~Shadowed Stars~

The shadowed stars still give their light,
and yet, not half so brightly shine.
A shades been pulled across my sight
soft foot-falls follow close behind.

Stilled tones from half-remembered dreams~
their whispered magic, dulled and mute.
I know this place, or so it seems,
I hesitate- unresolute.

Uncertain, should I go or stay,
the silent shadows lure me on~
entice my mind with yesterday,
those dreams are never really gone.

Thus I reach out into the dark
abyss remaining of my soul.
Seek comfort memories impart,
and hear the echo of your call.

Kaitlyn Kiri~1998

~Hear the Whispers~

Hear the whispers in the twilight
through the mists of dreams gone by,
Telling tales of wistful longing
to an empty, arid sky.
Life is passing, love is timeless
Souls in suffering surely know,
How enticing, loves' first caress,
then how bitter, when they go.

Kaitlyn Kiri~1998

~Diamonds In the Sky~

I never found the answers there,
upon the path I walked before.
I never found a love to share,
My heart has always longed for more.

I'm searching for a different song,
a way not often traveled by~
to find a place where I belong,
and catch my diamond, in the sky.

Kaitlyn Kiri~1998

~Somewhere~

Somewhere beyond the naked moon,
there is a place where hope is born.
Her visage, like a radiant tune,
invades the hearts of those who mourn.

She steals the place where sorrow hides
and makes your soul her very own.
With faith and logic she abides,
until her quest for you is known.

She never falters in her quest,
Impatient need is her control.
You'll never get a moments' rest,
until she satisfies your soul.

Kaitlyn Kiri~1997

I Own The Solitude

I own the solitude of hopeless yearning.
I am the keeper of my own desire.
I have a useless passion, in me, burning
with none to share, and no one to inspire.
I seek the star which tore my soul asunder.
I search my heart and hope to find you there.
I journey toward the light and toward
the wonder,
and find the desolation of despair.

Kaitlyn Kiri~1998

I Will Miss You

I will miss you, when I'm gone,
Though I only lingered briefly.
Miss your words- a lovers' song,
miss the need, expressed so clearly.
Hand in hand, this child of mourning
walks the distant fields with death.
to the place beyond the dawning,
needing you with my last breath.

Kaitlyn Kiri~ 1998

Kindred Spirit

I am one who walks alone,
yet I touch each soul in passing.
I seek the place where I belong,
to find a bond that's everlasting.
Needing an elusive other,
fate has cast my life in stone.
There will never be another,
kindred spirit, hear my song.

Kaitlyn Kiri~1998

Regret

A world of stormy nights and cloudy skies,
the shadows black and stark and shiny wet.
Companions to the winds' insistent cries.
The force of nature helps me to forget,
forget the dreams I built my hope upon~
forget the constant longing for your touch.
My pages in the book of life are gone~
So I shall die, still needing you so much~

Kaitlyn Kiri~ 1998

No Game

There is a sadness deep inside,
the place where all my wishings hide.
The need must go unsatisfied~
Its' always been this way.

Yet I cannot deny the pain,
this wistful longing comes again,
like some sad and lost refrain,
reminding night and day.

How can I need your love so much?
We haven't kissed or even touched.
Just loving you was never such
an easy game to play.

Kaitlyn Kiri~ 1998

The Passion

Exuberant hope, like a whole flock
of sparrows
rising up from the ground, rises up
from my heart.
Instilling a feeling of trust
in tomorrow,
in this love we have found and the
joy it imparts.

I believe this a treasure, a gift
beyond measure,
a feeling so grand its' equal
is none.
For all of the longing, the lack
of belonging,
don't even compare to the passion
we've won.

Kaitlyn Kiri ~1998

~In Desolation~

In desolation he must make his way~
the sadness follows like a muted dirge.
It speaks to him of hopes of yesterday.
All of the death-like chanting seems
to merge
into a feeling of intense despair.
A grief of pointless, pure intensity,
akin to nothing he had ever known,
caressed his soul with grim futility.
And so~ he walked the path of life,
alone.

~Enduring~

Somewhere in some age long since,
we were together, you and I.
Perhaps you were a bard or prince,
and I, some peasant passing by.

Perhaps you came to me and found
the one that you were searching for.
We parted, but our souls were bound
to seek each other, evermore.

Now, in this age, we have become~
but still the moment is not right.
We shall meet, again, in some
endless and eternal night.

Kaitlyn Kiri ~1998