Visions of the Crown (of Mighty Deer)

The air was fresh with orange scent
And all the stars were bright and clear.
I wandered through the spellbound forest
And saw a Crown of Mighty Deer.
I heard the song of a nightingale,
The one no birdie can compare with;
After a while I closed my eyes
And thought: “…wish you were here…”
I rushed and ran around a bend:
I crossed the brook, climbed up the stairs,
Then knocked on heavy wooden door
With hope to find you sleeping there…


You suddenly turned on the lights.
“Were you asleep?”, “Oh, no! My dear…”
You told me that you’d thought of us,
I smiled in joy, ‘cause you still cared.
We left outside and hit the road,
And all the colours’d changed, I swear.
The leaves became big, flashy, red,
Our clothes and sacks had gone somewhere.
And what was left – just you and I,
and magic for our lips to share.
The Sky have opened and it seemed,
That He froze-up to the atmosphere.
No motion, not a single breath
and no emotion. We just stared
with eyes wide-opened in splendour
To see the Crown of Mighty Deer…


Our hands unchained, we separated:
We found ourselves not standing near,
The silhouettes became so bold.
The brightness we could hardly bear…
You finally understood that all
We saw and felt would disappear;
I told you this (mouth close to ear).
And while we were getting near
We saw the branchy naked bush
Instead of Crown of Mighty Deer.

Poem written by and printed with permission from:

---- Rimas from Lithuania

Requiem: For Myself

Alone on a darkened night
I sit with pen in hand
Mind wandering, meandering
Trying to understand

Alone on a stormy night
I sit with head in hands
Crying, sighing, inside: dying
Mourning over my best-laid plans

Lightning flashing, thunder rolls
Eerie shadows on the wall
A sense of foreboding deep in my soul
Listening to the sky fall

Body shaking, tears begin to fall
Down life-weathered cheeks they roll
Pouring salt into the wound; the void; a hole
....I miss myself most of all

Author's Note:

This poem comes from a very dark place I was in months ago. Thankfully I have found my way back and am getting back to who I really am. A good follow up to this one would be my work called "Full Circle" which also appears on this blog. It is pretty much the flip-side to this; describing my voyage back to self-realization.

Where Are You?

Through exit signs
And yellow lines
My mind inclines
To think of someone

Passing zones
And siren drones
Silent phones
That never ring
Where are you?

In my car
It’s so bizarre
I’ve been so far
In search of someone

Signal lights
And lonely nights
Wheel gripped tight
And knuckles white
Where are you?

Neon blinking
Hopes are sinking
While I’m thinking
Where is that someone?

Foggy Mist Of Dreams

Foggy mist of dreams
Only you I see clear
Take one step closer
Feeling you so near

Lost for words inside this moment
No need to say a word
For in this place we are in
All secret thoughts are heard

Call me a dreamer
Step inside this world
Forever
Forever

Love is just a whisper
In the darkness of the night
But why should it disappear
At the sign of sun's first light?

Dreams are just expressions
Of my innermost heart and soul
And when I dream about you
I lose my self-control

Call me your lover
Let's take on the world
Together
Together

Full Circle

Somewhere, sometime long ago
I walked away from myself
Meandering along a path
Laid out by someone else

Lost and alone, I strayed
Compromise came with a price
I fear too high for me to pay
I lost my soul in sacrifice

I sought love and acceptance
But found a reasonable facsimile
What was lost in the bargain
Was the one and only me

In search of truth and light
The road of life is far from straight
Winding to the left and to the right
In clever twists of fate

Then, like Paul, on the road to Damascus
A moment of epiphany
But instead of seeing the face of God
I saw the one and only me

Facing ever forward
Upon the path I tread on
I came full circle
And met myself head-on

The Spirit of Radio

A familiar tune from long ago
A synthesized arpeggio
It takes me back through space and time
A melody sublime

From motivation
To inspiration
The doldrums shaken
On a road not taken

Coast to Coast travelling
Life's mysteries unravelling
"The Truth is Out There"
As we "take to the air"

We're Hearts of Space
In the human race
Our eyes to the skies
Where the answer lies

So many questions, so many doubts
So many answers within/without
"Wanna take a ride?"
Take the journey inside

Settle back, turn on the radio
Set a course to where you want to go
"Safe Journey Space Fans, Wherever You Are"
"From the Kingdom of Nye" to the farthest star!

This Coming Of Age

Looking for answers, striving for truth
Balancing maturity, while preserving my youth
The pendulum of life swings ever-so-fast
Looking toward the future, turning away from the past

The road of life can be tough to navigate
So many negative forces from which to extricate
Finding my voice, having my say
With no signposts to mark the way

It's never been easy, this coming-of-age
A neophyte upon life's stage
But in this role, no lines have been scripted
Or if so, they'd be uselessly encrypted

Experience isn't something you can get for trade
You can't learn from mistakes somebody else made
No, in this life, it's all on YOUR shoulders
So become wiser, not merely older

The Plateaux of Mirror

Where worlds collide
Where horizons meet
Where fantasy and reality
No longer compete

Light meets dark
And life meets death
Where a lifetime is lived
In a single breath

Eyes once closed, now open wide
We live an endless dream
We've traversed through to the other side
Of a lucid, crystal stream

No longer held by gravity's grip
Finally able to walk on air
No longer fearing our feet should slip
Despite no net being there

Across a vista of time and space
Where the sands of time have shifted
Going to another place
Where we can now get lifted

Up to a place we've been longing to see
And too long been wanting to go
A glorious place for just you and me
Upon a common plateaux

Feet set upon a higher plane
Or is it the plateaux of mirror
A new plateaux of love and delight
Where we can see ourselves and each other clearer

Wonderous Stories

An empty page
An empty slate
An empty space
On which to create

To paint with words
Tell a story in art
All ideas have their genesis
Deep in the heart

From black and white text
To words on a screen
A wider forum
On which to be seen

Images and words
Art in all its glory
These are truly
Life's "Wonderous Stories"

Silence

In the silence may be heard things only the heart and soul can comprehend

Listen close, can you hear it, a love song without end?

In this moment a thousand words are spoken

This sweet tranquility that need not be broken

The mutual feelings that we share

The many ways you show you care

In all you say, and all you do

You’re only saying "I love you"

If not your words, it is your deeds

You fulfill my soul and all its needs

I require nothing more than this

Friendship, love, and your sweet kiss

My heart overcame

My mind overwhelmed

My love, you have taken me

To a whole new realm

Things are so different

Stripped away is my past

I’m in a new world now

And THIS love will last

So this silence, let us hold it

A love story, as destiny told it

Words of beauty, and of love

Echoing to the heavens above.