The best meals take awhile, so here I wait, & when the tables turn I will have earned my seat & my plate. Wow, ain't fate great. Just, wait.

Like the rainbow which comes after the rain,

You have come into my life and colored it in ways I could never have imagined,

Through your existence, through your being, my time is forever green;

Through your eyes, I have seen a thousand sunsets;

Through your love I have been brought to a ravishing place;

A place so colorful, true, captivating and pure;

A place I wish to be in forever;

Not just in this life but in as many lifetimes as may be.

I love you, Thirak.

Sipping coffee,
A break from the books,
Coldplay's Gravity playing on loop,
Peacefully lonesome,
Read a Rumi quote, "don't feel lonely, the whole universe is inside you",
Last sip of coffee,
Didn't find you inside,
Oh wait, you're there,
Just a little deeper

Transient. Just passing through.
Flit from here to            there.
A split second shade you catch
in your periphery.
The kind that has you shaking
your head.
Don't worry, I'm see-through,
I can't affect you.
Go back to your tv show or book or whatever.
I'll contort, distort, crinkle up into radio static
so you can hear me faintly
between commercials...

so the saving failed,                            thats

probably that i had nothing to            say.

oh yes i can talk loads, chatter,             you

ask anyone. most of the time we are  quiet.

there is the radio and the birds outside.

how clever you are that you can write about

anything.                              someties i cannot.

we hope it will come like spring,         quietly

in.

sbm.

Smiles are kindly and free,
Let's spread smiles globally,
We should be more like children,
Greet each day with laughs and grins,
Smiles are a friendly grace,
A delight for every face,
Smiles are our happy treasure.
Delights for human pleasure,
Smiles are great to use,
Glowing us, as we amuse,
Yes, smiles are kindly and free,
Let's spread smiles globally.

belief, it shrivels the tongue
the villain precise
the pines dragged out the tune remaining
pounds the abyss that I've made
spite, it's going to overwhelm this city
when the crescent fades to black sky only
hold on, they'll never stop invading
it's greater to seek my demon
so the stems were endless
every violet a hook to warn the boy
and affection has secured you, yet
the day exhumed, we can give and take it
you began this plan
so the only thing I do is gaze
you're their defense, upright
not a thing has power to cause you to shiver
the animal and the heart
you're their defense, the animal assailing

-c.j.