BLACKBIRD POETRY PORTFOLIO - "POEMS" (American English & France French)
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Published for the Blackbird Poetry Pack, Volume Three
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Beauty is discovered in the far reaches of the mind,
dark princesses are replenished and fallen angels transcend,
entropy blooms roses in a botanical garden of night,
where primitive lore is brought by new lovers to light,

Dancing love paints the darkness inside,
taking foolish young passengers for a bumpy ride,
the lost ghost in thy wandering image,
a shade that accompanies to enlightenment an exhausted mage,

Strangers eyes alight with mystery and an interior cold,
reading and embracing their blackened souls ever so bold,
the banished have found salvation in the knowledge they sold,
it is the way of the cynical outsiders that I was told,

The time for us together in my arms is nearly spent,
our seasons will change and I shall always lament, once more discontent...

"MYSTIC PRIME"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Sunday November 12th, 1995

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Mes yeux sont marqus avec la culpabilit des crimes d'amour nombreuses,
durant la passage des saisons, mon coeur en douleur se divise,
j'endure la peine d'avoir une vie masquer de mensonges mystrieuses,
mes loyauts rend mes emotions antagonistiques triste,

Une avec l'innocent touche du lisse froid couverture de neige,
l'autre brle mes memoires d'elle par dtruire connaisance,

Je suis enchanter par l'nergie attirante du fille du diable,
et j'ai sduit la princesse d'une ange perdue avec la mirage dans ma visage,
je triche la destination de mon esprit et pour a je sera toujours misrable,
a me dchire dedans et je ne peux pas durer ces moments infidles malhereuse...

"MES MEMOIRES D'AMOUR DANS UNE VALLE D'ESPOIR"
Composer par Blackbird / MARTYR le Dimanche Novembre 12, 1995

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Blessed be the soul that glorified happiness,
the bright sunshine to tempt death and darkness,
cryptic prism that shaped a defiance of loveliness,

Under the clouds evaporating streams of summer rain,
attempting to evade its homeland brethren in vain,
all for the misguided sake of remaining sane,

All of its hopes lost in tunnels locked to the paranoid,
making those craving its wisdom to become visibly annoyed,

The smell of greed is an overwhelming stench to its existence,
leaving a sour taste in its mouth, yet there must be patience,

Metaphysical spheres glide through ether realms with a rhythm so smooth,
each moment is painfully slow with malicious intent to soothe,

Selfish demise took this person to the edge of reasoning,
pray that you don't lose sight of life's torrid meaning...

"MARTYR ON THE GRAVE"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Sunday November 12th, 1995

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All life begins with the communion of anarchy,
which is the driving force of living to die,
what is life but simply a regressive lie?
decay is the pulse of what existence is supposed to be,

We are brought into this cruel world as the shit out of our mother's womb,
seeing our gentle surroundings smother us as a friend to embrace in kind,
until they all stab us inside with guile while we are blind,
forcing us into reality and paranoid of each other does everyone become,

We become accustomed to isolating from the evil others our fears,
fighting a hopeless revolution against foes of an authoritarian higher power,
miserable and unwilling to let go of our protective mask in our fortified tower,
until our introverted emotions run dry and overwhelm us to bitter tears,

Our promotion in rank does nothing for the profit of youth lost to the war,
we're the prodigy of our fathers and they will never accept our failure,
there is no time left to seek out that rare treasure of pleasure,
and even after we've sacrificed everything for them, they madly crave more,

Slaving away to serve your sake of survival within this time,
insane cycle of trading life for death, how can anyone by now differentiate?
the last hope at escaping freedom lies in finding an imperfect mate,
to live and dream with you in this cradle of love so sublime,

Time roaming unnoticed repeats and amidst closed minds casts skeptical doubt,
the deterioration perpetuates as we breathe in our daily intake of smog,
swift to come, death is climax like the masturbating frog,
it croaks and life oozes out...

