FOLDED BLOOD
FOLDED BLOOD
S.JENSEN © 2017
MY ARM SO DOTH ITCH
LIKE ANTS AT THE SCAR
IN THE POWER STILL
HERE YET COLD
ALL I VIEW IS RED
EVERYWHERE
GLANCED BACK OVER
HER SHOULDER
DOWN THAT CORRIDOR
TO THE FADED CLOTH
FLUTTERING IN THE
FAINT LIGHT
LIKE THE LAST GLEAMING
GOLDEN CEREMONIAL ARMOR
I DRAPED MY
SOUL IN SO IN CASED
IN CERAMIC EYES
DRAPED IN CRIMSON AND BLACK
OH THE WORN BATTLES
OF MY SOUL
ALL HAVE LEFT
NONE TO FIND
AMIDST THE RANKS
LIKE RIVETS ANY
TO SHINE
THROUGH THE
DARKNESS
OH THE SILVERY LIGHT
OF THOSE EYES
HAUNT ME
FOR THAT ONCE
GLITTERING GLOW
I WAS HERS
ALWAYS
MY HEART OH SO LOST
LONG AGO
SCRATCHED AGAINST
THE SHADOWS OF WHATS
LEFT OF ME
TO THAT EMPTY
TOOTHLESS GRIN
KEEP UPON THE
HILLSIDE
ALL THE SECRETS
TO THE FIRST WEAK
RAYS OF THIS
WINTERY SUN
THAT BLUSHES ACROSS THE
SNOW IN MY AUTUMN
GLANCING DREAM
HOW LONG NOW
HAS IT REALLY BEEN
OH STILL GONE
AS MY SILENT SCREAMS
FLOAT IN AND OUT
MY EARS
OF WORDS I NEVER HEAR
FALLING FROM LIPS
SO DEAR
OH TO THE MAGIC THERE
SO CRISP IS THE AIR
AS ITS MAGIC IS TO HERE
LOST TALENT OF SONGS
OF MANTRAS AND HERTZ WAVES
CRUSHED BY THIS
ARTIST MUSE
TWISTED AROUND
POLISHED BOOTS
FOR HER GAZE
RETURNED IN MURMURS
NEVER SEEN FACE TO FACE
OH THOSE ICY EYES
STARING AS SHE SAID
FORGIVE ME INTO TRANSLATION
OF FORGET ME
THE GIFT TO BE SIMPLY
SOMEONE ELSE’S
NEVER TOUCHED
IN THE AGGRESSIVE SIDESTEPS
CLOSER TO MINE
HEART
NOW SO TORN
ASUNDER BY DREAMS
CAST ASIDE
WHERE ALL THE STAGE
SEES NOTHING
OH TO WHERE
I COULDN’T GO
THOSE HOURS AWAY
IT SLOWLY TICKED
THE CLOCK AWAY
LEAVING A GAPING
HOLE IN ME
AS THE LAMP LIGHT
GLOWS IN ITS
GREATEST EFFORTS
TO SQUEEZE THE HAND
WHERE ALL BLOOD DRAINS
AWAY
RAKED HER FINGERS
THROUGH THAT HAIR
KNOWING NOTHINGS TRULY
SAFE
NO WHERE LEFT
IN THE SPACES OF
A HUG
NEVER GIVEN
NEVER TAKEN
A FRIENDSHIP
OF SOMEWHERE IN TIME
VOWED IN NO QUESTIONS
THE HEAT OF THIS FLESH
AGAINST HER WARMTH
DEEP DOWN TO THE BONE
DREAMS OF COMFORT
THAT JUST PASSED ON BY
OH THROUGH THE LIES
AND TRUTHS
OF SUCH UNKNOWNS
I HONESTLY BELIEVED
WHY DID I BELIEVE
YOU LEFT NO TRACE
OF TEARS
NO REMORSE OF ACTIONS
PLACED
AS IF I COULD EVER
REPLACE
TO WHATS REALLY
IN THE DREAMS
SO LOST NOW
AS NOTHING EVER COMES
NOTHING IS SEEN
SLOWLY DRAGS
MY PEN TO FEEL SO
ERASED
THE SMILE THAT ONCE
GLOWED WITH GRACE
AND HEART SOARED
NOW RETURNS
BACK INTO
FADED BLACK
OH MY HEART
FALLS AND FALLS
DOWN TO SOLID STONE
WHEN THE DOORS
CLOSED THAT DAY
AND THE WALLS
LOCKED THE CHAINS
INTO PLACE
KNOWING THE KEY
IS GONE THIS TIME
OH DANGERS OF
MY HEARTS DESIRE
ZEN INTROSPECTIVE LOVE
IN CASED AWAY
AND ICE RUNS INTO
MY VEINS
FOR THE FIREY WARMTH
BLOWN AWAY
WHERE WORDS ARE NEVER
SPOKEN
PICTURES NEVER SHARED
