Tattoo your passion onto my tongue

Give me something to talk about

Brand the heart in your chest

Into my fingertips

So I can write about love

Implant your smile to my eyelids

Then I will dream of reasons to wake

Our beautiful, rosy,Texas dawn
wakes up as only Texas can

One thousand birds in joyous song
proclaim the day is here

The fragrance of the trees and grass and life is all around us
The vastness and the open air never ceases to astound us

Wake up!  Wake up and seize the day
The grand and glorious Texas way

My son runs, wrapping arms around
my nebulous waist.

"l love you, Mom!"  He squeezes tighter,
as if letting go would be his black hole.

"I love you, too, " I squeeze back, absent mindedly.  (Where is the cream? I need coffee.)

"I love you more!" he breathes, without pause.
He gazes into my eyes,
searching my planets.

"Oh no, that can't be true," I retort.
I forget the coffee, his eyes are starlight.

"I love you to infinity!" he exclaims,
staring harder.

He wants to sail the Milky Way with me.

"Me too," I reply, and remember oxygen tanks.

I'm speaking in light years, and I hope the sound waves will catch up to him.

His face cracks into a million years of forever, before he lets go,
dancing across the universe of our livingroom,
his solar system intact.

At least for now.

I no longer feel
The friend I once had
To love and depend upon
To be able to tell anything without judgement
Is there
It still hurts that you are
Gone

This is a story
Let me start way back
There was a young boy
Who should of cracked

His dad was bipolar
Through the abuse his mom would bawl
Bullet through his head
The little boy saw

His father die right in front of him
That was the end
Little did he know
His heart would never mend

He grew up all alone
Never knowing why
That all those years ago
His father had to die

Fourth grade started, and he turned nine
That's when he noticed he was different from you or I
Everyday in school he was bullied
Every night he would cry

He quickly changed schools
Even prayed for his sins
He became invisible
As he tried to fit in

To this day he looks for acceptance
He can even say
Life is hard
To make it worse, he is gay

With hate all around him
He looks for the light
Because darkness will cave in
If he does not act bright

As time ticks away
If only people could see
He keeps these emotions at bay

And that boy was me!