Oasis

Lost in the wilderness. Oh the great wild. The snare of the dark. The wrath of the unknown. Those creatures that lurk behind the great big oaks. The moonless night. The stars that won’t shine. Where is this. Where am I. The glade up at that distance. Searching, hoping, desperate crawls. Oh this wild, this merciless wilderness. Of people of life of unfelt emotions untouched souls. Dispassionate passions and passionate lies, thirsts that cannot be quenched and the hunger that cannot be satiated for it doesn’t exist. That gentle brook that once was of sweetened waters and caressing soils of luminescent pebbles. That wooden bridge that ran across. That hand that dipped in and felt the tingle. The hand that pulled away and dried itself on the pants. Those toes of the leper that needed the healing waters of the stream. That wooden bridge that was washed away cause it rained no more. Those empty eyes and deafened ears. The cold numb heart with embers that won’t die. That racing pulse that feels no pain. Battered spirits that will not crumble. Cherished hearts that will never bloom. The secrets hidden under that sleeve. The brazen truths that can never be seen. Oh the snare of the wild, those creatures, those demons of the oaks. That magical brook all parched cause it rained too much. Two souls that were found at two separate ends. The distance across the universe. Trapped in the same wilderness, oh so dark. All that was needed was that little wooden bridge that was washed away cause it rained no more across the magical brook all parched cause it rained too much.

Be

The lights are out, sound their sleep, happy dreams, content snores, let them be let them be. He looks at them he shuts the door, he wants to run, it cannot be it cannot be. The love they give, the joy that's make believe, the glee in their laughs and the delight on their faces, he cannot feel cannot feel. The food its great, the air its clean, the birds that chirp, the leaves that rustle, the rain that falls, the embraces of love, he cannot taste, he cannot feel, he cannot hear he cannot see cannot see. The love that is real, the home that is perfect, the goodness that they are, he cannot bear cannot bear. The life that he chose, the truth that he rejected, now he cannot flee cannot flee. We love you they say, we need you they cry, they are real he knows they are pure he knows so now he is here he is here. Every giggle every laugh oh so hollow oh so hollow, his eyes so distant, his soul so parched, his heart so grieved, his breath so laboured, this is now this is forever. He is here and will never be. That was there where it was ought to be but it can never be never be. I am here you are here we are here but I am there. Never here always there but there can never be never be. Let me be let me be.