a joy to submit
i must admit
it gets me wet
when i think of it

give protection
no rejection
constant affection
for my selection

to receive trust
you simply must
treat me just
stay in lust

i am smitten with what you are
my heart so gently pounds
when you give me what i love most
what i love most is not
your kiss your eyes
your lips your smile
your laugh your heart
no what i love most
is you, in whole
nothing is left out
everything is what i love most
i am smitten with what you are

a brush of breath upon my lips
closing in for that first kiss
your hand plays through my hair
into my eyes you stare

and i am lost
so lost
in your deep eyes
i am lost
so lost
in your deep eyes

dont shy away, love
stay close, stay near
ba-bump, ba-bump
goes my heart, can you hear?

ba-bump, ba-bump
getting faster
ba-bump, ba-bump
pushing harder

oh dear, oh dear
look what you've done
i'm flushing, i'm blushing
look what you've done

goosebumps, hair raises
i touch your lips with mine
ba-bump, ba-bump
i feel i may die

my sweet, my sweet
i could never leave
but my sweet, my sweet
this is just a dream

sometimes
you don't think
of
consequences


sometimes
things can go
out
of control


sometimes
you don't know
where
you're going


sometimes
you think it's
okay
but it's not


sometimes
it's nice to
just
let go

I dare not open my heart
Should I find the contents dried,
Shriveled from lack of use,
Tho' I've continually tried.

Should I open my heart?
I fear the absolute worst.
And if I'm left with nothing?
My fears, they are a curse.

I wish to open my heart,
To place it in your hands.
Mold it, mend it, shape it, break it.
Carry it over seas and lands.

If I open my heart,
If I give it to you,
Will you please give me the pleasure,
Of having your heart, too?

not too cheery
a little too weary
the days are getting bleary
the nights, more dreary

im falling fast and hard
but the ground isnt any closer
i could fall forever, and ever
and ever further
my skin feels new
is this what its like to love?
my heart is racing
ive taken the deadliest drug
its sweet and its naughty
it fills my mind
its exactly what i'd hoped for
its so cruel and so kind
but that is you
i couldnt ask for more
except that you were here
that's all i ask you for

i saw
your face last night
and i tried to make it
smile the way it used to, but i
couldn't.

—

you say
he is inside
everything, everywhere
but where is he now? in my head?
no way.

—

guitar,
you are my joy.
in the darkest hour, you
bring me back to life and make me
happy.

i never thought
in my whole life
that i could be caught
by a girl like you

your eyes are so blue
your smile, so sweet
you are the only one
that i want to keep

it feels like forever
since i've seen you
i don't like being apart
i know you feel the same, too

there's something between us
something sparked
you're the first girl
to ever steal my heart

Peeling paint and tattered sails,
A vessel for no ones and ne'er-do-wells,
My deck is littered with broken dreams,
My hull, of holes like window screens.

The holes are greedy for the sea.
The waves are pouring over me
Try as I may I'm sinking fast-
a forgotten ship from the past.

My anchor's cut,
My crew is dead,
I should have listened
When she said,

Instead of going on my own,
Preferring to be left alone,
Perhaps this is not meant for me.
Destroyed by blind naivety.

I should have docked
At the port,
At low tide
To rest in comfort.

But instead I will be thinking
Of the one who left me sinking
Without anchor, without shore,
Without things for ever more.

As I sink,
I can't but think,
Just man can save me
From the sea.

he smiles
i have done well
he says to me sweetly
touching his lips against mine, my
master

you are not an orange
oranges are smaller
you are not a graprefruit
grapefruits are more sour
what are you
you
that sits in my hand
taunting me to discover
you
that is neither one nor the other
must i guess? must i ponder?
your outside is misleading
your inside is sweet
joy! i know what you are
you are just like me

separate patterns dance their own tune
searching for fleeting moments
to touch
explore
on again, off again
praying that the other will return

a transient waltz
ecstacy at the fingertips
once more, its gone

a leap, spin, twirl
expressed with only the hope
of loving caress and praise

beg for
pray for
the étude
that brings
your path
to mine
forever

do broken hearts still beat?
the pain in my chest
says yes
thumping, thumping
driving me insane

you wanted me to be number two
when i wanted to be number one
no, no, no!
you can't take back love when
you never really gave it anyway

your sorry is worthless to me
it can't fix this pain
so stand there and tell me
that i have to be number two
because she's number one

