Alto

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Let us walk
In fields of wild reverie
To find clarity
In the meadow of loves blossom.
Let us whisk away
On fanciful musings
On times before time
Before uncertainty clots the mind
When doubt festers
Draining you of promise
From needless limitations
Or finite possibilities
Where we are judged not by man
Nor confined to their expectations
Let tomorrow's untold
Of unyielding grace
Flourish with tranquil dreams
Washing our desires anew
Inciting ceaseless inspiration
To ignorant minds
Blind to the beauty
Of their self-imposed boundaries
Let us be delighted in fruition
Of visionary charm
As we wander 
Hand in hand
Forever.

Olsfred James 2015©

Sober

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I'm sober.

The impeding effects have worn

The vertigo-esque ailment has subsided

And as I lay her with the smell of you lingering

I am unequivocally certain… 

I do not want you... 

Any less.

Any less since…

The first time my eyes found comfort in your beauty

Our convergence was met with mutual desire

Since the butterflies nested at my core

Trailing tales of goose bumps along my arm

Since our embrace was alchemy of its own

The friction of our hearts as our bodies collide.

Yes… I'm sober.

And I do not want you…

Any less.

Olsfred James 2015©

Impasse

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Slowly

As the anguish

Of the knife borrows deeper

Piercing flesh

And contracting muscles

Bent on resisting

The already inevitable outcome

The body irrevocably spasms.

The pain rushes forth

Unabated

And relentless

The ripple effect is crippling

The intended screams

Quickly muffled

Between taste of leather

And metal.

The eyes flutter

Shock ridden pupils sink

Ebbing closer to the darkness

Without resistance.

There was no fight remaining

As the steel slowly leaves the spin

And the light fades to black

The body topples over

Drowning in a pool of its own blood.

 Olsfred James 2015©