Fables Within Facades

A day, one day, it was only a day,

I learned and I loved but it was taken away.

A morn of anxiety, my heart it did sway,

A day, one day, it was only a day.

In dark was I born, a shadow did loom,

For peace would ne’er be my mind's boon.

Hidden, at start, though was found soon,

That my mind was to spell out its own doom.

Consigned, I felt, fore’er stuck in a rut,

And it was all thanks to the unhealable cut.

Oh that wound in my soul that still kept my heart shut,

I learned to live with a sword in my gut.

But then I found you, and beauty you taught,

Showed me that joy which I had sought.

The bliss for which I always fought,

You gave to me, without a second thought.

It started so simple, was just a smile,

And yet it grew ever wider with ev’ ry mile.

For a time there was no strife, no hardship, no guile,

I had forgotten all that was so vile.

You gave me a gift that I could not buy,

I felt normal, it was no lie.

It was so much more than a high,

For the first time e’er, regular felt nigh.

Together, we set body and soul free,

And we basked in the shade of that blue willow tree.

I found myself lost in eyes, colored like the sea,

I finally had seen what life could be.

The words in your skin, etched and worn as stone,

And the calm kindness in your tone.

You carry that I had ne’er known,

The joy in your heart, I was ne’er alone.

A day you held me, and I found true love,

The joy, the light, the skin, the mind, I was a dove.

I flew so high, the sun so warm, wind a light shove,

A day you held me, and I found true love.

And oh, my heart, it had broke free! 

To hell with the meter, my heart it must scream!

I found a new side to life, one I never knew I would need,

In the arms of nature, we could all freely breathe.

The chains that bound me, in an instant were shattered,

And healed was my heart, no longer was it battered.

I held the cuffs high, mocked them, the chains I rattled,

And none understood the overwhelming joy of the battle.

I held you so close, we danced as if we were lovers,

And you sailed us forward, we were like ships without rudders.

The two of you, I found a higher love for my brothers,

Oh I shall cry and declare, careless if I sound like a nutter.

How I sound matters not to me, I must shout out what’s true,

And that is the deep ties and bonds of my friendship with you.

Each and every one of you, an infinite amount of love is due,

For the hidden spirit within me that out of my mind you drew.

I would kiss you all, would be by your side ‘til the end of days,

And forever beside you would we bask in the sun's warm rays.

My heart, it flutters, oh had I found true love in every way,

And this flood of emotion, well, it’s all I know how to say.

But nothing can last fore’er, I know well,

At day’s end, a ring of the bell.

Cracks now seen, I rebuild the shell,

And make my return into mundane hell.

The red goddess who had stolen my heart,

They knew it not, and we have returned to the start.

The blue willow shrivels, the stone words fall apart,

Without the sun, alone within the art.

Your calm words gone, and we all feel the toll,

Though I feel I’ve lost all control.

I now question, deep in my soul,

Would it be the same were it my words stole?

True love, even though I had learned it,

Had slipped from my grasp, and I fell into the pit.

Love’s memory remains, I feel it not a bit,

True love, as if I had not yet learned it.

What I would give, oh to feel it again,

‘Til end of days, to be still sane.

Alas, I must lay in the rain,

And watch the feelings continue to wane.

A day, one day, it was only a day,

I love you, I do not want that taken away.

For the joy to return, all I can do is pray,

A day, one day, it was only a day.