The sweet elusive fragrance of dancing butterflies
Flows gently from the corners of my memory
Mellow and entrancing as the softest sighs
Heard from a whispered cry of glee

I am captured by the aroma in such sweet ecstasy
That plays upon my senses so divine
A lovely, flowing feeling illuminates within me
As if, I have breathed in another time

I have escaped to another time, another place
Where I now dance delicately and free
You can smell the sweet elusive fragrance
Flowing gently from my wings
Breathe in and you can dance with me

Crystal beads of water lie moist against my skin
Like dewdrops on satin petals of the sweetest rose
A glistening of pink so subtle and so pleasing
An elixir for your senses to behold

You draw a tantalizing circle  with your fingertip
Pressed gently against my crystal beads
This liquid anticipation quivers at your touch
Flows gently into all my silken need

The whisper of your breath; a moist warm mist of haze
Surrounds circles you have drawn in the dew
Like a rose’s upturned face shining at the sun
The crystal beads, have captivated you

An intricate weaving of golden design is silently standing alone
Brace yourself for the imminent shadows to come
A forbidden fruit of the desire of us all
Inhabiting the spirits of the ones who succumb

A sweet anticipation of the secrets held inside the confines
Will mold you into a sculpture of stone
Surround your soul with a fiery thrill so divine
So like a sin, which one could never atone

Deep in the inexplicable chambers of shameless appeal
Lies a revelation one cannot deny
That which you burn for inside of your heart
You cannot hide away from your eyes

When the intricate weaving of golden design silently calls
You best brace yourself for the shadows to come
That which you desire to have and to hold
Has taken the very heart of some

Look out where the gravel road is winding
See the wandering hills above
This is the place I lost my one desire
My heart,  my soul, my love

When the shining moon is full above you
You will hear the lonesome trees whisper to the breeze
Then I will call him home again to feel my love
He will once again be back with me

Come and whisper so soft and low my wind
Blow your breeze so wild and free
My moon fly high and glow above the trees
Bring my love back home to me

The night is old and leaving and still I am alone
There is no moon to glow no breeze to blow
I hear no whispering from the trees
Yet still I wait to see my love
As I will never go

Look out where the gravel road is winding
I am on the wandering hills above
Here I will be forevermore
Waiting for my love

I went searching for answers to all of the questions
I held inside the deepest part of my soul
The answers I found were simultaneously bright and dark
Such bittersweet wisdom my heart does now hold

I am now filled with a vivacious feeling of freedom
I have never known in my life before
Enlightened by the light of reason that I now can see
Opening up locked gates and closed doors

In the past I have attempted to fill every empty space
That I saw looking back in the mirror at me
Now I have found those empty places not to be lacking
As I have found all I ever wanted and need

The answers I have found are both bitter and sweet
They glow with an expounding truth
As I have found how to be happy with who I am
And accepted that I will never be like you

In smoky gray mirrors that dance on traveling walls
I see reflections of hazy shadows
Weaving their way into all of my senses
Until the sun once again brings in tomorrow

Peering from underneath the icy sheets of my bed
I timidly hide from their ghostly presence
In hopes they will not see me trembling in fear
And quickly steal into my very essence

Their presence is as a black as a night with no stars
The darkest day without the glorious sun
If I could stop trembling and move just an inch
I would flee from my bed and quickly run

I lack the courage that I need to open my eyes
To escape from this nightmare I am in
Will someone please wake me and show me the lies
That my dreams have brought me into again

When midnight steals into the passages of Rhiann
And the moonlight illuminates the sea
Voices can be heard that resound upon the waves
Vehemently calling out to you to be freed

Your mind will be filled with countless recollections
Of a time that your heart knows could not be
The cold damp embrace of their pain on your face
Inflicted by a cruel twist of fate from the sea

Soft laughter like the music of silver bells will lure you
Separate you from the warm watchful face of the night
So be careful lest you slip off the edge of the ship
Or you may find yourself joining their sighs

Weathered by centuries of wandering the waves
These lost souls of Rhiann’s deepest sea
Care not who they take to bring them relief
This I know because they’ve taken me

Smooth and cool as pebbles cast upon the sand
The unique essence of your voice I hear
Echoing through my spirit triumphantly in command
Of every bit of resistance I have near

The deepest pools of heaven are that of which I see
Each time I gaze into your eyes
I find I am drowning in your victorious glance
While stripping myself bare of all my pride

