Balancing Act.

Distant to yield perspective
and appreciation, 
Closer and closer through
the pulse of separation, 
Together upon a stronger 
foundation...

Words and silence; heart
whispers, words 
unsaid, 
Settling in balance; heart,
soul, and head,
Spoken in expression, nothing
left unsaid...

That light, that beacon, to
brighten each day,
In presence and absence; never
to go astray,
Pillar and foundation, never to
fall away...
-END-
(C) D.C. Chapman 10/30/2013

Last Nights' Memory.

One step forward, twelve
steps back,
Moments away, empty,
altogether off track,

Grasping again after
last nights' memory,
Please don't become
another member of that
repository,

Comings and goings and
so many more,
Bore a hole so deep that
the soul has become
sore,

Please, God, no more...

Just to see that face
again,
To caress, to feel,
secure within,

To be someone to
someone,
Hand in hand, to
remain as one,

No more listing
aimless in uncertainty,
No more holding to
last nights' memory,

Just the moment, right
now,
Embrace, entwine,
smiling, new, yet
familiar somehow...
-END-
(C) D.C. Chapman
10/16/2013

White Noise.

Softly, swiftly winters feather

fell gracefully upon the

prairie, 

Essence, tender, in glistening

transparency,

Swirls sing in silent

litany, 

Whispered songs caress,

white symphony, 

In harmony, turmoil

fades, 

Dancing, anew, reverence

of countless shades, 

Warmth in cold long yearning, 

Words, cold, hearts' 

burning, 

Softly, swiftly in winters'

churning, 

Beyond things left

stirring...

-END-

(C) D.C. Chapman and Alixzandra Harpster

10/14/2013

Shinjin Jissen.

One, two, knocked down,

up again, 

Heart pounding, pulsing, 

spirit set, ready to rush

right in, 

War on that other self, 

lurking, waiting for

that opening, 

Take me down? Not today,

its' only the beginning, 

Strategy not for spirit,

untamed, weathered, yet

unbroken, 

Heeding, cleaving, to

words yet unspoken,

Shift, dodge, and back

again, 

Take me down? Ready to

rush in, 

Punch drunk, yet still

I grin,

Hands up, lets' go

again... Is that all you've

got?

-END-

(C) D.C. Chapman

10/13/2013

Heavy.

Cannot enter with a heart
on guard,
Cannot go there, clenched
fists so hard,

Cannot abide, though
it seeks to dwell,
Cannot burden, and turn
Heaven to Hell,

Crossing that threshold,
a voice loud and
clear,
Not right now, you're
not welcome
here...
-END-
(C) D.C. Chapman
10/13/2013

Ache.

Knowledge of this
pain,
Splayed bare and
plain,

Locked, spiritually
barren...Drained,
Whatever was that
thing,
What ever was it
named?

What was that title
for its' face,
That abode, some
distant place,

Supplanted, separated
from her grace,
Kneeling, begging, screaming
in this disgrace...
-END-
(C) D.C. Chapman
10/11/2013

Confusing Delightful Soul.

Confusing delightful, insightful
need,
Creed of wordless, unspoken
heart,
Apart, needless, but the
presence is there,

Fair, in timeless embrace
amid life's twists and
turns,
The light, it burns, but
the burn is needed,

The word, heeded, in
faithful wait,
Through the gate that
heart is shown,
Embraced, long, her
heart is known,

One more minute before
the moment's end,
Embraced, entwined, into
one we blend,

Timing, off? No. Not in
his time,
Not in his mind, nor his
simple rhyme,

Question what is given?
No.
Heart open, faithful and
clear,
Sitting as one, so away
we go,

Confusing delightful,
recital of a single
soul,
Lost in those eyes, together,
once again made whole...
-END-

(C) D.C. Chapman
10/05/2013

Godsend.

No thoughts assault, 

twisting and turning has

come to a halt, 

The assailant has fled

the heart, 

Your presence has torn

them apart, 

Fled in the face of 

faith and trust, 

Turning the pain and

anguish to

dust,

No worry, no torment, 

no shame, 

Heartache, anger, fear,

all set aflame,

That bright smile to

start the day, 

Snatched from Hell and

chased those Demons

away...

-END-

(C) D.C. Chapman

10/03/2013

Lady in White.

Continuance enraptured, captured,
captivated,
Gravitated toward an open
heart,
Seconds passed, it never
fell apart.

Just another work of
art,
Beauty in white, fancied
in flight,
Life flooded in light.

The way set and hearts
acting from will,
Just one more moment,
they sit so perfectly
still.

Breath drawn, exhale,
nil...
-END-
(C) D.C. Chapman
10/03/2013

Hesychasm.

Shouting of the hesychast
in silence; he contemplates,
Shut the doors, douse the
flames; against those
he segregates.

Mind in heart and heart
to the essence,
Yearning, burning; deep
inner presence.

Nous in full swing, dying
unto the wordless,
Nameless, stillness, in
utter progress, yet
regress.

Internal praying ceaseless
in void of the one,
Praising voiceless on high,
humble under the
sun...
-END-
(C) D.C. Chapman
10/02/2013