I was the first raindrop
On your once rosy cheek
Masking teary eyes in a downpour
Some part of you must have known
The agony to exist only between the clouds
Lightning striking at every touch
And every breathe drawing thunder
But still, you loved the rain
From the silence before a storm
And still moments of peace
Before my wrath wreaked havoc
Can you blame me?
To be here and gone with the wind
Just a sojourner, taking the world by storm
Living each moment one droplet at a time
As you dry your eyes
I fade into the clouds
Waiting to fall once more, to live.

I have been driven mad
Looking for the words
That will enevitably set me free
Then I thought of a thing that truly must be

The incantation to break the shackles
Was never owned by me
The secret in the poems
Is that the sacred words are another's

Puzzle boxes writing desperately
Searching high and low
For a solution to their mystery
Only to find the key is a lover

Of ancient words and rhythms
The passion for magic in writing
I know this because I found truth
Within the winding words of another.

I would willingly
lay down my life
for a single smile from you

I would turn back time
with my bare hands
to kiss your sweetened lips

I would race across
the pages of history
to hold you safely in the night

I would ****
the fiercest beast
to hear you call my name

And I would rip the crescent moon
from the starry sky
to lay by your side
for only one night

I am forever in love with you
You are my whole life
My soulmate

You're better than...

a whole field of wild flowers
the sunrise after a rainy week
a 3 day long snowstorm
a brand new pair of shoes
a crisp $100 bill
the Northern Lights
raw cookie dough ice cream
left over pizza
the first morning glory that wakes
the highest snow capped mountain

and last but not least

you're better than...

ME

so thank you for loving me like you do
my precious love

I LOVE YOU

"a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck, a barrel and a heap and I'm talking in my sleep...about you