Life, Heart, Soul

I don't want to hide in the closet
Away from the sun
I don't want to feel cold to the touch
And never be able to brush the warmth of your skin


I don't want to cower in fear
And look hungry for life
My own life
To begin

My lungs are breathing
I can't get enough air
My heart is beating
I can't get enough flow


Where are the people that I need?
Where are the ways that I can escape?
Where is up? Where is down?
I need a hand to reach me, pull me out

Broken I'll stand
Completed I'll fall
Put the wind in these collapsed lungs
And life in this empty heart

i stand before you giving you my soul, my all

Fate Understood

'Do you believe in fate?'
She asked
He sat there
Not understanding her words


2 months later
They were so in love
A boy and a girl
Taking on the world


'Will you be mine?'
He asked
She cried there
Joy running down her face


1 year later
They were just married
A man and a woman
Taking on the world


'Will you be there?'
She asked
He nodded
Never wanting to leave his bride


5 years later
They had three kids
The man and woman
Taking on the world


'Do you believe in fate?'
He asked
She understood
When the doctors told them the diagnosis


65 years later
They were in love
They were married
They had a loving family


He understood those words from years ago
Now that he lived them.
She cried and smiled and nodded
As they talked about life together.


4 weeks later
They were together again
A silent promise
Never to leave each other's side.

Sea Song

There was a day

I was washed out to sea

And with the waves hitting my back

I heard the most beautiful melody

And with water in my ears

And a song in my soul

I sang the song back to the wind

So you could find out where I am

And the waves crashed over my song

And the the wind carried it away wrong

And the sand buried it in castles

Away from my reach
 

Yet you still heard me
And floated out to meet me
And we embraced on the bottom of the sea
With the fish as our witnesses

the sun still smiles on you and me and our song

Run, Drive, Shout

Here I am

What more do you want?
I don't expect that you know
I am not enjoying this

~

I watch another wedding
Of one of my friends
And I never have felt so lonely
And like I don't exist

~

The traffic rolls on by
As I sit on the curbside
And wonder how many people are stuck in routine
Just like me

~

I talk about my day
And you mutter back "Pardon?"
And I wonder how hard it is
To concentrate on a living breathing human and not a machine

~

Hey, I'm tired of being forgotten
And I'm tired of being alone
Can't you see I don't want to ignored
And stuck, forever, in this way?

I'm doing my best to free myself
And I'm getting better at making myself known
But I'm getting tired of living
Where things are staying the same

So I'm grabbing my keys and driving
And tying my laces up to run
I'm going to by a megaphone
So the world can hear me, son

Are you willing to come with me?

(nothing you do can) Stop Me From Loving You

Oh!

Don't you know that it's

impossible for me

to stop loving you?

Nothing that you do,
intentionally or not,
can ever stop me
from loving you.

I don't care who you dated
So don't bring them up
Be in the moment now with me
Not in the past with your ex

I don't care who your family is
But I don't want drama
Sort it out so it doesn't spill
Over into our life

I don't care what you look like
But please take care of yourself
So you don't smell dead
Or look like you jumped into a dumpster

I don't care what your interests are
Music, photography, reading, math.
I will love whatever you do
Because it defines you

Be yourself with me
Because that is what I love most
I want to share that with you
About myself too

I don't care; I'll love you because I do

coffee stains and tide-to-go

Friendships fall apart
So others can be made
Relationships break up
So better ones can be made in place

But as much as I believe
that this is true
I'm so glad
that I held onto you

Maybe I had to prove something
To myself this whole time
Or maybe I was trying
to show you something

like how we are meant to stick together

Oh! Summer

We could get away from here
We can run away
We can run far away from here
You and me and all our dreams

We can go to the mountains
We can go to the ocean
We can go to the prairies
We can go to the furthest corners of our minds

Driving along, singing at the top of our lungs
Pictures, laughs, so much joy
Late night talks, a bond
strengthened for life

Summertime
Road Trips
Friends
Love

This summer is looking to be the best in years