Your sun bleached lips
carved into by rays and cigarette trails.
The smoke haunts the dark air,
and lingers to remind us of those few seconds that just went by.
I look up at your face,
beautiful in the sense that you are living.
We share the same air and lie on the same blades of grass.

Don't you remember?
We were best friends.
We loved each other.
Don't you remember?
We talked about the future.
Everything seemed so certain.
So what happened?
Everything went from "is" to "was"
and "yes" to "maybe."
So what happened?
The time I used to spend with you
I now spend wondering where I went wrong.
Am I to blame?
I let things get out of hand.
I let you have your way.
Am I to blame?
I fought too hard
when I should have let you go.
So where do we go from here?
You pull me in close
when you feel like it.
So where do we go from here?
I want to be strong,
but I want you, too.

Phases of faces, captured moments and instances
I pass by, so swiftly, so fleetingly
Caught in the crossroads of paradigms and decisions
I stood paralyzed, terrified.

I meet intense eyes that bore through me, knowing me, knowing us
A smile as warm as the sun that has the power to melt me
Your presence is strong, comforting…strong, unsettling…strong, terrifying
You have me without even trying, you mesmerize me.

You bring me to my knees with a sigh,
you can crush me with a word.
You can bring me to bliss with a touch,
you can bring me to ecstasy with a kiss.

You command me with a whisper, I am drawn to you
You break down my china walls, one by one
You undress my layers of failed expectations
Of shattered dreams, and broken hearts

I stand before you, naked, vulnerable
I look away, not bearing for you to see
My helplessness, my hopelessness
All my imperfections, my fears, my desires.

You wipe my tears away, and kiss my bitterness away
And yet the fear descends on me…I’ve been here before
Fear of hurt, of betrayal, of disappointment
Fear that this is all an illusion…or perhaps just my delusion

And so I put on a smile, cool and composed
Hide behind my fast-paced life, run far away from you
Going so fast, so fast…so I won’t think, I won’t feel
Until I fall, exhausted, to sleep a dreamless sleep

I need the noise, the meaningless clanging
For in silence, the longing creeps in…
To be in your arms, just us and nothing else…
Nothing but warmth and the sound of our hearts beating.

So I welcome the numbness, welcome the pain
Punish myself for the choice I’ve made in my weakness
Someday I will find my happiness, someday I will find my strength
Somehow…I will find you again.

A cold night
looking at stars
looking at me
watching them.

As I stand beside and wonder,
Of clouds and rain and thunder,
What force or drive could be so great,
To carry all your reckless hate?

Who lied to you? Who let you down?
Who pushed you back? Who stole your crown?
Who stood you up, so proud and tall,
Slipped away, watched you fall

So surely you, such strength, such might,
Would find this soul, and set them right,
Meet their eye, hold their gaze,
Finalize these torturous days,

But to an end my thoughts conclude,
Though not for me, but just for you,
Your wrathful dreams may sail free,
But just for you, not for me.

Roses are red.
 
Violets are blue.
 
I never thought I'd meet a girl a great as you.
 
 
Roses are red.
 
Most grass is green.
 
You are the prettiest thing I have ever seen.
 
 
Roses are red.
 
Dirt is brown.
 
I just might die if I see you frown.
 
 
Roses are red.
 
Lemons are yellow.
 
I know for a fact I'm the luckiest fellow.
 
 
Roses are red.
 
My heart is red too.
 
Not near as red as my cheeks when I give it to you. 
 
 
Roses are red.
 
Purple and orange are hard to Rhyme. 
 
I'd prefer to think of you...better way to spend time. 
 
 
Roses are red. 
 
We'll say the stars are white. 
 
But compared to you they'll never be as bright. 
 
 
Roses are red. 
 
The night is black. 
 
But you are my light to keep the night at my back.
 
 
So now we definitely know that roses are red. 
 
Now we definitely know you're amazing.  It's true. 
 
I think it's safe to say...that I love you.

My heart is like an empty box
with a tightly fitted lid
Where once was filled with love inside
and my feelings there once hid

This time before when this small box
was full of life and wonder
Soon after many loves had gone
had made it's fullness plunder

The little that was in the box
of what was once inside
I gave it to one single love
but to myself misguide.

And slowly he began to take
each piece inside my heart
and throw it one by one away
and left me in the dark

So now here is my empty box
A symbol for my heart
Where once was filled with hope and love
That easily fell apart

Be careful whom you give your heart
You don't want to live in fear
A lesson that was hard to learn
as I watched it all disappear.