My Haunted House

My past is full of poisons, precious
my heart, a home for horrors past
Once, these devils near overcame me

Gladly, that moment didn't last

But as you wander in those corridors
in those chambers of my heart
Beware of shadow creatures
and from lamplight, never part

I have chained them in these inky places
and once in every while, dear,
for you, those Ghostly claws may reach

Still though, as I said,
with me close by to guard you,
there is nothing real to dread
and with this warning comes a question,
a hope, a siren call
are you brave enough to love me,
full of darkness, demons, and all?

My Haunted House by Dakota Farley

In Your Land

In your land, in your broad flat
plain land
we took shelter in small towns,
eddies around which the wind and
railroads thundered
It smelled me, tasting the soles of
my feet, painting me with its
burnt colored dust
What is this forest child, this
daughter of mountains and
foothills
Smelling of lakes and bracken
creeks and clay?
I, a far wanderer with a gypsy
heart
Will always reek of frost and
orchards. In Your Land by Dakota Farley

For Elizabeth and Tyler

Its smiles in the morning and
holding hands in the car

smiling silently and listening
to you soaking up sunshine

finding us in between the lyrics
and the static on the radio

touching knees and tangled shins
under restaurant tables

whispered laughter and breath on
earlobes

Its kisses on knuckles and fingers
grazing jawbone

It is all these every day intimacies
that outshine loud sung devotions,
claims of affection that shout
down and bully doubt to give
cover to empty promises.
For Elizabeth and Tyler by Dakota Farley

My Apology

If only I could reach deep inside,
and find the right words to apologize.
Id dig them all out and make a rhyme.
To show you just how sorry I really am.
You'd feel the tears behind my eyes
and see your face in my dreams.
Maybe then you'd know
what your forgiveness means to me.
My Apology by Dakota Farley

Rescue

Salvation comes outta nowhere,
but never to me
I look for it out there
cause right now I cant breathe

I need someone to save
just for once to be a hero
To pretend to be brave
and feeling them cling to me so

A perfect rescue is waiting
for delivery to us
It'll help us deserve love
Show us the meaning of trust

We'll keep patiently staring
into that sapphire sky
Together just hoping
it wont pass us by
Rescue by Dakota Farley

To Be As Stone

To give all my love
without holding on
To get what little
you have, whats not yet gone
To think of you seeking
and finding some other
safe harbor
How have I been insufficient,
lover?
Im sinking, holding on
for dear life
"Not too tight" I think,
frantic in my strife
Because Ill crush you
like glass in my desperate hands
You'll shatter and scatter
to the distant four winds
Leaving me where you found me,
drifting in the vast ocean, alone
Unthinkable, unacceptable,
the only option, to be as stone
To silently, and so serenely sink
Sever that obsessive link.
To swim isnt a choice now.
In all these long years,
I've forgotten how.
My lungs full of seawater,
to you I dont even matter
So now, into the waters
of eternity I sink
Given now, the room to think
on mistakes and choices made
and suddenly, no longer afraid
Better to die than be
a person someone else has made
A smile now on my stoney face
I peacefully go to my watery resting place


To Be as Stone by Dakota Farley

Hopes

When did I stop believing
that love could cure all ills?
Was it when I started sampling
a few too many pills?
When did I stop believing
friends would stay beside me?
Was it when the demons started
spilling from inside me?
When did I stop seeing
each day as a gift?
Was is when every moment
became a burden for me to lift?

I want to see the sun again.
I want to see it on your face.
I want to feel it in my heart.
I want to believe in something,
anything again.


Hopes by Dakota Farley