I used
To wake up
And feel for the cold spot
On the pillow
To cool down
From your body
And the heat that wrapped around me
Like your arms

I could never
Wait too long
Before burrowing back in


But now
I wake up
And the cold spot
On the pillow
Has become


The entire bed.

We burn too bright

We meet
We fall
We kiss
We love

A whirlwind burst
An intense intent

We drift
We fight
We cry
We leave

The burning fire

Is quenched.

You make my life feel like a movie
A transition piece

Sitting on your bed by candlelight
In your hockey shirt
With smooth jazz on old style records

My legs on yours
Nose to nose
A lightly brushed thigh
Your lips pressed firm on mine

If this were a movie
I'd rewind this scene
And pause
Forever

Fix it up with duct tape
Staple it right back
From where he comes, destruction goes
A brazen, bold attack

Gather it together now
Sew along the seam
You should have known that this would be
More nightmare than a dream

Shake the fog that's in your brain
And open up your eyes
You saw this from the very start

So why are you surprised?

She fizzles in the drops
But
He's sparks, he's fire and flame

She rekindles bit by bit
And he's delightfully to blame.

How strange it is
This comfortable sorrow
Sinking between the pages words awash around you
These heart-holding hands that fill your chest to empty
A lovely sort of sadness in others' words
Like a soft blanket atop a feather pillow

Yet in a bed
Where one side is left bare and empty

Hope is a bubble (no feathers)
It comes from deep within

It sits, it rises, it waits, it grows
It stretches very thin.

It ignites and it kindles,
It blushes like embers
Constantly notices
Always remembers

Hope is a bubble (no feathers)
It doesn't sing the song

With or without the words or the tune
Hope is never wrong.

It waits and it wonders,
It tosses and turns
Never goes out
Eternally burns.

Hope is a bubble (no feathers)
And even if misplaced

It always awakes and runs back to your side
Whatever the battle faced.

Hope is a bubble (no feathers)


Hope is always there.

Somebody looks out for you.

Yes, out there,


Some
Body
Cares