lament

you wouldn't expect me

to marry 

a normal girl

an average woman

of the world

you'd know i had to

touch the stratosphere

to know i'm nearer

to love

and even though she's 

gone and grey

and the hazy days

have come

i know no one can 

take away that girl

that extraordinary girl

i knew

and loved

(no)

case study

i feel your eyes
travel up and down
me

all around me

trying to figure out
the next word

i see your hands
orbit the way
from me

in between us

looking for a
place to land

i know your thoughts
don't meet the sight
of me

floating over me

hoping for a pause
to understand

i'm a dossier
of deliverance
in your hands

a case study
of chaos
in your heart

almost on the brink
of good

(know)

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stop

stop all the nervousness
push away the fear

turn it to excitement
for whatever is near

channel all the downs
that refuse to end

think about good days
so soon to begin

stop all the tension
and just go.....

you'll know what to do next

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portraits in sand

temporary smiles
on open faces

bathed on orange

one with hair
every which way

one with hair
controlled and smooth

one who pleases
at a moment's notice

one who never lies

holding hands against a world
of their own making

evading reality just one
last time

before the grind starts 
again

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secret whispers

secret whispers
behind a tree

discreet hand
reaching for me

hopeful glance
around my heart

covered tears
when we part

it's hard hiding
the mystery of you

when the reality is
too good to be true

(psst)

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doubts

can a flower
that's been stepped on
repeatedly

still smell so
sweetly
time and again?

can a vine
that's been cut off
from rooting

still reach out
and bloom
from above?

where is the love
when the grey
comes in?

it blocks the sun
when the day
won't begin

why does this happen
time and again?

doubt crawls free
from underneath
me

it seizes me in
the darkness

holding me apart
from all of this

pain and
what it is

used to be bliss
just two seconds ago

what do i know
about love?

(nothing)

winter's phone call

it's snowing right now
i had to salt my steps
just awhile ago

it's falling silent
across my path

anyway
i was just calling
to see how you were

was your day all right?
did anything good
happen to you
to-day?

you know
what you say
and what you remember
from your day

is the warmth
that makes me forget
the cold
outside

what a ride
it's been
with you

over the hills
and valleys
of what once was

and what could be
again

anyway
i just called
to see how you were

and stuff

(us)