Oceans deep
drowning in sleep.
Frantic darkness unclear
I will not leave you to despair.
Take my hand
I will lead you into the clear air,
breathe deep
and be at ease.
Friends for life,
soul mates never ending,
I will always and forever
in life or spirit suspending
hold you in times
either quiet or crime
close to my heart
where my love will never part.
~ © Heidi Barnes
I walk through storms
through sleet, through hail.
I ask for more
no lies, no tales.
Lay me down
in sleep we fail.
Your touch is deep
with screams we sail.
All I ask,
all I pray,
is to hold me close
through tears, through rage.
To never falter
when skies are clear.
With gentle touch
teach me to not fear.
My heart is open
as we turn the page.
Together we are one
through timeless age.
~ © 2015 Heidi Barnes
Feeling lost and alone
in a sea of people
all with purpose,
all with someone
to call there own.
I look to the sun
searching for that one
to give me meaning,
to see me for who I am.
To reach out and touch
my soul so broken,
so forlorn.
Please, someone
…anyone,
say something
before I give up
on ever finding
that one that will believe
I am worthy of love.
That one I will trust
with my heart,
my soul.
The one that will call me
their own.
~ © 2014 Heidi Barnes
I keep having a phrase play over and over in my head. “I see you.” It has many meanings to different people. I can literally mean I see you, as in I see you standing in front of me. Or, as in the movie Avatar “I see you” loosely translated means “I love you” or “I see you for who you are”. I have already used this phrase in a poem, a micropoetry, but it will not leave me. It keeps haunting me. As if it has more to say, but how to say it without repeating myself?
I see you
through the misty rain.
I see you
as you are when you are plain…
Well, that is what is off the top of my head and seems familiar. Like I’ve written it before. (Also not really good. :P) So, why does this phrase haunt me? Maybe it is trying to tell me that I am not done, that there is more to this simple phrase. So I ask you, when you think “I see you” what comes to mind?
I see you through mist and time.
I see you as if you were mine.
Although you walk with another’s hand,
I know in time you will understand
that even though he claims you as his
the truth will come to light,
his lies exposed,
his well of sins.
Then you will look upon my face
see me for my true self,
see the love and devotion within.
I see you,
will you see me?
For eternity awaits
for a love without end.
~ © 2014 Heidi Barnes
Angel of Music
sings softly to me.
Whispering promises
not meant to be.
True love kisses
breaks spellbound heart.
Angel of Music
now silent,
lost.
Desperate to keep
what once was his,
Angel of Music
falls from heaven
to evil’s bliss
to find love taken
yet not returned,
is love lost
in a kiss.
Discovery opens eyes
to misery deep,
Angel of Music
for love forgiven weeps.
~ © 2014 Heidi Barnes
While I was watching the Phantom of the Opera the other day, I had written a poem. Then as I was about to finish it, happy with what I had written, I lost it. Let’s just say it was not a happy moment. While this is not the original, part of it came back to me and I posted that on Twitter. This morning the rest came to me so I finished it. 🙂
Words unspoken,
time unbroken,
before peace can begin.
Searching for something
out of reach.
Feather light touch
whispered words of faith.
Bring to me
words of love,
of strength,
and give me promises
you will never
unmake.
~ © Heidi Barnes
To protect,
honor,
cherish.
Words given
not always adhered.
I will not fail you
as others have.
To do so will break
more than your heart,
it will break mine.
© 2014 Heidi Barnes
They tell me to stay away
that you are no good for me.
I hear their voices,
understand their concerns,
but I cannot stay away.
You are my life,
my reason for living,
my addiction.
I could no sooner walk away
as I could stop breathing.
Prove their accusation wrong.
Show them what I see
when I look into your eyes,
your soul.
Show them that you are the one
who makes me whole,
that addiction
is not the end
but the beginning.
© Heidi Barnes 2014
While sleep holds me
in its grasp,
I reach out
seeking for something
I cannot see.
Knowing its there
somewhere
in the dark
waiting for me,
but my time has not come
to leave this world
and its mysteries.
To reunite with
love once great.
So he waits
patiently,
never far from my side
until it is my time
to come home.
When he will take my hand
and once more pull me
into his arms,
surrounding me
in loves warm embrace.
© 2014 Heidi Barnes
As light descends into dark
I hear your voice
and my heart shatters.
Whispered touch
picks up the pieces
putting them together,
giving me hope
giving me life.
Darkness prevails
demons hide
waiting for greed
thirsting for blood,
but when the days are cold
and dreams waste away
your kiss brings life
into my shattered soul,
and demons fall away
crawling back into darkness
to wait for weakness
that will never come
as long as you shine
giving me life,
giving me love,
giving me all.
~ © 2014 Heidi Barnes
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An Empyrean Cycle
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