"ECHOES IN THE CHASM"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on November 22nd, 1995

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envision
encounter
entrance
enchant
elaborate
enlight
express
entice
echo
embrace
elongate
escalate
erupt
enrapt
elate
enamor
engage
empower
espouse
esteem
envy
erode
elude
escape
exonerate
exit
end
eternal

"ASHES TO ASHES..." 
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Sunday November 26th, 1995 

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Tension cleaves the rhythm of the stale breeze,
fear lodging itself amongst the pores of sensitive flesh,
steel strikes marble armor where protective metal and bone mesh,
wisps of widowed beard ruffle jovially with relaxed ease to appease,

Killing a marked man with the stealth of a coward and guile of dagger,
thief of life hiding tears of guilt in the cowl of its cloak,
myriad of masks unseen by the livid dead until the life ebb croaks,
trespass through the oracle prisms and feel the remorse falter,

Cerebral kinesis is the strength of the mind's eye from within,
vindictive energy coarses through intellectual psyche,
paladins of the righteous balance between lustful insanity and loving senility,
shaping the surface of the mortal astral plane nether again,

"WAR FROM WITHIN" 
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Monday November 27th, 1995

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I missed you dearly from the impatience of my heart,
when you didn't return to my welcoming arms in our love garden,
awaiting your delicate smile to fade away my anticipation,
your smothering eyes tastefully absorb my disguise,

Please return to our hearth on this destined night,
my gentle intentions are to bring forth your timeless rest,
silhouette of beauty pales the moonlight,
asleep always in light of my exhausted eyes,

There must be an important reason for why you have gone,
I can offer you nothing more than a companion to share death,
dream of me in your travels and save yourself from remorse,
my love in spirit will carry you to your unintended destination,

Meet me once more before the mountain of skeletons shrines my soul in avalanche,
promise me that you never abandoned me in dismay,

"SANCTIONS OF SUMMER"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Tuesday December 5th, 1995

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proclaimed death in dreams,
remorse claws at the heart,
poet vision transcends art,
all is not as it seems,

lies pierce the flesh as a dart,
vain truth keeps them apart,

ability so profound to heal,
not what they conceal,

meaningless strangled kiss,
spoken in the snake's hiss,

take them out of here,
collapse out of fear,
death's knell is near...

"NIGHT OF CRYSTAL DAGGERS"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR in December 1995

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The wicked mage set his plan into motion as the pillars in his study crumbled,
the spell in a language of spiders weaved of intricate magic doubled,
his fate to be conquered by the valiant knight to the rescue tumbled,
reassured by the power of his evil god and the servants of the ether realms assembled,

Yet as he begins to draw form from the incandescent light of his spell scroll,
the priestess he kidnapped to violate has escaped and plans a morbid kill,
she stabs forth with the silver dagger to deaden the mage's undead shrill,
the woman is murder to possess had the mage anticipated her skill,

"FOOTSTEPS IN THE SANDS OF TIME -- WALK IN MY SHADOW..."
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Saturday January 20th, 1995

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Forlorn anguish in the vale of tonight,
I loathe confronting this sentiment in fright,
calmed once by the soothe of your tenacious sight,
pleading for the time to be right,

Out of nowhere and everywhere, I heard your voice spoke,
eroded fantasies veer to a new direction, one which only we may invoke,
I attempt to intertwine with your melody divine, yet only a sighful croak,
caged here within is the prison where my spirit ultimately broke,

Forlorn anguish in the vale of tonight,
I loathe confronting this sentiment in fright,
calmed once by the soothe of your tenacious sight,
pleading for the time to be right,

I listen intently for your guiding words to sweep me from here,
the lily song from which your light was born,
in ritual your ceremonial temple shall I adorn,
I hope you will rescue me in enough time to wipe my lasting tear,

Forlorn anguish in the vale of tonight,
I loathe confronting this sentiment in fright,
calmed once by the soothe of your tenacious sight,
pleading for the time to be right,

You came to me as the visions said you would,
In my thankful kiss, you understood,
if only within the mild and wild afterthoughts I ever could...
wasteful confusion to assume that I should...

