My innocence lost

(circa 2004-2005)

Mind wandering in drowning confusion
Submerging itself in psychedelic delusion
Diggin my way to find the solution
Body raked bare, thrown away and used
The soul's dignity stripped, battered and abused
But "Still I Rise" like dear Ms. Angelou
Her premature hips once torn in two
We were together, about the same age when we died
Our empty bodies became havens where secrets hide
Through death and dust, arrives re-birth
A new sun shown the value of self worth
Our worth to self, truth, and sanity
We are the scars of this humanity
Forgiveness found through our own eyes
Truth fertilized by decomposing lies
Because of this.... I Still Rise

No more regret

Probably circa 2004

Internal love is what I need
To fill in this gaping hole
Newly obtained wounds, none reprieved
The star shines bright within my soul
Another layer for my foundation
Swarming and creating whirlwinds of survival
Strengthening our energy, our situation
Sealing a connection no one can rival
Ravaging through our desolate past
We seek comfort for the future
Sewing up scars which have been cast
While finding more to still nurture
Agony where fruit may grow
Along the road of dried up streams
Of light where brightness used to flow
Beyond the nightmares and the screams
Remain under the burden of pain
Back to a reality that's easily forgot
Enough to drive the mind insane
Compassion left in the field to rot
Internally cultivated, externally exposed
But too weak to crush what's already known:
Survival is eminent
The path is already set
Magnetized by the beauty
Of no more regret
Your essence rises beyond this earthly plateau
Changing tides lead your heart where to go
The calming of the sea will soon let itself show
Waiting for the stars to align
Preparing the soul for truths it must find
The balance will find you in soon enough time