Tear rusted open feelings
drought remembering
evaporated emotions
scorned love blasted awake
blistering fever loving hate.

Sharp denials past penetrations
faded away locked horizons
facts of stark reality
wear abrasively close
embe dded barriers failing.

Heartbeats reviving
struggling fibrillating heart
irrational reasoning
oxygenated suffocation
reliving excruciating pain.

Storming eyes releasing
flooding mental waves
overcoming inhibitions
high tide of understanding
your imprisoned limitation.

Forging impossible waters
conquering astronomical fears
morbid recollections disintegrating
going backwards in time
no longer the option.

Clearing of new understanding
shored up reinforced embattlement
spirit of enlightened relief
setting aside magnetic depression
creating new frontiers of expressions

Oh, flower blossoming within
release the sunshine fragrance
sparkling inside confidence
that darkness will never fade..

D.Lester Young
The beauty of liberal arts is that I can see conservative ideas and respect them but still see the open sky of exploring my own mind. 11/18/03