looking for you in shadows and shade
in between the distance
hoping the love we made
with its breathless insistence
wasn't a fad for you
looming large overhead, worry
no response becomes a response
now you're always in a hurry
pulling back, hiding, wants
silence out of the blue

where did you go?

they say, 'You're beautiful' and I look around
to see who they are talking to
always shocked to hear the sound
of compliments

beautiful is the perfect wave crashing
while sunlight shimmers through aquamarine water
or wrinkles at the edges of smiling
eyes full of life

beautiful is the feeling overcome
pure emotion that fills you up, bursts out
when you're with the right one
authentic love

beautiful is not simply seen
nor is it defined as a commodity
on the pages of an airbrushed magazine
to be bought

words
brought us together
strung carefully just so
it was the way I wrote that ad
and the way you responded
words seemed to simply flow

words
are what I look for now
but the timbre and the tone has changed
no longer reassuring to me
the silences grow longer
words are jumbled, I silently chant your name

words
feeling empty, hollow, like a box
left after the present has been opened
longing and pain are acute, stabbing
reading the spaces left gaping between
words so graphic, dashing all hope

All we have are words

It's 5 am, frogs are doing froggy things
Listening to you breathe lulling me into dreams
drinking leftover champagne
with raspberries
contemplating the walk of shame

for I have none, but I should
I'd stay here if I could
I'd bring you life and love and laughter
all the things you've needed after
she torched your heart

Dawn is breaking in more ways than one
deep down I knew I shouldn't have come
too close to see the life you live
touch on the love that you can give
now it's my heart that's breaking

space between words and expectations full
crowded with mental pebbles worn smooth
inscribed by love, worry, pain, lust, undeniable
endless unspoken messages to choose
even when eyes meet, slight nods of understanding
do we wonder if that space has been filled
or does it lie in wait, still

puff of breath when you gently place your lips
next to my ear
and exhale
that sends electricity straight
into my being

jolt of lightening
when eyes meet, arcing intensity
white hot and blue
without saying a word
just smile

not always ******, more about
connecting, thrilling
recognition of
same spirit, same passion
living in the purest form

inspiring

your words are raw, exposed, honest
in each other do we finally trust
all the metaphors, all the similes
fail to capture the essence of you and me
forms of expression known to man
music, art, poetry all also-rans
together we are light, air, complete beings
reveling in emotional perfection