sun through the window,
the beat of your heart
through your white wedding dress,
i trace reflections art

if i fill you with my love,
will you eventually match my heartbeat;
from the ground above?

the snow is as still as silence
our fingers intertwine;
but not in the way i aspire

i thought i knew exactly what it meant
to have found a person who makes you feel whole
to want so badly for them to be near
to ache for their touch or a fleeting glance
or simply to hear their voice
i've written and sung and told tall tales
of love both lost and found
but nothing has ever come close
to the words i write for you


for you are magnificently strange, wonderfully infuriating,
absolutely maddening, and unconsciously kind
you consistently captivate every crevice of my soul
unknowingly pulling me closer and closer
and one day, i'm sure,
you'll pull me right into your arms
and all will be well

for every breath that i have dreaded to take,
i shall add one to your lungs
as your essence is one so rare;
it extends beyond lifetimes

like mist in summers air
i can only so slightly detect
how you feel
what you think
the rest is caught in the wind of the world

i can't find the hope

but whenever you hold me

you make me believe

can you trace my skin

like you skim the morning rain?

let me lay a kiss upon your temple

count your freckles, soft skin so simple