Love
For some, it is simple,
For me, it's an enigma
I've never understood love
Romantic love

Then I met a man
Who loved me from afar
He was my sailor
I was his mermaid
We shared secrets
We laughed
We smiled
He was my strength
My courage
My rock

Then the storm came
We held on as hard as we could
It destroyed us
Disapproval
Doubt
It turned out
We were worlds a part
And with broken hearts
We parted ways

Now I love him from a distance
The mermaid
She protects her sailor
And perhaps in another life
They'll be together

Take to this day
As it's something new
Held innocently out
Especially for you

As the perfect gift
In what it has to give
All with the thought
Of live and let live

This day was born
On a ray of sunshine
Taken and torn
From the veil of the night

All in plain sight
So it's easy to find
This daily gift
This gift of delight

To share with those
Along the way
So they too may have
This day of all days

You must know the reason why she is silent. You must trace her weakest spots.You must write to her .You must remind her that you are there.You must know how long it takes for her to give up .You must be there to hold her when she is about to.You must love her because many have tried and failed .And she wants to know that she is worthy to be loved,that she is worthy to be kept.And This Is How You Keep Her.

Ever since you left me
I have been wearing
lovers
like strings of pearls
upon my neck,
one after the other.
pretty pearls
adorning my skin
with their kisses.
They say
“You’re beautiful.”
But I still feel

nothing.

Your walls heard all of the confessions I whispered to you while you were asleep. They heard me talk about how terrified I was to fall for you. They heard me say that I was scared that you were going to get to know me better and you weren't going to want me anymore the first time I stayed in your bed. They heard me tell you that you made me happier than anyone ever has and that you're the reason why I can finally wake up in the morning and actually get myself out of bed. They heard me tell you that it hurts when you drink yourself sick and I'm worried that you're going to destroy yourself. They heard me tell you that I hate how you bail on me and that it makes me feel unimportant to you even though you fell asleep with me wrapped up in your arms. They heard me tell you that I could spend my entire life with you and I would never get tired of you. They heard me whisper "I love you" for the first time and then later heard me say it over and over again until I fell asleep with my face buried in your chest. Your walls have heard everything I never had the guts to say. They heard everything. I just hope that they can keep my secrets and I wonder what secrets my walls are keeping, too.




                                   B.S.

Joy
Joy can be a moment
A period of time
Or even a permanent state.
It depends on how much of your heart you follow.

I wonder if I followed all my dreams
How many hearts I would break.
And if I listened to my heart
How many dreams I would take?
(Gerry Aldridge)

I would say my bed is the only place
I feel at home anymore but
You are still haunting my dreams
I want to unlace you from my brain,
and rip every stitched piece of you out of
my heart
until red reflects everything,
Like neon street lights,
I want to ask you in the sweetest song
your ears have ever heard
"What does it feel like to be in love"
But my hands shake at the thought
of you not saying
"It's hand crafting every star in the sky to bring out your smile"