Thespis Poetry 1

THESPIS'S POETRY

Sunshine (2000)
Hidden behind the dark clouds,
The day dawns black as any night.
Hope is beckoned by deaths shroud,
And I’m left with no strength to fight.

Torrents of water come storming down,
Each droplet searing me with pain.
Eyes to the sky as my tears fall to the ground,
And at last I find my sunshine after the rain.

Your hair shines as with a crown of gold.
The expanse of your eyes sparkles like the stars.
Your touch sunkissed warmth killing the cold,
And a smile to cut through these chains and bars.

Seed of hope planted by the rain,
Brought to life by the warm sun.
In your arms I would feel no pain.
To this refuge my heart longs to run.

A kiss from your lips would sustain me,
Sweeter than honey, hotter than wine.
Never have I beheld a vision so lovely.
After the rain, you are the sunshine.
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Yearning (2000)
My desire is pumping like a beating heart,
filling my veins with a passion sweet and tart.

Sweet in wanting the embrace for which I burn,
tart in the lacking of one for which I yearn.

Walls not of our making like a cage of station,
a canal between for the sake of wealth and nation.

Kindred spirits brushing each other from afar,
somehow the coldest yet still the brightest star.

How to bite the apple of love's health and exaltation,
flowing strong like a river swift with jubilation.

Ending in a waterfall dashed against the rocks,
or its current guiding the ship to safe harboring docks.

Into this consuming flow I long to go,
to dive down deep, true to self, whether yes or no.

If at journey's end our love must stay as friendship...
Content will I be to die in the unfulfilled desire to have been a tear...
that could have been born in your eyes, lived on your cheek, and died on your
lips.
(the last two lines in this one were variations of something I heard once so not
completely my own words)
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Life (2002)
Walls around closing in.
No window looking out.
How can I possibly win,
While feeling less than stout?

I search for awaited bliss.
Until found, how do I cope?
What cruel game is this?
Where might I find hope?

One foot in front of the other,
I tread down the winding path.
Longing for comfort of mother,
Or just a nice, long, hot bath.

I can not possibly know,
Where my journey will end.
As I walk, some seeds I’ll sow,
And hope to reap a friend.
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Kindred Spirit (1999)
I don’t wanna break you, change you...
I don’t wanna shake you, chain you...
I don’t wanna violate you, control you...
I don’t want to shatter you, own you...

My desire is fire racing through my veins.
You are the sunshine and the rain.
You draw the stars within my grasp,
Dark side of the moon veiling my past.

I wanna breathe you, drink you...
I wanna touch you, hold you...
I wanna laugh with you, cry with you...
I wanna burn with you, dance with you.

No need to open your world, just your arms.
In mine you will find no harm
Coming not to conquer or even to free,
Only to run with the kindred spirit in you I see.
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My Sanctuary, Her Longing.. (1999)
At the four corners of the world, beauty roams the earth.
She grows and changes through time in never ending rebirth.
Visible in all but at her height in the feminine form.
Her inner being can pour out tranquil moonlight or a furious storm.
She is a water lily delicate, and a breakwall strong.
She can anchor steadfast whether right or wrong,
Or she may surf an emotional wave to ports unknown.
One extreme or another, or in the middle, but never alone.
I have found my lighthouse, my harbor, my safe sanctuary.
Alas, for her anchor a harboring shore she does lack.
Churning all around her, it is I who am her tempest black.
What can smooth the raging tide and bring her awaited peace?
Safe sailing breeze she needs and I her wind can't cease.
Great God in the sky, aid thy son and ease the waters of my soul.
On the seas searching, calm and guide her that she may be whole.
To her needs and heart I submit, lifting, and placing above my own.
Submission unfamiliar to one, me or another, she must have a home.
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Forevermore (1998)
Dripping with a passion in rejection,
This bleeding heart longs to be free.
All I need is a lil love and affection,
And maybe to feel some certainty.

I have so much love to give away.
Won’t you come find it in my kiss?
Searing your soul like a sunray,
Yet cool with a raindrop’s bliss.

I wanna burn my lips on your flame.
I wanna taste your heat without shame.
Cleansing fire, envelop my heart.
Let’s burn together, never apart.
You’re the wind in my sails.
Your love cures all of my ails.
You’re the current that carries,
And you make my heart merry.
When I am lost out at sea,
Your radiant blaze guides me.
Finally I’ve found my homeshore,
Wanna stay... now and forevermore.
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Love (2001)
I wake in a cold sweat,
haunted by dark devils.
Hope on the brink of death,
and then I find you and feel level.

Tears stream down my face,
puddling on my chest.
Only in your embrace,
do I find peace and needed rest.

When you’re not near my side,
I’m a ship tossed on a dark sea.
I look you in the eye,
and see my world before me.

Your face is like the sun,
clearing away a dark cloud.
What is it that we’ve begun,
that makes my heart pound?

My breath quickens and blood races,
in ways neither ever has before.
You put me through my paces,
and then we both come back for more.

