Should I compare you to a summer day?

Although you are lovelier and more composed.

Because the rough winds of May shake the flowering buds

And summer ends far too swiftly.

The sun shines too brightly sometimes, other times it's dimmed, like all other fair things that can't always stay their best, either by chance or by fate.

Your prime will never fade, neither will the eternal summer lose hold of the beauty you own. Not even death can brag he finds you in his shadow, your youth grows not to death but to immortality. As long as this poem lasts and there are those who read, you will remain alive, even if only in memory.

<p>You're like a fine breeze on a scorching day</p><p>Steady, soothing, and so anchoring me</p><p>When the winds blow hard in turbulent May</p><p>In a flash, our fine summer races by</p><p>The sun’s heat is scorching the crimson sky</p><p>Or dimmed in shade it fades to opaque gray</p><p>Like everything it ends in bitter tones

Whether they end in flight or faded song</p><p>Except for you, the one, forever young</p><p>Living on when all the mortals have gone</p><p>Because in my words you live forever</p><p>As long as life will be in earth and sky</p><p>In my song forever, eternally</p><p></p>

led by the heart 

head in loyal tow

the warmth of you

a refuge for the wandering lost

once soul-deep in the mire 

a hand of tenderness received

slate wiped, tale retold

changed life, paradigm shifted

I walked with an angel

On the precipice

whereupon

we both took

the never-ending

Dive

when angels walked the earth

one found me. 

Intellect,

Kind words,

Truth. How

I think about you

Kuku, Grand-

Mother. Miss you

Very Dearly like the

Earth misses the Sun's

Warm embrace. I Long

To be with you.

Before the bible was written,

Before humanity was conceived,

Before forbidden fruit gardens

Tempting Adam and Eve,

Before Renaissance paintings,

Before the birth of man,

There was a place of nature,

A vast luscious land.

It breathed in sapphire skies,

It exhaled emerald grass,

As is the case with all beauty,

In time it would not last.

As we grew with the mountains,

And became wiser to the seas,

Boasting of our compassion,

Yet raping the Earth with ease,

We capitalized on suffering,

And in fear of the unknown

We singlehandedly tore apart

The land we had called home.

Because I am human,

Does not give me the right,

To poison a whole ecosystem,

To take a single life.

Because I am human,

I must accept the blame,

For when there is nothing left,

all we know is that

We all bleed the same.

Travel on, travel on,

away from all

the paths you've gone.

Travel on, on your way,

You can't stay, you can't stay.

Every road you've traveled on,

made you who you are right now.

Every question, every doubt,

Brought you where you are somehow.

Travel on, travel on,

away from all 

the paths you've gone.

Travel on, on your way,

You can't stay, you can't stay.

Moving on, straight ahead,

To a place you'll make your own.

In your way, unafraid, 

having faith, you'll make your home.

Travel on, travel on,

away from all

the paths you've gone.

Travel on, on your way,

You can't stay, you can't stay.

All the friends, you've met before,

You hold them all within your heart.

Leave your worries and regrets,

And embrace a brand new start.

Travel on, travel on,

away from all

the paths you've gone.

Travel on, on your way,

You can't stay, you can't stay.