memories fade as new ones come
and still the old ones soldier on
swinging at recess and kissing a boy
losing your heart when you hear his voice
finding true love and giving your all
losing this love, and with it all hope
bitter, contemptuous, driven by hate
flash to being wiser, yet stooped with age,
children and marriage and glory days
football with the kids every sunday
memories flash in  front of your face
and you think of the things you wish you could change
but they are only the past
the future is here
and as your memories die with you
hold onto the fact that you remain here on earth
living in the hearts of those you leave behind,
those who you loved with all your heart
they will remember you

where have all the lovers gone?
down  the drain with the blood?
through the window with the light?
or were they ever even here to begin with...
was it just fantasy playing out our untold desires
of eternal happiness and hopeful tomorrows
dancing through our hearts and minds
like nymphs through the forests
and water through the leaves
rain through the petals..
leaving flashes of light
on the darkened hearts of the world.
oh, lovers, we need you now more than ever,
to unburden the souls of these frightened men
too scared to open their eyes
and become the spirits they long to be.
lift us from this pit we dug ourselves into
and kiss our heads with cherry lips.
show us how to thrive again.
be the lovers we once knew.
hopeful lovers, thankful lovers, loving lovers
let us be you.

life is too short to hold anger in your heart. it is too short to waste time with the person you love. whether you give up an hour of sleep, or run a few minutes late to work, spend that time holding them close, telling them how much you care, kissing them, talking about absolutely nothing... don't overlook or pass over these simple moments in your rush to live the way society tells you is the right way. live for life, live for love, happiness, a few extra moments in bed holding her tightly.. life will continue on and end whether you want it to or not.

i may not be strong
but every ounce of strength i have
i will use to hold you
as tightly as i can.

i may not be tall,
but i will take you higher than you have ever been
where there is no color, race, fear, or pain
and all is filled with beauty, love, and hope.

i may not have money,
but i am rich in love, and happiness, and soul
and i will share everything i have with you
each second i am by your side.

i may not have been whole,
but that was only because
i did not have my souls twin to complete me,
i had not yet found myself in you.

remember when you whispered "i love you" in the darkness of your room?
nothing between us but the joy we felt, the emotion of the night, the caresses of young passion and old love..
we loved before, you and i, in the darkness of the universe
and though our minds do not remember,
our hearts do, our souls do.
our souls contain the memories of a thousand thousand years,
and our love is the key to unlocking it.