Forlorn anguish in the vale of tonight,
I loathe confronting this sentiment in fright,
calmed once by the soothe of your tenacious sight,
pleading for the time to be right,

We see the zenith of agony in each other's essence,
fate consumed with rage at failure to prevent,
advent at love's passage is ours to invent,
We are hope and our dreams and wishes are our dance,

in the silence,
in the darkness,
in the depths,
in a trance,

We, you and me, our gift to each other is tied to this rewarding romance ...

"FORLORN ANGUISH IN THE VALE OF TONIGHT"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Sunday February 11th, 1996

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Roses stain the sheets of my bed,
affirming what my love has always said,
your benevolence is my hunger's bread,
never scribed in books I read,
random emotions guide me instead,
into utopia I was led,
by a delusion twice dead,

don't leave me in sentiments that jade,
never before my eyes fade,

swirling pensive in thoughts your love made,
thinking back to the summer together we played,
for the tenderness you prayed,

the debt of innocence on my conscience I dearly paid,
I wish you could have stayed,

In tears, I submit myself to refuge at the gate of hate...

"SENTIMENTS OF SORROW"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Friday February 16th, 1996

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lonely nightmares reveal an unknown sensation,
times faded in the evaporating smoke of the ages,
to be crushed by the soul of creation,
crying tears in the desolation of entropy as defeat rages,

paragon moments stolen vindictively in the undead rebirth,
fearful dread at corrupted mistakes beyond logic,
torrid destruction of all they were without condemn of moral ethic,
now left abandoned in contempt to ponder the lies behind life's worth ...

"TECHNOCRACY"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Sunday February 18th, 1996

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Your skin with contours smooth of impervious marble,
striking enamel of a smile fabricated in the simple pure perfection of ivory,
always these keen eyes with intent to rake your ravishing beauty, darling,

Attracted to your love in double magnitude with an addiction for trouble,
incense of vapor flavor is the taste of your quenching passion so savory,
that melody in the distance must be your sorrowful departure singing,

"SCULPTED BEAUTY -- MELODY"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Thursday February 22nd, 1996

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Life seems more complicated than it should be,
when for the unspoken reasons people are attracted to me,

I wish everything in love could be as easy,
to remember as the lantern that exposes light upon the eyes of your beauty,
each time mine shine on that face of grace which all deserve to see,
even if it means being trapped in your world's elegant mystery,
by the dynasty of your intoxicating fantasy.

"THE EVERLASTING ELEGANCE OF MYSTERY"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Thursday February 29th, 1996

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I wish I could be beside her during her crisis,
This has been one of life's most difficult ordeals to cope with,
pleasure's enigma has since fallen amiss,
in my lonely cage, shivering from cold not fright I will seethe,
for looking down where there is no ground lays an eternal abyss,
life has been forgotten and to all other aspirations trampled beneath,

"EMBERS OF EXISTENCE"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Sunday March 3rd, 1996

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Take me with you
I can't
Please stay with me
I want to
Fly to me
Understand
I need you
I love you
Don't leave me ...

"FRESH DEW"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Sunday March 3rd, 1996

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All that can be remembered of was the swirling ocean drifting,
the hot sand on the beach beneath my toes shifting,
the future has momentarily ceased tilting,
something wonderful is about to take form and make mellow existence exciting,

Musing at the crashing of the waves on the shore,
the next evening when the tide comes in to expect more,
when morning comes early I will yearn again to be sore,
it is the sun's passage that my essence replenished craves for,

Patience bestills my heart as a breathing wind shivers down my spine,
beseeching mercy from the child divine,
trouble doesn't seem to post any eminent sign,
and so our lives combine,

Quenched thirst for lust swallowed in the maelstrom of humanity,
the end result to eluding death surpasses reality,
and begins anew among the tired ones in the shape of innocent mortality,
woes begone for there is a destined youth reborn as of lately,

An elder learning from the young in a palace of illusion,
there is so much to be explained by the fog in my path to confusion,
descendence into my life has been an insatiably delightful intrusion,
as was predicted long ago by the forefathers of a greater vision,

"INNOCENT MORTALITY"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Monday March 4th, 1996

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I

The man strode upon the notes of a diminishing gong,
his travels and adventures of maidens rescued were bard's song,
praised was he so mighty of his unbendable will wrought in iron,
reduced in stature to that of a broken man whose deeds committed are done,

The death of this unborn child aroused from clan kindred to crimson anger,
mother of mercy penetrates us all dead with a sweet, perishing stinger,
est-ce que tout qu'il offre a le mme resultat: un mauvais malheur?
pourquoi est-ce qu'il devrait tenir la douleur toujours si prs de son coeur?

