Excerpt from 'The Destroyer" (A Long Road Novel)

"You mean to tell me you're an accidental Walker?"
"Yeah, I'm a...wait, what?"
"Dammit," the man put his head in his hand, "I thought you were reinforcments..."
"Sorry to burst you're bubble..."
"You don't get it do you?" the man walked over to a telescope on the side of the flying ship, "Look," he said, motioning to Jake.
What Jake saw through the telescope was horrifying. An idescribably large creature mindlessly devouring the countryside. It grabbed huge fistfuls of earth with it's three fingered hands and shoved it into a maw filled to the brim with teeth the size of skyscrapers. It hadn't finished chewing before it started to grab more. Anything caught in its grasp was stuffed into it mouth.
Jake fell backwards, "What the...what the hell is that...?"
"The Destroyer," the man replied, "A beast that should be extinct, but instead threatens all living things in the multiverse..."
"What are you talking about? What's the multiverse?"
"All the different realities, stacked on each other like marbles. People like me, and you apparently, can move between them if we have the right key. We call ourselves Walkers," He pointed to the distance, where the Destroyer continued to feed, "That thing, that endlessly hungry abomination, is a Walker too...."

All You've Lost

You watch her walk away
Into the cold lonely night
And mourn the days
When she was all you needed
As the soft rain begins to fall
It hides your tears
You soon forget
The bitter times
And as her image fades
Only sweet, lilac memories remain
Her arms around you
Nights in front of the fire
A silence that spoke a million
Kind hearted words
Once she was all of your world
Now she is part of all you've lost...

Autumn

No moon or stars
To guide me home
And autumn'ss golden glow
Shall pass again without me

Ants in Amber

Memories crystallize in my mind
And like ants in amber
When seen through that golden hue
Are more beautiful
Then they ever were in life

Pray

Pray for those
With whom the shadows walk
For the nights are longer and longer
And the dawn's nowhere in sight

My Love

I've seen my love
Through windows that span the universe
She sits alone
In her cold, cold tower
Waiting for Prince Charming to come

Oak

Before me stands an oak
Whose shadow divides
The dusty rays of the sun

Science

Science tell us that every tear

We've ever shed

Is still out there somewhere

Our sorrow scattered no matter how minutly

Forever extant in the universe

And though that, indeed

Is a bit of a grim sentimate

Remember that moving through the cosmos

Perhaps in equal measure

Is every single second of laughter.

Say Goodnight

There are quiet times
I wish I could hear your voice
The stars shine and hum
But they can't help me sleep
Your lullaby is what I want
But you are so far far away
And every time we talk
It gets harder and harder
To say goodnight

Washing Hands

So much harm done
Never once intended
We hurt those we love
Through simply
Unthought through acts
And we try and try
To wash our hands
Of the pain we cause
But somehow
The stains never go away....

Temptation

She calls herself temptation
Though never to my face
She only ever uses the name
When she dances in my dreams
And even then
She only whispers
In a breathless sigh
Before she kisses
Every inch of exposed skin
She asks me if I want her
But I always wake
Before I commit the sin
Of giving her an answer...

You Fade

Just as quickly
As you brought your light
You fade into
Velvet night sky
And leave me tired
Broken and alone

Forced smiles
And fractured faith
Tested and tried
And falling to pieces
There is nothing
To salvage here anymore
It's all fallen to rot and dust
The sun has set the final time...

Call My Name

I stand in static silence
Waiting to hear your voice
I do not hear anything else
My ears have been trained
My brain, silenced
To the hectic, frantic sounds
Crashing around me
No, I wait hear
In self imposed exile
Waiting for you to call my name

Wicked Garden

I want to run through
This wicked garden
Taste your sin on my lips
And feel the sweat
Stand out on my flesh
I want to lie with you
Hidden from site
In long grasses
Away from prying eyes
I want to be freed
By the power you have over my heart
I Want to bask in your beauty
There is a world out there
That we can forget
Find warmth in each other's arm
Fire in each wicked touch
Go somewhere
Where the world can't hear
Our impassioned screams
I want to run through your wicked garden
Feel deep this beautiful sin
And in your arms
Forget the outside world

Her Gaze

I meet her gaze
Steady, with my own
And I pray she doesn't waver
For at this time
She is my rock
My foundation in this world
Without that steady gaze
Holding mine
I would tailspin into dispair

Misery

They say misery loves company
But it certain attracts none
I shout and I shout
Into the void
And hear no return
But an echo

Vampire

My veins are yours to draw from
Take from me this life
I've no further need
For this warmth
Or this breath.

Let my blood
Be your wine
And let me pass away
Let my memory
Fade away
Into bitter shades of grey.

Let me bid
A fond adieu
To dawn and dusk
And those pitying
Sunlit rays....

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I crave the harmonies
In your silken voice
To taste the salt
On your lips
And touch your alabaster skin
I long to fall into
Soft oblivion in your arms
And soar with angels
On the tide of your gentle whispers
I would take you hand
And dance to the music of the night
Below the moon, in the ancient silver light
Two souls, unknowingly desperate
Finally finding each other.