Our heated bodies press together.
Your desire responds to my touch.
I seek a dream for this to be forever.
I did not know I could love so much.

The little things we love like a soft smile,
cooking in the kitchen, or opening the mail.
Joy unsurpassed, yet anxious all the while.
Someday, run to me, please don’t let this fail.

You’re a flower waiting to bloom,
too long kept in the discouraging shade.
Better off in the sun at high noon,
with a rain of love to keep you sustained.

Thinking of you in the arms of another man.
My faith trembles, but I must pursue.
I don’t know if this is more than I can stand,
but I must see if there’s a future for me and you.
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Whisper in the Wind (2001)
You’re a whisper in the wind
Molten fire blazing in my veins
A love that I will not rescind
Source of joys worth the pains

Swelling to a raging storm
Burning passion beyond dreams
Never felt so alive since being born
Heart and soul bursting at the seams

To taste you is only to want more
Never enough yet always fulfilled
Satisfying beyond fairy tale or folklore
Dream seeking, never to be stilled

Seed of love, planted in kindred fire
On this blossom my hopes are pinned
What is to become of this deep desire
Fiery tempest or just a whisper in the wind?
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Living Dream (2001)
Like the wind unseen yet always felt
The warmth in your smile able to make me melt

Like the earth yielding yet living strong
Your eyes soft but full of life’s song

Like water swift and always flowing
My heart beats your name never slowing

Like a fire blazing flaming with force
Dreams kindled in your eyes sustaining my life source

To be touched by your lips is to know fire
Stirring my thirst, pushing my desire

A passion building, burning so bright
An intensity rising, surging to a new height

I want to burn my lips on your flame
I want to taste your heat without shame

The realization of this profound bliss
All found within a simple kiss..
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ALWAYS (2002)
In my dream, I lay beside you talking into the night.
Your face was shining, from a beam of moonlight?

We are lying underneath the sparkling bed of stars.
You were snuggled to me so close yet it was still too far.

My blood racing, I felt so helpless, if you only knew,
How my heart was pounding and reaching out to you.

Sunshine fades in the radiance of your beauty so rare.
The sparkle in your eyes hints at the friendship we share.

Each resounding heartbeat, was screaming your sweet name.
The breath in my lungs was crashing like a thundering rain.

This melody reaches to heights I’ve never known.
What will be reaped from this fantasy I’ve sown?

You possess a kindred spirit knowing similar wounds and fires.
Deep down inside us we aim at similar stars and desires.

In my dream, I could only express with a soft trickle of tears,
This incredible extent and intensity of my love and revere.

I thought that I had to somehow make you understand,
You, and only you, are holding my heart in your hand.

However, there was one thing that I did not see.
You, in your intuition, already knew this reality.

This is what I treasure and most important to me.
We both hope to sustain this bond for eternity.

The sun may go dark and the moon may disappear,
But losing my friendship you need not ever fear.

Over endless hills and through any valley, I am your friend.
This I shall always remain completely, and without end.

Earth may split in two and mountains fall into the sea,
Life may leave my body, but by your side I will always be.
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End of the Day (2003)
I’m consumed with dreams of your body pressed to mine.
It’s almost a tangible embrace that withstands the test of time.

Anything I would give to wake up and find you in my arms,
Getting lost in you as my hands explore your feminine charms.

Distance between us seems so far, and yet you feel so very close.
Counting the minutes until I can receive my next intoxicating dose.

My heart races with passion when I feel your presence is near.
I long to have it ingrained inside me with the passage of years.

Without you, a blue sky might as well be a depressing gray.
Your role in my life gives me strength to face each new day.

Burning desire demands to know you intimately with all my senses.
My heart is beginning to run free and is overcoming its past fences.

Where this road will take us, only the passage of time can reveal.
At the end of the day all I know is the compelling devotion I feel.
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Journey for Balance (2003)
My heart beats slowly, softly whispering your sweet name,
Energizing each drop of blood that runs through my veins.
Never before has it sailed heavenward without reservation,
Eagerly anticipating and flowing toward each new elevation.

Picking up the pieces of my past with every step in your direction.
Each breath from my body blazing with your love and affection.
Our heat melts the frost of past hurts, letting us fly as free as a dove.
Climbing to soaring heights up this snowcapped mountain of love.

Even if I come crashing down like a storm tossed tidal wave,
The searing pain would be well worth all the love you gave.
My heart has found that my dreams can become reality,
And no matter where life leads us, I’ll be grateful for eternity.

What awaits for us at the peak, only pressing onward shall reveal.
To unlock the treasure that is you, I would endure any ordeal.
Carrying each other through lows, riding the highs til journey’s end.
Kindred spirit to lean on, upon my shoulder you can always depend.

Not a knight in shining armor and certainly no fairy tale.
Got a passionate side beside which both of those would pale.
Yet there’s a softer side, a gentle one, that brings stability to the two.
Taking you as I find you, my life balances in the love between me and you.
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The above poems were written by,
~Brandon Petrowski