DON'T BE SAD

THIS WILL ALL GET BETTER AS THE TIME PASSES BY

I JUST LOOK AT YOU AND SMILE AND SIGH

TODAY IS TOMORROW'S NIGHT AS WE LOOK LEFT TO RIGHT

THINGS WILL BE ALL RIGHT

DON'T CRY TONIGHT

LOOK UP INTO THE SUNGLIGHT AND SEE THE POSITIVITY THAT WE BOTH POSSESS

WE ARE THE CREATORS OF WHAT OUR HEARTS AND HANDS CAN HOLD IN THE

FOLDS OUR WORN TRAVELING SHOES

YOU SHOW ME YOUR " SOLES" I WILL SHOW YOU MINE.

WE HAVE WALKED FOREVER TO COME TOGETHER TO OUR UNDERSTANDING.

WHAT IS THE UNDERSTANDING

IT WILL TAKE A LIFETIME TO FIGURE OUT OR MAYBE THE JOURNEY  IS THE REAL

PASSAGE

THE RITE OF PASSAGE OF A RELATIONSHIP TO ALWAYS LEARN TO LEARN

SOMETHING FROM THE OTHER

SO DON'T BE SAD MY DARLING

FOR I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE TO CONTINUE ON OUR JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY

WITH A DRY EYE, A SMILE, AND A LOVING SIGH.

YOU IN MY HEAD

I SEE YOU WITH THOSE INTENSE EYES BURNIN' A HOLE INTO MY PSYCHE.

INTENTLY I STARE BACK READY TO MEET THAT CHALLENGE HEAD ON AS YOU

WALK OVER TO WHERE I AM STANDING AS I TAKE A DRINK TO SOMEWHAT FOOL

MYSELF INTO CALMING DOWN

LIPS MOISTENED, I BRACE MYSELF FOR WHAT I WANT AND KNOW IS GOING TO

HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE UNSPOKE CONVERSATION WE HAD FROM ACROSS THE

ROOM

THE JUKEBOX ROARS TO LIFE AND WAKES ME FROM MY REVERIE AS YOU WHISK

ME INTO A SLOW AND STEADY GROOVE WHERE NOTHING AROUND US SEEMS TO

MATTER ANYMORE. DID WE EVEN NEED THAT NON-VERBAL ONSLAUGHT FROM

BEFORE OR WAS THAT JUST YOU ASKING ME TO DANCE OR ASKING MY SOUL

WHETHER WE HAD MET IN A PREVIOUS LIFETIME? IT  FEELS SO RIGHT LIKE THE

BEST FITTING GLOVES I HAVE EVER HAD AND I SWEAR NO ONE ELSE IS HERE

ANYMORE, JUST US.

MY BREATH CATCHES AND I DRINK IN YOUR SCENT LIKE WOLF WHO HAS FINALLY

FOUND HER MATE AND I HAVE TO REFRAIN FROM TAKING THAT INITIATING NIP OF

LUST AND CLAIMAGE AS I AM CAUGHT UP IN THE SWIRLING EMOTIONS AND WHAT

IT IS DOING TO MY DANCING EFFORTLESS BODY. HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE SO

SO QUICKLY WITH SUCH EASE AND SWAGGER ? THEN I START TO CONTEMPLATE ON

THIS MORE AND MORE AS IT GETS HAZYIER AND THE DISCO LIGHTS GET BRIGHTER.

" THE WEATHER WILL BE 76 TODAY WITH A LOW OF 56 @ THE COAST. NOW WITH A

MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSERS."  GROGGILY I SIT UP CONFUSED AND START TO

LOOK AROUND FOR YOU.

THEN IT HITS ME LIKE THE HANGOVER THAT COMETH THAT YOU ARE A FRAGMENT

OF MY IMAGINATION AND REAL LIFE IS CALLING YET AGAIN. DAMN, WHY WERE

YOU IN MY HEAD?

A SHORT STORY: " INTO THE FIRE"

      NOSFERATU, IT IS TRUE...THAT IS WHAT THEY CALL ME. I LAY AWAKE IN MY SLUMBER LISTENING TO THE SOUNDS OF THE CITY ABOVE ME AS THEY DRONE OFF TO THE OUTER REACHES OF SLEEP. SLEEP,SLEEP,SO DEEP. SO BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE WITH THE LIFE THEY HAVE IN THEM THAT I ENVY THEM SO MUCH AND YET I DESPISE THEM FOR HATING ME SO. I YEARN FOR THEIR SWEET SUCCULENT WARM BLOOD UPON MY LIPS AND I CAN ALMOST FEEL IT PULSATING THROUGH MY UNDEAD BODY REVIVING MY SKIN TO THAT SHINY LUSTER THAT MAKES ME BEARABLE TO THE VIEWER LIKE YOU.

