Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Waves, Wind, Fire



Crash
With such force
against the rocky crags of my heart

Sting
With a coldness
my lungs revive and begin to breathe

Burn
With a vehemence
that i can begin to feel again

Saturday, January 14, 2012

EEG Dance



Can't escape the thoughts
They swirl                                                 
                                 They mingle
They weave

Fade in
Fade out
Hesitating
The ghosts are shaking hands

do you want this
do you want this
do you want this
for the rest of your life?

got your back
and you've got mine
2 am conversations
running straight into the ground

                                 the touch
                                   the sounds
co-co-colliding                                                                          
where is my mind spinning?

one spot stop
sitting in this chair
and i haven't moved
more than these fingers,                              twirling hair                  

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Details of the Past


Another year
past
vanished
gone.

Are you going to hold onto it?
Are you going to remember
Every Little Detail
That made it your best

Or worst.
It broke you
You are covered in bruises.
The black and blue pressed into your skin

"This was the year"
But it wasn't.
The promotion never came.
And you never reached your dream

So what will next year be?
Will you focus on the past
Hinder your next chance
To even breath.

Ah, me too.
I've been there.
I still may be
right. there. too.

But. I've been blessed.
I look to my friends.
I look to my family.
All around me so, so happy.

(And I may grumble
And may act spoiled.
But I know that I have something good.
In this moment .)

So I'll drink to their health
And remember them all.
And hope that this next year 
I remain so lucky.

Auld Lang Syne

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Story of the Stars


i can see
that you're glowing
i can see
your lips quiver

so say what you need
so say what you have
to do
to do

  i will listen to you
because it needs to escape
i will listen to you
speak, whisper, yell, scream

then you will
BURST
into a million multicoloured stars
from the inside out

because your story has been told.
but it isn't over,
and that
is my favourite part

your soul is a beautiful living thing that needs to be known

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Me and You, Me and Me



what will it take
to make you see me?
what will it take
to make you notice me?

is it my curly hair,
my lack of make-up,
my chosen clothes,
that make you look past me?

don't you understand?
don't you realize?
do you just not care
when i hold my breathe when i pass by

but i'm no here to change for anybody
i'm not here to please myself
i'm not waiting for you to catch me
five years too late

one word
one look
one time
one once


this is what i want, just once

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Leave My Mind For Just One Moment


The spotted memories
Twist,
Curl,
Dance gracefully, frantically, in my mind

The one were our eyes met,
The one were you held my fingers
briefly
with your own

That time we talked about past days
And sad moments
I told someone, you, for the first time
 I heard the pain of regret in your soft voice

The words I wanted to say
As I watched you everyday that week
Filled by mind, body, mouth
In silence

But it was your words that made me
Look again for something
The missing part of me
That fills all of me to the last atom.

Oh!
I am so curious
I want to know how your faith is so strong
And makes me want to heal, grow, get stronger

I still want to know you better
I still want to know you
I still want to know
I still want...

Can't you leave my mind for just one minute?
I need to think things through
Like how my shyness became me
And that's the end of me and...

Why Can't I Just Forget About You?

Thursday, August 11, 2011

The First Time I Saw the Lights in Your Eyes


 I'll do it right the first time
Because I'm not ready to live like everyone else
I'll do it right the first time
Because that's what I want

"But the heartbreak, experience,
the knowing you're actually in..."
But can't you see?
This is me. I know me.

Maybe this is meant to be like this
As much as I hate it
And don't want it
And may want to trade it in a second.

But my heart is aching as it tells me
how romantic it will be
to finally say to him one day
"I waited my whole life just for you"

Only you.
Always you.
I'll know. I'll know.
You're the one I dream about having.

We'll do it right the first time.
And even if you end up being my second
And I'm your fourth
We'll get through.

Because He keeps us in His circle of time.