 

Me

It gets better

Even

With you

Gone.

When I'm With You--Az Rains Series--Angels, Guardians, & Soulmates Series

 The 

Moon

On a fire lit

Night.

These 

Are the 

Memories

Of you.

The Smell

Of

Dust,

Creasote,

The past,

&

Your 

Future.

This

Is the way

I hold

You 

Still.

Floods 

Around my

Feet,

Rain in rivers

Flow 

Between my

Toes.

The way

I seek

Your

Scent left

On my

Skin.

Gentle breeze

Describes

The chaos

To come.

The only way

To feel

How 

You move 

With

Me.

Lighting

In the 

Sky 

Above me,

Brightens

A world

Left

In

Tatters.

Soon

To start

The

Fires,

I

Can only

Feel

When I'm with

You.