XIII - 2001 Fall - Dreaming of Life to Return

Wishing for happiness,
Whishing for hope,
Wishing for dreams,
Wishing for the end.
Dreaming of love,
Hoping for life,
Dreaming of you,
Seeking for truth.

Withering and dying,
Like a flower in the fall,
Green grass comes in spring,
But how long’s winter’s thaw?
Seeming like an eternity,
The cold brings about a chilling serenity.
Freezing sanity from within,
Patience for rebirth wears thin,
Bright light flickers glimmering [fluttering] in the wind [as it strives in vain].

XIII - 2001 Fall - Untitled

Virtue shines brightly in light,
Brighter when fighting sad endless plight.
Flickering when hope loses sight,
Continually enduring fortunes’ constant might.

Virtue remains the life of hope,
Ceaseless turmoil forces life to cope.
Molding character from joyous innocence,
The virtuous’ road dashes the dreams of the past,
Reducing previous innocence into a simple nuisance.
The strong last while the meek becomes lost,
Simple unending happiness halts for the weak,
Never to return until the heart has seeked.