handle

when you reach
for
my hand
out of the blue

it takes my breath away

for i am learning you
inside
by what you do
outside

and when you
seek out
to touch me
first

it makes me
feel like
your mind
remembers
where i am

and your heart
reaches out
to make
a connection

to pull me back to you

i promise
never
to stray far

and when
you reach out

i'll comply

as the rest
of life
goes walking
by

(tug)

conquer

at night
when the darkest hour
comes

and the trains
call out
in the stillness
of the night

i linger
over you
one last time

soothing you
into
a hard fought
sleep

do you know
when you relax
as i touch
your cheek

that i feel
like i've conquered
the world
in one quiet
movement?

a million bombs
could go off
all around us

and all i
would do
is cover your body
with mine

look upon
your face

and warm you
for all eternity

 just to see you wake again

(dream)

over me

trust
means i can
close my eyes
to the sight of you

and still be able
to know what you'll do

hope
means i can
open my mind
to the idea of you

and still be able
to dream what you'll be

love
means i can
give my heart
to the being of you

and still be able
to feel what you'll become

to be certain
under all the worries

to be softened
under all the troubles

to be calm
underneath your shadow

it's the only place
i long to be

your goodness
is all i see

(give)



audio version here :  http://soundcloud.com/jamison99/over-me

entombed

ever painted yourself

in a corner

in a land of no escape?

ever been inside

a cave

on an island you can't sail off of?

ever been

the last person

in the room

to get the message
because all you could see

was the fog around you?

i feel
all the time
like i'm looking
through crystal clear glass

into a world i'll never be a part of.

too awkward
to live

too stupid
to die

too much
to ask for

to be normal like you

entombed by
the mediocrity of
my own imagination

waiting for the storms
to start again

for
at least with the storms
i know where my place
shall be

lost forever
in a crystal glass sea

(look)

ourselves

you
and i

have been through
too much

to let the ridiculous
separate us

even if
the ridiculous
comes from
within ourselves

sometimes
we must fight
ourselves

to keep
the beauty
of
the both of us
to-gether

when i feel
the unnatural
become rational
in our eyes

it makes me
feel
strong again

let me
renew in you
what's been
re-lit in me

our fires
were meant to
burn

....to-gether

(near)

touched

softly
touch my cheek
and hold me close

and let me
relax with you
one more time

gently
brush your fingers
across my lips

and maybe
they'll stop
trembling

you've stirred
feelings in me
that maybe shouldn't
be found

and you've
opened a heart
that never was
tough
to begin with

so slowly
cherish me
one more time

before you go

and teach me
how to heal
what i was

and become
what is yours

before you leave
again

(grow)

shine

you ask me
how you help me
when you think you don't
even touch me

you wonder
what you do
to make me well again

it's easy

you keep me smiling
every day

you make me laugh
about the most childish
of things

you make me forget
to be careful
of every word

and you let me be me

you don't need to
talk to me
about my hell

i live it

you don't need to
fix what's broken
inside of me

i hide it

you don't need to
carry the weight
on my shoulders

i got it

all you need to do
is look
and listen

laugh
and babble on

be yourself
around me
near me
and beside me

and the shine
of your smile
will see me through
my darkness

to the hope of you
oh
what wonders
your love can do
(shine)

endings

who knows why
you didn't call that night

who knows why
i waited

but i waited
and you didn't

and it ended
something
inside of me

endings, in books
are cataclysmic, and final

endings, in movies
are a fade to black from light

but endings, in reality
are whispers against the wind

i'm unheard again

unheard
unseen
undone

unfinished,
in fable and moral

but you don't need to look back
to realize

that our stories will be told again
to ears and hearts
kinder
to what we really are

(fade)

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