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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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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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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Frozen

You don’t know the joy my heart feels when you’re close The measures of pain left from years of heartbreak are erased Moment by moment Hour by hour Every second looking into your eyes Full lifetimes come and pass And we are frozen

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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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As she walks away

The vision of her blue dress and the lingering ghost of her perfume is all that remains As she walks away Her soft kiss still rests upon my lips as the cool breezes carries the cottonwood blossoms falling around me like snow As she walks away Visions of endless sunsets we’ll never walk under and…

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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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