DARK SIDE

  From the duality of love emerges a mystery,

a dark identity concealed by its divine nature.

a force whose rage are flashes of fire,

a most vehement flame.

Hearts have bled from its gory scars,

and souls in its grasp burn with lost passion.

Fair are victims of swords,

than vessels of heartbreak.

For they are bounded by shackles of loneliness,

and their minds are devoured by shadows of emptiness.

Emotions becomes an object of torture,

and memories is but a monument of sufferings.

Oblivion becomes but their final wish,

for that alone would be a release, next to this travesty.

The one virtue been craved for,

becomes a vice of demise.

For as strong as love may be, it has a rival,

its dark side.

By Dr O. Franklin

BLUE DREAM

In the silence of the night I laid down,

rendered unconscious by the weariness of my soul.

My spirit wandered far and wide,

and in a mystic dimension I found myself.

My mind plunged into the realm of fantasies,

and my heart searched the depth of my thoughts for something wonderful.

From the blues an icon of immense beauty emerged,

and like a goddess, her essence was divine.

Her shimmering illuminated the entire matrix,

and her presence felt like magic.

She looked forth like the dawn,

fair as the moon, bright as the sun.

Her tresses was dark and glossy,

and it flowed behind her like a gentle waterfall.

Her eyes glittered like diamonds,

and her lips were as red as scarlet.

Like the radiance of the sun was her smile,

it rendered me feeble as though I was in shackles.

The rhythm of her voice was magnificent,

like the songs of the sirens, her words sailed the air.

Her nature reflected the color of love,

and the flame that burned within her was that of passion.

She stirred up the ripples of my emotions,

and the feelings in me felt so sensual.

Thoughts of her honed my desires,

and my passions knew no bounds,

These illusions seemed so real,

and I wished for it to be eternal.

Suddenly she began to disappear,

fading into the shadows.

Her evanescence was accompanied by looming darkness,

and what was once magnificent was nothing but void.

I drifted to consciousness,

as my spirit rekindled me back to life.

Light from a source filled my eyes, and when I took a glance,

all I could see was the rising sun at the break of dawn.  

By Dr O. Franklin

SWEET LULLABY

Beauty, as it is said, lies in the eyes of the beholder,

but the thought of many hearts be the same if they saw you.

For diamonds and gold may dazzle one’s soul,

but you my princess is the fairest of all known.

The angels above wonder though,

why one of them choose to dwell on earth below.

I have set my gaze upon many maidens,

but you alone my angel, leaves me breathless.

Your affection soars around me like a magic zephyr,

as I drift alone in the ocean of love.

The sirens sing of your beauty,

and the wind whispers your name.

The wheel of fate has completed its course,

for destiny has merged the perfect pair.

Your presence has turned my fantasies to reality,

and the fortress of my heart overflows with your love.

I look at the sky at night, and the stars smile at me,

for I have with me one of their kind.

My darkest of path have been revealed,

by the flames of passion that glows in your eyes.

You sneaked into my dreams and stolen my mind,

now my thoughts are thoughts of you alone.

Nothing thrills me more than making you mine,

for that my soul craves with all its might.

Being together will be pure bliss,

if our emotions comes as one.

You have discarded the torments and sorrows of old,

and my heart dwells in the bosoms of your paradise.

The depth of my soul thou has searched deep,

the shape of my heart, your hands to keep.

By Dr O. Franklin