I have been thinking of
going back to California
because it seems far away from here
and it may be best to get
far away from here

California is the Foreign Legion
where one can go to forget
even if one has memories there

However ...

Maybe I don't need to forget
as much as I need to
be close to
something Spanish

Everyone can see you
but no one looks at you
the way I do

Everyone may think
this or that
but no one thinks of you
the way I do

Everyone may feel
you are special
but no one sees your fireworks
the way I do

Everyone doesn’t know
about you
the way I do
but you do

Red wine
Soft wind
Full lips
Music
And magic
In the mist
Of a morning
When sleep
Is all that is left
Of a night
with you.

There is a photo of your leg
and it is so smooth I want to
see it stretch from here to
eternity …

As the spring rain falls in sheets
across the edges of my windows
I can hear the distant honking
of Canadian geese
They must be flying, gliding,
searching afar in the grey sky
far off, maybe somewhere near you,
making me wish I could fly.

If by chance you wish to escape
from the person you become
every morning
then all you have to do is find
the time to meet me there,
where our names do not matter
and all we have are four walls
with no eyes or ears
and you are the princess
of every moment.

If the morning turns to carbon black
And you feel your faith about to crack
I’ll move the wind to be at your back
I live inside your heart

Should the starlight make your memories burn
Or a lover’s pain suddenly return
I would satisfy your every yearn
I live inside your heart

There may never be another chance
For me to serve you, dear
I want to whisper words I never spoke
That only you can hear

Show me a mountain and I’ll climb for you
Ignite the flames and I’ll run right through
I don’t need reason or point of view
I live inside your heart

Life is getting shorter every day
And though a heaven may await
I want to live right now with only you
That’s all I ask of fate

You have been waiting all your life and more
To be the one that only one would adore
So I stand barefoot on the burning shore
I live inside your heart