Ocean
September 17, 2011
Ocean of grays
Deep dark and blue
My soul was made
To melt into you
Stranded without you
On a heap of dry land
This dirt, this drab
It’s not who I am
I am sadly displaced
In a waterless hole
Where the youth of the heart
Seems to quickly grow old
And to die a quiet death
In this god-forsaken place
Where your surface can’t be touched
And I can’t see your face.
~wbv
Flower On The Water
March 30, 2009
Beauty meets beauty
As flower meets water
And the floating color
With petals in strong shelters
Drifts along
Beauty meets beauty
As the two lovers of life
Join together
One carried by the other
Having been dependent
Now immersed
Beauty meets beauty
As soul rests in spirit
As the flower is committed
To the life that sustains it
And dreams are left to fate
To the flow of the current
And to chance meetings
With the water’s edge
Beauty meets beauty
As the flower floats along
And the possibility still exists
That the water will choose
To overtake the flower
Or to carry it far away
These are the risks you take
When placing a flower
On the water
~wbv
Untold
March 18, 2009
Fallen deep
Within the heart
The hidden page
Is ripped apart
The scolded hand
Is fast withdrawn
The tattered storyline
Carries on
And in the dark
The inner man
Is buried quickly
In the sand
Because of love
Because of fear
Because apparently
He doesn’t belong here
In the fold
Of life complete
Where fire burns
With intense heat
If heightened dreams
Would lowered be
The captive heart
Would be set free
~wbv
Looking In
March 5, 2009
Looking in, through the window above
Some don’t see it
Most just don’t get it
Yet a few that see the window
Will catch a glimpse of everything.
The divine hides from the ignorant
And leaves the intelligent behind
The bigger image eludes capture
The solid stone escapes grasp.
Yet the window is left open for those
Who will close their eyes and look in
And witness the place that many dream of
But few discover.
~wbv
The Mountains I Cannot Cross
February 24, 2009
I am aware of some mountains
Those I cannot cross
Those I cannot climb
Those I cannot conquer
Not because I am weak
Not because they are too high
Not because of their distance
Or anything like that
I cannot see their summit
I cannot touch their base
I cannot grasp their beauty
Or even begin to take them in
The mountains I cannot cross
They are more beautiful
They are more serene
Than any barrier I have yet faced
The beauty of such mountains
Is not in seeing them
Nor in conquering them, or even trying…
But in simply knowing
That they can never be crossed
Except in my dreams
~wbv
Find Me
January 15, 2009
When the door opens
In the old house
When the rain falls
From dark clouds
Find me there.
When injury hides
In the dark upstairs
When there is no help
And nobody cares
Find me there.
When the rain hits
And the wind blows
And the thunder hides
What the lightning shows
Find me there.
If you can’t find me
Then I must be hiding.
But at least try.
~wbv
Tell Me With A Memory
January 1, 2009
What can’t be said,
What has no words to describe,
What can only be understood in a lifetime…
Don’t tell me with a story,
Don’t tell me with a song,
Don’t tell me in a dream
That never really happens.
Give me what matters,
Let me into your heart,
With treasures fit for the soul,
And truth fit for eternity.
Tell me with the pillar of knowledge,
With quiet moments, and the wisdom of days,
Tell me with meaning beyond sincerity,
Tell me with a memory.
~wbv
Forgotten
December 19, 2008
I’m talking to you
But you’re not listening
I’m speaking words
But you’re not hearing
I’m singing songs
But you can’t hear them
I’m dying inside
And you don’t seem to care
I’m looking for you,
But I can’t find you
My eyes are searching
But you are hidden away
I watch without resting
But you won’t be found
I’m dying inside
And you’re not here to notice.
I’m dreaming of you
But your essence eludes me
You are fresh on my mind
Yet I’ve forgotten your face
My heart is screaming
But my agony is useless
I’m dying inside,
And my soul has been forgotten.
~wbv