Il sait que la mortalit d'une tulipe prcieuse tombe en tat frache,
de nouveau tous les fleurs dans cette jardin se sche,
l'esprit d'un soldat d'amour perce avec une flche,
la misre qui pluit de sang ce soire pour la vie sombreux qui triche,

II

The wind has since flown in the opposite direction,
time's gentle narrow course breeds the end of all vision,
it is close at hand for me to lose myself in the propensity of decision,
love so far away to grasp in a mind full of derision,

To bury the seed of discontent into the fields of shadow,
is to wreak havoc upon the youth of an inspired tomorrow,
springing forth from the roots deep within the land do my doubts sow,
creeping upon my very state of reason ever so slow,

bleached darkness unraveled before the gray weariness,
sleep is seldom by any man sought,
never to dream again until the war has been fought,
un coup d'tat  notre socit -- such a chaotic mess,

III

She only knows better to understand me by no other name,
for to embrace intelligence so horrific wouldn't be the same,
the sculptured contours of the body is her art,
her discipline is absorbed when together our lips longing for each other part,

Diffused at the core was her love for me,
if only sooner could my generic eyes gaze upon the situation and see,
the joy that I once perceived as being merely,
a fallacy of happiness too sublime to be silly,

our union prospered for the longest time but I lost her,
somewhere in attempting to capture her would my will deter,

IV

The serenity of the shade on the berated mind so meek,
how the mightier have hastened the defeated weak,
to surpass the young toward a future increasingly bleak,
progressing on an evolution of man to divine perfection they seek,

V

strikingly oblivious to the danger,
spoken in the tongue of a stranger,
this need to empty the void and purge,
the excessively wanton urge,

VI

Evermore, everless,
more than ever I crave for your embracing tenderness,

"INVOKE THE TIMES"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Friday March 15th, 1996

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They say that everything is born from the death of another,
the intermingling of love and life began with the decay of our leaves,
the colder times never surpassed this affectionate energy time could not foster,
the future crafted in the mirror dependant on what each believes,

The frost layers the landscape of motivation in the tears of a drowned cloud,
it's snowing outside by the vallenwood trees of our timeless youth,
the blizzard cacophony of your sweet voice heard by only one so loud,
the freezing wind forces introversion yet always upon each other soothe,

"THE BECKONING CALL OF NATURE"
 Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Friday March 22nd, 1996

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the pangs came to me in the dead void of night,
in days gone by was she the glory of my sight,
dormant was my fury at another's frolicking which fueled the fight,
my crushed, bereaved feelings became my sole plight,

youth lies only in the temperament of the collective soul,
why is the end of the inner madness my floudering goal?
the rage of jealousy has encompassed the heart of this lover,
is it so selfish to want to feel special to her?

When did everything begin its descent into oblivion,
caught in a situation under circumstances where nobody can win,
except the spoiler who fractured the love into fragments of sin,
striking at everything precious to me in lust with the biting edge of a pin,

who is he to me?
betrayer, friend, or fiend,
rival, companion, or foe,
oh sweet sorrow ...

(save my soul ... for I love her so ...)