Such sweet anticipation that glows into a flame
The very sight of your hands ignites in me
Evoking melodic recollections of immense pleasure  
If not felt, one would never believe

So heavenly is the beauty that I hear and I see
Yet, that which I love the most stands apart
You are the most magnificent man that I‘ve ever known
But most of all, I love your beautiful heart

This self-imposed darkness I have put in place
Runs like wildly tumbling water in my veins
Expressing itself as I release in words from each pore
All of my self-imposed pain

This proud isolation that I hold myself captive within
Contains no flowers to brighten its view
Only my infatuation with this sentence I’ve imposed
On myself and these chains I wear too

In fleeting expressions of freedom to be found
I stare longingly at a windowless door
Then tremble in fear and confusion at the mere thought
Of even walking across the floor

My idealized image of how my life should be
Holds me captive here in my own war
I am the only one who can release me from this space
Untie myself and walk out my windowless door

You lovingly painted me the deepest color of blue
Softly wrapped me in a frame of golden hue
From the very first day you walked into my life
You painted me in your picture without you

I stand alone on a canvas of the starkest white
Such a radiant speck of deepest blue
Smiling as you paint my heart into your hands
As I watch from this picture without you

I am your masterpiece, one of a kind
Your own lovely creation of design to view
Forever to stand in the lonely halls of your flame
So hopelessly in love with you

I stand alone on this canvas of the starkest white
Midnight blue from love’s palette of hues
You can find me here in this picture without you
I am called,  “The Deepest Blue”

Come walk along the cliffs of uncertainty
While you search for something delightfully new
There wrapped in an air of wondrous mystery you will find
Where your imagination can take you too

Softly cling to the shadows of infinity
Tenuously locked away in an unpredictable hue
Lost forever in a world that you can create
As you wander away with the moon

Radiantly shining like a bead of clear water
Such as a taste of the morning’s first dew
You can come away to this world and discover
How you can become a part of this too

Multi-colored butterflies will be dancing in the forest
Where the whippoorwills sing to the trees
In voices that light up the air so sweet
Like golden honey stolen from the hives of bees
  
Here the untamed sea can be seen forever
Stretching endlessly across it seems
And you can ride the crashing waves of ivory foam
While gliding on a current of dreams

The winds incessant voice will ring right through you
Whispering of the magical things to be seen
When you come away to this fair land of Eden
One must be prepared for most anything

I heard thunder rumble from the edge of the dark horizon
While in the distance lightening flared
Then a perfect silence turned time backwards
As I breathed in the sweetest air

Such unexplained feelings for which I have no words
Suddenly echoed through my locked in heart
A longing for something that left me defenseless
With absolutely no route of escape to embark

An uncontrolled fire emerged as if from my fingertips
Leaving my spirit open with no place to hide
Yearning for a satisfaction I have never known
While melting away all of my pride

A love as pure as untouched spring water
Mysteriously and deeply ruled by the fates
Had broken the chains wound around my heart
And flooded into my spirit’s own gates

I see the crystallized plumes of my breath
Circle lazily through the moonlight
As a torrent of images from another place and time
Surrounds my waking spirit with their flight

Desire was a word that had no meaning
Until these images embraced my very essence
Now I am moved like the hypnotic motion of the sea
As I am vividly reminded of your presence

The air is heavy with the scent of oncoming yearning
Enhancing the sweet flavor of the memory of the pleasure
Of your mouth and skin against my own
I can no longer breathe, much less in equal measure

This sweet recollection dissolves all my inhibitions
Sweet modesty flees from my soul
As I recall the unearthly music we made in our love
When your kindred spirit held mine long ago

I heard a voice to which the rest of the world was deaf
From the deepest reaches of my memory
The voice grew louder reverberating in my mind
Until escape from the sound I could not see

A familiar voice tantamount to pleasure
Awoke the passion I have inside
Relentlessly engulfing me like a living creature
Removing all desire, I had to hide

Now I find myself here breathing fast and quivering inside
Awaiting like a suspended bead of water
For the voice to wash like the tide over me
I am such a willing absorber

She walked on an emotional precipice
Foolishly testing her balance
As she could hide nothing from them
Even filling all of the possible silence

Feeling so separate and dreadfully unique
A resilient shield she had worn for years
An armor of protection for privacy
Used to hide from the truth and the fear

