My   life    is    staccato
Living    by   each   solitary   beat  
Every   memory   I   have   is   sharp

When you came you brought melody,
You paused my loneliness with harmony,
When I was with you my life moved rhythmically.


But bar by bar you beat me down

Arguments began to repeat:
Inevitably we fell out of tune,
And as it always does the music ends.

Love is rolling the dice and knowing you’ll always have double sixes, hitting the jackpot of every slot machine, always having an ace, even when you don’t have sleeves.

Love is not watching the seconds tick by but wondering where the hours have gone, when you watch the sunset and rise because unlike the day our love cannot end

Love is the sun, creating life, warmth, comfort and safety.
Love is music, the sweetest melody that never leaves your mind.
Love is the blissful fragrance of sea air, a calmness that can rage with passion.

Love is waking up in the morning and feeling the size of the smile on my face, knowing I’m with you.
Love is knowing the future is bright.

Love is internal – the beating of our hearts, the dilation of our pupils.
Love is external – the simple act of holding hands, the precious fragility of two lips connecting.
Love is Eternal – For I shall love you forever and always

Silent               he goes unseen
Drifting along the city streets
Leaving no trace of a presence
A gift               a curse

Stealthily               a predator among prey
Taking what he needs
Food, water, money,
A gift                     a curse

Alone                    he goes unseen
In a group of people, no trace of his presence
Left to drift through the streets
A curse

Lonely

Seconds ticking by on the clock, Circling around and around
Another day gone, another day of living.
I've survived...
Managed to live another measly 24 hours.
But, I AM NOT LIVING!

Another new year,
Another red-letter event.
One more unending day I've been stuck here alone on this planet of solitude.
I am alive...but I'm not living.

I'm not living if I don't have you to hold.
To spend every second of the clock talking to and thinking about.
To while away the time reminiscing all the happiness we shared together,
And planning every second of our future together.

You are the sunrise that breaks the ceaseless night.
You are the oxygen that fills my lungs.
The drum beat of my heart.
When I am with you I am not just alive;
I AM LIVING!