Sometimes when we talk
I am lost
In the joy
That you are
And always will be
The better part of me

I love that
You love me
And my family too
Makes life easier
And means
in the end
I won’t  have
to leave you
And us two

There’s a whole lot of nothing
happening in this house
Tonight

Let me speak
before you leave
at least let me tell you
who I really am.

There is an unbreakable chain
between your heart
and mine
sometimes it strains
beneath the pain
then shows us out loud
the meaning
and power
the glory
of owning
the world  renowned
always sought after
unbreakable chain

Read it and weep
or don’t read it
and weep
anyway

Just sorting through
the thrash
this morning
saw you there
from the corner of my eye
at this early hour
my goodness
who in the world
put you there?

There are so many words
inside me
dormant
To light a match
might ignite
and burn
the whole world
down
tonight

Why?

google
something interesting to say
or
here’s an idea
just walk
the **** away!

Everything
is exactly the same
as it has as always been
except
for the blame

I am not easy to
love
this much I know
I have let go of
love
this much I know
I have laughed at
love
this much I know
I have cried for
love
this much I know
I have screamed for
love
this much I know
I would die for
love
this much I know
I have loved for
love
this much I know
I have missed out on
love
this much I know
I  have known true
love
this much I know

you don’t need to ask
the answer is
yes
but what the ****
ask it
anyway!

stop me before
I leave
say the words
I need to hear
before I know
what they are
lock the doors
I have no keys for
think the thoughts
I never thought
before
show me
love.
no one has ever known
before

when dawn
broke
so did I

You think I can’t pay the price
You are wrong
I am rich in tears
Rich in years
Call in the tab
I am ready to pay
X

Your words have a beauty
A cadence
A joy
A realness
A sorrow
A sadness
A joy
Can I drink tequila
In Mexico
Instead?

I know you
but
you don’t know me
I know every thought going through your
head
You know me
but
I don’t know you
you know every though going through my
head

If there was anything I could do twice
Anything I could rewrite
It would be you two
because next time
I would be cool
er
ish!

Woke up this morning
and couldn’t find myself
Looked in the mirror
Nobody there
Searched high and low
No sign of anyone
Anywhere
Dialed 911
They didn’t care
Just hung around
Alone
All day
With nobody there

Evening calls
But not for me
It creeps in gently
almost silently
to comfort the lost
and lonely
Speckled navy blue caresses
ease the worried mind
arms so gentle and secure
they leave the sad behind
Evening calls
envelops the mind
with soft silky silhouettes
of saner settled times
Evening calls
each one of you
forward
faintly
to sunnier safer times

we are both
far  enough away
and clever enough
to know
it will take
the two of us
a monumental climb
a torrential will
and a beat
to see
what we’re leaving
behind
see the light
mull it over
chew the cud
decide
if we ever want
to
be
home again.

You will always be
the missing piece
In our three piece
jigsaw family.

New York City
never scared me
it just asked
a little too much
of me

You are without doubt
The best person
I could never
live without

You are way
too small
Too tiny
too insignificant
to have anything at all to say
You can barely form a word at all
Mama
Dada
Play
What crazy first  words
you
first
say

I miss you
not so much
the being with you
more the noise of you
the look of you
the late night nights with you
the carelessness of you
the talking out loud of you
the who gives a **** of you
the silence of you
the lovely of you
the truth of you
the I don’t want to be
anywhere else
of you
I guess
in all honesty
I miss the very
precious
and beautiful
essence of
you.

No one wants  to stand out
or stand alone
no one.is brave enough
so we all just faff about
and then
wander home
except
my son

I never thought I would end up here
with someone
like you
someone
almost too good to be true
Who knew?

I can’t apologise
for being me
but I can feel sorry
that you ever
ever ‘ ever fell in love
with me
I can do that
for you.

I think I know the
meaning of No
when stakes are high
and morale is low
I think I know
the pain of resist
when lights are high
and pain exists
I think I know
how far people go
when desperation hits
And your core is in bits

In someone’s eyes
I am just a girl
ordinary
in your eyes
I am extraordinary
I will resist the question
Why

Don’t judge me too harshly
for staying up  a bit too late
I have seen tomorrow
and it don’t look that
great

There is a small town girl
about me
that I lost
but still admire
when the lights go down
in New York City
is this really me
left out to dry
and for hire?

You have been here so long
just on the right side of me
that sometimes
I forget
when shiny things
shine down on  me
that
you are still here
as always
just on the right side of me.

This house is way too big
for love
Our life
is way too busy for love
We need a place
smaller
Where we can
maybe find each other
a place
we feel safe
enough
To take a chance
on each other
again

There is a dearth
Of good conversation around here
A lack of humor
A tumor
growing steadily
Can we cure it
Without insult?

when the party was over
and the balloons hit the floor
when yet again
there was just me and you
I was glad as always
that you were just you
and I was just me
annoying as that can be
to the masses
in all honesty
Who the **** else would
we  ever want to be?

What a shame
We never
Got to dance!

Almost everyday
A million words tumble off my tongue
A million smiles
I give out to everyone
I come home exhausted
Overwrought
And overcome
Completely overdone
trying to pretend
I can be someone
To everyone

He was fully grown
I was half way there
He had the world
in the palm of his hand
I was still playing with
sand

Unwritten
Unread
Unsaid

I could shake your hand
but I won’t
I could take your hand
but I can’t
I could walk away
so
tonight
I think
I actually ******* will.

I am saving.
the last
for best.

Oh hello
Sorry
Who are you looking for?
No trouble
Do come in
Who are you looking for ?
Oh yes...... I know who you mean
No.........sorry
She left here years ago
nobody really knows
whatever
Became of her .....

Everything you wanted
I think
I wanted too
Everything you shouted
I think
I shouted too

you are my steady
**** knows
I needed
something steady

There are two truths
Mine and
Yours
And in between
There are years and years of
Lies

One
single
word
could
change
the
world
write
it!