When Friend's Share a Bed

 
when friends share a bed
after all dignity's shred
it`s just a place to lay your head
til enough Light's been shed

when friends no longer touch
`cept as psychological crutch
to protect children from abrupt
changes so they dont rush growin up

when friends fail to deal in truth
or turn their eyes from proof
cause they're sheltered by one roof
too exhausted for another move

when friends cling to familiar
settle for something different yet faintly similiar
unaware they erode pillars
that keeps sanity on-kilter

when friends share a bed without Love
well, with just a hazy remnant of
memory not resembling nearly enough
the actual beauty that first got them stuck

when friends live in the past
churning great passions into crass
imitation of emotions that didnt last
stamps them hopelessly outcaste

when friends dont face facts
endless loops of penultimate acts
unwittingly put their hearts on a rack
further stretching odds that are stacked

when friends cant even suggest
what they know is for the best
just lay mute like the rest
they`ve failed before the test

when friends cant bid farewell
cause their under the spell
that all will be well
they`ve defined their own hell

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when Dreamers re-discover
amidst pallettes of dulled colors
pull splattered tarp and uncover
evidence of a significant other

when Dreamers still possess a spark
even so barely perceptible in dark
perhaps whole Love is no mere lark
there yet may a couple's room on the Ark

when Dreamers permit themselves to exist
slowly loosen the grip on time hardened fists
shed the game's shackles to bathe in centuries old Myths
misguided superstition falls under eclipse

when Dreamers commit to rigourously flex brains
make use of the percentage that remains
unexpected strength grows out of familiar pains
old losses fade to hopes of new gains

when Dreamers have courage to take on great risk
follow their hearts into a Journey so Epic
suspending forbidden beliefs for a temporal kiss
they might discover magic in unlikely pairs of lips

when Dreamers lips touch, create an aura
that sends energy through mutual cores
instead of coming to senses, instead of backing off
every angle of mouth meeting mouth is explored

when Dreamers shed their time worn disguise
refuse to continue living out lies
yes, they will elicit tear flowing cries
but these waters finite and give way to Rise

the Rise of Lovers too long in absentia
the Rise of minds on the edge of dementia
the Rise of Communion though half a life spent
the Rise of true Selves that friends tried prevent!

when Lovers refuse to accept defeat
they've tasted the nectar that makes them compete
for a life unlike any others could possibly meet
the rarest oppurtunity to experience the Complete

when Lovers admit to themselves
that they`ve truly fallen off the shelves
where languishing passions were carelessly held
they gravitate to Souls that have never selled

when Lovers have travelled the road to Unite
the breaking, the making, distant stops on their ride
if  Love's Boldly Expressed, not weakly implied......


--------all other peaces their places will find