i wrote about you on the tallest billboards
screamed your name from every rooftop
in hope someone would hear me

i sand your name in every song i wrote
singing the words of heartbreak and lust
in the melodies intertwined
the words spilled out of me like
water in a cup
making the soles of my shoes wet with tangled words
of poetry

i uttered your name until my throat was hoarse
scratched with the letters that spell out your name
so beautifully

letters that make something so simple
into something so melancholy

i guess my blurry vision can still focus on our blurred conversations
and every time another bottle smashes
i'll think of the way your lips made me crash my brain against my skull over and over
because sometimes when i think too much,
i wish i'd never looked you in the eye at all
only for selfish reasons,
like the inevitable day we go in opposite directions.
you are more than a tongue or a hand holding a guitar pick
you have made more of an impression on me than i have in mud with boots on
and i suppose it is scary to think maybe i'll always be pressed like a flower in a heavy book
with the way your smile made me feel

Where have you been?
Why must you always leave me?

I miss you.
You not being one person, but being everyone.
I knew I'd miss you,
but I didn't know to what extent
and I didn't know it would be like this.
All the stupid little things that annoyed me about you are gone,
and it's almost like I see you in a new light.
To be honest
the stupid little things that I thought annoyed me where in fact just that,
stupid little things.
Because when it came down to it you just loved me,
right?
You just wanted the best for me.
And at the time I may not have known that,
but now I do.
I wish I could go back and tell you I'm sorry.
Sorry for getting mad at you and sorry for pushing you away.
I see how stupid that was now,
and I feel even more stupid knowing I'll probably do it again.
Sometimes I learn from my mistakes, and sometimes I don't.
I'm only human.
But what I have learnt is to appreciate everyone you have in your life.
Cherish the moments you have with them
because when it comes down to it,
it's those moments that make you, you.
The time we spent together should have been long enough,
but it just wasn't.
It's almost like all of those months and years boiled down to one day.
One day of memories,
one day together.
And now these few months away have turned into an eternity.
It's true what people say
you don't know what you have until it's gone.
But for me it's different,
because I didn't know how much I appreciated you and cared about you
until I was gone.
But I'm not gone forever,
and you're still there,
still perfect in your own way.
And I guess that puts a little light on the whole situation
because I know I'll see you again.
I don't know when and I don't know how,
but I know I will.
So for now I just have to appreciate the little time I had with you,
and thank you.
Thank you for your love and care,
and thank you for just being there.
It's hard to show my appreciation when I'm so far away,
but I just want you to know that I love you.
I love every single one of you.

One for my shaking hands and the nail in the coffin
I haven’t been the same since then and I think I buried too much of myself with you
Two for the year we spent together without the sun
My darling Love I was not meant to be kept between four walls
Your lips were not enough to sustain me
And your hands could not hold tight enough
But in some ways I think I’m still there with you
Three for the hollow eyes you turned out to be
I gave you too much and lost what little you gave me
Does happiness still elude you when you sit still for too long
Or are you content when you feel his arm around you
Four for the parking lot that I know I’ll never forget
I don’t feel your hand in mine anymore
The taste of your lips doesn’t linger like it did
Your voice is no longer clear in my ears
I don’t remember what its like to hold you
And that scares me more than anything
Five for the disconnect
I lose something in every dream I have now
Because its all I can honestly remember
*~W.C.

I must decide which words to shout
Which words to whisper
Which words to scream
Which words to silence
Which words to say in monotone
And where my voice cracks
Now we're back
To the beginning of the same sentence
I must decide where to look
Where to look for you
Where to look for piece of mind
And it's the confines in which you restrain your mind that dictate how you define
"Are you okay?"

is it in learning,
the art
of contemplation,
that we become
poets ?

or is it,
because,
we have become
poets,
that we learn,
to contemplate
life....

in all it's varied hues.

i will need,
to think further
upon this....

...and then,
get back to you.

a quiet evening
as i watch the curtains
blown by the winds
whispering
whispering their loud
thoughts
never
never were we
this vulnerable

Glowing Forever


As simple as bringing a flame to a candle
I hold the match ever tight in my hand
Striking the swatch in an emery fashion
Watching the flame as it takes its command

Flickering fond as the room was once darkened
Sending a glow to the ceiling so white
Cautions now bear of the heat it is yielding
You are the candle that lights up my life

Fill me with warmth that your flame it is bringing
Illumine my ways as I feel the embrace
******* a kiss in a different direction
Sweetly now place your touch wet on my face

Softly my breeze finds your flame ever moving
Captured the visions as now it does dance
Residue forms at the base of affection
You are the light of this perfect romance

Burn evermore as my heart beat is singing
Take of this wick every need and desire
See as my shadow moves closer to hold you
Together we find the most passionate fire

Light of my dreams oh I so long to feel you
Tapering slightly in spite of the spark
Melting eternal of love's light a' flicker
Glowing forever inside of my heart