Never
Blindly follow
The likes of
Pied poets
Just because
Others choose to

Why is it
What we have
Plays no factor
Where it comes
To the laws of attraction

Seek color in the gray
Wonder in the ordinary
Hidden depths in shallow water
Life is so much better
With an open mind

Heed which voice you follow
Into the untamed
Endless green
The call of the wild
May be made
By nature, man, or beast alike

Empty beach
Trails of footprints
Side by side
Love letters
Set in sand
Tides and time-defying
Left behind
To last forever

Fist in the air
Stand against all odds
Unleash the dogs of war
Cry freedom

Hearts untended
Emotions once lush
A landscape
Now barren
Starving for
What can't be had

To cut their path
Mankind went so far
As to scar the mountains
Just to cross
A little faster

Heed
What treacherous currents lie
Beneath a seeming
Picture of serenity

None but ourselves
Or circumstance
Point our inertia
Towards consequence
Binding us
To dance with fate
Swinging to the sound
Of heartbeats fading

Leave behind
Those crumbled ruins
Faded memories of glory days
To seek out better views
From fertile lands
On which to build
Something the likes
The world
Has never seen

Don't fear the grey
Praise the rains
With naught but sun
Set in blue
Life wastes away
And ceases

It always gets worse
Before it gets better
Pick up the pieces
Of your broken heart
And stitch it back together

Come dream with me
Of cloud side strolls
Past castles
Build from lost ideals
Lazy swims
In lakes of hopes
Once vibrant
Now long forgotten
Shadows of a world
That never came to be

Back home
Where you can
Feel the weight of luggage
Lift
As you leave
The world
Outside

In my rearview mirror
I see places, people
I cannot recall
Did my sanity betray me
Or is just
My memory fading

Unbroken
Defiant
Suffered your worst
Endured it all
Soul survivor
The storm
Before the calm

Time persists
Seasons drift
Upon waves
Synced lunar beats
Perception shifts
Speeding us
Ever forward

Affection
Frustration
Equal amounts
Rising
Falling
Upon passion's waves
What strange charm
Our love became
Once we stopped
Communicating