Painted bright blue sky
Line of green, separating
Heaven from Heaven

We laughed together.
We sang together.
We embraced one another
when we were scared or
when we were saying goodbye.
We talked all day.
We talked all night.
We talked when we were scared.
Do you remember when we met?
I do. And you're still as beautiful
now as when me met. If not, more.
My love for you grew minute after minute.
My love for you is still strong after all this time.
But what happened?
Now we barely speak.
I'd be lucky enough to get a hello.
Clearly you moved on while I still wait.
Waiting to make peace.
Waiting until we see one another.
Waiting until we talk again.
I am now alone.
Alone in the dark.
Without you, I am nothing.
We were never together I know,
but the relationship we had,
what we had was special and rare.
Now it's just a figment of my mind,
a memory.
I hope someday that my dream will
become a reality and that we can make peace.
But until then, I will still wait.
But until then, I will shine the light.
The light that will guide you to me.

emptiness has never felt so fulfilling.
nothingness has never weighed so much.
loneliness has never been so comforting.
intangibility i've never been able to touch.

freedom has never felt so conflicted.
innocence has never felt so unclean.
distance has never felt so constricted.
simplicity has never felt so serene.

trust has never felt so unnatural.
truth has never felt so far away.
beauty has never been so factual.
paths have never lead this far astray.

lifetimes have never lasted this long.
but seconds have never been so short.
words I could never put into song.
so writing them is my last resort.

Existence isn't free.
Misery is the cost.
I've never felt so "me".
I've never felt so lost...

To W. R. B.

And so, to you, who always were
Perseus, D'Artagnan, Lancelot
To me, I give these weedy rhymes
In memory of earlier times.
Now all those careless days are not.
Of all my heroes, you endure.

Words are such silly things! too rough,
Too smooth, they boil up or congeal,
And neither of us likes emotion --
But I can't measure my devotion!
And you know how I really feel --
And we're together. There, enough . . .