well i won't, i won't!!
you're human,
you make mistakes
but i won't be around
when it's your heart that breaks

when i was a young girl
living in a little white farm house
with a blue tin roof
i would wander through the streams
it was the dead of summer
hot, sticky, humid air all around
and i was barefoot
wading through the water
when i came up to a snake
and he looked at me
with those beady eyes
his black scales gleaming in the hot sun
we stared each other down
for hours and hours we were neck and neck
the sun went down, the sun came up
and neither of us moved
then summer turned to fall
and my feet got cold
so i stood up and i thanked the snake
and walked away

again when i was a young girl
living in that little white house
with the blue tin roof
i had a dog
my dog and i went everywhere
sometimes he carried me
sometimes i carried him
but one day he took me to the top
of a big, big, big mountain
we were so high it was hard to breathe
i looked up above and i saw stars
then i looked around, and i saw nothing
my dog had left, and i was alone
so i laid down and i stared at those stars
they spoke to me though i heard nothing
they told me all the secrets of the world
of the stars, of the ******* sky
but soon i grew tired
so i stood up and i thanked those stars
and walked away

i wrapped the strings around my wrist-
threads of red, orange, yellow.
i never wanted to forget this,
and now i can't seem to let go.


i won't hold back this feeling-
i am human, after all-
but i'll try to keep from fleeing,
cowering behind my walls.


so, this is all i'll write-
just a few lines more.
maybe in time you'll see
i'm quite worth fighting for.

this isn't a poem
it's not beautiful
it's not special
just reality

but the honest truth is
i'm just trying to
pretend for one little second
that i'm enough for you

i imagine your laugh
and a slow, sensuous smile
spreading across your lips
as you read these words

but this isn't a poem
filled to the brim
with words of love
just reality

how do you create
those tender words
that caress me
where so few can?

i imagine your eyes
under heavy lashes
lowering as you think
of those precious moments

this isn't a poem
just reality

dont panic, he said
i'll always be here
whether in your your heart or in your mind
i'll keep you save from nightmare
i know its cold and
this distance is almost too much
one day, he said
i'll warm you with my touch

i wanted to believe those words
if only to allay my fear
hope and faith are hard to come by
when theres no one here

words can bring comfort
and comfort leads to trust
but trust brings nothing
when you dont back it up
words can bring pain
wounds that dont mend
dont panic, he said
you'll be okay in the end

someone should have told him
"think before you speak"
nothing is okay
i'm broken and weak
all we have are words
they damage but they heal
we love and laugh and hate and cry
words have taught us how to feel

the day grows light.
so long to night.
the sun will uncover,
like the hand of a lover,
all the dark secrets,
of which we try to forget.
somewhere last night
there was a terrible fight.
in another place
a young girl lost her grace.
we sit and we pray
for the sun to stay laid,
yet there's no choice but one,
we must face the sun.

oh, sweet memory
imprinted in my mind-
never to diminish
through years and years of time.

in this memory, my sweet,
you pulled me flush against thee
and in my ear, you whispered,
in your baritone voice, you whispered-

"what better than a winter's night,
my love, to be so near to thee?
for my love, you are my warmth,
my sun, my fire, you see."

and my heart did quake
under that starry sky.
and my legs did shake
as if the earth were torn awry.

you pressed your lips against mine,
and you kissed me. o! you kissed me
'til i truly thought the world would end;
that the sky would break, and mountains bend.

in this kiss i felt your love
rushing like a waterfall.
o! i still feel your love
as if it were not memory at all.

when we lay'd beneath the stars-
i felt safe inside your arms-
and it was then that i knew-
i wanted only you for mine.

and so i brought you home-
and your skin felt quite divine-
when pressed close against mine-
i slept safe inside your arms.

tonight i lay'd beneath the stars-
wishing, wanting for your arms-
to wrap around me tight-
to hold me close tonight.

under all the stars in all the sky-
i whisper'd to the night, "i love you"-
but only the wind replied-
whispering back in breathless sigh.

my body burns, as if it's on fire
for your touch, your sweet caress
i wish to feel your hot mouth
sweeping across my skin
like soft silk it glides
teasing, pleasing
until i arch
and i
come

i feel
that i
can see
your mind

a place
you go
to see
just why

your lips
they burn
with love
and hate

and, oh
our fate
entwined
in time

can you
see mine?

still and quiet.
all seems right.
no sound.
cant breathe
for fear
the world will hear
secrets,
regrets,
that shadows hide,
far and wide.