Distance.

There's too much distance in the world.
Too many shadows to hide in
and too many holes                    to swallow our souls.
There are too many love songs,
       but not enough love.

Pretty pretty princess
Stuck in her tower
Sighing at the window
Dying in her bower

Lonely little princess
Waiting for the day
When dashing Prince Charming
Will carry her away

Poor forgotten princess
Still all alone
Heart no longer beating
For she has turned to stone

Surprise me.
Come into my life without warning,
Sweep me up with a breathless wonder in my lips.

Delight me.
Fill the moments in my mind with giggles,
Little awkward moments of shyness for me to fill.

Adore me.
Tell me things I only half believe,
Make the thoughts behind the songs come true.

Kiss me.

I don't know you very well,
I don't know what you've been through.
I can't feel your pain with you--
But I can read it.
I read it in the outpourings of your soul,
The tough-as-nails ****-you facade (that's cracking) …
And I read your hurt, your heartbreak,
Your longing for something greater
Than what you have.
And I feel my own pain.

So let us hide behind a wall
Of kitty cat masks and cheshire smiles.
You can cry on my shoulder and I
Can hold you and tell you it'll be okay,
Someday.

Melancholy happiness
                      makes me content--

but restlessly so.
                                Patient yearnings mumble                         poetry in my heart,
                                                                                 (incoherent)

        and my soul:
                                it dances,
                                and laughs,
                                and delights in the goodness
                                                                                      that is


                                YOU.

I wait for my love
To return
To me
Like a boomerang
Tied with string.
I look for my love
To find a home
In another heart
Close to me.
And while I wait
And look
And dream
I revel in invisible
Featherweight caresses
And smile at the sweetness
Filling my ears
My mind
My soul.