Unsettled by thoughts of their perception
Yet being securely and deeply connected to it all
In faith she stepped off with one foot
So amazed that she did not fall

Then seeing the dismal past, present and future
A cold dark effervescence bubbled up deep inside
No longer wishing to feel the emptiness
She stepped off with the other and now flies

I’m a lightning rod for the strange forces in life
Attracting the unexpected day to day
So full of a kinetic energy
Sending the strangest things my way

I stand back and watch with a cool air of indifference
While my mind plays tricks on me
Attempting to determine where reality lies
Infatuated with the strangeness I see

My mind is stripped bare of all common sense
Sometimes I am fooled and I believe
In the inevitable part of our civilization
That plays these tricks on me

Yet, looking back along the curve of time
I think to myself and say
If I did not attract such an array of strange
Whatever would make my smile play

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

So obsessively self-reliant
With eyes that are instruments of power
To the norm of society so incredibly defiant
Refusing to live in the hour

So much time wasted, surrendered and stolen
Like tiny feathers brushing the glass
She trembles on the edge of revelation
As she sits and looks at her past

The images there are weathered and worn
Yet still savored without distraction
So she smiles to herself and no more will she mourn
As her tears brings her no satisfaction

Self-reliance she will hold close to her heart
Defiant she will be to the end
The images will remain there alive but apart
As she let’s go of the past to live again

While purple shadows drape the walls
A face is coldly pressed against the glass
Peering out as the sun quickly falls
Into the night’s cool grasp

Icy wind from the distant hills
Fiercely blows between the wooden slats
Standing naked and trembling in the chill
One cannot help but face the facts

The purple shadows on the walls will find
Old tricks to play in brutal turn
On the deep unfathomable waters of the mind
As the numbness begins to burn

A chilling truth is left to face the dawn
Surrounded by the light of reason
As the crushing weight of enlightenment alone
Makes the heart commit treason

A lovely flower grows from the ashes of the fire
Blooming splendidly all alone
No trace of char or remnants of the flame
Still the smell of the smoke isn’t gone

There is no telling residue on the petals
One would never know the flower’s closeness to the flame
Stop and smell the rose so lovely in the ash
Then see if you still feel the same

The flower is a heart that has continued to exist
The only way it knows how to survive
Still blooming in the ash but untouched by the fire
But alone will the flower continue to thrive

There will come a day when the flower of the heart
Can move away from the ashes of the fire
Learn to live again in a garden full of flowers
And the smell of the smoke will expire

The darkest visions shadowed in green permeate my soul
Seeping from the deepest places in my heart
What I vividly see and think I know to be
Make these visions start

Still I cannot eradicate this view or stop the flow
Of this vivid shade of green
Even knowing what the silhouette will destroy
As its looming shadow intervenes

Thoughts of darkest green invade my peaceful mind
As I lose control and let the shadow play
Go dancing through my very soul until it finds
A way to turn my peace astray

Into the chaotic flow occurs a crimson shade of red
My heart sent out in battle force
Creating peaceful shades of the deepest blue
My trust to reinforce

You come in peace or prepare for war
When you draw close to me
Know that which you’ve come here for
Make ready for what you’ll see

There will be absolutely no debate
No doctrine to discuss
What I believe and where my faith lies
Is in God, the only one I trust

Do not waste a single second of your time
Trying to change what I believe
Don’t tell me my God does not exist
He lives inside of me

Such calm has come over my very existence.
Like a sweet low, simmer that travels throughout me.
I cannot even begin to tell you why I feel this way.
I will try in the only way I know of, with words.

My mind and heart feel at rest for the first time in forever.
They seem to have finally come to an agreement.
An agreement to stop the never-ending battle
Between the two of them

I think perhaps the sweet peace I feel, this calmness
Has much to do with the realization I have finally reached.
The realization that the chaotic feelings I have held inside
For so long were never necessary.

I realize that it was I all along that tortured myself.
All of the pain that I put myself through was self-inflicted.
Why do we do this to ourselves?  
What do we think to gain from such punishment?

So now, I rest in sweet peace and my heart smiles inside.
I see that all of the feelings I have for you
Feelings that run deeper than any chasm on this Earth
You have returned all along.

