Even if you are strong,
you can't stop pain
from coming.

it takes every ounce
of self restraint
to not kiss you
always

you've got no words
you're speechless
i tend to have that effect

there was a moment in time
when death sat beside me on a park bench
and he had rested his hand on the gap between us

i,

too,

rested my hand there
and brushed my fingers against his

and for a chaste moment
i savoured the warmth of his skin
and intertwined my hand with his

but he stood up

and left

and maybe he knew,

it was for the better.

You are the one constant
in an ever changing course.
You are the sunrise.

and I think the part
that gives me the most pain
is the fact that i will always love you
and you will never feel the same

You strengthen me
Stretch me tall in fond pursuit
And call my waking trees to move with subtle hints

Familiar as the folding sound
Between quiet rustling parchment leaves
Becoming new our newest sounds as an inkwell drawn

Like a sunlit jewel your dulcet glow
Is stumbling down a penciled path of painted memory
Colored by every season anew with the hues of you

Don’t cry when I am no more seen, my felicity
It was always and with you in mind
That you made me want to try

I never expected you
To live up to your name