DESPERATE CHARACTERS

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Desperate Characters

Desperate characters

we dance in the dark

trying to capture

that magic, that spark

Wining and dining

and yearning to feel

the way that we did once

when true love was real

Desperate characters

we probe with our eyes

and try to detect there

the truth and the lies

Hoping for something

that can't be replaced

by strangers and others

that time has erased

Desperate characters

we give it a whirl

out there on the floor

the ballroom of the world

Of loving and losing

and losing some more

two ships without anchors

that have crashed on the shore

Still looking for magic

and longing for home

cause a house is just shelter

when you live alone

Desperate characters

trying so to be brave

holding onto a moment

that the heart cannot save

Then the music, it stops now

and the bright lights come on

in the dark, I was hopeful

but I'm leaving alone.

©by Voo

Sept 13, 2005

1:23 a.m.

Fabian Perez
painter of these marvelous paintings

AS THE NIGHT WRITES US IT'S SONG

As The Night Writes Us It's Song


I want you like I need you
I need you like I love
I love you like the ground below
And like the sky above

I feel you in the twilight
Like soft sand 'neath my feet
Coming through the atmosphere
And there my heart to meet

Touching me with just your eyes
Devouring with your glance
You reach for me as your soul sings
And pulls me close to dance

The day, forgotten, the night, awaits
And loneliness is gone
We kiss, we love, we touch, we sing
As the night writes us it's song

©by Voo
just this moment
March 27, 2018
11:42 a.m.

as I listened to this music
Alone In the Dark  

FINDING YOU AGAIN .... contains soundtrack music player

These three pieces of music are exquisite and make the reading of the poem like a movie playing in your mind. Read slowly and savor all the nuances and by the end of the poem you should be at the end of the last song if you time it right!!!! It's pure Magic!!!
Depending on how fast or slowly you read, I suggest you let the first song play almost to the end to absorb the nuances and get into the right frame of mind. The third song should take you to the very end of the write. You'll see what I mean....

"Finding You Again"

Where are you, my love?

What sea has taken you to foreign shores

To mountains I cannot traverse, nor valleys 

Will I not see the face again that I adore?

The eyes that shone with love for me at meeting

The heart that beat in rhythm with my own?

The arms of steel that reached as I lay weeping

Grasped me up and welcomed me to home.

Where are you tonight, my best beloved?

What fate has befallen you alone out there?

What woe has stilled your golden voice from calling

And kept your running feet from coming here?

Send word to me by messenger or raven

On the backs of steeds or in the mouths of fish

Send me word before I die of longing

Before my heart forgets to hope or wish.

Can you feel me reaching for you now?

My fingers blindly groping in the dark

Touching naught but voids all full of nothing

Seeing not a flicker or a spark.

So long, so long, dear heart,  have I been waiting

Standing by the sad and silent shore

Watching for a sign there in the blue skies

Thinking you don't love me anymore.

But surely it's a demon whispering to me

Surely, it cannot be true or fact

If you are lost then my love must go on searching

To the ends of all of the earth to bring you back.

I cry, I cry with tears of endless yearning

I weep with sorrow from a broken heart

I need, I need to know where you are hiding

And what thing conspires to keep our souls apart.

The whispering winds can carry my words to you

Surely, God will send them to your ears

He formed the two of us to be together

He can't approve of all this suffering here.

See how the butterflies cling to my teardrops!

They try to wipe my loneliness away

They kiss me with their tiny, fragile wings now

And wave back to me as they fly away.

And look! See how the roses grow around me!

They caress my skin and leave their sweet perfume

A sky lark perches on a tree branch swaying

And sings to me, "Don't weep, you'll see him soon."

What hope leaps in my heart from out of nowhere!

What love surrounds me from an unknown source

I hear a sound that's coming from a distance

Like pounding hooves...and there it is, the horse!

And on it's back, a man clad in white raiment

I raise my hands to Heaven that God's heard

But when he reaches me, he is a stranger

And he says to me, "I bring you word.

The one you love was wounded in the battle

He clings to life by just a slender thread

But for your love he's held on by sheer willing

By all accounts he should have been long dead."

And all my heart and all my soul cries for you

With bitter tears that fall like torrent rain

I run to the horse and man who pulls me upward

Who seems to feel my heartbreak and my pain.

And on we ride through other-worldly sunlight

Through forests I have never seen before

To a castle tall and shining just before us

And to gates of pearl that I've read about in lore.

