If I had to serenade you on a plane
Id wait until everyone had alighted as I wouldn’t want to be a terrorist scare. Also guitars might be a flight risk.

If I threw you down a hillside
Id climb down carefully after as that would leave me better disposed to render medical aid.

Id sprint through the city to meet you at a New Years party
But id just toast to good health at midnight.

I’d kiss you in the rain
But I’d carry an umbrella as I wouldn’t want either of us to catch a cold.

I wouldn’t buy you a Grand Piano
A gift certificate from Furtados would allow you to buy what you'd like.

I wouldn’t mail you anonymously
I'm not a Nigerian Prince.

I wouldn’t build you your dream house
I'd diversify your portfolio as that would leave you less susceptible to risk. Also property tax is a *****.

I'd stand outside your bedroom window with a boombox over my head
But I’d just call you down so we could listen to some soft jazz as I wouldn’t want you to get in trouble with your neighbors.

I'd drive like a maniac to the airport just as you were about to take off
But I’d just wave to the plane as it departed because tickets are expensive and you wouldn’t get a full refund.

I'd slide up to you at the potters wheel
But id sit quietly a good five feet away, as that is your art and I wouldn’t want to ruin your work.

I'd run away with you
But maybe only a 5k as I tire easily and also I wouldn’t want to make your family mad.

Id write you a letter everyday
But by letter I mean alphabet. A missive every month is more practical. Stamps are expensive and who’d want to answer the door for the mailman every single day?

I picked out my most comfortable shirt
And some faded jeans to go with it
I caught myself hoping you’d wear that white dress
While id carry a carnation as I always have
See, we could find each other
In any crowded place
There were no faces
And who cared about spaces?
We had one of our own
We’d moved way past hello
And onto that comfort in silence that only two people know
You see, you’d made an impression
An everlasting impression
I know
Believe me, I know
I know you wanted to come
You just never gave yourself a chance to
Because, you see,
The Universe has a perverted sense of humor
And terrible comic timing.



I picked out my favorite shirt
And the jeans to go with it
I thought id ask you to wear a red scarf
While id carry a red rose
So we could find each other
In this crowded place
Full of faces
And empty spaces
One of which we could make our own
I'd sit down and say hello!
Or something more amusing
Because first impressions are last impressions
And you'd impressed me already
I don’t know
I will never know
Because you never came
You were never given a chance to
Because, you see,
The Universe has a perverted sense of humor
And terrible comic timing.

Dear lady, could I have this dance?

It’s a lovely night
The DJ’s great
and the stars are bright

We could begin

Slowly at first, steadily
A gentle shuffle
To get our bearings right
Heavier then, headily
Our bodies in motion
Our souls entwined
Faster then, madly
Two hearts as one
A staccato, hard to define
Lastly, then sadly
Into that secret place
That only lovers find

Dance with me, darling
Dance with me to the food of love,
Dance me to the end of love.
Where I hope that you will break me
Burn me, shake me, unmake me
And send me reeling into the other’s arms

For it may be you that I want
But it is her that I need
And that which she brings;
for that I shall bleed.

You see -
Only through a broken heart
Can I bleed words onto paper
Or cover a canvas in color.

So, dear lady, could I have this dance?

You
Set sparks
Between us
But all that fire leaves
Is ashes and dust

Rust instead
Over aching decades
Like iron hearts
Corrode together, surely

I
Set sparks
Alone together
So all that fire leaves
Is ashes and dust

Inertia instead
Over pleasurable minutes
Like tarred lungs
Self destruct, slowly

Lets
Fade away
And not burn out

Slowly but surely
But
Surely but slowly