John Richard

We spoke in circles Let silence grow Too stubborn to negotiate Too proud to show Looking back at what we had I see a fragile spark A flash of good and bad That lit up in the dark We held our words inside Until the love ran dry An empty #bottle left To fade away and die #vss365

A quiet voice silenced the #conscience locked away Trading the daylight for a pocket full of grey We spend the silver and deny the lie Mirrors hold secrets that dollars can't buy The gamble is over the wheels have been spun We sit in the dark deceived by what we've won #vss365

Looking in my direction my #boss inside my head feeling the anxiety of confidence and dread Spreadsheet of my errors deadline in my chest Moving double time swift at his behest The critic never sleeps the review is never done chasing after shadows in a race already won #vss365

Ink and paper, side by side To trace the contours of my mind From the deep soul I must hide And leave a shadow left behind The ink flows rising from a well The paper, smooth as frozen ice This silent #duo holds the spell Of secrets waiting to softly entice #vss365 #duo

To change his mind is a fool’s #errand for reasons not exactly apparent You speak of logic he looks away with nothing left for you to say An uphill climb an endless chase leaves you running in one place Save your breath drop the plea some minds are locked without a key #vss365

Legend says the #ghoul still haunts the old cemetery at midnight A mystical, ghostly #phantasm appearing near the balcony light Drawn near by the flickering #bonfire where the #illusion and shadows collide A hidden #reward awaits those who follow the #wolf deep inside #vss365

Flames from a single spark lighting the midnight sky Our #bonfire created shadows where older memories lie Smoke drifted upward and cleared them away Warmth in the crisp, cold air breaking the frozen ground what once was lost in darkness finally has been found #vss365 #bonfire

Breaking all the rules is the devil’s game Always hunting for #reward and somebody to shame Promises are written with political ink Trading truth and forcing them to blink The trap is neatly set The net cast wide Leaving the victims to bleed and nowhere left to hide #vss365

Stunning silhouette dancing in the evening light A flawless #phantasm wrapped in black and white She moves like a whisper a shadow set free spinning through twilight in silent symphony A breathless moment frozen in time where the dark and the day perfectly align #vss365

Lost without wonder she controls my mind Bound to the #illusion twisted and entwined Drift across the darkness where the stars align Woven into fabric timeless and divine Dawn arrives to steal her from my aching sight Leaving me a prisoner of the fading night #vss365 #illusion

Catching her breath the pup began to cry Looking for her mother in the starless sky The wind was a whisper the shadows were deep The great snowy forest was falling asleep A low gentle rumble broke through the despair Mother #wolf had answered her lost baby's prayer #vss365

#Exhilaration in her heart began to fade and die Midnight painted lonely stars across a hollow sky above the promised land guarding the quiet shores of some forgotten sand Awake to greet the night with sorrow in her chest she yields to the ghosts that never let her rest #vss365

The shadows grew long in the quiet of the night The #ravenous silence devouring the light She closed her heavy eyes To spin among the ghosts softly where love never dies Each echo in the dark was calling out her name The path is ours to keep that used to hold a flame #vss365

A ghost in the daylight a shadow in motion drowning out of sight in a motionless ocean The clock keeps ticking the world moves ahead leaving my spirit #elated where the old feelings bled Morning will break shadows will fade healing the wounds by the progress I've made #vss365

My dreams pull the curtains tight The restless wind begins to fade Wrapped in the velvet of the night Losing the fears the daytime made #Cheering as the cosmic river flows To carry me away from shore Lost in the deep where starlight glows Where I am overwhelmed no more #vss365

Love is a tricky game of give and take I seek her eyes to know that I exist Lowering a fragile anchor in a heavy mist Tracing the hallways of my quiet mind Fleeing shadows I left far behind A broken compass spinning in my chest Finding a new #start so my pain can rest #vss365

Healing waits where honesty begins Facing the fractures of a haunted past Under the surface where the spirit wins Scars remaining lose their bitter sting Silent truths rewrite the final page And from the dust, a bolder voice will sing To #travel outside the gilded cage #vss365

Even when the rainstorms rise shaking the shelter in the morning light A sudden calm will clear the skies To guide me safely past the night Sunlight will #taper through the green To warm the places once so cold A tranquil, unexpected scene where new horizons now unfold #vss365

I walk the path I feared to tread With steadier steps and clearer sight The ghosts of yesterday are fled Dissolving in the morning light We soothe every rising fear And find our peace in gentle grace All the #miles have been mended here Within this calm, redeeming place #vss365

My morning #doubt begins to trace the path that we will leave behind A gentle, slow, forgiving space to mend the fragments of the mind With every step, the roots take hold Where shadows fade the light has grown The future story, yet untold Is the one I do not walk alone #vss365