Poetry by: Starbright
{An Open Door } { Someone I Once Knew }{ Alone I Stand }
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Throughout a lifetime's joureny
a carefully chosen few
will be allowed a view.
Of a warrior stripped defenseless
and vulnerable to you.
For battles she has fought
and surely will again.
For the world in which she walks
brings harsh and cruel demands.
Respite is rarely given.
And so you see,
to many who might seek entry,
an open door is not a luxury.
For hidden deep within
a heart and soul remains.
Carefully hiding
all the hurt and pain.
The battle cry is given,
sword and chakram placed in hand.
A door is firmly closed
and this warrior stands composed.
But deep within the night
a world slips silently by
as softly tears begin to cry.
The weapons of the day
no longer keep the pain at bay.
An an open door is found
for one who makes her way.
The one whose heart was chosen.
The one who hears the words spoken.
The one to whom this warrior
is no mystery.
{ Someone I Once Knew }{ Alone I Stand }
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My soul has sat and wondered
and questioned destiny.
If who I have become
is the one you intended me to be.
The twists and turns along this journey
have forged a path in stone.
Trapped by my fears,
I've silently held the tears,
and no emotion have I shown.
Somewhere in my distant past
I seem to recall
a woman who was not afraid
to give her heart at all.
I contemplate just where she is today.
And what I would give to know
what it's like to love without fear,
and have again that someone I once knew.
And so I pray to you,
tell me she isn't through.
Grant me safe passage
through this journey of discovery.
For deep inside of me
this woman longs to be set free.
No longer living in the past,
but living for today.
Counting on the love that has come my way,
reminding me of someone I once knew.
I catch a glimpse of her
in the sunlight of your smile.
I hear echoes of her heartbeat
in the dreams you weave and speak.
I feel her passion longing to break free
with each and every touch you give to me.
Yes, you remind me of someone I once knew.
And that someone, my dear,
is the soul I've found in you.
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There's a distance between us
a boundary I can't cross.
Somehow it's left me on my own
to stop and count the cost.
I hear your words.
I read what's on your mind.
And though your heart's
still trying desperately
to reach out to mine,
one thing I always find . . .
Alone I stand.
Caught between the past
and what is yet to be.
Wishing somehow that I could flee.
For I know what's been given me,
is a life as empty as the hand
you hold out to me.
Salvation hasn't come.
And could I play the part
of one whose heart is pure and free?
Could I ever be all that you see.
The answer lies in me.
Yet, alone I stand.
Contemplating who we've now become.
Searching for a way to bring back yesterday.
Knowing what divides us,
is the faith we've lost
in who we used to be.
And for every word that might be spoken,
for every time our hearts might be broken,
you say love is the key.
As you desperately reach out to me.
But there is one thing
I always find . . .
Alone I stand.
Watching a life so far removed
from who I dreamed I'd be.
Gauging the distance I've gained day by day.
Only to find,
your heart still so far from mine.
For this distance I cannot cross.
This person, I cannot see, truly loving me.
Salvation hasn't come.
And I cannot play the part,
of one whose heart is pure and free.
I know I'll never be all that you see.
For I found the answer inside of me.
And forever, alone, I stand.
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There are days when life turns
dark as the fears from which I run.
And I feel as if my soul might break away
from the fragile thread by which it barely clings.
At moments just like these
I've turned to you and often wondered
just how much you knew:
You are the rock on which I stand
You are the peace that stays my hand
You are the love to which I bend
You are the voice I search to find
when all around my world gives way
to a heart and soul that fear to stay.
For fate holds my life in her hands
and carefully she weaves each and every strand.
Yesterday, she holds with glee
and places so gently for me to see.
Today, she asks so subtly,
can you bear to take her
to a new and distant land.
Tomorrow, if you should wake,
pray to me your soul to take.
For the sins of your past
you may never outrun
she whispers through my night.
Until at last with the dawning light
I rise and wake to say, no more.
I turn to you and silently implore,
just how much you knew:
You are the rock on which I stand
You are the peace that stays my hand
You are the love to which I bend
You are the voice I search to find
when all around my world gives way
to a heart and soul that fear to stay.
Tell me my love,
when you chose with me to stay,
Just how much you knew.
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