Close your eyes and plug your ears
get a glass and chug your fears
dispose of lies and tug your gears
no disguise as you shrug your tears

believe no other, but believe yourself
deceive and smother, relieve yourself
leave no other to conceive yourself
leave another, to achieve yourself

let what you know go and think about
i bet you know no link to shout
just to get to make a stink about
just never let you sink in doubt

If only the roses in my garden smelt as sweet as you
I would die in you're inner beauty like morning dew
and as I slowly drifted to the heavens
I know you would look up as I rained my love on you

I can see you in the fields of dreams
eyes closed and you're sweet mouth open
letting my cool cold emotions wash over you
and with you're consent, make love to you

I wish you had faith in my words
all those whispers in my heart
as you slept at night I treasured you
and idealistically thought we would never part

Is a honourable action a command
does the trickle of despondency
not eventually flow fast
and in the eyes of Eve become a flood

By Christos Andreas Kourtis aka NeonSolaris

It’s a lovely restaurant.

   Lovely.

   There is no artificial lighting. Just hundreds of candles that flicker from recessed niches in the walls and on every table.

   And you’ve done everything right so far. From seating me in my chair, with the slight brush of your knuckles across my bare shoulders as you removed my light jacket, to taking my purse from my bloodless fingers to place it next to my feet, you have excelled. As you knelt beside me and ran your fingertips up my bare leg you lift your perfect lips into a melting smile that promises everything.

   I want everything

   And there you are, sitting across from me. So perfect, my dream, my nightmare, my man of the hour, my choice. The candle light is kind to you and as I stare over the glass rim of a red wine I’m enthralled by your voice. I don’t know what you're saying but you just have to keep talking and I’ll just keep redrawing you in the candlelight.

   You have utterly, beguilingly captured me.

   The candle on the table has lit a fire in your eyes. I imagine the fires of Hell burn there and shiver at the thought of all that wickedness. The way you ran your fingers through your hair has tricked me into thinking that two small (very ****) horns protrude from your head. It’s an illusion, but one that I’m happy to run with.

   As you pick up my hand and feather kisses along my fingertips I feel the brush of the stubble on your face which I’m sure wasn’t there when we walked hand in hand to our table but the ****** hair is unmistakable. Is it possible I’m here with a Lycanthrope? Will our evening end with me running bare foot through the woods while a howl scrapes delicious shivers down my spine? Will I fall to my knees, a victim of the beast as it stalks me, scenting the wind, marking it’s prey, spying me and leaping to devour me? One glance at the full moon suggests I might be in for a wild night.

   In the candlelight you morph into all of my fantasies. But now, I’m just hungry.

   The illusion is just too hard to hold. I haven’t eaten since my last foray into the mortal world and I’m too tired to hold onto the hope that I can make it past reality.

   The restaurant drops away. The candles burn down to one lowly guttering torch and you're just a little boy (next to my 712 years) standing in a cave, where I have lured you and you're more than aware that you're not desert, you’re the main meal and the adrenaline coursing through your beautiful veins have my fangs dropping and my eyes smoldering but don’t worry, I can make it pleasurable, if I want to, it depends whether my fantasies have been strong enough, but I will respect you…

   Of course!

Should I love clouds?
But they prevent me
From seeing the sun

I wonder how it'd feel like
To put my hands out
And touch one

Are they soft as cotton candy?
Birds love to dance in them
Or do they disappear at touch?
And fade into thin air?

I wonder what they see
When they look down at me
A heart of opal black
So pale compared to them
I wonder if they mock me
But what right do they have?
They travel on a journey
Of transient tragedy

And since I started writing
The clouds have moved along
They're indistinguishable from each other
Was this the one I saw?

The day is quickly fading
The clouds are not as glowing
The moon waxing and waning
The firmaments fade to black

But what about the sun?
For all its splendour is worth
By day the clouds conceal it
By night it's somewhere else

So, should I love clouds?
But they prevent me
From seeing the sun

The sweet sound of laughter,
Crackles in my ear like the sparks and the sound of the fire
Shadows cast by the ten foot flames,
Dance in rhythm to the strumming of a ukulele,
We all sing along, our voices hoarse from inhaling the billowing smoke
My eyes reflect the dancing flames,
And I feel an arm wrap around my waist.
The smoke creeps into my nose again,
I hide my face in his chest,
Fighting off the smoke’s stinging scent
With the scent of his shirt.
Only silloettes against the fire, I watch as my friends talk,
And laugh the night away.
The sparks rise into the air, and mingle with the stars.
Weary of laughing and standing for hours,
We all migrate away, leaving our worries by the fire.
Under the stars we lay, singing yet more songs,
And weaving our stories and secrets into the constellations.
All of our hearts, bound together,
Lay on the warm asphalt driveway.
Part of my heart still lies there,
Amongst friends on warm summer nights,
By the dancing bonfire flames,
In the secrets told to the stars,
And in his arm around my waist.
This is where my heart will stay,
In the night when I fell in love.

I have a hole inside my heart
A hole that's shaped like you
A hole so big I feel it ache
Every time I move

At first I didn't notice
I thought my heart was strong
I figured I was happy
Even though you were long gone

Physically I felt okay
Though my soul was torn apart
I pretended everything was fine
And I even played the part

I lived my life from day to day
In a cheerful, up beat manner
I was caught up in a world of firsts
And got lost in all the glamour

But as soon as I got home again
My heart began to crumble
Slowly it got worse and worse
So bad it made me stumble

Stumble over every thought that drove us both away
I wondered if I'd ever feel
Or love again someday

So now I live looking for a piece that will fit inside the hole
Anything that will complete my hollow little soul

Ideally you would mend me
By coming home to stay
But fantasies are empty dreams that keep despair at bay

I know that you are happy now
And I'm just a distant thought
The only thing I do regret is that I never fought

If you ever think of me
Remember that I tried
To give you all the love and joy
That a woman can provide

I loved you then
I love you now
And tomorrow is uncertain
The hole might grow or disappear but you will never be forgotten