No bandana crosses my forehead or cushions my brow
There is no helmet to protect my head
Nothing between me and innocent pleasure
Nothing between me and the future's hungry eyes waiting to be fed
Forever more, without time
My mind scatters in all directions
As my heartbeat quickens
And passes quickly through life's intersections
Deep in my throat, nested in my chest
Between the echoes of times
Both those fulfilled and those left in unrest
A burning need gathers within my spirit!
Consequence and freedom are mine!
My spirit is unquenched by the bandit tourniquet
What a taste of that long-lived and celebrated kingdom, Atlantis
How sweet it is upon my lips
And I long for it more and more
For to know it means innocence
For to live it means freedom without consequence
I am entranced by the emotion of washed out eyes
Underscored dramatically by the thought of a possibility I had never come to realize
Her sweet symphony skips between my ears
My sweet love,
How much more will I come to love you through the years?
Such is the restlessness within me that longs for love
That I can feel the touch of your hand
That I can feel your breath on my skin
I cannot say that I miss you, for you are always in my heart
And I cannot say that I need you,
For I will always carry you with me
But I will never be able to love another in the way that I have come to love you
For you fill my heart with satisfaction if only for having known you and nothing else
I cannot say that I am weak any longer,
Because I have loved you, I am stronger
And I cannot say that I need anything anymore
For I have seen your smile
And it shall be within me forever more
It will fill my heart
Should it long for freedom
It will educate my mind
Should it starve for reason
And I will be brave, now faced with forever more
Longing all the while
That I might see you just once more