Every night I dream anew,
Then time unravels
And I see you,

I hold you close to never part
Then I awaken
To a broken heart.

With eyes wide open
I am loathe to see
My life entombed
By awful symmetry

Ars Moriendi

Leave the world a little brighter
Find your bliss and lose your fears,
Leave your friends a little wiser
And measure not by span of years.

Missing from my life,

Your absence always pains me

Like a phantom limb

Ashes stain my hands and heart,

Blessed with all the insight I can stand,

Failure evolves into art,

This wedding guest, a sad and wiser man.

Paradigm Lost

Living is Loving

And Loving is Losing

So Living is Losing

But Life is no game,

Feeling is Falling

And Falling is Failing

So Feeling is Failing

But no one's to blame.

Like a pressed flower

In the pages of my mind,

Memory of joy.