if you’d told me to cross oceans for you
i will

but promise, promise
that you’ll come back for me
and you’ll meet me halfway

It is you,
Your impossible being,
With every glance and every step and every touch.
It is you,
That makes me glitter.

A simple phrase,
And suddenly I am blooming with a thousand glowing dew drops.

A brushing of fingers,
Brings into fruition several sparkling stars within my body.

A delicate kiss,
Sending me into burning fireworks of passionate sensibility.

With casual obliviousness combined with genuine affection,
The bane of my fragile soul,
I become a shimmering image.

It is you,
A boy of naivety and a man of world-weariness,
With eyes like skies and lips like home.
It is you,
That makes me shine.

I have made myself a box.
You can try and find the key,
But I won’t let you open me.
I am safe behind the locks.

I have made myself a stone.
You will never make me break,
No matter what offense I take.
I am strongest on my own.

I have made myself a knife.
If you want my heart, take heed,
Push too hard and you will bleed.
I am fighting for my life.

If you knew
I cried myself to sleep
Would that possibly
Change the way you think?

me
I'm caught between
hope and regret.
I'm caught between
knowing change is here,
it's happening,
it's real,
and hating that I was
where I so desperately
needed it.
I'm caught between
loving the present
and remembering
what has been.
I'm caught between
forgiveness and pain.

in You
I'm caught in love,
in patience,
in certainty.
I'm caught in

The seams of my soul yearn for
forever
Yet the stitches tire as they hold together
through the cuts of inconsistency
as love changes form and passes repeatedly

I guess I sew myself too tightly
to hearts that view
forever
more lightly

your lips on mine
I lose my mind
lose track of time
it's not a sign
you're not really
mine
but it feels
sublime
so I say it's fine
leave logic behind
hoping to find
truth inside this
reckless bind

she left me the pieces of you.
of the fragile boy that you are,
only ever wanting to be loved.
she broke you, piece by piece
until there was nothing for me to rebuild.
only the tears of a broken heart
stood in his place.