Wind blowing dust into motion
You are the breeze that brings my soul to life

Fire rekindling in the ashes
You are the flames that keep my hope burning

Heat melting the fallen snow
You are the warmth that melts every part of me

Love that moves mountains
You are the reason I believe again

.....

Head first into a concrete wall
Your fist flying into motion

Shattered glass upon the floor
Your empty bottles being thrown

Bruises cover up my arms
Your anger got the best of you once more

Broken hearted and alone as
You stumbled out the door

*jm

I emerge from that room
To see your smiling face
As we meet in our slow embrace.
Never have I felt so wanted-needed.
Loving you in return
Has never been a burden.
Every look I give to you is genuine.
In fact, there are words to express my love
That I could never even begin to say.
For the words I’d say to you,
Would take days upon days to say.
Every time we touch brings me back
To every hopeful wish I’d ever had
Before you had come to me.
And now, because of you,
Every single dream of mine is coming true
Just lying here with you
Every desire I’d
Ever envisioned,
Ever imagined
From truly loving someone
Is made real with you.
Never have I felt so awake and alive.
Steadily waking
To the new daylight
I open my tired eyes
And you fade away
As I rise to start
Another day.
*jm

Living without you is
steadily becoming easier than
I'd expected.
*jm

Someday
someone will walk into your life
and see the beauty in you that everyone before was blind to.
Someday
they'll know every minute detail
and still commit because of the
love they feel for you.
Someday
the love you'd felt
for those before will be but
a whisper
compared to
the clamor
you feel inside when you
truly love
and are truly loved in return.
*jm

You are the calm that soothes the storm in me
Every crashing wave blocked by your barricade
Your steady breeze embraces my inmost being
And it's as though I'm seeing
The world with new eyes for the first time
*jm

I used to wish that
The fifth of every month
Would be hell for you.
You'd reminisce,
Wishing and wanting,
Wanting me back.
I used to wish that
The fifth of every month
Would torture your soul,
Eat up your mind,
Remind you that you let me go.
And I'm long gone.

Now I've been wishing for
The fifth of every month
To be just another day
For both of us.
Hoping and dreaming
Of new faces and places.
I've been wishing that
The fifth of every month
Would remind both you and I
That it's another day to live in, and
Another day to move on.
*jm