Nicholas McDonough

Descending, falling secretly,
Thou dark, unholy creature- bring'st thou
hope or fear?
Life, cold death, kindness, hope ever-... more »

Once again, my eyes see her beauty
After eternity... the waiting is over
The longing, the completion of me
Taking away the emptiness inside... more »

In a fairy tale with no
happy ending,
wondering why they don't know
thoughts I'm sending,... more »

Digging deep into the mine of my soul
I find every truth connected to my being
linking the chain together once again
of what has been found that I have sought... more »

All Hallows Eve approaches
it's utter darkness calls
Drawing me into it's mystical embrace.
Autumn's full moon summons night's creatures... more »

Knowledge hidden within rhyme
frozen in this space and time
dormant, sleeping right between
the eyes, so that no one sees... more »

I've learned my lesson though it hurt my pride.
This wounded memory wears like a scar.
They say time will heal
but they don't know how I feel.... more »

Hot sun and warm breezy evenings_
relaxed lazy days with smooth syncopated
rhythms. Thought space to dream and love
-smile and cry. Time to think of things... more »

You spoke of betrayal
it is you who betray
Should I tear out your soul
should I eat it away... more »

Ironically, the power of gentle words
tended to overshadow several other dimensions
of this exciting, multifaceted creator,
It is a microcosm of all the elements... more »

Chaos inside
Nothing to hide
Open soars
Mine and yours... more »

Smeared in me
driven by hate
Release
let it go... more »

I'm no longer blind and now I see
that nothing can stop my destiny
Broke open the seals to my door
it's not as cold inside anymore... more »

Other powers fall, coming for us all
They will feel my pain, I will not be slain
Hear the call to fly, Not afraid to die
Swords held in the air, Shadows everywhere... more »

I offer mine and take her hand...
cast the circle and bless this land
As our spirits fight this awful war
we invoke the power of the directions four... more »

Protect me from everything
seems nothing's left for me
I've learned that love is meaningless
it starves you till your empty... more »

Graceful in dialectic
tentative interest
The hurried breathless pleading
memory of loveliness pierces me,... more »

Inept certainty of reason
conflicts with the perplex
uni-formal existence of
balance between... more »

My repressed emotions
lay exposed
love denied
fears silenced... more »

Craft the spell in the fire,
Craft it well weave it higher,
Weave it now of shining flame,
None shall come to hurt or maim,... more »

You have chosen to not see
You've locked it all away
and pretended not to hear
can't understand how it is misread anyway... more »

Slip away, from your mind,
Tell me what you find,
Open your eyes and I am there,
Close your eyes and I am everywhere,... more »

Give up the game
for you were never brave
I bury your name
in forbidden shame... more »

The growing understanding
we are who we are not who
we used to be
The joys the warmth of our love... more »

If you could only hear
the voice inside of me
it would say all the things
for me that my heart bleeds... more »