AND DREAMS
TO BE
IN HER ARMS
SEEM NEVER TO BE
CASTS A SHADOW WOUND
INTO THIS WARRIOR’S
CRESCENT MOON
ALL KNOTTED AND KNICKED
YET STILL AROUND MY NECK
DOES THAT DIAMOND GEBO
PENDANT REST
WITH HOPE THAT
I WILL NOT FOREVER BE ALONE
AS EACH DAY GOES BY
AND MY THOUGHTS
SAY ITS A DOOMED
CURSED VIEW
TO WISH A LOVE LIKE THAT TO BE
TRUE
KNOWING IT ALL
SEEMS LIKE
SOME MIXED UP
FALSE GAME PLAYED UPON
MY HEART
PASSING DOWN THE SECONDS
FARTHER AND FARTHER
THE WELL OF MY HEART
FASTLY DRIES TO DUST
LIKE A RUSTED BLADE
STABBED DEEP
INTO THE BREAST OF MY
ARMOR
PIERCED MY SOUL
HOW WRONG COULD I
REALLY HAVE BEEN
GROUNDED BACK
TO EARTH FROM
THE TRAVELED IN BETWEEN
SPACES OF WHERE ANGELS
IN HEAVEN KEEP
CALLING ASKING ME
TO LEAVE AND GO STAY
WITH THEM
FOR ALL I SEE
NOW IS A EMPTY FIELD
GREY AND MISTED
IN A SHROUDED BLANKET
LIKE FOLDED BLOOD
FOR I HAVE FALLEN
INTO THE DEEP OCEAN
WAITING AND WAITING
AS MY LAST
BREATH SURELY WILL
COME
AND GO
AND MY EYES WILL NEVER
SEE THAT SPARK
WHICH CAPTURED MY
HEART FOR ALL ETERNITY
AND ITS ONLY IN
MY FADED DREAM
FOREVER HIDDEN
FROM VIEW
OH LOVE
OH WAS IT ALL
JUST MY CREATIVE
IMAGINATIVE MIND
THAT SOMETHING
WAS SO SHARED
HAVE I REALLY
BEEN SO BLIND
AND LED SO WRONG
INTO THE NIGHT
STARLESS SKY I RIDE
FOR NEVER A LETTER
EVER WRITTEN
COULD EVER
SAY
EXACTLY HOW
FEELINGS JUST ARE THERE
OH NOW TO MY
VOICE AS IT LOSES
AND LIFE TURNS
MUCH MORE SLOWLY
SHOULD I JUST
LET MY HEART
REST IN ETERNAL SLEEP
TIL I DECIDE TO
LET LOVE OF SOME KIND
BACK INTO IT
TRUST AND HONESTY
JADED BY THOSE THAT
WERE WHOEVER THEY WERE
AND
FORWARD
ONTO THE PATHS KNOWING
AS ALWAYS
I CAN WATCH MY FRIENDS LIVES
FROM FAR AWAY
CONTINUE
NOW FOR I WAS THE
FOOL
THE LOVE SO EXISTED
THERE AT LEAST
IN MY MIND IT DID
DID IT MEAN
TO JUST ENSLAVE
OH TO
MY FOREVER
STUPIDITY
FOR SUCH A LOVE
TO EVEN EXIST
WAS SO FOOLISH
SO HERE
WHY DOES
MY HEART
STILL SCREAM
EVEN AFTER
I SENSE ITS DEAD
BUT OH SO DOES
IT SCREAM
THOSE WORDS
IN MY HEAD
AS I LAY TO DREAM
“I LOVE YOU”
ITS OK
SOMEHOW
SEEMS LIKE
THEY WILL
NEVER TRULY
BE HEARD.
TIME COMES AND
CHANGES ALL OF US
WE KEEP GOING ON
AND I WILL SMILE
EACH TIME
I SEE
ALL THOSE I LOVE
LIVING, LOVING, AND LAUGHING
ITS WHAT
KEEPS ME GOING
SO I HOPE
ITS SEEN
ITS VIEWED
AND ITS KNOWN
THAT EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT
SOMEHOW
I KEEP MY HEART
WHERE IT ALWAYS
HAS BEEN
WITH OR WITHOUT
AND
DON’T SHY AWAY
AND LOSE
THAT WONDERFUL
GRACE
AND
HERE’S TO
SOMEDAY
TO JUST
SIT AT A TABLE
SAY HELLO
DRINK A DRINK OR TWO
AND JUST BE
FRIENDS AGAIN
LIKE NOTHING
EVER WAS LOST
SO IF NOT
IN THIS LIFETIME
MAYBE AROUND
THAT MEAD HALL
TABLE IN THE REALMS
WHERE ALL
WARRIORS EVENTUALLY
GO
