Read

Read my words now. I have but taken a trip down a path unknown to me and now returned, awoken by my slowing down. A slowly passing world keeps me awake. And now I will continue to write after this brief hiatus. And I will write just like polishing a blade scarred by recent battles. A sharpened blade is my goal. And with the blade, a new world fraught with new challenges.

Lightning

A flash exploded in the room trumping even the lights we deem bright. Just a flash and then thunder. The wrath of the gods upon us. A reminder that we, mere mortals, cannot ever hope to conquer nature.

Travelling Parties

Travelling parties, I see now that people will a find a place to call home no matter where they are from. Friends to call friends. And Family to lean on. The joy of being unburdened by masks or false pretense can be seen when they are having fun in a setting that they chose to be in. A deep and unerring sense of belonging. As for me I am just afloat with no intention of celebrating myself. At least, not just yet.

Hold on

The world may yet crumble beneath us
But with time on our hands
And blood in veins
Our lives imbued with purpose
We may yet outlive this
And even when the world crumbles
Our souls shall soar above blinded mortals
For we have survived torments worse
Than just mere death and destruction
We have survived life

I Am Tired

If only people understood the length and depth of what that statement represents, all the weighted burdens and crippling torments endured both physically, spiritually and mentally. They say the world is simple. I feel not.

No Tears

Do not mourn my passing as you do the days
For I have lived this life once
And I've glimpsed its beauty
And while you still live on
See all that is wonderful
See all that lives
And see that I lived
Amongst the greens of heaven

~Ernest

One Breath

Take one breath
But only one
And turn to me
And stay
For a breath is too long
Too long away

Cleave my aching heart
And free it from its pain
It has ached far too long
Now a numbing pain

May the gods give hint
Of better future
Or better yet
Send the seven, the four and the one