sketch of a reunion

when we walk
i hold your arm
and you talk to me

i feel the vibrations
of your deep voice
run through your body

as you unload the day

and while i listen to
every word you say

i'm floating nearby
surrounded by
your strength

whole again
for the first time
all day

you cuddle me close
against
the oncoming wind

and the falling sun
lights our way
back home


(near)

unsaid

you didn't tell me
that life would strip
all of femininity
from me

you only told me
to be brave

you didn't tell me
that everyone would
look to me for
courage

you only told me
to be strong

i don't want to go
kicking and screaming
into that dark night
alone

but i don't want to take
all the people i love
on the journey
that i have to face
by myself

do i really understand
the sea
and ail it's telling me?

it goes out
revealing all the trash
that's underneath
its shimmering blueness

but it comes back again
reviving me for the road

all i have to do
is wait

and dream

(know)

at a time

i slipped
and you caught me
at a time
when i thought
i was going to keep falling

my heart stopped
and you started it
again
at a time
when i thought
i was going to die

and i look
into your eyes
for life
and i breathe in
your laughter
for warmth

and again
and again

you save me
from myself

thank you
for you

thank you
for letting me
love you

to be free
in the sunlight
once more

to soar
forevermore

(grow)

dreamland

when we
fall to sleep
at night

does
the boy in you
meet up with
the girl in me?

do they travel
to dreamland
to-gether

talking and
having adventures

supposing and
hoping about
the future

eyes wildly shining
in the moonlight?

come
tour the dark side
of the lamplight
with me

walk
it shouldn't be
too far

hope
is in the air
around us

and home
is just across
the street



(dream)

stronger

i lost faith
too fast
just when you were
so strong

i had doubt
too soon
just when you were
so kind

the darkness
that surrounds me
shouldn't keep me
from your sanity

the fear
that controls me
shouldn't make me
turn away

i promise
to get strong again

the way i was with you

i promise
to have faith again

no matter what's ahead

i'll hold on
to what kept us strong
when the sun was in view

i am telling you
i won't turn away

i want to stay
with you

....and never doubt again

(know)

protect

layers of hair
protect her face
from your view

eyes that tell
so much truth
just by looking
are sheltered

the light of a
thousand ages tries
to pierce the
secrets within

but she stays still inside

and outside
there's nothing
but waves

(hide)

forevereyes

the time
will come
when time
is kind

and our eyes
will meet
again

and there will be
much to say

and there will be
much to do

so much so
that our minds will feel
on fire

but
in the midst of the
excitement
in the middle of the
illusion of time

we'll stop
and truly look
each other

eyes telling stories
no words can repeat

and we will
meet again
in the silence of
what was

and the beauty of
what will come to be

meeting again with thee

(soon)