MY AQUARIAN TONGUE
MY AQUARIAN TONGUE
S.JENSEN © 2018
HARDEN BY SUN AND AIR
SOFTEN BY WATER AND HEAT
HEARTEN BY MOON AND FLOWERS
SHE SLEEPS A CHARMED
SLEEP TIL WAKEN
IN THE NIGHT
TO STORMY WEATHER
AMONG FRIENDS
OH TO THE TRUTH
AND TROUBLES IT SO BRINGS
OH THE POISON IN
THE BLOOD VEINS
AND FRUITS LIKE HONEY
TO THE THROAT
TEAS THAT AID IN PAIN
CALMED IN DEADLY PERIL
THE FIERY ANTIDOTE
YET OF HARSH WORDS
FLOWED FROM THIS
TONGUE
SEEKS SHADOWS BY
THE MISTAKE
AND BETRAYED TRUST
TO DRUNKEN
FIENDISH HURTS
LEFT IN THE EARLY MORN
TO FIND STRENGTH
WHILE ONE STANDS
AMONG THE SHINING LIGHTED WARMTH
OF DAY WITH FROST-LOCKED
WINTER
OH THE
BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE
PHRASES
AS FRIENDSHIPS
ALREADY FRAGILE
COME UNRAVELED
DRIPPING DRY
IN THAWED WIND
TO CLOSED DOORS
STRONG ON THE WIND
ADMITTING COURAGE
TO APOLOGIZE WHERE
I IN ALL OF IT WAS WRONG
TRUTH OR NOT TRUTH
HURT IT DID
TO ALL INVOLVED
ONCE AGAIN
THE BLADED GRASS CUTS
CLEAN AND DEEP
AS WHAT BREAKS
IS A LESSON LEARNED
ONLY IT SEEMS BY MYSELF
TO USE MY HEART
LIKE A RAINBOW SHELL
DANGLING TOXIC BASKETS
OF ROTTEN FOOD
IN THE GARBAGE THEY GO
OUT THE DOOR
OH TO TRUE COLOURS
OF THE SOULS
SHINES AND BRINGS
NOTHING BUT
FAR LESS THAN
THE SUNSET SKY
WORTH SHAKEN
BUT LOVE CARRIES
BUT THE COST IS A LOSS
LINGERING IN TIME
AS THESE CARED FOR
BASH EACH OTHER WITH
WORDS
AND STORMS RISE AND FALL
AS ONE WALKS AWAY
AND INITIATIVES ROLLED
LIKE DICE DOWN THE DRAIN
ANY HOPES
OF GROWING KARMA
TO EXPAND
LOST ON THEM BOTH
YET WITHIN THIS SOUL
IT RESIDES TO REPENT
MY WRONGS
I KNOW NOW WHERE
THE TRUE POISON RESIDES
AND JUST HOW BAD IN
THE DEPTHS IT LURKS
WASHING MY DARKEST
IMPERFECTIONS AWAY
WITHIN THE HEATED
SUN KEELED AND WRESTLED
THOSE PERSONAL DEMONS
AWAY FROM MY DOOR
YET IT SO KNOCKED
LAVED SOUL IN TEARS
OF STRETCHED YEARS
NO LONGER TO MORNING STARS
THRILLS OF SUBTLE SCENTS
AMONG THE RANTS
ARCHANGEL OUTSTRIPPED
THE ROUGH EDGES
OH TO KNOWLEDGE DULY WEIGHED
TRUTH OR NOT
SOMETIMES IT JUST
SHOULDN’T BE SAID
ON SENSITIVE EARS
OR IT SHOWS COLD DEWS
AND SIDES IN THE SAND
ARE DRAWN FOR
IT TAKES ONLY SECONDS
TO DESTROY WHAT
YEARS HAS BUILT
TESTED FOUNDATIONS
OH SAVE LOVE
FOR LOVE IS ALL IN ALL
TO MY
SALVAGED RUINS
OF THE CHOICES MADE
AND THE LOST
TRUST TO
THE NOW FRIENDSHIPS
SHATTERED AND GONE
FOR CERTAIN.
THIS APPLIES
TO A FEW THINGS
RECENT AND PASSED
WHERE ENDS OCCUR
AND BEGINNINGS
SOMEHOW
ARE STILL WORKED
OUT…
I HAVE LEARNED
MY KARMIC LESSON
ON MY BRUTAL TONGUES
HARSH WORDS
SAID AND HOW A
FRIEND USED THEM
TO HURT ANOTHER
AND HOW
THAT JUST CHANGED
EVERYTHING…
I REALIZE
TRUTH
SOMETIMES
JUST SHOULDN’T BE
SAID.
