Eyes fluttering, sleepy and broken
Shadows dance around me, I’m engulfed by darkness.
Chest rising, falling,
Vulnerable, but on the edge.

Cheeks flushed,
The moonlight casts a shadow on rising arms and legs.
Perfect movement to capture it all.

Dogs howl and bark, at this natural phenomenon.
Then silence.
A silence that bruises and softens me all at once.

As i fly above angry waves
Dark and deep with my fears
I see my life flash before me
Memory after memory
Lost over the sea of darkness

I know not the path i will go
The wind blows me every which way
I struggle against her breath
When finally i fall into this sea

The darkness swallows me
I am alone
I cannot see
Here my mistakes taunt me
Here they are waiting

Controller of waves,
Bringer of storms,
Lover of the full moon,
Joey.

Majestic like the swan,
Floating with love,
Danced with the wind as she blew,
Joey.

Shrouded in mystery,
Deeply focused on her,
He figured her out,
Joey.

Flesh, free, open, unnerving
angry and crying,
taken for granted.

Jewel of the south,
angry at any intruder
but wings open at sight of the loving knight.

Shielded by the forest
The red dragon

Conquered at the sight of the knight
Tears fall now,
our red dragon
Conquered at last.

This thought for I have sinned.
My mothers warns against my skin.
Her lies coursing through my veins controlling my moves.
I weep in pews and pray.

I scar myself until blood spews.
Angry at the life I did not choose.
I continue to live for my mother,
Who lied to me and scarred me like no other.

No unclean thoughts, no tainted movements.
I live a life behind a wall unaware of the choosing I have.

Any thoughts, any words that are deemed disrespectful.
I flog myself until I come clean.
Until I have felt I served for my sins.
Until my body shows the turmoil my mind carries.

This is what it means to atone.

Sun and Moon.
Two very different beings.
One appears during light,
One during night.

They fight for dominance over the sky;
Neither can see each other.

They are two giants at war.
Never to know the gaze or touch of the other.

In darkness i search for light,
In light i yearn for darkness.
I solemnly pray for the changing tides.
I unwittingly am blind.

I whisper out to darkness.
“The voice of a succubus”, he responds
I yearn for the light.

I whisper out to light.
“The voice of an angel”, he responds
But i am unwittingly blind.
I yearn for the dark.

In the night i yearn for light,
In the light i search for darkness,
I pray for changing tides.