Under the cold moonlight
I lost the love of God
'Though I prayed
I lost more than faith
While she cried
Looking through a telescope
Into that black sky
Hoping that the moon
So magnified
Would bring her
Closer to God
But her small prayers
Went unanswered
And her telescope
Lies in my closet
No closer to God
Than she ever was
And I can never look upon it
Open those doors
Without wanting to cry

Weighs like
a tear drop sliding down pale white,
a dappled stone I found on Sanibel Island,
sunk down, deep in my pocket.

Perhaps weighs like
time:
heavy with silence
soaked in emotion,
like colored dye bleeding into white linens.

Yes, a word weighs like
time, and time weighs like stones,
I strain to hold in my palms the encumbering moment,
after you utter,
"Look, Liz, I have to be
Honest."

And you caste the word like a rock
into the lake
and watch it fall
deep, deep, deep
weighed down.

A stone that remains sunk still
in my pocket.

Some people wear their hearts on their shirt sleeve
I wear coffee on mine
Fallen from un-cautious lips
Like careless words
Hot and steaming
Spilled down the front of my chest
But the same
A temporary stain
That proper washing will remove

When rain falls
it arrives like
an army charging down a hillside,
beating their fist against their shields.
Or it arrives like
tears from a father's eyes
as he opens his arms and says
"Welcome home, son."

When rain falls
it is greeted by
open umbrellas and rubber boots.
Or it is greeted by
children with eyes closed
and faces toward the skies
as drops fall on their tongues.

When rain falls
it is caught by
rooftops, gutters, and windshields.
Or it is caught by
the eyelashes of two lovers
saying hello again
after ages of goodbyes.

When rain falls
it lands on
tree leaves
who carry it to their roots.
Or it lands on
cracks in the sidewalk
and encourages new life to burst forth.

When rain falls
it sounds like
the rushing rivers
and the tides breaking on the shorelines.
Or it sounds like a prayer gently whispered
to ears patiently listening.

When rain falls
its promises are protected
by the guard of a rainbow.

When rain falls
its promises are protected
by the guard of a rainbow.

Some days it *****

To be a poet

To have words

Softly banging

In your head

Clouding your sight

With visions

Of things pictured

Or perceived deep

Within your brain

Incomprehensible

And duplicitous

Swirling and straining

To chain

Into verse or prose

The Goddesses of words

Unasked and uninvited

Laboring in your mind

Squatted down and

Birthing broken strings

Of words

That linked correctly can

Make them demi- gods

Half God

And

Half lyric

Spelling out the Iliad

Perhaps…

But you are left

Walking through the day

In a daze

Quietly tasting words

As they flood

Into your mouth

And onto your lips

From the jumbled maze

Inside your brain

One day I stopped believing In you

No longer did your smile

Or your lies of love matter

Your bittersweet words

Lost their sweetness

Your smile mocked

Your lies

Became lies

I can't describe -
How the yearning hides.

How it waits
Until the dead of night,
To wear upon the mind.

Hey listen girl , i have to say
You made up your mind and you're not going to stay
So all i have now are words and rhymes i make
Wish i could hold you now and you wont hate
That i would make a run for it and you could wait
Wish i had been on it sooner and i wasn't late
Maybe it was my fault in the end , maybe it was fate
But hey , i know alot of **** that went down those days
The way i broke your heart and tore myself apart
I know second chances are tough , last chances even hard
Everything we fought for so long from the start
Lies before us in pieces , forgotten part by part
I know its not easy to just walk down that path
But we have to be brave for each others sake
Fool the world with a smile we fake
New stories and chapters will soon be made
the old story of you and me will soon fade

              
               i can't say I'm sorry
               and that don't worry
               now that it's all over
               we'll be lonely
               you have to stand tall
               even though it hurts
               'cause now we know ,
               sometimes , love is not enough..
            


So take the strings and I'll let you go
Worlds going upside down and nobody knows
Every moment apart we are , loneliness grows
You can't find it in my smile but in my eyes it shows
We went with promises where no one wanted to go
Everyone told us to back up and take it slow
But the love in us made us blind till the core
And now we seek lies , what was it all worth for
Pain had ****** all the light and we still seek more
A look in your eyes tell me you're thinking about before
And you took all the time in the world before walking out of that door
As i watched in the silence of madness from the window
Memories fall on us like hammer and we take it head-on
Maybe we're still in love and can't move-on
Maybe I'll wait for you , i know i can't go-on
I'm just scared of tomorrow, i don't want to be alone
For the nights to remind and the bottle to forget the regret of that you're gone
I don't want to be strong , for once i want to be wrong
I want you back now and forever in my arms
I want you to come along and finish this last song
    
               i can't say I'm sorry
               and that don't worry
               now that it's all over
               we'll feel empty
               but we have to stand tall
               even though it hurts
               'cause now we know ,
               sometimes , love is enough..

If its you I dream about
please don't let this be a nightmare
don't scream and shout
don't let this world scare you
don't be sad
or your heart will die without you
let's not cry
though we may be saddest
let's move on
let's not sink into madness
let's look forward to tomorrow
let's be glad
empty your heart of all the sorrows
let's shake hands
and accept that we're same
can I have this dance
with you now
let's rejoice
let us sing
let the world hear both our voices.
Let's just live
this that we were gifted,
don't let your imperfections bring you down.

I could walk away and say that you’re not what i need,
I could lie one more time and say I’ll be fine without your love,
wipe my tears away, draw a smile across my face,
Hoping you won’t see that I’ve given you all that’s left of me,
Baby all you ever gave me was space.
I could pretend that I’ve never even cared,
never bothered to think of you
But I’m not ready to lose you yet.