"Earthbound Angel"	"The Touch Of Your Guiding Hand"
"Surviving Demons"	"Lonely Restraint"
"Beauty Knows No Age"	Incandescent Joy

Earthbound Angel

Yesterday I met an earthbound angel, Her spirit fills the room; The road ahead may look treacherous, stretching into gloom; When first she appeared to me, all dressed in basic black. Fearing not the darkness, our souls swiftly made contact; We each want everything, a meeting of two minds in fact; As I discovered such fine spirit, dressed in yet more black. We may yet agree never to disagree, you my counterpart; Can we stop pretending now, my delightful work of art; Dear sweet enchanting lady, who lastly appeared to me in red. Can my world be so perfect, can there be nothing else I need? Can you save my world, and do it all without golden wings? We have softly swayed to a song which only we two can hear, I remember gazing into your soul, How I wish that you were near.

-Michael L. Houston

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The Touch Of Your Guiding Hand

By your touch I now know love, sure bulwark against depression; Like a litter of newborn kittens, starved for simple compassion. I learned passion at your lips, bewitching joys shared in whole; Enchanted heartwarming words, to slake the thirst of my soul. By a gift of your love and passion, eternal splendor became so dear; Your guiding hand laid upon mine, you closed the dark abyss of fear.

-Michael L. Houston

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Surviving Demons

Deranged demons from the dark have again made me weep, because of torturous episodes long past which I dare not relive. Unbidden thoughts of these demons even now costs you sleep, yet still I remain silent on this one subject I dare not broach. Nightmares still stalk me beneath night's golden moonlight, painful memories restrain my love's sweet passionate flower. I must come to understand the power of the demon's might, before I can seek out this demon and confront its evil power. My gentle heart conceals beneath it a soul of the brightest steel, resolved to vanquish my demons with my sheer determination. An iron will from deep within defends the love for you I feel, knowing that our eternal love shall outlast all God's creation.

-Michael L. Houston

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Lonely Restraint

Despite being to no real avail, I must restrain my love nightly; Trying to avoid romantic surplus, I still try to love you only slightly. Tamed each time I gaze upon you, yet I struggle to love you sensibly; Sadly such resolve lies beyond me, because my heart burns so lonely.

-Michael L. Houston

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Beauty Knows No Age

Tonight should I give to you my body, in it's radiant glory of youth and beauty; Would you then think you have my all, and that I have nothing else to give? When my time has come to grow old, and my beauty is as lost as my youth; What treasure shall I then have for you? That beauty inside which knows no age.

-Michael L. Houston

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Incandescent Joy

In a single instant of illustrious joy, moonlight illuminates the night sky after a trip from so very far away. With our fingers closely intertwined, we grasp firm to each other's hands; Two bodies merge together into one, two minds merge become but one. The reckless procession of passion, supersedes mere reality in our lives; Privileged to share each twist of fate, flowing with the rhythm of rapture, incandescent within our torrid desire.

-Michael L. Houston

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