# 11 Love's Restoration

I have wiped the slate clean, my love

And by doing this I have set you free

No longer shall I pain myself watching this dull fire

Or drain myself in every inch of you

No, I too shall run free

And think of our love as a distant memory

The present chaos has consumed too much of my soul

Well you know, well you know

The tickling flames have made their way across my skin

While your voice was ringing in my ears

And although I’ve tried to hide from it

Tried to hide from you – I am sure you will find me here;

At the birth of my damnation

But let it be clear that I want no part of this

This is a fool’s game, and a fool I am not

So many splendid colours I once found in your eyes

But now even the blacks and the whites have gone lost

I shall not wait for love’s restoration

I have waited too long

By heaven, it hurts my heart more loving you in uncertainty

Than dying surely every night

Allow me to take my love and make it undone

And end cruellest torture before it’s begun

I need all words to carry meaning

But if you won’t dare to walk the landscape of your dreams

At that; I will pretend we never met!

# 8 Echoes of an Unborn Day...

Before thee I stood so many a times

But never quite like this

My hands are bare, they carry naught

And with my skill I hope that I might win

No words of clever rebellion will be uttered here tonight

For many came, witnessed by both you and I

But never did they cherish you and never did they shine

I’ve come to reimburse my heart

Although most of the pain I’ve caused myself

I owe it to myself to be finally fair

Even when my body is uneasily kept still, trembling in your presence

And my thoughts will flutter away from crowds into the echo of an unborn day

Courage has risen inside of me and filled my soul with pride

That at least the promise I could make myself would never tire

To open up my eyes to love

And let her take me to the sky

To try to exhaust my 'charcoal' life

To smile when she walks by...