Girl in chair
Finger in curl
In glanced stare
Hair in a whirl
Like peaches and cream
She's my ***** dream
Amber skin pearl
Silk honeyed hair
Finger in curl
Girl in chair

I turned around and saw your face.
Right then and there, I fell in love.
You smiled and my world just melted,
Little butterflies fluttered in my stomach.
Sweet letters I wrote and still keep under my bed,
Short glimpses that make my day,
Daily doses and episodes of you.
Watching you from far away,
I can't help from falling everyday.
Your smile brightens up my day;
Your sweet words when you speak
Moves my heart, I fell again.
Closer and closer, I can sense you.
Closer and closer, you are so near me.

And then you knelt, and I froze
I don't know what to do
I was lost for words and had my hand to my chest
Tears began to suddenly pour.
Oh, how much I love you so!
I wanted to reach and embrace you
But, your previously melting smile,
Froze me on the spot.
I wanted to look into your eyes
To see the love inside.
Sadly, my feet won't let me move.
The echoes of people in the background,
Resounded and almost broke me.
When she said YES,
I know, It's too late
She's yours and you're hers
How I wish it was me!
Oh, how I wish it was me.

Everyone’s asleep and I couldn’t be happier.
Im smiling.
It’s a real smile
Indents either side.
There’s nobody else up
Just me.

The night brings dark
And
The dark brings me light.
I’m free.
Free of anger , free of fear.
Tomorrow lies with the rest but
The Now
is with me.
Everyone’s asleep and I couldn’t be happier.

The now greets me with a warmth,
A familiarity.
I’ve seen it before
Just not as clear
Not as pure.
It’s just me and it.
Everyone’s asleep and I couldn’t be happier.

There’s no distraction , no new posts online.
Nowhere for me to go.
No thing for me to do.
And here I sit
Entertained , fulfilled.
The evening is devoid of life yet
Full of hope.
Everyone’s asleep and I couldn’t be happier.

I have to lie down
Now , The Now has told me its truths
It won’t last long
All will be forgotten soon.
After all
Everyone’s asleep.

I was a little older than six
when you came to us,
ruddy cheeked
with a shock of curly hair,
tiny fingers that wrapped
around my pinkie
and squeezed
happiness into my heart.

You were (and still are)
the epicenter
of the world forever changed.

To be honest,
my childhood began with you.
I don’t have any memories
of being anyone
before I was your sister.

I know you will say
that’s just because I’m dumb.
That’s not the case, idiot.
Mom always tells me
that I was a lonely child,
neither sad nor shy,
just content playing by myself.
I choose to think
I was waiting… for you
to join the fun.

And what fun we’ve had!
Making up dance routines
to our favorite songs;
Smuggling snacks to bed;
Adding new levels
to invented games.
Remember “Sleep, Sleep”?
Competing to see who
could pretend to sleep
without moving the longest –  
I’m sorry I tricked you, boo.
I knew you would drift off
and I’d be able to read in peace.
You caught on soon though
and I had to think of other ways
to keep you still.

So I began reading to you
from books I loved,
stories and poems,
of adventures so epic
they called the magic to the skin  
and you listened,
tickled pink.

You listened, enthralled,  
to the gibber jabber
I came up with on the spot,
often asking for more.
To this day, you listen
and pay heed
to every word,
every notion
like it is really worthy
of your attention.