If I could sing, I would record a loving howl
A sound that would rise and fall
'Like the tides, it'll know no limit at all
And though it may sound strange,
You'll love it so
Not because I could sing, no
Not at all
Simply because for you I would howl till Fall

Push off
Into the tired bay
All the clouds
Where are they

Took a step
To the unknown
We played hide and seek
We were young

Told you I could sit the shore
Far afield
Younger

I've got a mess that's mine
Undefined and restless
Ringing out angrily
It surrounds everything
Searching for a cure
I see nothing but a window anymore

I keep looking out it, the yard overgrown and wild
I tell those outside not to wait
Keep on going, keep on up
I'll be out of here in certain time

The drain unclogged, most goes down
The big pieces were easier to clear after some pain
The little ones refuse to go down
Stuck in places hard to reach, I struggle to get by

Eventually, the light comes to aid me
Easing this restless mind
Together, we clean this house
The rest will come in time

The false starts
Were taking toll
Buying up spaces in my crowded heart
And the strangest thing was the pinging of another
Near, but far

The taste in my mouth,
The feel of the ground,
The ocean at my back,
The heart in an Adams town

The furthest heart
A million miles away
Yet here we are, at a thousand six hundred and fifty eight

You left the sweetest space with room for growth
You watered my heart and left your seeds
All in a beautiful plan to have me grow into the man I need to be

Every trial I bring to a stall
With every torn start,
The best part,
Is but a twelve hour drive for these two beating hearts

Forever is a long time
So it is with much thought and borrowed grace
That I realize what I ask you to say yes to
Say yes to

Where would I go?
At the age of 19, still bright and shiny
Living in a building by the great lake-sea
Where would you go?

Although I think now I do see
Back in time, down, down, down, fall
The very bottom was a lonely pit
I'd rather never return to at all

Back to after, much later than before
I ask you that question, the one you have been preparing for
With a kneel and a quiet smile, I beam
A reaching hand into my pocket
I aim to retrieve a small little gem, I aim to make you gleam

Sitting in today, I can only dream
Of a day far, but close
One, where we can both realize that fantastically accomplishable dream
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Like a blank canvas
Strewn about the sky
A theory of longshots
Forever crossing the sea

Sailing to the forefront
Of mind and maritime
Need to put the pieces together
Still just treading endlessly

Pictures of places and people
Long since experienced
Words hanging still in the dead of memory
Vibrant and alive yet somehow dull and faded

Last night I lay under those stars
Today I walk the city streets
Past blank faces in dingy bars
Last night I swam in the ocean
Today I dream of how it felt

These things in memory, effervescent
Existing just long enough to leave an impression
Before fizzling away

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I awoke to dawn under auburn skies
Colour was gone
The feeling of place all wrong
Moved to a space outward and down
And all the sun clouds in my head, they made up for the storm clouds calling me dread

Hallowed Eves and pale morning skies bestow the greatest blessing  
A beautiful girl who has the gift for which many sift
One day that very girl would come to feed my growing flames
She hugged me with those deep brown eyes and told me her name
After that, nothing was ever the same

My claim to fame was a book or two
A film, some scripts and a couple million by the age of 32
The wife I loved, loved since school
Stayed and loved me back, even when I was a fool
And that I was, many a time
For it was me that waited so long to find her
'Never will I forget that day
One that shall live in infamy
A cold November morning
One at the end of Fall
Because born on that morn, was a love that knew no end at all

The tide
Rise and fall
Beauty is not a state at all
Yet, here we are
Slow and true
And in the mirror
Burning bright
Are those hazel eyes
That keep my heart alight

There's a place that you know how to get to
It's never very far
But a simple jaunt away
A heart filled cup at the price of half a day