You look at me and your eyes are filled with doubt.
And you say that I will never be satisfied with you,
that you cannot give me all I need,
that I will leave you for what you cannot be.
I look at you and I see everything that I need,
everything that I have ever wanted,
everything that I will ever want.
In you I see my hopes and dreams, my safety and my sanity.
In your eyes I see the answers to all my questions, the solutions to all my problems.
In your arms I fe
You are the light to my darkness…
The demons of a thousand hells dwell within me,
scrabbling at my walls, clawing their way to the surface.
But your radiant eyes, beacons of purifying light,
keep them at bay, keep them from destroying all that I am.
You are the Heaven to my Hell.
You are the calm to my chaos…
My raging river rushes, flooding everything in its path,
damned for its drowning.
But your delicate drops of rain trickle softly, quenching the parched
he is my angel
mine alone, for no one else would call him so
he thinks that at best he must be tarnished or fallen
and in truth his halo tilts a bit to one side
and his robes are slightly smudged
and his wings, if not fully broken, are badly bruised
but he is my angel
and in his eyes I see his soul
and it is pure, untainted by the world around him
he thinks it is blackened, covered by the grime
of all the evil that has touched his life
but it is merely dust
You consume me
like a conflagration,
your flames sweeping through
my flesh and my bones
and my soul.
My sweet destruction,
falling to ashes at your feet
until your breath stirs me;
and I rise again,
reborn to you.
The curtains flutter
and the shadows shift
just long enough
for me to see—
nothing,
nothing more than a glimpse
of another shadow.
Is it a tease?
Do you flutter the curtains
only enough so that I see
that there are curtains there?
Do you tempt me with the hint of illusion
like a catnip mouse,
knowing my love of mysteries
and my need to solve them?
Or do you sit behind them
hiding from me,
hiding from yourself,
curtains safe as a shield in fro
You are the center
of the universe,
its balance point
Everything
comes from you:
the light,
the darkness,
the music,
the silence.
Everything
comes from you.
You are the center
of my understanding,
of my senses.
Every word
ever spoken,
every feeling
ever felt,
every tear
ever cried
washes over me,
floods me,
fills me,
and my comprehension
is complete
with only the touch
of your hand.
You are the center
of everythi
I think I must surely break
my heart cannot possibly hold all this feeling
my head cannot possibly contain this intensity
anything I have ever felt for anyone
is insignificant compared to how I feel for you
just a pale shadow, a ghost, a whisper
as much a tease to my senses as
a sun shower compared to a thunderstorm
a single snow flake compared to a blizzard
a child’s breath compared to a gale-force wind
a candle’s flame compared to the surface of the sun
I think
I look at you as you lay sleeping
your lashes long against your cheek
your hair falling softly across your brow
I see your lips parted slightly
your warm, sweet breath brushes them
and I think of kissing you
but I just brush the hair from your eyes
and run my finger gently along your cheek
and my lips breathe your name silently
my love for you is unquestionable
my heart and soul belong to you
every breath in my body is yours
my body would n
When angry voices chase you down
And you wish you could just run and hide
Feel my hand reach out to yours
I’ll be there with you, by your side
When you sit alone in the dark of night
And face the fears no one can see
Feel my arms as they wrap around you
I’ll be holding you close, so close to me
When you feel the blackness in your soul
And the silence around you closing in
Feel my breath upon your cheek
And my whispered words against your skin
Wh
Love is so inspiring, whether it is the love you feel for a friend, a lover or a child. Sometimes the feelings are so overwhelming they just cannot be contained. These have all been inspired by people I love. They are all still in my heart, even though some have gone from my life.
A love is lost, a love is gained
And nothing in this world remains the same
Between the sunrise and sunset
Another day brings more regrets
And my heaven’s up above me
And my hell is here below
And you said you’d always love me
But I knew you’d have to go
And I dream that you’re still with me
And I’m loving you again
And you say you’ll never leave me
That you’ll be here ‘till the end.
And you kiss me and you tell me
That I’ll never be alone
But when
pieces of my life
drift through my head
disjointed
snapshots
random moments
flashing through my mind
like a slide show
the images flashing
at the corners of my eyes
bits of sound
a word or two
the sound of an ocean beach
a car going by
random sounds
random images
out of sync
pieces of memories
a ghost of a smile
an echo of a laugh
a taste of a tongue
swirl through my senses
barely grasped
before the show moves on
a hand extende
The tree stands in the corner of the room,
in a different room,
in a different house,
in a different life.
