Shades of home

Was there ever a smile as deep as yours,

as all becomes what was meant to be.

Suns bow down to the light in your eyes,

heaven has new meaning in what is you.

I have tasted the deadliest poisons to live,

felt the icy burning of flames so cold.

Fallen from worlds to see new life,

in a forsaken heart where my eyes were opened.

No amount of sorrow to eradicate my fate,

under rainbows of black my love was discovered.

Hands of weakness rivers befalling inside,

twist of pain, tortured by demise.

Ecstasy reaching out to hold on,

letting go of myself in my heart breaking light.

Leaving depths of waters frozen in my mind,

where youth is lost in who I am now.

Pouring tears flowing river waves of sand,

in my heart where nothing matters anymore.

No tears to bleed, no hope to dream,

only a light where shades of black become my home.







Johnny Newell