THE TEMPEST WITHIN


Striking on the horizon, the lightning bears witness to a raging storm  
With it will come the denial within yourself as a mutilated form   
Buried in the harbors where your nightmares begin to take shape
A scream wells in your weary body with no chance of escape

Seeking a vengeance, it unleashes a tempest in a looking glass
A view of introspection of what has lain behind the mask
A soul of darkness now cast in hazy light
Destiny's doorstep, you now almost welcome a sinister plight 

Lifting your eyes to those of a stranger, you try to turn away
Because the sight you behold will show you how your world has turned grey
Invisible stains of time make you want to forget who you are inside
Because the mirror of life holds a past that does not reason
on your lonely ride

A quest for redemption leaves you hanging on the threshold of a lie
What is real or an illusion on this journey is for you to decide 
Be not deceived by promises carved in stone
You are walking a thin line to spending eternity alone

Shadows may hide that which you refuse to see
Although there are signs standing in your path to heed
Deafened to the sounds of things you only want to hear
Ignoring the facts that have been made so clear 

Ghostly figures laugh at your blundering ways and falling from grace
Yet, when you turn your head, they are gone without a trace
Then you wonder in the silence that leaves you chilled to the bone
How you have made it so far in this void alone

Misunderstood for all that you have tried to achieve
Condemned by those with no faith and cannot believe
Wanting to make it through just one more day
Only to remember the price you had to pay

After you have grown numb and emptiness resides
You plunge into blindness, abandoned by your conscious mind
Having nothing left to offer and no defenses remain
Your body is tormented because flesh and spirit are 
no longer the same

Finally admitting that you are fighting with a double-edged sword
Death will reach you by dawn, before the end of this war
Wanting only solace, you turn your head in shame
Close the door and leave behind all your thoughts of fame

Running out of time now, marooned on an island of despair
Closing your eyes, your world turns to black, you gasp for air
Your resolve is gone, as signs of an existence fade
And the only trace is the memory of this charade.



BLIND AWAKENING

Signs of life in a different land
I feel as if I am trapped in the sand
My mind in chaos is spinning out of control
All around me is a despair of black holes

Darkness surrounds me and weakens my senses
It leaves me open with useless defenses
Time takes me farther than I have ever been
And I finally realize I cannot win

Lost in this space that has no meaning
Gilded figures slip away, careening
As I look in the window to my soul
The scars of life prove I have paid the toll

Upon my sacred temple, again befalls the night
Moralities conflict, a test of faith, is never wrong or right
The quest for human sanctity depends solely on my verasity
Total discovery of my inner self without doubt or pity

The bittersweet taste of victory in defeat
Leaves me open, if only for a moment, to retreat
I stumble blindly through deception and haze
I now know my freedom has been staged

Ancient beliefs in places to oppress and mask
Echoing voices of ghosts from the past
The search for solace and tranquillity drives me away
Visions of pain haunt the shadows, as sorrow does the day

Love is far gone and emptiness resides
It is hard to fill the void in my mind
Stolen once and ripped apart
All I have left is a broken heart

Terror strikes in many forms
Courage surfaces and I am reborn
Fight to stay alive is all I know
But this game could end with one final blow.



SEARCH THE SILENCE

I have been here before
Now wary of opening the door
I know what I will find
I won't pretend to be blind

I feel the silence in the still of the night
The darkness envelopes me, I see no light
I am unafraid, I can sense the peace
Yet, I am a prisoner, looking for release

Living inside these sacred dreams
Things are not what they seem
What is real, will I ever know?
Sometimes I wonder how far it must go

Blindly I stumble down the halls
All I feel is the resistance of the walls
Every opened entrance is just an illusion
It masks the truth through my confusion

Shadows take shape to what could be man
Who are these people that roam this land?
What do they want, these images I see?
Do they also want the chance to be free?

My feet do not touch the earth as I walk on
And when I look back, it is all but gone
Nothing to remind me of where I have passed
The void that reaches is lonely and vast

My destination is unknown, I cannot tell
How long I will be in this holding cell
I will search for a fraction of my mind
Desperate to never be left behind.



ESCAPE

Out beyond the reaches of mankind
Far above the grasp of greedy hands
The distance stretches great, on and on
A place where human emotion must take a stand

Hear it calling like an answer
To the prayers you keep hidden
Succumb to the fascination
That draws you so much nearer

From the depths of your soul
To the lengths of your mind
Feel the power of the heartbeat
As the pulse grows stronger with each breath

You wonder what it is that finds your senses
Desperately you seek for an indefinite way out
Despair and desolation leaves you lost
But only for a moments on blundering heights

Dreams are images of desire and hope
But reality masks for inspiration and infatuation
Your world is shattered by illusions of fate
Though silently, you endure in all that you believe.









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