POETRY by DUSTYBEAR - Pg 14 - THE EDGE & JOURNEY ON

Chase me naked to the edge of our madness, Breathing heavy and gliding across the lawn  of our insecurities. Our feet reach the sand just before the water's darkness. My hesitation to follow you into the water allows the moonlight to capture my naked soul, and makes you frown upon the sight of my pale nervousness. I feel abondoned but not alone as the sand turns  to mud under my shivering feet. I stand, the mud oozes around the shape of my toes, as I watch your angelic silhouette disappear into the quiet stillness of the water's glassy surface. Nature's mirror my melancholy madness created from sleepless nights, and nightmares rehearsed from forcing sleep on a calculating mind. "Take my hand," you whisper, "don't be afraid." The words float above the water's surface like   c a r t o o n smok e. The simple words laminate to my pale skin  and cover the wounds of my soul, the places in me where I bleed tears from a number of others. I place my foot into the water and feel the  simple pleasure of the night's temperature. Feeling the footprints you've left behind in places I cannot see, the smoke guides me to the warmth of the water around you. You reach out for me and take my hand, my fingers wrinkled from waiting for your words to heal me, guide me, protect me, steal me. The mountains majestically climb before us, the sunlight almost dim behind us on the trail as we wade thru the water... forging onward and never wavering along our chosen path. Tonight we will dream but for now we move ahead steady surely. Surely the place we seek is just ahead around the bend over the next rise. We climb & then we see majestically you & me in the distance, but not too far... and there WE are. Ahhhhh. Tonight around the campfire we will laugh & share the journey once more as we saw it... behind us now, our clothes hanging to dry. I spy out of the corner of my eye your soft smile all the while I know at last the rough part passed behind us now, and so to lie in each others arms pressed against the heart of the one we love, gentle shove. Our eyes meet our hearts greet the ever raging torrent of the river inside us two me and you. Was it danger ahead?  Or was it for nothing, the dread?  The panic of the mind, oh how unkind that mind can be, but you and me we made it through and now the new and wonderful life...  with no more pain and strife lies ahead as we lie in our bed of love... looking at a star that uneasiness, how far back it seems now. We will proceed, how?  Together and at full speed  we will fly you and I, and just as the journey seems almost through AHH! SOMETHING NEW! Always the excitement of a heart or two merged into a view of the world as one. Such fun. Oh hon let's lie together now and dream, be a team, be lovers until the night sleep  and love. Angel from above, I look one last time into your eyes and see...SURPRISE? WHY? I knew all along this is where WE belong. Why didn't you believe I would never leave you standing alone without love shown to you by me. I see a plea, but there's no need for you see you will ALWAYS have me, my boi...my ever-present joy. HOW MY HEART RACES NOW along the shore... as the waters take us down. No more frown. Just a smile and a wink... a desire fulfilled forever. This isn't clever. Its just what I KNOW to be true. It's me and you. Well, wind-like ride sail with the tide & EVER will our hearts collide into the breathtaking merging  of two mountains,  two rivers, two hearts, two minds. Happy we are the finds of each other it's true. Love you. JOURNEY ON! COPYRIGHT C 2012 by DUSTYBEAR ALL RIGHTS RESERVED