Hey there
Been missing you lately
My mind wonders
Thinking of what might be
If I could sit down
Just for a minute
Without being exhausted
And keep my eyes open
I know I'd lose myself in you
Looking at you
For as long as I could
Milking every minute I could spend
Oh, new book on my nightstand
You've been waiting too long
I dream of what you'll say to me
If only I could read in my dreams
Sep 4, 2019
Sep 4, 2019 at 4:21 PM UTC
The truth
That doesn't hurt
Is that
Lies hurt more
Apr 1, 2015
Apr 1, 2015 at 12:28 PM UTC
Life is complex
But the love for it
Should be simple
A simple statement
Carrying all my fears
And all my dreams
My fears of change
That will yet come
At an unknown pace
My dreams of hope
That whatever comes
All will be well
For in the end
It is up to me
To look at life simply
Mar 21, 2015
Mar 21, 2015 at 10:46 PM UTC
Not really strangers
Others are like us,
Not completely strange
Feb 26, 2015
Feb 26, 2015 at 12:34 PM UTC
Come away
Come away with me
Meet me at the hanging tree, down by the sea
Some didn't make it past
Past the hanging tree
But we will be free, sailing into the sea
Come away
Come away with me
I hid a raft in the wood, beyond the hanging tree
Some didn't make it past
Past the hanging tree
But we will be free, sailing into the sea
Come away
Come away with me
Leave it all behind, and start again with me
Some didn't make it past
Past the hanging tree
But we will be free, sailing into the sea
Come away
Come away with me
Sail with me to somewhere new, far beyond the sea
Some didn't make it past
Past the hanging tree
But we will be free, sailing into the sea
Come away
Come away with me
Even if we die tonight, you'll still be with me
Some didn't make it past
Past the hanging tree
But we will be free, sailing into the sea
Come away
Come away with me
Our story will live on, The Bodies on the Sea
Some didn't make it past
Past the hanging tree
But we will be free, sailing into the sea
Come away
Come away with me
Meet me at the hanging tree, down by the sea
Some didn't make it past
Past the hanging tree
But we will be free, sailing into the sea
Feb 25, 2015
Feb 25, 2015 at 1:58 PM UTC
Thump, thump, thump
I hear on my front door
Over the sound of pouring rain
Splashing onto the ground
I open the door to see a man
Wearing a hat with a drooping brim
And dark jacket shoulders
Both resulting from the rain
"Can I come in?" he asks
"Just until the rain stops?"
I can't say no to this poor man
But there's something I must admit
"Of course you may" I say
"But there's something you should know"
"It's raining in here too"
"I haven't been able to keep up"
With a small smile he says
"That's okay"
"Still worth it for some company"
"And maybe I can help"
I've placed buckets carefully
Under the steadily streaming leaks
I have just enough buckets
But they keep filling up
The problem is that emptying buckets
Has kept me from fixing the leaks
Before I can get a leak fixed
There's another bucket to empty
I show him the tools and materials
I have for the task at hand
He climbs up on a chair
And I hand him what he needs
As we work together
We get to talking
At first to avoid silence
But then to become acquainted
We finish fixing the leaks
And sit down to continue talking
With warm drinks in our hands
And then suddenly I'm a bit sad
I realize it's stopped raining outside
And he'll want to get on his way
But I've grown fond of talking
And having someone around
I look at him and say
"I suppose you need to be going?"
He too looks a bit remorseful
As he tells me "yes"
"But that doesn't mean"
"That I don't want to see you again"
He then says with a twinkling smile
"How about dinner this weekend?"
I accept the invitation
And thank him graciously again
For fixing the leaks
That I couldn't manage on my own
His response was again a smile
Paired with a kiss upon my cheek
"I was happy to help" he says
As he steps through the front door
I watch him walk away
In the memory of my mind
As I recall happily meeting
My husband lying next to me
The one who came into my life
And without hesitation
Fixed up my heart
And stopped the rain from coming in
Feb 17, 2015
Feb 17, 2015 at 11:44 AM UTC
One summer night
Many long, warm days ago
We shared a memory
Where nothing mattered
But the shining of the stars
Twinkling in all their reminiscent glory
Where time flowed
Slipping into the infinite darkness
Creating a midnight horizon
Where curious thoughts
Yearned to meet far beyond
At the edge of the vast cosmos
I couldn't quite grasp it all
How the universe worked
All so seemingly perfectly
On a boundless scale
From the universe down
All the way to me and you
I laid there, smiling
Happy that somehow
I knew my life mattered
Because out of all places to be
And times to have been in
I was in that moment with you
Jan 19, 2015
Jan 19, 2015 at 12:06 PM UTC
I'm held together
Not by my own skin
But by the one next to me
The one holding me
Keeping me in my skin
He's the one who stays
When I am sad
And don't know what to do
Because I don't know
How to move forward
But he holds me close
And then I remember
Where I can always go
Back to him
Where I am always home
No matter where
I have fallen again
I can go to him
And then start again
When it all feels better
He's been so patient
Knowing that my struggles
Are hard for me
Even when I don't know
How to explain them to him
What to leave behind
And what to reach for
I have no idea
I want to be happy
But it's all two-sided
Except for him
He makes my past better
My future even more so
I don't have to worry
About any moment with him
Thank you Love
For being my home
Where I always feel safe
Where my heart heals
And where I am happy
Jan 14, 2015
Jan 14, 2015 at 1:07 PM UTC
"We're only human."
It's always said
With doubt and disappointment
Like all it will ever be
Is a limitation
Why is that always so?
It should be said like
It's an opportunity
Meaning that we're only able
To always improve
We are only able
To reach further
And find a way to become
Something better
And something more
Something that pushes on
To improve the quality of life
In any aspect possible
Raising standards and
Changing mindsets
To unite under the idea
Of being citizens of the world
And move away from
Being citizens of
Our own selfishness
So do not doubt
Because we are only human
Yearn and strive for better
Simply because
We are all human
And who better than us
To change the world
Nov 11, 2014
Nov 11, 2014 at 12:50 PM UTC
"Never go to bed angry."
Created to be wise words
To remember
And good advice
To follow
I disagree, and
I think others might too
For sleep is calming
A reset stage for the
Worries and stresses
Of the mind
That helps us begin
Each day anew
And what is better than
Moving on from what
Made us feel downtrodden
The other day?
"Sleep it off."
Now that's a phrase I like
Jun 14, 2014
Jun 14, 2014 at 12:39 AM UTC