The fire of youth burns with fever bright
Traveling through life’s direction
Burning candles of incandescent light
 Flickering in the wisdom of lessons

Trial and error often bent with pain
While exploring their world with pleasure
Seeking to find where they will remain
A place for their heart to treasure

In hurried expressions of such impatience
They quickly scurry about
Thinking that time is of the essence
Finding themselves on the wrong route

Like fools they rush in to capture a feeling
To hold to that which doesn’t last
But oh what splendid adults they become
When they learn from their past

I am drowning in the music I hear inside my head
Yet I am the one playing the song
I touch upon each note with my fingertips
Then wonder why the music continues on

I love the exquisite sounds I’m entranced by the beat
This  melody  possesses me inside
I feel myself pulled under by this song I create
Yet from this music I can’t hide

The surge surrounds me as I play on and on
Wondering what will become of me
But I can’t stop the music as I so love the song
This melody that plays inside you see

Come and listen to the music that plays inside my head
I will play my endless song for us two
Come be pulled under by the feeling you will surely get
When my music possesses all of you

Such splendid music can be heard
Ringing through the sky
On the whispering wings of bluebirds
When morning’s drawing nigh

Wonderful incandescent notes so sweet
Will melt the coldest heart
You’ll be smiling at each one you meet
Laughing when you part

What a glorious  morning has begun
With the lovely bluebird's song
Now you’ll be sweetly smiling in the sun
While laughing all day long

If I could write a song
That would tell you how I feel
The world would have to sing along
To a song of love that’s real

I would write the most beautiful song
The world has ever heard
If I could write a song
That would tell you how I feel

The song I would write
Would paint a true picture of you
The way my heart sees you inside
But I don’t think there are words
Written anywhere to use
Lovely enough
To write this song for you

So I will tell you here
How much I love you
And this will be my song
That I will sing to you

But if I could write a song
What a beautiful song it would be
I would tell you how I feel
Each time that you look at me

  How you make my heart sing, fly with no wings
If I could write a song to tell you how I feel
It would be the most beautiful song
Anyone would ever sing

A listening heart hears voices that loudly boom
From the soulful eyes of the quietly sad
As their silent noise fills the room
Where nothing is ever said

Such echoing silence is shattered by tears
Visible only by the tracks
What is left behind only the heart can hear
Emanating from invisible cracks

They speak to the heart without saying a word
You can feel their presence inside
Like the tiny wings of a hummingbird
You feel what they don’t confide

Soft folds of velvet memories caress you
In all your vivid dreams
Of a world you wish to travel through
Upon the night’s moonbeams

An effervescent glow of a distant star
Whispers to your soul
As your inner spirit dances from afar
With the strength of old

A melody of a galaxy the eye cannot see
Sweetly plays a song anew
Your heart dances young and free
Recapturing your youth

You wish to always sleep and never wake
Your dream to stay within
But morning breaks and it’s too late
You’re awake again

But what a glorious sunrise there to see
A new day to dance into
Your heart is still young and free
Right there inside of you

Your fingerprints are embossed on my heart
Forever to be known to my soul
Your insignia, your mark,  is placed in art
Never to tarnish or grow old

A slightly raised indention of your spirit
Your mark upon my heart
Emblazoned by the hand of love
A masterpiece of art

My heart will always bear your prints
As a reminder of what’s true
The place you’ve left your mark of love
Belongs only to you

Soft and Silky trails of satin kisses
I will leave upon your brow
To remind you of the one who wishes
To be with you right now

You’ll feel them like the coolest breeze
Filled with the warmth of wine
Each time I visit you I will leave
My cool warmth behind

Your eyes will never see me there
Yet your heart will know it’s true
As you’ll breathe in my scent so fair
Each time I visit you

I’ll leave satin kisses on your brow
Laced with the scent of my perfume
To let you know I miss you so
When my heart visits you

I am a canvas for your imagination
You can paint me as you will
Use any color or variation
You can paint me like you feel

Choose from your many brushes
Any style you like will do
Just paint me as you please
I’ll be a picture for you

Mix and match your palette of colors
Choose what you like best
Paint me like you feel
With your splendid strokes of zest

You can display me for your pleasure
Hang me upon your wall
Frame me as your treasure
That you’re proud to show to all

You flow like liquid fire of flame
Throughout the soul in me
Rippling gently through my veins
Sweet swirls of ecstasy

The fingertips of hands of steel
So gently brush my heart
So captivating in all their will
To flame the fire they start

A resistance of this gentle flow
Would be futile in its quest
As the heart desires to never go
Or leave that which it loves best