The man in white deposits me to others

Who smile at me and take my trembling hand

"He waited for the day that you could join him"

They say to me and lead me to the man.

And there you are and there I am in Heaven!

You hold out your arms to me with shining eyes

I didn't know I'd passed from life to death

I didn't know and I did not ask why.

You walk me down a pathway to a garden

Filled with flowers and bird song and with love

You touch my face and whisper how you love me

And joy rains down on us from skies above.

My love, my ever love, we are together

From life to death and life again it seems

I do not breathe for I'm afraid I'll waken

And find that we live only in my dreams.

©by Voo

November 5, 2018

12:40 a.m.

**For my muse

that I have found again**

THE GUARDIAN AND THE GHOUL

evil always wears a beautiful mask.............

Dark Magic Music
by Goetia

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The Guardian and the Ghoul

(a fairytale too true)

beneath the darkened moon

a black rose bloomed

and wolves began to howl

encroaching doom

and in the forest filled

with cold thick mist

the woman shivered

like she'd just been kissed

she'd lost her way

and couldn't find the path

but stumbled in when she thought

she'd heard a laugh

and so she had

but didn't know the source

and didn't know that laugh

had changed her course

for hidden there

'neath trees like a black cape

her fate awaited her

with no escape

she heard him breathing

ragged-like and slack

who's there? she called

but got no answer back

he watched her terror growing

by the minute

and smiled a smile

for he took pleasure in it

he saw her pale skin

gleaming in the dark

he felt her blood go rushing

through her heart

he smelled the lilac

smell of her perfume

and breathed her in

impatient to consume

she didn't know the danger

waiting there

she didn't know the stranger

didn't care

she only knew her fear

had paralyzed

but not that she

was captured in his eyes

he watched her as she stumbled

in the trees

and slipped and fell

and tumbled to her knees

the moon was much too dark

to light her way

and the forest kept it's pact

to make her stay

they played with her

the man and the dark wood

the vines crept out to catch her

if they could

so many times the forest

set a trap

to catch a pretty maiden

in it's lap

and held her there

until the man appeared

to save her but

became the thing she feared

and this one was no different

though more innocent than most

and so would be a delicious treat

to the forest and it's host

they watched her laugh in nervousness

and then they heard her cry

as she fought valiantly to find

a light up in the sky

 then on the ground the maiden sat

to think and catch her breath

she discerned how close she was to doom

to danger and to death

she prayed a prayer for guidance

she repented of her sins

she promised Jesus if rescue came

that she would make amends

 the vines withdrew their hold on her

and slunk back the way they came

and the forest turned it's head at that

for she had said the Name

then the man with lust within his eyes

cried out and groaned in pain

he knew the maiden would not be his

nor would she come again

for in an instance bright light appeared

and pierced the gloom of night

 an angel came and gathered her

and took her from his sight

and just before light ebbed away

the angel turned to say

"you will not have this beloved one

so Ghoul, be on your way!"

