I can see you from all the way up here
The sun is bright
I forgot how right
You feel

It's been too long since I held you
There's not a cloud in sight
And I just might
Fall down
In love with you
All over again

And once the roots end
Another set begins
And the branches cascade above
As you walk further
Into the forest of my endless love

Keep walking
I'll never leave
I'm above you, I'm below you
I'm the branch, I'm the root
I'm the swing that
Was always made for two

There's a tree for every
Forever
A branch for every glance
A leaf for all the laughter
And endless sunlight
To grow an endless romance

And once the roots end
Another set begins
And the branches cascade above
As you walk further
Into the forest of my endless love.

Always forward turning
Past, present, future
All dizzy and blurred
The only thing I see
That stays so steady
Is your face,
     spinning with mine.

I can't tell you what a blessing it is
To have you
As a compass.

Thornless vines wrap us together
Neither of us fighting
It's a constraint I welcome,
For when I am alone
I am lost.

If we were pulled apart
And pulled away
Know you could find me
By my weeping.

It is when I am silent
That you should worry
For I might have passed.
Drowned, suffocated.
For the only air I breathe
Is yours.

The biting wind combs through my hair;
The salty water stings,
The crashing waves soak through my jeans;
The sun on seagulls' wings.

A shark's tooth swims below the waves,
It settles on my toe.
I ****** it up before the waves
Can send it back below.

I learn the tooth, each groove, each edge,
So small, the blackest black
I hold it tight, can't let it go,
I cannot throw it back.

A hunter great did own this tooth,
So many battles fought.
The tooth of such a great white shark,
The king that can't be caught.

He left his mark, his legacy
Amid our human air.
Born three million years ago,
His only bone his only heir.

If I could ever be so great
To win such endless worth,
I'd want to leave my token, just
To leave my mark on earth.

The shark, he wanted just the same
He's gone, his tooth's with me
His spirit should be kept alive
So I gave his tooth back to the sea.

The Lion and the Warthog

A lion fierce, and proud, and cruel
Once led the largest pride.
They hunted well, starvation scarce,
The fear spread far and wide.

A warthog aged with years and fears,
Knew something must be done.
This hunter, killer, must be stopped,
So a clever plan he spun.

The warthog saw the lion pride
Hunting flocks of sheep.
"I bet you can't cross River Wide
With just one solid leap."

The lion swelled with pride and roared,
"You speak a foolish lie!"
He'd never done it once before,
But he'd been challenged; he must try.

Said warthog, "If you cross it now,
I'll let you eat me whole.
But if I cross without a scratch,
Here you'll hunt no other soul."

The lion leaped for River Wide,
And splashed into the waves.
He climbed back up and dried himself,
His pride, he could not save.

The warthog's turn had come at last;
He pushed a broken tree.
It fell across the River Wide,
He walked across with glee.

"There, you see, you'll hunt no more;
Your pride has you in bind.
It's brave to leap the River Wide,
But braver yet to use your mind."

I know what lots of people think
I know just what they say
I hear them talk behind my back
I hear them every day

But no one really knows who I
Or anyone can be
If all they do is criticize
The part of me they see

There's more to me than dull, gray eyes
And bushy, ugly hair
I know I'm short with crooked teeth
And I don't really care

If all you see is ugly me
Then look deeper inside
Look into my innerself
And see just what I hide

I always envied all the girls
With popularity
The girls with perfect shining eyes
I fumed with jealousy

Even though they laughed at me
And called me certain names
I still dreamed to be like them
For this, I was insane

'Cause why on Earth should I regret
That I don't look like them?
I like myself and how I look
On the outside and within

Anyone that laughs at girls
Less beautiful than they
Should come to see their hearts of black
Are worse than eyes of gray

Sticks and stones may break my bones
But words won't break my pride
'Cause when we're dead our body's gone
And we're left with what's inside.

So I've fallen in love
And it is beautiful
The leaves are greener
Red, orange, oh
What a cold morning
I don't mind
'Cause I can still feel you around me
And oh,
How I shine.

I have to find
More ways
Than "always"
More colors
In the light waves
I have to find
A sky of stars
With blazing flames
As bright as ours
I have to find
A word for love
That says it stronger
Our own forever
That lasts much longer.

I have to show you
Why my heart beats your name.

Your soft words
Pump through my veins
Your smile
Can stop the rain
Your heart
I can't believe it's mine
And oh,
How I shine.

So I've fallen in love
And I am alive
For the first time
In a lifetime.

i was worried love had forgotten me
and dreams were all i had

that shooting
s
  t
   a
    r
     s
ignored my wish

and loneliness shouldn't feel this bad.


i clung to what came to me in dreams
pretended it was a gift from the

   m
o     o
   n

i hoped he was as real as he seemed
and i would feel him soon


and though the face in my dreams wasn't clear
and i'd never heard his voice
i didn't have to see, i didn't have to hear
there was no other choice


the wind b  l  e  w
and i knew
it was you

i forgot how to be alone
i felt you and knew I was home.