I

Side by side
Two friends lay
And battle the world together.
Cancer and rape
No longer a fear.

II

Suffering from melancholy
Two friends confide in each other.
Eager for a future
With happiness.

III

The wind whispers
In their ears
Telling a sweet story.
Serein falling to comfort them.

IV

Strange, numinous beauty
Demands to be known,
Providing a paradise
For two friends.

V

Two hearts beat in unison.
A passionate warmth ablaze,
Their love for each other unknown.

VI

The last leaf falls from the tree,
The petal from the flower,
And the last breath of two bodies.

VII

They sit alone and afraid
With no one to rescue them
From their troubled minds.
No clear path to take.

VIII

Flooded with euphoria
The souls of man and woman entwine.
Free in their own world
To live eternally.

IX

Mother nature awakens,
Ready to please her visitors.
She blooms flowers,
Allows the river to flow with rocks
Beneath its surface.
She sends the wind to rustle
In the nearby bushes,
All with a smile on her face.

X

Two friends lay and dream,
Hoping to fit in.
Hoping to find a place
Where they belong.
Wondering if hope
Will be enough.

XI

One friend leans on the other,
Depending on them to stay
Strong enough to move on.
To move on from years
Of child abuse and drugs.
To find the strength within.

XII

They fear of not being good enough,
They fear the open arms of imperfection.
No one can see the atelophobia
That haunts them everyday.

XIII

Two friends, two lovers, two people
Lay side by side
In a perfect picture.
Perfection lies beneath the river near them.
Perfection lies within the land behind them.
Perfection lies beneath their skin,
Within their veins,
Within their steady heartbeats.
Perfection with the power
To take our breath away.