So I breathe you in as silken air
Pressed against my skin
With sighs of sweet release I bare
The secrets held within

There are hidden features of a face
The heart will not forget
Lost from view but still a trace
Held by the one so blest

Seen crystal clear like a perfect gem
Without a single flaw
Hidden visions still seen not dimmed
Ring in the heart’s own walls

A change of pattern seen only there
By the eyes yet not the heart
As the heart still sees the gem as bared
From the very start

What splendid warmth may be found inside
A heart that’s scarred from pain
Which hold’s the knowledge of a past that’s died
Leaving understanding to remain

Each scar is an aching remnant of painful blows
Which have cut the heart like a knife
Inflicted there by the hand of woe
Held fast by grief and strife

There are hearts you find who heal and gain
A strength beyond belief
Whose warmth can comfort those in pain
Through understanding bring relief

Bright fields of poppies blushing red
Are in my dreams of you
Streaming down the grassy hill ahead
Lies a river of crystal blue

Each night in dreams I wait upon the hill
Slowly picking flowers there
To place in vases upon my windowsill
And grace my wavy hair

With all my lovely flowers in full view
I wait for your sweet face
To meet me like you always do
In our secret place

In my dreams I always run to you
When I see you near
To show you what I picked for you
And hold you close my dear

Gentle raindrops fall like velvet kisses
On my windowpane
As I look at shooting stars while making wishes
I hope come true once again

The moon above shines down on me
With his lovely face
Sometimes I wish that I could fly
Up there and take his place

This world is spinning round I know
A bit too fast for me
At times I wish it would slow down
Before its face I leave

Last of all I make this one wish
Upon a star or two
To hold you in my arms once more
And tell you I love you

Echoing chambers of burning desire
Fill the empty spaces
In the barren rooms of burning hearts
Searching in all the wrong places

Rambling forward in destinies call
Seeking passions true flame
Holding to nothing but ashes and dust
Each new day is the same

Wandering hither with tears of no joy
Pain in the eyes of the true
Constantly searching and finding no flame
With each new day that ensues

One day in all glory perhaps one will find
How to fill the spaces with fire
That burns with the boundless call of truth
And quenches the flame of desire

Each time I look into your eyes
I see all I’ll ever need
Bluer than the summer skies
Looking back at me

I feel your dancing fingers on my skin
Each time you look at me
Running circles of fire again
Into everything I see

Your voice lights up my senses new
Each time you call my name
Into my heart your voice rings true
And hears you just the same

You are never ever far from me
Your heart is in my own
Held so tightly by the love you see
Each night when you come home

Just give me a minute
One small minute of your time
We need to talk about
This seducing with your mind

You’ve got women going crazy
Running after you
With everything you say to them
Not a thing you do

You’ve been seducing honey
You’ve been seducing
You’ve been seducing with your mind

Now I would not be jealous
Just because you look
A man without an eye for beauty
Can't read my book

You’ve been seducing honey
You’ve been seducing
You’ve been seducing with your mind

Come on home to me now
Run your fingers through my soul
My mind's the only one you need to teach
Leave those other mind's alone

Seduced by words of philosophy
From your nimble mind
My heart hangs on to every word
That you teach to mine

Held captivated by your knowledge
Your passion and your charm
You had touched the very soul in me
Before you held me in your arms

The very fact that you’re a vision
For my eyes to see
Only makes me want you more
Forever yours I will be

You’ve seduced my mind
And captured every part of me
Forever you will find
You are in the heart of me

The breezes of spirits long lost at sea
Aimlessly wander the shore
Whispering shadows of what they should be
Not sure where to blow anymore

Their voices are heard in the crashing
Of every wave I see
Held fast to the lightning flashing
So brilliantly over the sea

A lighthouse they seek out so restless
Lost souls in search of peace
Drifting hearts blowing on winds of distress
Waiting for their storm to cease

I feel them as if passing right through me
As the wind catches my hair
All their sad faces you'd be able to see
If only you were there

I’ve loved and lost and loved in vain
Felt great pleasure along with pain
Freed my soul to live again
Then I fell in love with you

I’ve been through way too much
Looking for that special touch
Once I decided there wasn’t such
I fell in love with you

My heart’s been torn and broken in two
Conducted itself like a total fool
‘Til I decided my heart would no longer rule
Then I fell in love with you

I fell in love with you so fast
I forgot my heart’s past
But my heart told me this love will last
When I fell in love with you