I want you to touch me
I want to feel your warmth spread
Filling me with friction of blood moving through veins

I want you to kiss me gently and sweet
But to you not yet knowing who I am
I am just an idea
But I am a blood pumper too
Fearing my potential
Just like you do

With deep yearning for connection and care
I become a body aching
A brain sleeping
Trying to escape that lonely feeling

You met me in a moment of need
I want you to touch me
Teach my blood to move again
Pumping feeling back through me
Freeing my mind of the trap it's in

Yours is sunshine on my skin
I want you to touch me

E.Poe
*Dec 2013

Back to me
I leave my shadow behind
Tears washing Alaska away
Looking out the window
I love to say goodbye

Back to me
Will you want my love
Will you want my forgiveness
I know you have a good heart inside
But I will never again trust you with mine

Back to me
So many only face ahead
Filling their minds with fluff
They choose to be
Zombies wandering aimlessly
Unconscious to what harm they give

Back to me
On route to my familiar ground
I'm whole again
Roots start spreading back beneath

Back to me
No longer trapped on an island in a cage
I watch the mountains shrink below me
From this plane
I'm finally free
To spread my aching wings

Back to me
I'm safe again now
just to be

E.Poe
*Nov 2013

I will never put my trust inside
A broken piggy bank
That hole in your belly is where
You let resentment
Eat its way out

A helpless victim
With all the power in the world

Humans pay for happiness
Trading in trust and love
Empathy and forgiveness
Kind words and encouragement

You've lost your way
Looking for solace in judgement
Who led you to try to hurt me
When I've only ever known how to love you

But I'm no piñata
And I can cut myself down
Tired of feeling on display
Isolated in this foreign tree

Nothing left to do but leave
Your designated scape goat
Chased away with the light of harsh flames
Honesty is witchcraft to you

You gave your own magic away
When you stopped believing in yourself

A beautiful girl
Always looking to please
But what's outside doesn't mean a thing

You and I were one
We grew together
By pushing me
You've only been ripping your own seems

I cut myself free, remember?
While the wound is still fresh
I will go on and bond again
Friends, Family, new loving open strangers
This time, trust, love, and support
Will be deposited

While not a bad investment
This market had a crash
Instead of picking up the pieces together
You handed me the broom
I pray you find your happiness soon

Love yourself enough to know
To look inside of you

E.Poe
*Nov 2013

I live to love
For an hour
Or forever

I live to collaborate
Wanting always for others to become a part of me
A puzzle that will never be complete

I live to make
To write
To draw
To sew
To play

I live to make mistakes
To help
And accept help
The joy of giving out party favors
The art of distinguishing those only takers

I live to tell you
How beautiful you are
Precious someone
Complete and pure
Together we've shared our sleep

I live to hold hands
Warm
Cold
Big
Small
Can something so tiny
Even count as a finger

I live to share my food
My thoughts
My dreams

I live to listen
To hear
To feel
To meet the vulnerable you
And keep that being safe

I live to give thanks
To empathize
Sympathize
Apologize

I live to encourage
To laugh
To clap
To sing

I live to dance
To move
To climb
To fly

I live always ready to say goodbye

E. Poe
*Nov 2013

Humans
So much power
Over themselves
Each other
The planet

They seem to forget
Or try to prove how much they know

Until there's death
Then they remember what their arms are for

He held me in the hospital
Though the nurses told him not to

I wouldn't be who I am if it weren't for those arms
The whole world only makes sense mid bear-hug

When you touch
Feel

When you speak
Hear

Look
See

Smell
Remember
We're all in this together

E. Poe
*Nov 2013

I can dream
Wishes for the world
The half who makes you whole
There's so much to smile about

Start to live
Fear is stupid
So are regrets

I hate being a thing
Fooling themselves
Inventing characters for me to play
Loving somebody i wasn't

It's society who's ugly
We deserve to twinkle
After all everything's make believe

Things falling apart
Things falling together
A woman and I enjoy it
Only wanting to be wonderful

You don't need anyone
Who doesn't need you
Wise know limits
Smart know none

Falling back asleep
Just to finish a dream

E. Poe
Based on quotes by Marilyn Monroe
*Nov 2013