The end comes slowly
Time moves in reverse
The helpless become helpless again
The dust from which we were taken reclaims our bodies
And we cease to exist
The only thing we leave behind are those we touched
And if you're anything like me
You will leave nothing
Which begs the question
If one remembers you when you're gone
Were you ever really here?

Come with me

In this moment
In this space
Only we exist
Two souls staring into the face of eternity

And together

Hold me like a prayer
Whisper me alive
For I am yours to love
And you are mine.

We will rewrite our destinies

It started with a glance
A chance romance
The stars aligned
My heart beat in my chest for the very first time
I heard the music of nature
Danced to the chorus of life
And in that moment I came alive

It started with a touch
Wondering if my hand in yours was a step too much
The mixing of fingerprints blurred the lines
Who we were before didn't matter
You washed me clean like the tide
You held my heart and my secrets
Gave me a safe place to hide
I was yours
And you were mine
And that was enough for us

It started with a kiss
Your electric lips grazed the side of my neck
Journeyed down body
A trip I'll never forget
You lingered on the places that I tried to hide
And told me my scars were beautiful
And for a moment
I believed you.

It ended with a glance
With a lost romance
The wind no longer sang when we were together
The breeze carried our love away

It ended with touch
There was no warmth in your hands
No hope in your palms
So you let me go

It ended with a kiss
With a hug
With one last look at what was
It ended with me
Learning how to go on
Without us.

She was broken
A little girl left wishing and hoping that her daddy would come back
That he would sweep down and save her
‘Cause see she was under attack
And as she lie there on her back
She could not help but wonder what her father would say if he ever found her like that
Milk and honey thighs spread on cue
She knew what to do
He kissed her
Scruffy strands of the man he would someday be brushed her cheek
Sweaty hands awkwardly fumbled around inside her blouse
His mouth, ****** the insecurities and doubts from her body
And though these naughty indiscretions would not be something they mentioned in the day light
The moon light of that night cleared her sight enough for her to see that he would be the one to fix her
His seed would work as her elixir of life
And free her from the years of loneliness her father had left her with
And with one last kiss
He entered her
And in doing so
He unknowingly planted the seed that would grow into the girl that would want to call him daddy
And it’s really a shame that it had to happen this way
Because when his 13 year old girlfriend to him she was pregnant
He had nothing to say
And It was that fear that drove him away
She was broken
Now stuck wishing and hoping for a man to be a father to her daughter
Working two jobs so she could provide for her
She daughter grew up before the eyes of strangers
And the danger in that didn’t really show until she was about 13
A young queen in her mother’s eyes
So she easily got away with the lies it took to get her out at night
And her young mind didn’t know love
So she used her body to find Mr. Right
The one that could mend the hole in her heart
Fix her
Be her elixir
Take away the pain she felt inside
You see, her daughter was broken

We are the jagged jigsaw puzzles with the missing pieces
The Barbie dolls that can only see themselves in fun house mirrors
The G.I Joes that only want to wear pink
The puppets that pull against their strings
The dream houses in the ghetto
We are the paper air planes that struggle to fly straight
The deck of cards with the pycho 8s
We are the toys in the box that everybody hates
We slip through the cracks in the careless fingers of young boys and girls
We are the gifts at Christmas that did not make the list
We are the birthday rejects
The easy to forget
The clutter underneath your bed
We are veterans of every garage sale, donation pile, and trash bin
For all you want is to be rid of us
So we'll go
We'll run away to candy land and snort pixie sticks looking for a sugar high
We'll stop comparing ourselves to other toys
We'll laugh with each other
And for the first time in our lives
We'll play.

I say "I am fat"
He says "No, you are beautiful"
I wonder why I can't be both.

Sometimes I feel like wilting roses
Not as colorful as I should be
Not as beautiful as I could be
Constantly losing pieces of myself
Waiting to be forgotten
Remembering that I was once the thing that made you smile

You are the warm summer air
After a long day of rain
You are the breeze that carries the secrets whispered to dandelions far beyond reach
You are the sad romance of sunset
And the twilight dreams of shooting stars
You are the re genesis promised at dawn
You are the roots of a willow tree
And the promise of an evergreen
You are the hypnotic calm before the storm
You are the oasis in the stormy sea
And you are the stormy sea
You are the passion with with lightning makes love to the sky
And the rage with which thunder shakes the ground
You are a rose with razor edged thorns
Beautiful from a distance
You are the complicated chaos of the constellations
No one can explain it
But somehow it works
You are the butterfly with the broken wing
And finally you are the firefly
The guiding light
Pointing the way home.