Lady In Waiting

Like a guiding light I'm out into the storm,
To guide him safely to the shelter of the shore.
I lead him to a resting place, for dawn to keep him warm.
Come evening he'll be lost at sea once more.

"Oh to feel what's human, to love like all the rest
Not to feel the ruin, upon earths mortal crest.
Given such a power, but not to use at will
Given to an hour, until then, time stands still.

"Oh to be a man!" Her Soul screams out into the night.
Instead to be the chosen breed to mating.
She wants to ease his pain and put his grief to flight.
Instead to be the LADY IN WAITING.........

The wind whips out again as if to say it's time,
The hour is at hand and you'll have won your just reward.
The darkness reaches out to protect what is mine,
As her curses shatter barriers like a lethal sword.

Like a bad seed gone to thorns she lashes out to leave her mark.
And it is but I her words are desecrating,
She'd like to leave her evil scars upon your heart,
But can't get by THE LADY IN WAITING.....

The distant cry of cats upon an open wind,
That reaches like a fog to pin you down.
She hurls her accusations to "LET THE SACRIFICE BEGIN!"
But can not touch your Soul when your Lady is around.

Don't run and hide, the Lady is your trusting sword,
Willed to you since eons before time began.
Hold her like an armer my faithful Lord,
In centuries before, from her you ran.

Now it is but time you collect your debt.
Do not reap the heartaches of your hesitating.
Come back to the place in which our souls once met,
Yours my Lord, and your LADY IN WAITING....

The birds have broke the silence of this afternoon.
It's time, and all that is here wil soon be fading.
I crossed this earth times and times again too soon.
So come to me, your LADY IN WAITING.

© Daneen Dustin

POET!

To US ALL

I've seen that look a million times
In fairy tales and nursery rhymes.
The dreamy eyes that seem to cry
oh where am I oh where am I.

I've seen the darkness lurk beyond
The reaches of a lovely song,
The words reached out and their grasp was strong
what went wrong oh what went wrong.

Can't you see the flame is high
It's you that lights the fire inside!
It's you who casts the scenes a'fore
They comes to knock upon your door!

It's you child who has the drive
To make those visions come alive!
Who has the power to put in motion
The Greatest storms upon the oceans!

Where lovers live or villains die
The aged are buried, the babies cry,
The Seasons changed, the leaves fall,
My dear, You have the source for all!

It's in your Soul, it's how you write,
It's in the dreams you have at night.
It's the shadows, or don't you know it,
My dear child, You Are A POET!

© Daneen Dustin