"TALES OF LUST AND LOST LOVE"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Sunday March 24th, 1996

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It is now time for the end of all things to occur,
all previous doubt laid waste for life is meant to be obscure,
and the deep self-confidence from within is always unsure,
the ordeal was certainly more than any man should endure,
it was utterly and nearly impossible to abandon her,

I am not one to contest a verile fight,
yet coward am I not to escape by taking flight,

For I would have nowhere to soar,
my wings circling over the same place without air,
but home pains me so much as to leave it forever more,
try as I might to forget, my memories yearn for Melyssa fair,

Discontent is my disillusion of happiness,
in trust for her will, I pray to bless,
her future is and has always been hers,
she alone from this point forward must bear the scars,

A tearful farewell seems senseless and demeaning at this volatile point,

she is vexed beyond tears at my empty departure,
for in the end I achieved her love as a woman mature,
the azure skies await an adventure of profuse stature,
my destination is not an issue of matter,

without further delay,
into the world led astray,
with not a word left to say.

"ESCAPING YOU"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Sunday March 24th, 1996

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A sole intruder among evil intents in a sea of anarchy,
aimlessly searching for another soul to integrate,
yet all who encounter his presence are forced to hate,
and condemn an individual into the slavery of conformity,
resistance oppressed for to oppose is to berate,
the very person of the superior mate,
baneful sins concur that melancholy life is death's epitome,
only evil remains to create,

He gazes once more at the offspring of a lesser time,
they fade to black in the azure sky,
where all dreams will eventually die,
too late for the end has been foretold by the resounding of the chime,

Released from desolate abode into the shimmering mist,
appearing before a ghastly forest,
he is surrounded by trees twisted in agony,
his only comfort lies in his bravery,

The woman at his side is an imperfection of ideal,
reality mocking him for as he is flawed,
so must she be to deplete his fantasies once awed,
none of love he bears can ever again be real,

Gazing toward comrades of old,
innocence left behind sold,
for the glory of wisdom valued in gold,
all those feelings gone seem to grow cold,

Victim of humanity's abyss,
he strides forth to destiny's past,
into the wrong situation in a dangerous place,
where he is persecuted for indulging his race,

The knowledge encompassed within the streams of thought,
obtained from years of intense study of the oracle,
was it the meaning he sought?
or perhaps the hope for a miracle,

The legend of rebirth has chronicled the demise of youth,
hidden in these tomes were tales of a false truth,
caught in the inevitability of death's downward slide,
the cannibal within us is consuming itself from the inside,

"THE SOLITUDES OF SPRING II -- AFTER THE REBIRTH, TOWARD FUTURE INCOGNITO"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Tuesday April 9th, 1996

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Ambiance
Quiet Tapestry
Mesmerizing Pattern Trance
Unfinished Beauty Designs Infinity
Vision of Threaded Random Significance
Myriad of Colors Renders Mirage Pretty
Surreal Imagination Beholds The Epitome Of Romance
Wandering Remnants Alive Of Boundless Youth Set Free
Escapade Of Art Bares The Ardor In Lovers' Countenance
Desiring What Is Beheld In The Fantasy Dreams Of Missy

"FOUNTAIN OF THE HEART"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Wednesday April 10th, 1996

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An eroded journey travelled in vain is lastingly over finally,
but the relentless years passed intact with a vigilant alliance of unity,
the tears farewell serve as reminder of all that we ever loved we left behind,
in an attempt to escape the mesmerizations of our collective mind,

Brothers were we each throughout the strife of many a vindictive tragedy,
and that innocence once shared together will always be missed for eternity,
how often have we mused as our tears fell into a wishing well of misanthropy,
for at least you were given the chance to curtail folly from the irony,

Sometimes it helped to know someone else cared to touch the heart,
but shall we ever be worthy enough to achieve the wisdom as your counterpart?

Say the winding road trodden ahead is not reaching an end,
from all of us to you, dear old friend ...

"THE REJUVENILE"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Friday April 19th, 1996

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The snow felt so lost without semblance of heat to conflict,
at these times do I feel myself fumbling through the lofty ecstasy,
with the afterglow of my classic well versed sardonic smile so succinct,
these passions have played themselves upon my mind's piano discordantly,

the physical has become the driving force of your pleasure,
my body, an adornment for your satyrical desires: never

"NYMPHOBIA"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Friday May 24th, 1996

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it all happens in this life so fast,
changing my happiness forever by resurfacing the ancient old of the past,
oh, how I wish those moments could last!
yet I must move forward while the tides of my heart shift in winds aghast,

she held me spellbound by the strength of her meek voice,
uplifted by its victory against defeat made my soul rejoice,
and then, all of a sudden, I was crying in her embrace,
I knew then, at that moment, it was time for me to challenge fear's face,

always she stands for my fated cause forever,
and thus marks her as my Love, my Savior...