      AH, A MORTAL IS APPROACHING WITH AN UNCLEAN SOUL. I WILL DO THE LORD'S WORK AND RID THE WORLD OF THE EVIL-DOER. SUCH A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS DONT'CHA THINK? I BELIEVE IN NO HEAVEN OR HELL BUT IN MY OWN LITTLE CAPSULE OF ETERNABLE DAMNNESS. SUCH A LONELY LIFE AND I HOPE TO ESCAPE IT SOMEDAY LIKE SOME OF THE GREATS BEFORE ME. BUT FOR NOW I AM DOOMED TO WALK ALL ETERNITY BEING THIS DEATH DEALER.

        FEAR NOT, I ONLY GO OUT AT NIGHT AND REMOVE THE SCUM OF THIS WORLD. YOU HAVE NO WORRIES UNLESS YOUR PATH HAS NOT BEEN CLEAR. ANOTHER MORTAL DOTH APPROACHES, BUT THIS ONE ASKS ME TO TAKE AWAY ALL THE PAIN AND SUFFERING ALL WITHIN A GLANCE. WHAT DO I DO? HE IS PLEADING WITH THAT BEAUTIFUL FACE AND AND MY ROTTEN HEART BREAKS AND I GIVE IN.

       I BEND DOWN TO GIVE HIM THAT FINAL MORTAL EMBRACE AS MY FANGS SINK INTO HIS SOFT UNBLEMISHED NECK AND OH! WHAT SWEETNESS! HIS BLOOD IS SO PURE. I TELL HIM HE MUST BITE MY NECK, ARM, AND THE PLACE WHERE MY HEART SHOULD RESIDE TO HAVE IMMORTALITY. HE COMPLIES LIKE A CHILD WANTING THAT PIECE OF CANDY FROM A STRANGER THAT THEY SHOULDN'T. HE STARTS TO CONVULSE AND HAS SEIZURES AS HIS BODY GOES INTO THE CHANGE. THE PROCESS BECOMES A BIG SLURRY FOR THE RODENTS AND VERMIN IN THIS DERELICT GRAVEYARD THIS HAS TAKEN PLACE IN. THEN IT WAS ALL OVER AND THE CHANGE WAS COMPLETE.

          MY FLEDGLING LOOKED UPON THE WORLD WITH HIS VAMPIRIC EYES AND KNEW ALL I PAST ONTO HIM AND ACCEPTED THIS LIFE AND LET GO OF THE OLD. IT WAS THEN THAT I KNEW WHAT MY PURPOSE WAS. WHEN THAT MORNING SUN CREPT UP OVER THE TOMBSTONES I VALIENTLY WALKED INTO THE FIRE.

ANCESTOR WISH

OH I WISH I COULD LIVE IN THE TIME OF MY ANCESTORS

FOR THE BEAUTY OF MY CULTURE AND THE WISDOM I CAN IMPART TO MY

CHILDREN

I WANT TO LEARN THE DANCES AND SONGS THAT I DONT KNOW THAT I

INHERITANTLY ALREADY KNOW IN MY SOUL

IT NEEDS TO REACH MY BRAIN TO TEACH MYSELF TO REMEMBER MY BEAUTIFUL

PAST

SO FAR I KNOW SOME WORDS, A BEAUTIFUL SONG, AND WHEN I DANCE TO THE

MUSIC I CAN ALMOST FEEL I AM DANCING THE RIGHT STEPS.

I WANT TO FEEL A MIGHTY HORSE IN MY POWER WITH THE WIND BLOWING IN

MY WILD HAIR

I CAN FEEL THEM WHISPERING THEIR THANKS TO ME LOUD AND CLEAR LIKE AN

ARROW SHOT TO AN ANAWARE DEER

STAY CLEAR OF THE SMOKE SIGNALS THAT CLOUD YOUR MIND

CLEAR YOUR MIND AS YOU LAY TO SLEEP UN THE SKINS

WAKE AND THANK THE MOTHER FOR ANOTHER

TRUE COLORS

BE IT YELLOW, BLUE, OR GREEN

YOU CAN  NEVER PAINT WHAT IS IN MY DREAM

RED, PURPLE, BLACK

YOU CAN SAY MANY WORDS AND DO MANY THINGS YOU CAN NEVER TAKE BACK

SILVER & GOLD

THIS IS GETTING OLD

HOW MANY LIES HAVE YOU TOLD?

THE HEART IS MY LEGAL TENDER

I'M RETURNING THIS BOUNCED CHECK TO THE SENDER

WHERE THE BLUR OF EMOTIONS SPILLS FORTH ACROSS MY SKY LIKE A

DYSFUNCTIONAL RAINBOW TO BECOME A BLINDING WHITE

I HAVE FINALLY SEEN THE LIGHT.