.•*¨`• The Butterfly .•*¨`•

I flitter and flutter in this world
Fragile and bright as a butterfly
Seemingly without direction or purpose
But it is curiosity that draws me on.

We search with wonder for wisdom
Seeking unintelligible answers to insoluble problems
In this new synergistic world
Of pixilated beings.

Are we drawn here to become more,
Merged into something greater
Than our individual parts?

Wanting so for someone to see
That spark in us that has value
So we can belive in our selves.

Let us take the risk
In this curious world
To see the wonder
The spontaneous delight.

Revealing the human spirit
Giving up the hubris of control
Merging in with the "All that is",
We become the oneness of us all.

* ..··•°•··..*

~* Change *~

Changes fly in on the winds of time
Soaring and swooping over the tops of mountains
Slipping and sliding through the leaves of the trees
Floating in through my window.

Bits and bytes
Merge with the wind -
Pixels and places
Electrons in time and space.

Changes grow
In the cauldron of my soul.
They simmer inside me
Boiling to the surface,
Exploding into my being.

You stir the bubbling change in me,
Your recipe of truth and honesty
Hard and soft blend
Of what will be
What can be.

A new me
Forged by the hands of others
Blended into the past
Form a new me for the future.

Stacy: Words and music by Michael Wells

Thanks to Mic for letting me use his song. I'm blessed to have him as
a friend. I know all his dreams will come true.

~*~ A rainy day ~*~

My heart yearns to see you again.
My arms ache to hold you.
My eyes fill with tears as they wait
To see your eyes gazing into them.

My body throbs with the passion
That resides there always yearning
For you to ignite the flame
That flickers there only for you.

The skies are crying for me, for us,
As they shower down unto the earth
To replenish it once again.
I long for you and for clear blue skies.

~* Why did I do it? *~

Why did I do it?
Did I do it to hurt?
Am I so vain
I would cause another pain?

He is forbidden to me
Though I look at him through eyes of love.
He may care for me
But he is a man of the world
And can not be seen with me.

So one night I did what I should not have.
I showed the world that he did care.
I showed them all that I belonged.
I did not care what others thought.

I laughed and danced
My head held high.
He watched with eyes of love
Or just another lesson taught?

Why did I do it?

*~* Cosmic Questing *~*

By SanDazz
*
Leaves flow in the breezes
As I pass they shed tears
For my broken heart.

Stars shedding brilliance
Illuminate my cluttered mind.
The skies drip
Loving tears
Into my soul.

The blue haze
Drifts from the mountains
Obscuring my gaze
Of the loveliness
Of this day.

And the birds
Twittering and chirping
Their melodic songs of love
Distract my wondering meditations.

Today the universe sings
Of my freedom
And the earth
Beats pulsation's
Of response
Anchoring me to life.

My mind drifts from memory to plans.
It lies uneasily in this moment of now
My purpose is conflicted
With heartfelt sorrows
And exuberant joys.

From vernal greening
To autumnal coloring,
I quest for that moment
Of invisible silence
Where heavens will is mine.

The universe unfolds my being
And I rest in this my creation.

~*~ The end ~*~

* This was a collaboration with most of it being written by another poet.

Forbidden love

A dance on a cloud
With a fragrant flower,
We stare unabashed into eyes
Only meant for others.

My heart long ago stolen
As I watched from afar
A lord held in cold lover's grasp
Heart broken as she fled.

His arms welcomed another.
Her songs filled his heart
To ease the ache from
His true love's loss.

A wedding planned
For all to see,
Her wish, not his,
He meant to please.

Could my eyes
So filled with tears
Watch vows exchanged
As two made one.

Her busy life was filled with Song.
Her arms held others
To fill her time.
I read her words and read his too.

She set him free
I think to see
His feeling true
Or not meant to be.

His first love back
As man and wife,
What part has she
In my lord's heart?

I hold him always
Deep inside
And sometimes
In the mist of clouds
We dance and gaze
Into lovers' eyes.

*~* A day to remember *~*

Shapes and Shadows
Drift on the edge of my conscious mind
On a day remembering
Who and what
I am.

Another year
So quickly gone
Almost not noticed
Through the blur of time and space.

I break the chains of time
To relive every moment
Of past years
With new vision.

The now me sees the then me
Through the haze of time.
Each moment is felt anew
But with times perspective.

Shapes and shadows
Of who I am,
Who I'm becoming,
Seen on this day
Of remembering.

*~*

Mystic musings

Rhythmic songs swirl in misty fog
And mingle with the scent of night
To disturb my mystic musings.

Heart unchained filled with joy
Pulsates
With the rhythm of the dark.

Sparkles of light flit
In the surrounding forest
To illuminate my ponderings.

Whoo sings in the inky skies
A feathered predator swoops
To feast on thoughts
Of past painful sorrows.

The universe dances
With joyful feelings
My spirit spirals into
Blissful dreams
Of all my loves.

Just BE

Does it not take courage
For a woman to BE a woman?
Does it not take strength
For a man to BE a man?

The wonder of a woman
The soft sweetness
The delicious joy
The tender love
The desire to please

The strength of a man
The control in his hands
Taking what is his to take
Not by coercion. He is more then that.
But by the power of his persuasion

They have tried to make us the same
We may be equal
But I'm glad I am Woman
Even more glad you are Man

Easy come easy go

I've been told
By someone in the know
That men whose hearts
As everybody knows
Are cold

Can only love the ones
That run
And hide
And cant be told
From hot
Or cold

Can this be true?
That hearts are blind?
And can not see or hear
The tender kind?

How sad that is
If this be true
For much is lost
In missing those of us
They held while missing you.

The purple dress

SHE SAID:

The purple dress of mine so loved
It flowed and shimmered like the waves.
It danced and spun for all to see
Afloat the purple passion sea
...
By chance her words by me were seen
My purple dress, unknown to me
had danced with him and not with me
had spun and twirled when love was new
And now my heart was pierced anew
...
For I am me and she is she
Does she believe I want to be
Another her for him, to please?
Am I so shallow I would change
A hair, my skin, and not be me?
...
Am I a ghost of her love past?
No, I am me and she is she
No ghost of her
Just he and me.
*~*

HE SAID:

My love did read a poem by her
The other purple dress complained
About the dress they shared that day
Made me wonder why they cared
...
So after dancing once with love
I sat in ease alone apart.
The other purple dress did ask
And I enfolded her in dance.
...
I saw my love by song entrance
She sitting near the feet of singer
A glare unseen of lovers eyes,
And she devoid of farewell fled
...
I danced with bliss so unaware
In the dark of night when she returned
It was a horrid moment. I learned
That I was lower then a worm
...
When purple dress asks me to dance,
So wisely I don't take a chance.
My loves tongue wags not chatterly
But sharply slashes pain in me
...
Now I no longer drown neck deep
From quicksand ignorance I'm free
Until my arms with comfort hold
Our love returns midst our fold

*~* The End *~*