Wide Open (Invitation)

"I oft tried Piercing that blackest gloom With mine eyes Like Durandel would, in midst of battle, bite through all of hindrances It proved to be the most futile of undertakings for the blackness was i..."

"Admiration As the Italian statuette gushes forth a fountain I wouldst cascade all of my love unto thy desert As wont to be for those who art so blessèd I wouldst witness the blooming of thy garden ..."

"No poems today the heart's gone astray No poems tomorrow the future is sorrow if only my yesterday could be born again with teasing Sis at play I used to shout at her then Now with vision clouded I ..."

"The night was hot, the moon silvery full I was near the world's end in a small town bar nursing a drink sitting on a broken stool at my feet in a beat up case rested my guitar heartbreak in my pocket ..."

"those are not stars that so brilliantly shine from places afar, my friend, but droplets of wine spilled by wanton gods Those are not stars that so brightly flicker from heavens afar, my friend, but ..."

"Outside the warm sun is shiningbut inside you're softly dyingyesterday your eyes shone brightwith a first love's dizzying delighttoday the sunlight goes unseenand the birds do not singupon seeing your..."