before leaving,
he spoke to me and said:

there are three things you must know.
remember them forever...

first,
never lose your sense of wonder.
crave adventure.
the unknown awaits you.

second,
never search for love.
instead,
discover it.

and finally,
never doubt your heart.
for it knows you better
than you know yourself.

i called to say i love you
about a hundred times
however
what it cost
was more than just a dime

standing at the payphone
i told myself i would
tell you all the things
i never really thought i could
like the way i love your smile
how you laugh
and how you sing
the way you make me feel
so i tell you everything
my secrets and my faults
my hopes and all my dreams
sometimes i think of us
is it not really what it seems?

"i called to say i love you
and you didn't know it then
but now i tell u things
how i felt it there and then"

you didn't speak a word
so i hung up the phone
sitting in the bus station
crying all alone

the bell rang from the door
tears falling from my eyes
i looked up from within my hands
had all i thought was true,
truly been a lie?

but there he ran to me
"i came to say i love you,
and i've waited for the time
because the truth is, darling
i want to call you mine"

he knelt there down before me
from his pocket there he had
an opened small black box
the tears now all but sad

"you called to say you love me
but here now we are
i love you more than all the world,
the moon and all the stars"

and so i answered yes
and he kissed me like i'd dreamed
the truth was written on our hearts
it was always as it seemed

she speaks
the language of the world
deep within the sea
she shares her secrets
high above the clouds
she tells her story to the stars
she speaks

the language of the world
to the wind she whispers willingly
her wonders
to the universe
she asks,
"what is love?"
she speaks

the language of the world
however
not even she knows
nor the sea
the stars
not even the wind
speak
the greatest mystery

the day after she left
he realized he loved her,
but before he left,
just to make sure,
he had to know the truth.

so he thought for a long while and asked his mind this,
"mind, this is a very important matter. i think i love her but before i go i must be sure. is she the one i was meant to find?"
his mind replied,
"my boy, i know nothing, it is your soul that you must ask of this."

so he spoke deep into his soul and asked,
"soul, please tell me, i must know, is this the girl who will be with me for all of time? Is it her I have been searching for?"
his soul replied,
"son, it is not i capable of such a request. it is the heart that will surely understand."

so he spoke to his heart and asked,
"is what im feeling true, will i love her forever beyond eternal measures?"
"this is no question for the mind, the soul, nor the heart. we know as much as you allow us to know. it is fate. fate is far more than what we could only hope to be. find fate."

so the boy went out to look for fate.
he searched and searched but could not find it.
he spent years in hope of finding out his destiny
but felt as though his time was
running out.

and then,
on the day he thought about giving up
there
across the waters
the sun
perfectly placed over the horizon,
he saw that
in the distance
sat a girl.

fate.

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud."

i  read this in the Bible
on a Sunday afternoon
and couldn't help but think
if love is patient,
if love is kind,
then why can hearts be broken?
why must love cause pain?
if love does not envy
nor boast,
then why must jealousy result from others happiness?
why must we feel obligated to put labels on love?
love is not proud?
if love can not be proud, must it be ashamed?
i thought about this for days
over and over again
read it
time after time
and came to the conclusion
love is love
it is a mystery

i never thought that perfection was attainable,
until you came along-
that something so serene
yet full of life
happiness
so free
yet so careful
could be within existence
i look at you
I am amazed
in awe
nothing
and i mean
nothing
could even compare to something as beautiful as
you
my love
the sun envy's the way you warm hearts
the moon admires your allure
the stars converse about what it is that your future holds
as do i
promise me
my love
that you will let me love you
because i was meant to find this elysian
i was meant to find you

Take me to Rome
To the fountain of love
Where all the roads lead
The dream i dream of

Take me to Paris
Where the world paints her muse
An artist in passing
Which path shall she choose

Take me to the city
May be yours, could be mine
Whichever whenever
Either one shall be fine

Take me into town
A nice walk on the streets
Conversations and laughter
New faces we meet

Now take me home
To where i belong
Tell me a story
Write me a song

Take me with you
Away with us in spaces
I love you more than love itself
I thank you for these places

the end
is sometimes thought
to be
a sorrowful reflection upon the past
regrets fill the soul
emotions fill the heart
the inner casket full of memories
to be
captured forever
images cast upon the shadows in the mind
soon to be forgotten
however
what we forget
what we fail to accept
to realize
you see, my darling,
the end
is only
the beginning

i open my world
endlessly
to you

my mind
at sea

the waters fill
with secrets
pleasures come
within the waves
abundant memories
with every movement
upon the shore
i think of you
my mind
at home

my mind
at sea

something tells me
you're still awake
something tells me
you're still listening
to the thoughts spin restless
within your mind
of me?
i hope
so beautiful
i wait
does something tell you
i may still be awake
thoughts
of you?
i think
or has my imagination
masked the truth

America's silence
the loudest
yet
inaudible
we watch
in fear
we wait
in apprehension
our thoughts wander beyond the silence
louder than words
than actions
our thoughts echo
thoughts are continuous
ideas live on
America
make a noise

the mark we leave on the world
a question
who are we
who we are
we wonder
we wish
we hope
to be remembered
to make a difference
we must
mark the world