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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On wings of saints…

Soft and quietLike an cherubs voice I count your breaths like blessings As they harmoniously fill my heart Like a symphony playing under starlit skies Conducted by the Universe ~ As we lay waiting  You fall asleep and I marvel at your infinite beauty ~ Stretched out like silk Your skin as soft as the…

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All the time…

Sometimes Sometimes I don’t think I’ve thought this thing through  I think I’m over my head In too deep Sometimes Sometimes I’m afraid of where this is going I can’t see beyond my fears Faceless demons  Sometimes Sometimes  I look into your eyes I see your smile and I know that’s all I need All…

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I hope you never…

I hope you never doubt the truth of us Spinning in circles in love Dumb to possibilities unknown to everyone Hanging from chandlers swinging Overjoyed in the frame captured on the lens of fate Dancing to music that only we hear Next to the ocean On the beach Wind blowing Holding my hand Kissing my…

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Tomorrow

The right decision never seems to come to me My words My thoughts Hurt everyone I love Everyone I know It feels like no one in the world is listening I feel like Shit Everything I think Everything I believe Everything I want All of it seems out of reach sometimes The only thing that…

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Understanding This Isn't A Dream

I’ve watched fragments of my heart fall like shooting stars Streaking across the horizon as I fall asleep alone under a moonless sky Waking in your arms next to crashing ocean waves my heart has found its home The great Pacific cleansing my path as your healing hands reassemble the pieces  Like seashells we’ve collected…

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Awake on Sullivan Street

I was abruptly awaken from a heavy sleep Out of my slumber passed dreams like a passing train As I dreamed I was back on Sullivan Street Walking creek side with Jimmy Sitting in the library with Ed Raising Hell in Sunday school Bruising our kness  As well as our hearts ~ The phone ringing…

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A Child of Today

Yesterday’s son was angry He longed for attention to take his mind away from his thoughts He oppressed others to make himself feel more real He needed control There is no control Not in this life A life that is temporary ~ Learning of more than himself yesterday’s son finds comfort in nothingness Reaching to…

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