The moment passed by Leaving dust to pile Fallen leaves blanket the earth The sky turned gray Memory stopped the world in place Bitterness festered at heart Boring through frozen layers The snow drifted down Every step led away With the banks piled higher A burden growing thicker Fragments of misplaced ice One in front of the other Forced through the blizzard The gray heavens broke Shining silver...

 Within a veil of night I searched for a morning A new dawn to claim as mine Crying as I failed each day Lost within dancing shadows Blinded to the beauty inside I searched for a morning Only to stumble each time Until I woke to your smile And I knew I found my sunrise

Running seems so much easier Though I've lost my destination Do I turn around and go home? Do I still move forward to hide?   Runaway with me And we'll hide today Forget possibilities You know I can't stay   It seems so much harder to do To regard lost chances now Do I fall to my knees begging? Or do I still remain stubborn?   I'm still running And I can't quit Forget...

Fearing Darkness   I remember dreaming again last night.   The first in a few years.   A nightmare that would never end.   Breaking up the blackness, I found soothing.   You stood there.   Gun in hand.   The blood dripped from your fingernails, falling on the floor.   A puddle forming as you stood watching me.   Nothing ever seems the same.   I remember the fear...

Sitting hollow and numb to words She stares blankly at the sunset A lingering silence descends on hem A limp hand resting on gray coverlet Pacing the silent halls in fear He stares angrily at her room A longing prayer escapes his lips “God, please, spare her this doom” Her mother sits still at her side Whispering promises to...

 Sometimes everything overpowers and I no longer understand.  Sometimes it's too much effort to lift a hand. Drowning Within sensations I flounder Gasping in lungfuls Though never gaining enough Flailing as I sink I shatter to pieces Floating into streams of shadow I break apart The fragments dive into the abyss Distancing themselves from the core Separating...

Dreaming Am I sleeping again Crawling back into my bed Drifting deeper into dreams Recalling things left unsaid Sleeping Am I falling again Sinking into other layers Drifting further into dreams Knowing nothing really cares Falling Am I dreaming again Floating over different lands Flying beyond the mortal seams Dreaming in the timeless sands © T.O. 2008

 As he dialed the number, he wondered what he would say to her.   The dial tone brought him back from his musing and he immediately hung up.   He couldn’t do it.   Not yet at least.   Closing eyes, he slipped to the floor leaning his back against the wall.   Cradling his head, he stared blankly at his shoes.   Why was it so hard to come up with a reason to talk?   Why couldn’t he just tell her...

A thousand miles appear between us Stretching beyond our limited sight We fall another year behind Trapped beneath past mistakes The volume rises again A cadence that never ceases Drifting down another lane... Memories never ending With night embracing us We only hope this time it ends   © T.O. 2008

 He stood in the shadows dressed in a long coat, face veiled by the darkness wrapping its strands around him.  When he lifted his head, his eyes caught the light glinting faintly.  Half his form remained in shadow.  Jet-black hair fell toward his shoulders obscuring his features.   A slight curl of contempt touched his lips echoing in his steely blue eyes.  He despised walking amongst those...