Sound in Space

"Sound in Space"

Imagine they echo out into the black glittered void unheard

Like a 1980’s cassette tape on a continuous loop

Floating in an aluminum tin can satellite

Searching for something more

Constantly voicing want into the stardust nowhere

Knowing that when the impossible is found

Today will have already faded into way too many yesterdays

I put my love into electronic words like a ping into space

Knowing they will fall on deaf ears

They are warning to those out there not to come near

At least not until we have completely destroyed ourselves

With only the old faded sound of my heart breaking remaining

Playing over and over again

Screaming into the vacuum of a silver twinkled night sky

By

Robert Lloyd

Hostage

"Hostage"

You held me in your hands as best you could

Me, a shell of who I was

Searching for love and redemption

My trust was that you would be ever so careful

You were my rebirth and that was unfair

No one figured it would be easy

Least of all us

We said we would be different

I guess I always knew

My created burden was too much

It seems I was too broken for you to fix

For you to carry

For you manage next to your own needs

I don’t fault you

I just pray my cracks have not spread into your world

I hope you smile beyond me

And without me

I release you from the prison my love has created

You are no longer mine

You are free

Robert Lloyd

Motive

"Motive"

Broken and dark

I was hazardous to me

Lost

And nearly destroyed by a black and white world of expectations

I can now see in color

At least little specs of kaleidoscope hope

I can now taste just a bit of sunshine on my tongue

My way to tomorrow is winding

It will not be a simple elevator to happiness

But I Know I will earn it

My next moment will be mine

It no longer will be guided by them

Him

Or even her

Each desire I achieve

Each chance I take

Each second I seize

It is all for me

From the dust I step forward

From the grey shadows of despair I escape

Now is the time to chase the dreams I almost forgot

Now is excited anticipation

Robert Lloyd

Iceberg

"Iceberg"

I am floating along                           

And melting

The beautiful world that surrounds me

Betrays me as I cherish

and struggle

with each vanishing moment

My presence

My worth

My existence

It all fades with each new sunrise

I crave something it seems I am no longer allowed

More time with you

With your supposed forever smile

With your clear blue glances

With the thought that you could never tire of me

As I drift along

Further from you

From something that once was such magic

I tremble with fear

And my heart aches

I desperately want to travel back to before

To the time before we stumbled onto this false path

This stream that drags us apart

I want yesterday

Knowing what I know today

Rather than this cold fade

I am floating along

And melting

Robert Lloyd

Captivated

“Captivated”

She sets fire to my chest

With her syrupy brown eyed stare

She doesn’t realize the spell she casts

She quickens my heart with accented whispers

Ones that spill from lips so soft and sweet

She doesn’t realize she has ensnared me

She electrifies me

And my hair stands on end

As her fingers dance across my warm skin

She now knows she has captured me

She can tell this

She can tell by the way I press into…

Her touch

Her kiss

Her body

She knows because when I say good bye

It takes forever

And it is repeated a thousand times

Before I actually let go

Robert Lloyd

Set Adrift

"Set Adrift"

The wind was peppered with a gulls cry

As her hair bounced loosely

Upon her shoulders

She stood alone

Challenging the world

Dressed for the occasion

Her thoughts were swallowed by loneliness

Who will catch me if jump?

She whispered with a sad smile

Her tears fell into the void

Tracing a well traveled path upon her cheeks

Her panicked heart beat began to slow

Calm replaced ache

It was an epiphany

When the wind faltered and stopped

Only silence remained

Robert Lloyd