when people are in love
they often say
they simply fell
tripped over their own two feet
face forward
and into the arms of their beloved

i did more than simply fall
onto the ground of your love

you, for me
were an ocean
and i dived
headfirst
roughly
harshly
almost painfully
into the waters of “you”

i knew i could not swim
but i did so anyway
i was drowning
entangled in you
surrounded by this being of “you”
engulfed in this feeling of “you”

and i did not know what came over me
but i let myself drown
i did not try to swim back up
because if i went back to land,
releasing myself from your grasp
that would mean losing the feeling of “you”

and after
submerging into the depth
the love
the passion
of “you”

how could i ever leave?

people change everyday
so i vow to fall in love with you
every time the sun rises

s.s

Suffered
             Endured
                             Worked hard Jumped through hoops
                        Ran around in loops
With sweat on my brow
           Needing to get things done
Not knowing how
          Sometimes wanting to run
I pushed ahead
                I wanted to cry in bed
But my hands bleed red instead
             Hard work determination
Refusing termination
             Holding my head up high
Happy I didn't die
                        As I wipe my eye
Happy its not a lie
                                    Relief
               Disbelief
Pain almost at an end
         Thank god for a good friend
Keeping me sane
                 Keeping my brain tame
I have knocked on doors
                              I have rang bells
Well no more
                    That's enough hell
I will stand tall
        Not backed up against a wall
Proved them all wrong
              Showed them I am strong
I will do it all
                          I refuse to fall
I have climbed up out of the hole they put me in
                          They
                   will
           not
  win

The gap
b e t w e e n
my arms,
created by your
a  b  s  e  n  c  e
from them,
***** my
breath
a  w   a    y.