Poem: "Horizon"

"Horizon"

SHE:

Lying in this cold, empty bed
all the warmth is gone
but still
I look for you
in the shadows
of unknown dark

Even now
the fire burns bright
as you threaten to consume me whole
how I need you still

HE:

Trapped in this
cocoon of loneliness
the days blur into one another
as I struggle to make sense of
life without you

SHE:

Memories of you
cling to me
like whispers in the wind
as I look out the window
I desperately want to see
you standing there
waiting for me

Just once more
for old times' sake

HE:

I've been floating adrift
all these lost years
without you
holding onto hope
and praying
to a God who's remained
silently watching our drama unfold
that you would come back to me

SHE:

I never stopped loving you
you've given me joy beyond compare
and nothing in this world matters
more to me than you

HE:

Right here, right now
I look to the sky
and close my eyes
as your love fills the air I breathe

Take me with you
never let go
ever again

I need you, I love you, I want you
when you wake, I shall wait there for you
and long for the moment to begin
when we can share our forever after.

Copyright: 2010, by Raymund Diaz Delizo

Poem: "Walk Away (Don't Go)"

"Walk Away (Don't Go)"

The sky
so open and yet
so achingly distant

As I wake up
the glaring light
from new day
blinds me
for a moment

You left
without a word
or a goodbye

The sweetness of your kiss
the way you felt against me
meant everything to me

 And as I close my eyes,
in the stillness of the moment
as I watch the world unfold

I see your face
one more time
as I reach out
longing for you

I fall to the cold ground
as darkness envelops all around
swallowing me whole.

Copyright: 2010, by Raymund Diaz Delizo

Poem: "Bridging The Gap"

"Bridging The Gap

HE:

I lay here
in this cold space
the memory
of the beautiful lines
of your perfect form
burned forever
into my brain

I reach out to you
hoping to touch
a piece of heaven
but you are gone

Still I hold onto you
as fragments of what we shared
now replaced by distance
haunt my mind
like a familiar black and white

SHE:

Every moment away
from you seems forced
I'm condemned to
live a forlorn existence

If I could
just hear your voice
trace the lines of your face
drown in your embrace
as we fall towards the bed
our bodies intertwined in desperate need
if just once, our permanent fate
let it be so

HE:

The night sky
seems empty
the rain soaks me
to the bone

I am a wayward soul
without the compass of your love
to guide me home

If I never see you again
Please know
that nothing in this world
or the aftermath
could keep me
from you

SHE:

As I watch the sun rise
My thoughts fly to you
where ever you may be
longing to join our hearts
once more

Mutual devotion
inescapable
as our love
bridges the gap.

Copyright: 2010, by Raymund Diaz Delizo

Poem: "Crescendo"

"Crescendo"

NEED:

Your subtle charms
the glimmer of forever
in your beautiful gaze
the way your simple touch
changes everything

DESIRE:

A quiet space to share
daydreams of you
just because
to feel your warmth
beside me

As our bodies intertwine
in unspoken devotion
illuminated by perfect moonlight
the passion rises
in the shadows
of unbridled want.

Copyright: 2010, by Raymund Diaz Delizo

Poem: "The Burning"

"The Burning"

If subtle light
from death of former day
threaten to overtake
the oncoming night
lesser souls will fail
and weaker hearts
falter in their noble
resolve

A final candle burns quietly
in the empty space we longed to share
though you are far away
your beauty is etched in my cold heart

And I shall wait here
for you
as your last kiss
lingers still
on my desperate mouth

The only thing you left behind
was this note:

"The beauty of the stars may fade
and oceans rise and die
but my love for you
will always remain."

Until you come back
the burning of my restless heart
will go on
someday, leading you
home
in my arms again forever.

Copyright: 2010, by Raymund Diaz Delizo

Poem: “As Luck Would Have It”

“As Luck Would Have It”

The night air howls

as the darkness settles in

with its bluish incandescent light

shimmering against my face

The bed is cold now

sleep comes like a phantom

stirring up the lovely bones

pieces of what was remain

Forever trapped inside

wanting to come out

at the seams

Sitting at the old desk

as I try to make sense

of my state of disarray

a candle burns defiantly

I am not the same

life has lost its luster

the flowers once in bloom

lay dead now in my hands

If I had the words

that would make you stay

so you would know

what was inside

I’d run into your waiting embrace

my lips aching to kiss yours

to hold you and feel the warmth

of your body against mine

And whisper:

“please come home

my love

how I need you so.”

Copyright: 2010, by Raymund Diaz Delizo 

Poem: "Away"

“Away”

HE:

Time apart from you

is torture that my fragile heart

can’t bear for too long

to the point that

I can’t breathe

SHE:

I count the days

while you are gone

and my brain wraps itself

around you like a cocoon

not wanting to let go

HE:

The sun light seems to flicker and fade

as the darkness within my quiet spaces

is slowly overtaken

cannot find a way out

SHE:

The greatest sin

Has not been loving you

because you make

everything I do seem easy

But, if you must know,

missing you has become

the cause of my unraveling

and I need you still

more than I can ever say

Don’t go away.

Copyright: 2010, by Raymund Diaz Delizo