Waking Up

I walk under a pale moon Alone Waiting at night for you Holding your hand with my soul Connected in a way that people don’t see and a way that most people will never feel Patience You’re sleeping with dreams of Sunday morning floating above your smile These freezing winds portend darker days arriving My…

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Dance with me

Where did the fucking passion go? You’re obsessed with everything and I’m sinking to the bottom of the bottle I want to tell you We both know better We know I can’t  Even though I know that you know You dance for everyone  Except me  What does that really make me? Dreams like this die…

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Asleep…

I’ll never forget you In another life we make such wonderful lovers We sit so separate as we sit so close together I’ll never get you Loving me that way Loving me with all your heart Loving me I’ll never wonder what was I’ll never forget I’ll always be in your memory  and you’ll always…

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Love, fear, and karma…

I don’t need to hate people. I don’t need to wish them a bad life, or have any desire to wish any harm come to them. Karma catches up with people. It has with me, and it has with you. I have only love in my heart. Even the people everyone else tells me I…

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Enough 

I can’t seem to get enough Of you Your smile Your touch Your Smile Holding my breath  Holding your hand It’s never enough Watching you laugh when I’m not funny Even just to humor me Finding the smallest bit of excitement in our late night talks Saying everything While saying nothing Holding you is never…

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Right Now (More Than I Deserve)

I want to be something beautiful  Like a star or the moonlight over the water But I’m not I have you You’re beautiful  Much more than I deserve I’m gone Far away I’m gone so far Still so close to your heart I should never feel lonely with your heart If it was that easy…

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