Please

I roam this barren wasteland
And everywhere I see your name
Carved into the rocks and stones and trees
Of my heart.
Please don't leave me here alone
This world was made for us
I am broken without you
Hollow and barely alive.
My heart exists for you
To hold you up
And be held up in return
To stand by you in times of need
To bask
In the glorious beauty of your soul.
Please accept it,
It's all I have to give.

Ocean Swells

Currents flow between us
Carrying more than words ever could
We speak with hands and mouths,
With eyes and gentle lips,
With arms and legs and fingers,
With knees and toes and hips.
There's peace upon this subtle swell
As we stare past the horizon
And deep into each other's world
As it dawns upon us.
So we find ourselves,
Drifting on an ocean wind
And trailing our searching hands
Into the waves behind
And we hold our hearts to each other
Offered 'pon gilded platter,
Our fears put on view
Our vulnerabilities unlocked -
I trust you,
I love you,
I hope you will not hurt me -
And then, we lean apart
As each needs their time
To tend to such as ours
And what is ours alone
But then, we take a breath
And realize at once,
Apart we never were,
We drift together again.

Quenchless

You are the force behind me,
Driving me forward
Into uncharted territory,
Then dragging me back to the map,
A tired but triumphant explorer.
I want you beside me,
As we roam the deep blue yonder,
With wonder in our eyes,
Awe and love in our hearts,
And a yearning in our hands and souls.

Magic

If you should ever
Be in need
And none but magic
Could pay you heed,
Grab hold dear love,
Of this: your chance
To read words
In which faeries dance.

If the world's magic
I could put to line
I place it here
For the darkest times,
To serve you well
And fight all wrong
To guard your heart
When the night is long.
So if you ever
Feel quite lost,
I've used up
All my faerie dust
To beg for you,
My sweet, my love,
Angels' peace
From up above.

I pray my strength
Will flow through this
And yours too,
Should grow from this.
If things real grim
Begin to look,
Take your phone
And take this book,
I'll fly to you on angels' wings
The second that
The phone will ring.
It is my offer,
A heartfelt gift,
That through hard times,
Your spirits lift
And across the miles,
Once more,
You feel, again,
My hand in yours.

A Slow Dance

An unabashed smile
Lights up the night for us.
Your eyes spark
And your soul shines
Through the dust and grit
Of a selfish city,
And a lightness bubbles up
From deep within me.

Slowly,
Sedately,
We dance,
In direct contradiction
To the state of our feelings
And the racing thoughts inside.
We move and the music plays;
A beat escapes
And finds its way
Into already warmed hearts.

Remember Us

When you get scared
And think this is just a dream,
Or some passing fantasy,
Remember,
All the times we've shared;
Remember the talks we've had;
Remember the way we talk,
Oblivious to the world,
Floating across the cosmos
In our own little bubble
Of space and time;
Remember the tenderness in my eyes,
When I look at you with love,
As I always do;
Remember our walks,
The stumbles against me,
The way I catch you every time,
The way we lean together,
And continue along,
Hand in hand;
Remember the nigh tangible connection
From all the love between us;
Remember our almost fights,
And how, throughout them,
We love each other,
In the midst of even anger;
Remember how I hold you
Every time the shadows come;
Remember how our love
Chases them away;
Remember each touch,
Each kiss, each look,
Each moment of longing,
When our souls fly together
And cry out in unison:
This is perfect,
This is beautiful,
This is ours.

Relinquishment

I held back from you
Because I thought you wanted that
But everything inside me,
And you, if we are true to ourselves,
Is pushing towards something else,
Something beautiful -
A warm comfort,
A sensuous place.
And now, I think of it,
I begin to realize,
That we are best,
When we let go
Of the thoughts that hold us fixed,
That keep the status quo,
Because hearts like ours,
Which are always searching,
Just cannot remain,
As they have always been.
What was must change,
And flow with time,
Like the waves we watched,
When we sat close
And breathed the same air,
When I had to resist
The smell of your hair
And the smile in your eyes,
As you looked at me,
And through me,
And into my soul,
When I felt your heart beating
So close to mine.