It Couldn’t Be Prevented

Some time tonight,
There was a quiet pain,
In the middle of the night,
With a little bit of rain…

It couldn’t be prevented
And I didn’t even try,
I haven’t repented,
I wouldn’t even cry.

I knew where this lead,
I’ve seen this before,
I should have used my head,
I even heard it roar.

It’s a quiet pain,
It’ll pass I am certain,
But I can feel the rain,
So I’ll bring down the curtain.

All of Love’s Hands

In your eyes, I spied something new:
A feeling I had left for dead:
It was something all of time slew,
Deceiving the heart with the head.

Love expands to take in all:
Family, lover and friend
I cannot help but quietly fall
Into light that seems to never end.

That seems to never end is true –
For seeming is just what it gives…
And its brilliant, shiny hue
All confidence in love forgives.

What allure the beginning brings
Influences feelings for you –
Leads me to meet forgotten things
Which cynical time made to rue.

I cannot think of reasons why
I must look the other way;
Though I know, it is vain to try
To make this unsullied light stay.

I tried so many times before,
With so many who were my past,
Love burst with a frenzied furor;
But that light did not seem to last.

Maybe love is such that but seems,
Coming to me in flimsy dreams;
And all it leaves behind
Is permanence one cannot find.

I will still hold all of love’s hands
Even though this heart is in the know
Even though with knowledge understands
That, in time, they will all let go.