Me

I took a walk inside my head just so I could talk to my heart It led me down so many paths of bad choices and broken dreams Finally I found what I was looking for I thought it was me. Then I woke up and realized I just wanted it to be me. But…

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Because you know me

You and I Caught in and endless circle of love and debate Every step closer to an edge we can’t see Every step closer to falling, we hold back Hot and Cold I’m here Where are you? I can see you turning away I’m here. I’m trying to reach you You’re running away from the…

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Saying… Goodbye

In the empty place Which is now my heart I wonder in years of silence waiting for you Waiting by the phone The ghost of what will never be hovers over me like deaths shadow And I wait here alone in the empty place that is now my heart A rush of panic creeps over…

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Does it need a title?

The way you’ve touched my soul will always remind me of how beautiful life can be You say that the differences between us keep us from being happy I say you’re afraid. In the end all that matters is love. And we had love. Glorious and passionate. I’ll miss you, my dirty little princess.

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Empty space

The morning breeze rushes in as I open the window to a new day Thoughts of last night still dance in my head as if some forgotten nightmare is following me I stand here looking out the window of our dreams Thoughts and happy images frolic in the corners of my mind But I can…

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You asked me

You told me you didn’t think I knew what I wanted You told me you weren’t sure What do I want? I want to be lucky enough to wake up in the morning and find you sleeping next to me I want to see you dream and watch your chest rise and fall as you…

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Hold close

The waves are crashing on the shore as the surf picks up and lifts me like a kite into the air The deep ocean holds me like a lovers grasp to my board as I set sail into nothingness Watching the chaos of the waves knowing they can teach us so much Hold close then…

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Untitled and Unending

Through an existential haze of love and lust our wires cross Becoming more than what was and extending to what will be We fall into a deep pit of dreams and find our own light in the darkness Climbing up jagged cliffs of broken hearts and ancient desires we penetrate into nothingness No mountain seems…

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And I dance

I dance with your memory under a blanket of stars Rising smoke from the campfire rushes into heaven And I dance as if no one is watching Nobody is Elder gods rejoice in my thunder While the sounds of woodland creatures serenade me Knowing every moment spent with you is an eternity without words My…

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