I will be there
in the place I am to be
with my truest self out
wandering
trying so hard not to look
being everyplace I can
so that I can be found
waiting
for the eyes to see me
for the voice to call out to me
so that I will know this is right
the rightness next to righteousness
and I will belong
it will be the best thing
the ultimate place
a fit like perfection
without equal
for the time it is
as long as it is
it is
and will be
...love

One white daisy
and my two closed eyes.
These shield us from the world

as you slept i crept through you
slower than stealth
holding it's
breath.

i knocked over
a lamp
but
i caught
it

found your heart
right where
you left
it.

in
my
hands.

Like water frozen to
ice, I watch a blossom
never bloom, it stays
as still as an autumn leaf
deprived of the wind
that should let it go free to
a place where it is
noticed for its aesthetics and
appreciated
in ways it never thought it
could. Tell me where this
transparent liquid will flow,
tell me how far you
will let it if I break free
from these chains I have
inherited, however,
we have fastened them
together, bound by what was
once considered love.

I saw you in the darkness.. On a long forgotten road... The mist caught the moonlight.. There I saw your soul...

I felt you in the darkness.. Where light can never go.. I heard you whisper through the leaves, Of unseen trees, When the wind would blow..

You touched me in a hidden place... Of which no one knows... I will look for you, on windy nights.. Beneath the moonlights glow..

I sit here, still, because everything's turning too fast
Nothing lasts
A blast from the past and like that
I'm consumed

The room's too small and my emotions are too big
My heart's trying to escape its cage of ribs
Too much, too soon

I want to run away
Run fast and run forever
And let you chase me but never ever catch me

And I want to lie here unmoving
Stay paralyzed with the weight of you sitting on my chest

I hope I never see your face again
But when I do I'm going to kiss it
Kiss it tenderly
With this love that I shouldn't have for you
And kiss it goodbye
With my five fingers clenched tightly into a fist

And when it's over
When you're finally behind me
Never again to be with me or inside of me
When I blow out your presence
And the damage you've caused has faded into a wisp of smoke
And finally disappeared altogether
It is then that the spinning will stop
The world will slow enough for me to stand
And take my first wobbly steps without you

Wandering the Yellow Brick Road,
Toto gallops at my side

The glittering Emerald City
Only a small spec on the horizon

But there is no rush, we will be there soon
Danger certainly doesn't lurk on our path

But what’s that?
A gray cloud rolling in
Over my grand escape

Surely this is the fault of the Wicked Witch
She is the cause of all trouble
In a happily untainted world

But what’s happening now?
The scarecrow?
Confused, lost
The tinman?
Cold, unloving
And the lion?
Timid, coy

But where is the wizard?
He should be arriving any moment now
He will surely help us find our way

But where is Glinda?
She knows reality will release its clutch
She will give us comfort

My fairy tale world cannot crumble
Even in the distant memory of childhood

I hope I haven’t somehow lost
My ruby red slippers along the way

Many have been hurt
Many have been seen
Many have been through
the pain and suffering

I see the way people look
I see the way people acted
I see the tears the cry
I see the hurt the have

I may not be god
I may not be perfect
I may not be the same
But I am hurt.