One,
who cannot handle
their opinions being questioned,
most likely hasn't derived them independently.

She walks in starlight
Coming of age
In a riptide.

Her lone synth chords
Reminiscent of an
Open mic motel.

Burning multi-layered sound
We don’t fear the dark now.

There’s room enough for two
And Technicolor in a
Hot air balloon.

I can taste the comfort
On another world with you.

Delicate piano dodging
Missiles from the ground and
Candy playing on the radio

Can’t sing like we can hum
And feel the undertow.

© Ben Ditmars 2014

If I could, I would take rather than give
I wouldn't give my life to you
For I do not wish my struggles upon you to pile
Just as I would never pass these gifts into your hands
As their burdens I could never stand to watch you bear
No, I could not give anything more than what I have given before
So I would choose to take once again
-Having taken that space within you
That now holds my love I gave so long ago-
I would take your sickness and cast aside my health
I would take what pains you have and release my safety that I hold
And I would take your fate feared and uncertain
So death may never part us.

The way I am is the way I should be
Why try and change me?
Am I too passionate?
Does the rage that resides in my eyes make you..fearful?
Am I too different?
Does it bother you that I could be like the 1st page of a new book
Everytime?
Am I too cold?
Does the ice in my vocal chords give your emotions frostbite?
The way I am is the way I should be
The way I am.. Is the way I'll always
Be

I fell
but you made me stand once more
I stopped
but you gave me reasons to move on
It's too long that this voice wasn't heard
but now I am singing again
I died
but you made me live again

Your love is magical
It brought me to a place I've never been
It made me stronger, bolder, eager
It made me believe the unbelievable
It made me dream again

Your love is my life
You are my everything.