Do you ever imagine
      you've lived this day
long ago

only under the beveled glass of a dream,
and now,

you're just going through

      the motions using muscle memory?

I don't know why we're feelin this way
But I know that I just want you to stay..

Here by my side.
Till sadness subsides.

We've got same emotions, but different feelings
We don't know what's in motion, but we need healing

For our soul..
Because we're on our own..

Now I don't know if its this forever
That we're gonna be lonely together

Cuz if we are then that's just fine.
Even if we're frozen in time.

Because you're worth what life's worth

you're the only one I wanna be with in this earth.

Because we're both lonely..together.

I begin anew
I begin with you

You are my isthmus
You are my tombolo

You connect me
You ground me

To this place
To this duration

One heart
One love

When critics roar
parceling out every error,
weakness, & poor decision
keep breathing,
           count,
meditate;
wander out
& watch the sunrise,
study Her wonder as light curls
from pale rose
to a ravishing blush;
pull kindness
from your pocket,
drop its gilded edge
into others' palms,
smile at glimpses of promise,
allow tears, too, to come
for feeling is the opposite
of a walking death;
don't retreat
from today's pain;
a blistered heart stings
& you may suffer
for a while,
but the beauty of hurt
is that it also heals-
given time