Happy Endings

Lying next to you So often We could be a thousand miles apart and never touch each other While making love My fingers walk the contour of you body Slowly Slower Softly Tickling your aura Touching your soul but still keeping at arms length Protecting my heart While I wait in anticipation to taste you…

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Old Habits

Old habits die hard Loving you was a habit that won’t die Your body Your flesh Kissing your lips Licking your smile These are habits that won’t die On the beach alone With your smile I held you close My hands exploring you as the waves moved fast crashing around us A fountain of love…

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Forever…

The music is loud but beautiful Hozier’s voice carries my memory across the stars and back to that one happy moment with you I know it’s you I see Dancing Smiling not with him Never with him He just sits there His gaze unapproving He doesn’t even smile while your happiness glows and you are…

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That wasn't my journey

This is not my journey, he said Not where I’m supposed to be Where I belong… Walking nights Aimless Unfathomable comfort in not knowing yet uncomfortable enough to admit he knows the truth Surrendering to the gravity of where he belongs but where? That’s still the question It just isn’t here Not in this time…

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