Like a loose leaf I fell from the tree,
The fall was long and freeing,
'Til I reached the bottom.

A wind has since then carried me,
To places far and wide,
I no longer know where I fell is.

The wind is both soothing and brash,
I don't trust it will take me back,
But to more beautiful sights.

I feel a little confused
Like I have something to figure out
A little twisted up and chewed
My mind is racing on doubt.

I'm trying to put my thoughts
Into words in this writing
My hand it jots
The nails on my fingers I am biting.

It's hard to say how I feel
But I definitely know that I am feeling
Everything inside is real
I just have to find it by peeling.

My skin it itches from nerves
I look sallow and wrecked
I've stretched myself thin and over all the curves
I can no longer object.

I had to cry today
Because I drove myself up a wall
Repressing things I've wanted to say
Has somehow made the mountain I have, to climb, very tall.

It's not like my problems are anything important
But I guess they tend to wear me ragged
It's sometimes because I can be expectant
Of people and things that are jagged.

I have some things I still need to learn
But I'd rather be learning then at a stop
Like how not to expect and sometimes not to yearn
And when to skip, rather than to hop.

I try to keep my heart open wide
But that leaves it to be bruised
I have to let some things subside
And not let myself feel used.

I'll learn to be compassionate
But still protect myself
Though somehow I feel like I'm in debt
To all the dolls on the shelf.

I conclude this work of emotion
Still upside down and withered
At least I've crossed further, the ocean
But I have yet to meet the blizzard.

I think that maybe
I'm a little more than in love
Something deeper, something stronger
If that's possible.

And I think that maybe
I could keep you
If not for forever
But for a while.

You're smile
Makes me shy
I hide my eyes
Beneath my lashes.

When you look at me
I can't help but grin
And want to just wrap you up
In my arms.

If I could find a word
To describe how I feel
I'd write it over and over
In a love letter to you.

And if I could find a song
To describe how I feel
I'd play it over and over
For you.

It's something silly
But isn't that real love?
Bumbling, clumsy
And fun.

I can say very well
That you bring out the best in me
And I feel like that maybe
I bring out the best in you.

This isn't the best poem
But I've been wanting to say for a while
That you make me so happy
More than I can describe.

I love how you look
How you look at me
How you smile
How you smile at me.

And I can feel your love
When you're talking to me
Hear it in your voice
Like a tone only I can hear.

And your actions speak volumes
Loud enough and large enough for me
To know that you truly love me
And I don't even have to ask.

So just so you know
I hear, feel, see, breathe your love
And it's enough
I couldn't ask for more.

Except maybe for a kiss
To remind me
A smile to make me smile
And a hug to feel your love.

I love you.

I feel old sometimes
Like a blossom trapped between pages of a dictionary
A dictionary that had been left in the attic for years.

I feel young sometimes
Like a kitten that plays with it's toy on the floor
A kitten that never knew that there was more to life outside the house it lives in.

I feel hated sometimes
Like a blister bubbled on the bottom of your foot
A blister that you have to deal with for the rest of the hike.

I feel loved sometimes
Like tasting chocolate for the first time
A chocolate bar you received from your love on Valentines Day.

I feel ***** sometimes
Like how you feel after a day at the beach
A day at the beach that you still didn't shower after you got home.

I feel clean sometimes
Like that feeling you get when it rains and you're standing in it
A rain after the hardest week of your life.

I feel alone sometimes
Like when you're surrounded by all your loved ones but you don't exist
When you seem to go unnoticed when all you wanted was to be seen.

I feel claustrophobic sometimes
Like when you're trapped in an elevator with too many people
Trapped, when all you wanted was to be alone.

Sometimes I wish I didn't feel
But if I didn't feel
I wouldn't be me
And if I wasn't me
I wouldn't feel.

I don't need you to rescue me
I'm no damsel in distress
I can take care of myself
I can get out of this mess.

As much as I want to be rescued
I can't let you save me all the time
I don't need a hero, I swear
I can get up this climb.

I wish I could just have no back bone
And let Superman rescue me from fall
But I'm too stubborn, and independent for that
I'm not some delicate china doll.

I'm a Superwoman myself
Even if I still know how to cry
I can take care of my problems
I don't need you to kiss them goodbye.

It would be nice, I must say
To have my life a clean slate
But that's something I have to do myself
Something that's part of my fate.

So you can kiss me Superman
But I won't let you save my day
I don't need your super powers
Go save someone else for a change.

I love you more
Than the flowers love rain
So I kiss you like that.

I love you more
Than the lizard loves the sun
So I kiss you like that.

I love you more
Than I hate pain
So I kiss you like that.

I love you more
Than I want to run
So I kiss you like that.

I love you more
Than I want to cry, sometimes
So I kiss you like that.

I love you more
Than I hate stress
So I kiss you like that.

I love you more
Than I love writing rhymes
So I kiss you like that.

I love you more
Than I know how to express
So I kiss you like that.

And you like it like that,
So it'll always be like that.

I just wanted to remind you
Of how much I love you
I write this seemingly love drunk
Hopefully you will see it too.

I wanna wash over you like rain
And kiss your eyelashes like snow
I want to be the grass you lay upon
And the sun that touches you from head to toe.

I wanna be what makes you happy
But also show you where happiness lies
And I wanna be what makes you smile
But show you how to smile when you're happiness dries.

I wanna put your puzzle together
And show you how to do mine
I wanna solve all your problems
And share with you how everything will be fine.

I wanna be a part of you
And touch your face whenever I wish
I wanna hold your hand when I am lost, or you
And grace you with my loving kiss.

I just want to be yours
Even though I all ready am
I wish I could just hand you my very soul
So you can keep it, in your hand.

But I've got to keep a little me to myself
And I recommend that you should do the same
Because if we don't have any secrets
How are we to play the game?

It takes two to do most things
But it's not fun if you know all the steps
I'd like to keep you guessing
And you would, as well for me, I bet.