There are no presents under the tree.
You were the one who put them there
on Christmas Eve.
You liked to tease me,
to make me wonder what was in them.
And you would shake each one
and try to guess what I got you.
You were always right,
and I would wonder how you knew--
until I noticed the torn paper.
And even though you blamed it on the cats,
I k
The darkness,
cool and comforting,
surrounds me.
It flows over my body
like a river of silent tears,
washing away
the torn remnants of my life.
It embraces me
like the arms of a dead lover,
holding me
against the quiet safety
of his stilled chest.
And I am shielded
from all that is bright and burning,
from all that would make
my aching eyes see.
And the silent song
comes to my ears,
sweet and beckoning,
a lullaby of death—
words without
Was it yesterday you held me?
I can still feel your arms warm against my skin
your breath still tickles my ear
your fingers are still tangled in my hair
your voice still vibrates through my body
Can time have passed since then?
My heart won’t answer my question
It turns away and reminds me of the way
The sun was golden in your hair
And the sky was blue in your eyes
And the promise of forever was in your smile
And refuses to tell me you’re gone.
I sit here and stare at the blank screen--
my feelings flow from my eyes,
but the words don’t flow from my fingers.
My throat tightens and I feel the knot
rising from the pit of my stomach
choking me, keeping the words locked inside.
I miss your smile.
Do you know that?
And your blue eyes that laughed
long before your lips ever did.
And I miss your hands
that grasped mine so many times
when I was falling,
and your arms that still caught me
when
Close your eyes and sleep
my little innocent one
as the soft clouds cradle you
as gentle breezes carry you
to endless fields of butterflies
to warm sunny windows
to soft mama purrs
to tender kitten baths.
Close your eyes and sleep
my little innocent one
and let your spirit go home.
Loss is always difficult to deal with, whether it is the loss of a friend, a lover or even a small furry companion. Sometimes putting the feelings into words helps confine them—so you can put them away into memories.
it touches the sky
it is so big
and the leaves are so green
and when i break them
they give milk like a cow
but you can’t drink it
because my dad says it’s only for the tree.
i want to touch the sky
like it does
but no matter how high i reach
even when i stand on tippytoes
even when i jump as high as i can
and stretch my arms way up
i can’t reach that far
my dad can touch the sky
he is as big as the tree
and his hands are a lot like the l
time is relative
it passes too slowly when we’re young
it seems we have so much of it
it stretches out in front of us to infinity
time is on our side
so we kill time
we waste time
we rush through our days
watching the clock
hurrying it along
tapping our foot impatiently
waiting for it to pass
time flies
it slips away while we aren’t looking
we blink and it’s passed us by
wasn’t it just yesterday
Spring is filled with promise
the world is new, its sprouts tender
beauty is the pretty pastels of innocence
the sun smiles softly, warm but gentle upon the skin
the rain is fresh and as pure like a baby’s tears
hope is the essence of spring
a tentative smile
a whisper brushing against an ear
Summer is filled with dreams
life is in full bloom
beauty is bold and brash, vibrant in its colors
the sun is high in the sky and heats the bloo
We were talking, as friends do, and the talk turned to scars.
I said that I had one on my leg from when I fell off my bike.
Did he remember that day we raced down the hill? He did.
I said I had one on my ass from when I climbed out a broken window
in the middle of the night—when her father came home too soon!
I said I had one on my elbow from falling off a swing--
while showing off for a girl, of course. I laughed at the memory.
I told him I had only tho
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
But this I’ve always had to ponder,
for if such is true then how can you find
that if something’s out of sight it is out of mind?
Birds of a feather flock together,
but doesn’t that make you wonder whether
it can possibly be an undeniable fact
that opposites are bound to attract?
How can we repeat with any sense of conviction
these “old sayings” filled with such strong contradiction?
Can somethin
the clock of time ticks life away
the years desert us one by one
the cold of night consumes the day
the bitter rain floods out the sun
all our today’s become our past
nothing good can last
a smile flickers across a face
a whisper brushes against an ear
laughter fills an empty space
a finger brushes away a tear
the golden moments fade so fast
nothing good can last
so embrace the sun whenever it shines
drink deeply of t