"MY LOVE, MY SAVIOR..."
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Sunday June 2nd, 1996

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awestruck by the brightness as it reflects off that blade,
meant for me from within my heart slayed,
has all the charm been waylaid?
what is to become of the kindness that stayed?

influenced once by the guidance of a steady hand,
that could never supply enough or vainly demand,
but that moment got away from this life it could no longer withstand,
and the prodigy strayed on its own accord which is now merely errand,

my variable feelings played like a piano in chords that soar,
who am I anymore?

"TAINTED BLOOD"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Sunday June 9th, 1996

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conjuring awakened dreams that produce an overwhelming fright,
caressed by its charismatic sight,
towering over the burden of its false might,
reaching the pinnacle of reckless height,
imploring for the limitless sensations to feel right,
painted in imagination that quenches the night,
wandering aimlessly into the kleidoscope vortex of light,
struggling against the terror of the fight,

"SURREAL REVELATIONS"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Saturday June 22nd, 1996

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As swift as the eagle flies over its doomed prey,
Vultures bitter for the kill with little left to say,
The meek have little resistance in their hearts to stay,
yet patience is practiced for tolerance is the only way,

The escape was executed by an ascent into a misty sky of gray,
where mysteries roam the clouds like children at play,

Yearning for the freedom is a privilege deserved,
For as we suffer the torture, it is the hope in our hearts we observed,
Our thoughts may trend on the ramblings of an occult absurd,
Through and through the times, influence disappears without so much as a word,

Sunlight pervades even the tiniest crack of shade in a forest of gloom,
Tranquility lost in an unwavering vision too foolish to assume,

"CLOUDS OF FREEDOM"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Tuesday July 2nd, 1996

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she passes before the lampshade in splendor that few forgot,
joy rolled down my cheek, washing away my last pensive thought,
leaving me in her wake grasping at memories of everything I ever sought,
alone with the agony that she is wealth that cannot be bought, nor caught,

see the pale woman decaying in the wheelchair, remaining always the same,
witness the wrinkled man standing by her side without shame,
for within us all there is beauty enough for even the lame,
and ponder nothing but the limit of time to blame,

faces may have jaded edges, yet possess the inner spirit of an angel's dove,
sometimes it's hard to believe how so much life could burn inside a soul,
and perhaps the most difficult thing is to express the sentiment of love,
which is the most beautiful emotion of all,

cultures of every seed glow reborn with the voice of a unified star,
each light making the other a more breathtaking image of itself than before,

"BEAUTY ENOUGH FOR ME"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Sunday July 14th, 1996

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the old stays with the new,
somehow we'll manage to pull through,
just hold on to "I love you",
because that's what I promised you,
to remain forever true,
and that's exactly what I'll do,

and now today has arrived for us,
since you're so special to me, I will fuss,

the past months spent together,
holding each other,
even when times are tougher,
we'll never forget to bother,

to celebrate...
being each other's mate...

"COMMITMENT"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Wednesday July 17th, 1996

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Somber trances of madness enfold my heart on this night of solitude,
the feelings generated beside myself force the lies to intrude,
and yet my mind races further and faster, slowly becoming subdued,
but the original lustre shines with a brilliance imbued,

Asking only to be granted the warm embrace of my counterpart,
gratified when emotions come to life and the romance shall start,
ending only upon the final moment when the lovers must part,
were it not for the mercy of those close to my heart,

The longest journey in life is the open road ahead,
no passenger in sight so you plunge forward youself instead,
all the while regretting the act, wishing you were dead,
but in the same breath, say all the more that is left to be said,

The paradox obtuse,
Charity I refuse,
Stop the abuse,
Stop the excuse,

"FROST BITTEN"
Composed by Blackbird / MARTYR on Monday July 29th, 1996

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