so he crept into his cavern lair

and nursed his wounded pride

and curled into a ball of hurt

with no maiden by his side

and waited then for the next call

when the forest alerted him

that a maiden had wandered off the path

into the woods so dim

and he would watch her as she stumbled

and listen close to what she'd say

for if she did not say the Name

then she'd be his that day

the man, the ghoul, the evil one

in his lair of stones and sticks

always waiting for the lost

and up to his old tricks

he never changes, his tactics work

and always have, you see

how do I know this, you may ask

the maid who prayed that night was me

and so I tell my story

to all who'll hear my tale

so if you have the will to live

you'll hear and hear me well

the woods so dark and the light so dim

detour the path that you are on

and if you never call the Name

you'll not find your way home

this world is full of creatures

that lie in wait for you

to take from you your breath and life

and discard you when they're through

don't stumble in the darkness

when there is light to shine

don't forget there is an angel watching

over you, friend, just like mine

he is waiting for the summons

to be sent from God above

to rescue you and help you through

and to prove to you you're loved

but the ghoul there in the forest waits

for he knows that few there be

that believe that angels wait to fly

to rescue foolish ones like me

and he rubs his hands, anticipating

as the clouds obscure the moon

as the wolves howl out their fearful songs

and the black roses start to bloom

he stands 'neath black trees like a cape

hidden from the eye

and he laughs his laugh to catch the ear

of the lost maiden passing by

shhh! the forest whispers out

as the ghoul sends forth his laugh

and the vines of sin begin to reel her in

from the safety of the path

and in his darkness he devours

and casts her flesh away

and her spirit rises up to scream

but it can never run away

 the forest is filled with his victims

though he's long tired of their stale human taste

he will still carry on till the lost are all gone

while Heaven watches and mourns for the waste

so many angels sidelined

so many unemployed

that could be sent from Heaven

to rescue the devil's toys

for they can't come unless they're called

and they cannot rescue

the heirs of salvation to which they're assigned

God's own, like me and you

and the ghoul knows that

oh yes, he knows

and he lies to us

as he watches us grow

and he steals the faith 

out of our hearts

and steals our prayers

Before we start

and he makes us believe

as we make our way home

that the dark evil forest

is where we belong

please listen to me now

the foolish, now schooled

if you don't call for the Guardian

you'll be devoured by the Ghoul.

the ghoul's true face..........

darkness always runs from light............

©by Voo

March 25, 2019

11:34 a.m.

COMING TOWARDS ME A mythical love story I just created

Debris
by Blue October

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Coming Towards Me

I feel you coming towards me
Like a tidal wave at midnight
Like a waterfall at daybreak
Like a hurricane
In the middle of a desert
Washing away my fears
Giving me fresh tears
But tears of joy and light.

Your face is a vision to my eyes
Your smile like the sun on a distant planet
Your hands reaching
Teaching me to reach back
And gather you to my soul
Your touch is like fire
 Fire that burns but never burns up
Like a miracle
And a magician's illusion
That is more real than real.

My eyes see you
Even when they're closed
Even when they're blinded
By shooting stars
And flashes of would-be stars
That appear on my horizon
To steal my heart away
From the only one it loves.

I am weak, this is true
And human and flesh
And always hungry for feeling
Passion rules me
And kills me
And drives me away and toward
At the same time
Away from and toward you
And your cleansing rain
And my devouring flame.

I am me, woman that I am
And yours, man that you are
Wanting more than anyone can give
And giving more than anyone
Can take
A flame within an ocean,
An ocean that burns
With liquid fire
That can never be quenched
Till it be quenched in dust of death.

Feel that breeze caress your skin
That is me
Feel that kiss leave sweetness
Upon your lips..........
That is me
Feel that heat that envelopes
Your cooling heart
That is me loving you
Loving you, loving you
Like a song is loved by a singer
And a masterpiece, by it's painter.

And when you have loved me again
And I have dissolved like debris in water
Every ash and atom of me
Will still love you, still need you,
Still call your name
To the four winds
Still wait for you to pull me back together
And mend my broken wings
So I can once more fly
At your command.

I don't know if I love you
More than need you,
More than want you,
More than crave you
Like a magic potion
Made especially for me by the medicine man
Who looked into my soul
And knew what I needed
More than I did
And conjured you up
Out of bits of broken hearts
And raindrops.

Every night with you
I go embarking on a vision quest
To find myself
And finding myself in you
A man made of magic
And lust so pure
It is too sacred to be spoken of
Above a whisper in hallowed halls.

Inside you,
There is a heaven and a hell
And a journey to be made
To the center of a heart
As big as the universe
And as warm as candles
Forming a circle in the sand
For us to dance within
Where no music is needed
But is given to us by tongues of angels
And played on harps of gold.

You step out of the ocean
Mythical and ethereal
Cooled and bathed
By the small white hands of waves
Lapping against your flesh like the kisses
Of mermaids
Thereby refreshed by Poseidon
And released by waters
Centuries old.

You stop and look around you
Looking for me
The woman of fire and desire
That waits on the shore
Waiting for you to need me yet again
Under another star filled night
In a circle full of light
Our eyes meet
And lock with keys of longing
As our mouths form smiles
And taste kisses
That have not yet been kissed.

And you are coming towards me
And I am waiting like a woman
Who obeys
Who waits for permission to speak
Who looks for a nod of your head to approach
And I let you think I will yet wait again
But I do not. Not tonight.

Throwing my white robes to the wind
I step outside the circle
Bare as a baby, newborn
And on sand as soft as silk
I make my way to you
Dancing like a feather in a storm
And then I run
As your body pulls me to you like a magnet
I cannot resist nor do I want to
And you are coming towards me
As I come to you
You, the tidal wave and me, the burning fire
And we embrace again, as always
In liquid flame.

©by Voo
March 23, 2019
4:38 p.m.

this write was inspired, in part, by Pele goddess of Volcanoes
and Kanaloa, god of the sea

and partly inspired by the song up top
by Justin of Blue October
The story wrote itself while I listened
to the song