The Weight

Shoulders bow below the weight
A pain sincere and sacred
Someone told me that this was important
Somehow making these sacrifices
Would make it all that much better
But somehow the boulders
Keep getting piled on
And my insides become
All that much more hollow.

Touch My Heart

Deep inside
A world so cold
I've been waiting for your spark
Something in your eyes
In you voice
Ignites a flame inside
Something about the way you are
Something in your smile
In a ray of sunshine
Through the darkest clouds
To touch
And lighten my heart

In Darkness

It's dark all around

The stars the only light

A lonely soul

Waits shivering in the cold

Waiting for his muses words....

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In a dream
On a boat
Floating among
The tupeloes and Spanish moss
Searching for a beauty in the bayou
Listening to the cicadas hum

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Finally it seems
The clouds are falling away
And I hear the voice of an angel
Orchestrating the rising of the sun

Blithe Muse

Blithe muse
So unaware of your beauty
You dance though my dreams
And sing the songs
Of my poetry
Like a spirit you rest
Just out of my grasp
But the words
Flow from my pen
At the merest suggestion of you

She

She rides in the chariot of the moon
Cloaked in stars and velvet
My angel soars across the heavens
Tempting my heart to follow her
So far away from my touch
But nearer then she seems
I hear her sing her lullaby
And I sleep knowing she sings for me

Muse

Divine muse
Don't leave me now
Speak again my name
So I may draw poetry
From the music in your voice

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Mysterious stranger
Raven-haired and beautiful
Why do you haunt
My once restful dreams
Your lips
Red as candied sin
Sing those longing melodies
That my heart so wishes to hear....

Never Really Been

The nights are very strange
When I close my eyes
Faces I've not known for ages
Come to visit me again
You whispered to me
Words you never shared
And told me things
I'm certain you never felt
But still I relish
This sweet imagining
Tucked in my world
That has never really been

Anchor

There is a world within that can never be lost
Secrets never to be shared
We carry an anchor about our hearts
Some unrequited affection or another
To say I love you is a small thing indeed
To hold that love sacred
Another thing all together
So secreted away
Amid the debris
In a darkened corner of my heart
Every line of poetry you ever brought forth
Every word composed for you
Never, I suppose, shall it ever see
The light of another day
But I carry it with me always
An anchor about my heart

Melt the Stars

A poet does the best he can
With such crude and insufficient words
Trapped by phrase that simply cannot
Exactly map the world in his head
He is forced to write
Such simple and childish things
When he longs instead
To have the words
To shake the Earth and melt the stars

Snare

I see your face
By candlelight in my dreams
I hear your voice whisper to me
My imaginings tug at my spirit
And draw me into such a splendid trap

A snare, you are, for my heart and mind
But I one I would willing enter
For this is such a pleasant torture
You are such a sweet temptation
A snare indeed
To capture this soul
And drive all my peace from me

Metallic Solstice

I watched the moon
Like a silver coin coast
Through the inky sky
Outshining diamond stars
And illuminating the iron earth
A lone beating heart
Upon that cold surface
Looks out 
Into the metallic solstice
And hopes to hear a single word
A single breath
To prove he's not
The last one alive

Forgotten Words

Below a floorboard in a forgotten room
In a book caked with dust and memories
A little boy wrote all his thoughts
On now yellow and fragile paper

In those ink stained pages
A heartache no one ever saw
A darkness no one could ever understand
A fear and faithlessness
A soul so young
And still so broken

No one ever saw the book
His feelings got him ridiculed
He learned to hide his inner works
And share them only with the paper

There could be no genuine smiles
No honest laugh
He carried so much pain
Locked up in his chest

He never exploded
Let it out little by little
With words and razor blades
He could never hurt another soul
Never let another feel this kind of pain

Does a man feel the same way as a child
Have the same fears
The same pain
I look into the darkest night
And cannot find the answer

Wilted Goddess

I pray at the altar of a wilted goddess
Her body wrecked and warped
By false prophets
Who sold her to main stream media
One true believer remains
To hold her plague ridden hand
And hope for quick recovery

As a reminder, if anyone really likes my poetry, you can pick up a copy of my book here:

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Inwards

Perhaps I'm a little crazy
My mind can't settle down
Casting my thoughts down many
A cramped and dusty hall

The tides of memory wash over me
The pain of the heartache I've caused
But still the old patterns persist
And I see myself walking that road

I turn my torment inwards
So you never see the scars
I just flash that charming smile
And tell you everything's alright.

Novelty

The novelty wears thin
On a gold plated ring
Soon the shine is gone
And lead has no luster to speak of

Static

The static fills her mouth
With a raw metalic taste
Her screams are nothing
But half-channel noise
That no one hears

So here I start my online journal. I will post thoughts, poetry, story snippets and such. Enjoy what you read. Leave me a comment or suggestions, and share with your friends!