Thoughts on life and love

I don’t count my year by good or bad times. I just doesn’t make any sense to me. I can honestly say that my shitty vs. good days this past year were pretty even. Maybe, but does it really matter? So what? I had some really shitty times last year. I try not to look…

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Goodbye, for now…

Watching you collect you scattered clothes and pack your bags is heartbreaking Our time together is so brief, yet neither wants to be here We fit so well together, like a puzzle piece A missing piece exists It keeps up forever apart You walk back and forth humming I’m not even sure which song it…

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Goodnight Ophelia

Gale force winds blow the trees I’m surrounded by the sounds of gods The river runs swift and the white caps rise quickly Neither the Wind or the River hold on My heart is a collection of memories Both good and bad Drifting in and out of love it survives sorted forms of alienation from…

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Love's greatest lie

What is the truth of the heart? Loves greatest lie is hope Giving into the belief that we can touch another persons soul Without losing our own How did we start? Where will it end? Are these questions even needed? Lost on a road only guided by dim stars we navigate by our own fears…

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I let go

How often I daydream about waking up next to you Feeling your soft skin in the morning Watching the dim light from the rising sun dance off your hair Feeling your breath on my face as you wake Breaking my own heart I let go Watching you dance I imagine all the places you take…

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It's raining on the inside

I’m stuck between the sounds of the wind And the beating of my heart Songs of new life and new love Surrounding me like a dark symphony A quartet of angels or a hard metal band of demons? I’m not sure My head is clouded by the needs of my heart Love is here …So…

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