I believe I’ll never be alone

floating, dangling words

forming in my mind

transcribed into jewels

tribune of life

sandpapery on skin.

Opening purple vistas

to inputs and outputs

leaking from my pen

in dabs and splotches

changing course

scratching out thoughts

deciphering life.

Metamorphosing

through life storms

and emerging passions.

Striking out ideas

like heat lightning

growing phrase flowers

on deep earth soil.

Illuminating lives

heeding subconscious

fantasies taking flight

musing comes to light.

Words fill my essence

held dear as friends

cozy in mind pocket

eager to spring out.

I believe in hikes on a hot summer day and rope swings; Mushroom Rock and the ice cold waters of Rock Creek.

I believe in long days on the terrace; with sweet tea perspiring beneath my fingers. 

The sound of the cicadas in the distance. I believe in the rains of Kentucky and The Palmetto trees of Carolina.  The blue southern skies and lazy summer days. 

I believe in sipping Woodford with my Daddy on the front porch steps.  Holding hands with my love as she laughs.  Wide eyed and beautiful on a cold rainy day. 

I believe in Magic and old black and white films. I believe in the South. In my roots and butt glue sold at the corner market.

In Jayme Shaw and High Heels and flip flops in the sand.

I believe in the Grand Old Party and my wings; In Gowns and Crowns and rhinestones and sequins. I believe in Big Hair and Eyeliner. And my Grandmother's voice. In my Mama's arms and The Anglican Church.

I believe in honor and love and dignity. My beliefs define me. Mold me. I believe in me and my past; the mistakes that I've made and the patgs I have walked.

I believe in ghosts. 

The people who are ghosts in life. 

The ones who float around.

They are lost, never captured never found.

They are drifters, never saved and never bound.

I believe in ghosts.

The lips that bloom with flowery forevers

Come with a heart of purest intent

And a mind that foolishly believes

The lies it tells itself

Don't promise me forever

We have no clue what tomorrow brings

Let's live for tonight, darling please

Let's treat it as if it's our last

Tangle your fingers in my hair

I'll trace my fingers down your spine

My legs locked around your waist

Bury yourself in my embrace

Kiss me with your forever lips

Let me taste your unjaded devotion

Lace your fingers, lock them with mine

Release everyone of your inhibitions

Allow the pleasure to take control

Look into my eyes, see that shine?

All the truths my tongue won't admit

Hold me, taste me, feel me, see me

This connection is more than flesh

It cuts deep, this connection is fleeting

None of us can promise Forever

The most we can promise is For Now

For Now, give me all the love inside you

I'll hold on tightly, as long as I can

Darling, For Now, you have all my love

I believe in being true to one another

That there is is truth in logic

I believe that we are all points of light and our love makes that light shine brighter.

I believe we are here to learn and then we go home.

Like boarding school. I don't like boarding school.

Those with sharp edges get filed down, those who are too soft learn to be tough.

I believe there is something so much greater than we are, that we strive to be that.

I believe in fairie tales, Fairie folk and the like

I believe that technology has corrupted in some ways life as we know it.

The ancients knew so much better, how to live, how to die how to love.

I believe in all of this.

I believe that you should never loose your childish innocence.

It is the most important thing.

God's love and light and forgiveness and glory abd redemption and power.

I believe in the Holy Trinity.

The Father

The Son

The Holy Spirit.

He is Who i believe in.

I believe in God

Not man.

i believe in magic.

i believe that dewdrop pearls

on spider web necklaces

make the world go round;

and every ray of waking light

in between the stars tonight

blessed with night owls' song

brings dreams to sleepless souls

and hope to those whose

tears run like little streams

reflecting the morning,

born quiet from its cocoon

of purple darkness;

i believe in waking sleep

when light and shadow

play in between the curtains

at dawn, and coffee and

the painting on the wall

of beauty and childlike joy;

i believe in laughter

when you step out the door

and it spills onto the side walk,

down the street, replacing

mundane with imagination;

i believe in silence and afternoons,

the birds that lose their way

in the warm winds,

travelling across blue skies

like the quiet before a storm;

i believe in sunsets that sprinkle

hope in the eyes of

young forlorn lovers,

intertwined finger,

memory in minds

of those who feel heartbeats

and heartbeats before

they fade to a dull

aching memory of

heartbroken love,

home in the hearts

of travellers who fade

like ghosts into the dusk;

i believe in storms

that light the evening

in magenta and fairy lights

that burn into the skin

of the sky: the hour for tears

that melt from souls

of wrinkles and comforting smiles,

the cool drops that sting in the wind

and fuse into hope,

a wistful joy of crushing

bitterness in your fingers

right before it takes over your soul;

i believe in stars,

a billion burning lights

in the sky that twinkle

like slow, breathless passion

that paints instinct

over thought, ecstasy

in her fingers in my hair,

and no one to care for

seconds that countdown to silence;

i believe in midnight,

the quiet, ticking clock

and cinderella's hurried

footsteps down the staircase,

fingertips that almost don't touch,

eyes that whisper in silence;

i believe in words, silent love,

i believe in magic.

They ask me sometimes:

"If you don't believe in God, then what do you believe in?"

As if the universe is so simple, that we should all have the same religion.

But, I'll tell you what I believe in.

I believe in miracles.

I believe in kindness, hope, desperation,

The potential that humanity has,

To be more than our mistakes.

I believe in infinite perspectives, beliefs, ridiculous circumstances.

I believe in exploding, imploding stars,

Entropy,

Creation,

The seemingly endless waltz.

I believe in warmth and beauty,

Laughter, passion,

Struggling, conquering, flailing,

Sobbing.

I believe in cool water on a hot day,

I believe in...

I believe in everything.

Multiple truths, shifting realities,

Love's fingers on my skin...

I believe in possibility.

I don't believe in God.

I believe in light,

The light that is refracted to create rainbows,

The light that allows us to see,

The light that gives us time and energy and life,

The light that filters through the early morning mist and in the evening glows pink and orange and blue.

I believe in sound,

The sound that allows us to speak to one another,

The sound that lets us know where things are,

The sound that alerts us to danger,

The sound that makes up dawn's birdsong and the tinkling of chimes in the wind.

I believe in the mind,

The mind that gives us the ability to comprehend this beautiful world from different waves of light and sound,

The mind that allows us to feel,

The mind that has the ability to give us emotions just by releasing different chemicals and hormones,

The mind that lets us communicate,

The mind that tells the stories of our lives and talks to us even when no one else is there.

I believe in the planet,

One planet in eight that can sustain life,

One planet in eight that is constantly changing,

One planet in eight that houses water,

One planet in eight that has the correct gasses for our survival,

One planet in eight that we can call home.

I believe in space,

Space that houses thousands upon thousands of galaxies not too dissimilar from our own,

Space that we can see from our little lives on this little planet with our little eyes that can detect the light from stars lightyears away. Stars that may no longer exist,

Space that is so big it is possibly infinite.

I believe in stories,

Stories that can move us and change the way we think,

Stories that open our eyes to the worlds problems,

Stories that give us hope even when the darkness could envelope us,

Stories that mirror our lives and give us insight into the lives of others.

And I believe in us,

In our hearts,

In our minds,

In our lives.

I don't believe in God.

I believe in everything.