Awake and Alive

I’ve set ablaze the open seas,
I’ve suffered shores that few have kissed,
I’ve plucked the figs of Galilee,
And made my way through morning mist,

With eyes that glow and tears that stain,
I’ve scraped the skies of Sicily,
And waltzing to the moons refrain,
Shared sunrise with a lilac tree,

I wallow now in vast expanse,
And sift through time spent long ago,
I left for the place where the angels dance,
Then realized how I love you so

Charioteer

I dreamed beneath a speckled sky,
That Great Apollo came to me,
And with a host of fireflies,
He shimmered through my apathy,
And threw his reigns upon my spine,
Which therefore sprouted wings of gold,
With silver drapes and linen fine,
My story ventured to unfold,
I chase the starlight past the dawn,
I savor warmth when thunders clear,
And reminisce on summers gone,
Then make my way as charioteer