Displaced
October 7, 2011
Home is not home
Oh well of poison water
Left on a doorstep
Outcast, displaced
The outside is quiet
The inside is dark
Left to decay
Abandoned, Forgotten
Nobody knows it
Nobody cares
Selective ignorance
Unknown, unimportant
Bright eyes shine
The quest to be known
Ends in disappointment
Unfulfilled, thirsty
~wbv
I Believe In Love
September 28, 2011
I believe in
Love.
Do you
Believe
In harmony?
I’m giving you
My melody.
The quiet song
Inside of me
Is tearing
Out my
Heart,
And giving it
To One and Three,
When Two
Still has
A piece of me,
The scattered tones
I cannot keep.
I believe in
Love.
~wbv
Through
March 26, 2009
Deep and thoughtful, passionate and free
Full of purpose, complete with meaning
Looking past this lifeless flat surface
The source of my downfall
Pierces through me
Soft and sweet, meeting incomplete longings
A moment worth living, in place of a life
Two suns rising, bringing peace amidst turmoil
Dark places, where no other
Gaze will suffice
Painful reminders, with healing powers
Blissful captivity, and dreaded release
Giving much liberty, these shackles that bind
Are the light that is shone
On the soul that is free
~wbv
A Nice Place To Be
March 11, 2009
Don’t you see it?
Do you see where you are?
You are here with me
And it’s a wonderful place to be
Where we live and breathe and love
And freely think and feel
And talk and listen
And walk and stand
Together
In this place
We can rest until
Fate brings us to some other place
That may not be this nice
So let us enjoy
This place where we are
This nice place to be
Though it may not feel perfect
It is as close as we can get in this life
It’s the place where you are
This place with me
Right here, both close and distant
Where we can cling to our inner peace
And live today, this minute, this second
Waiting to meet with destiny
And longing to live as one
We can rest here
In this place
And just be
~wbv
Fish Out Of Water
March 8, 2009
You want warm comfort
You want to swim in a sea of love
You want your life to flow
To be enveloped in smooth perfection.
But instead you are cold and dry
Stranded and without help
Separated from the love you need
Lost without the warmth you deserve.
You feel abandoned
You wonder if anyone cares
You wish the water would rise to meet you
And carry you back to the safety of the ocean.
At times you wait patiently
At other times you struggle with discomfort
But regardless of your feelings
The reality remains the same:
That in order for you to live
You need to find water
And struggling in turbulent waters
Is far better than dying on dry land
For a fish.
~wbv
Picture Imperfect
February 16, 2009
I look at you,
I see perfection in everything.
I see you shining,
I want to capture it all.
If I fail to see you
For who you are, I am sorry.
If I have not captured
Your love of life, I have failed.
From outside the picture,
I see perfection in everything.
From inside the picture,
You break my heart into pieces.
Though picture imperfect,
I have found a composition worth dying for.
Yet my love is shattered,
For lack of a suitable frame.
~wbv
A House Like Mine
February 10, 2009
I’m looking, searching,
For a house like mine,
For place to call home,
For a place where everything
Just feels right.
I’m wanting, longing,
For a house like mine,
For a place I can dwell,
For a place that brings
Security and peace.
I’m hoping, wishing,
For a house like mine,
For a door that will let me in,
For a place that is
A part of me.
I’m open and waiting
For a house like mine,
For a home I can accept,
For a room that
I can take in,
And feel the unity
Of home.
~wbv
Contentment
June 5, 2008
Is your reputation more valuable than your essence?
Are your possessions worth more than your soul?
Will having more increase the length of your life?
Does wanting make you a better person?
Fill your bucket with wants
And dump it in the river
And take note of how little an impact it has
Your wants will flow like water
From an endless source
And will reach their destination just the same
Subtract from your life all of the “things”
That your heart wants to keep and that your mind thinks you need
And what remains will be the things that truly matter
Find what truly matters
And find a way to be happy with just that
If you spend your life wanting for
things that can be taken away from you
You’ll wish someday that you had learned to cherish
those things that can’t
~wbv
