Before your ship sets sail, let the water run over your feet and walk barefoot in the sand. Find a seashell that sparkles like diamonds and slip it into your pocket to remember peace and beauty. Feel the sun on your face and dance with clouds. Before your ship sets sail, be free.

in the dead heat of the desert
my heart drank the tears of your soul
and i choked on your poison
as the sand
     like tiny sharp rocks
poked at my feet
and the cactus's bit my skin

i wanted nothing more than to color myself scarlet red
so i flew over the stars of pain
and hopelessly devoted myself to you

you were bitten by the nicks of time
until you lay dead
in the eerie moment of eternity
and your blood
      thick, like molasses
watered the emeralds of the night
i felt your poison slowly flow through my veins

while your soul emptied
           drop
               by
                  drop

kisses are like salt water
and still his voice stays with me
because my heart hardly beats at all
and i cannot simplify this
i make it sad
like burnt wires

and we are not in this together
because the echoes are wrong
and there is nothing more than that
through the pathless realms of passion
i will never be brave or beautiful
and kisses will always taste like salt water

the lake looks intensely beautiful today

cold
distant
lonely

maybe angry
with the dark clouds
low on the horizon

it's cold, yet comforting
to see yourself
in the rolling waves
the pouring rain
and hard, translucent ice

strange to feel beautiful
in the depths of winter

his brows furrowed 
to show me the depth of his... 
        wanting 

his voice
strong with conviction 
       i really want to make love to you 

(my heart melts)

his strong hands on my bare back
pressing his body against me
       and his lips 

i tried to focus on his eyes
I tried to focus on his voice
        but I kept going back to his lips

even now remembering it
my body tingles
       and i feel hot

we laid there
tangled in each others arms
      and i wished i could show him 

(the passion i felt) 

and the insane craving
i have for the day 
       you can 'rock my world'

this is me trying to behave
trying to keep something just for you
       and craving your lips

Chances Are...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl7LdevJ71c

You once were exactly
the poem
I wanted to write...

I still love you

If one day you love me again
I promise there is no
       safer place in the world
       than by my side

and here i am
             crying poetry
     to only a pen and a notebook
when i wish
             i could hold you
        close to me
    and call you

heart

soul

beautiful

sometimes i can't do anything
but hold you in my memory
and close my eyes to
feel your smile
or hug a fluffy pillow
to get a peace you used
to give me and
i can actually breathe how
much i miss you...

Sometimes i dream
that you crawl in my bed
in the middle of the night
and wrap your arms around me
in the darkness
whisper sweet dreams
and with a few gentle kisses
let me sleep among the angels

Tonight

Written a year ago today (1-2-13)

Sitting in sweats and an oversized t-shirt
Laughing at the moon
Entangled in your arms & your eyes meeting mine
Is this all too soon

Chorus:
Tonight you told me you loved me
Tonight you filled my heart
Tonight you promised me the world
Tonight my life will start

I just might be the luckiest girl in the world
With you by my side
I hope that we never forget these sweet moments
Feelings we can't hide

Chorus
Tonight you told me you loved me
Tonight you filled my heart
Tonight you promised me the world
Tonight my life will start

The stars are bright
And the moon is high
It's like just for us
A painted sky

Chorus
Tonight you told me you loved me
Tonight you filled my heart
Tonight you promised me the world
Tonight my life will start

i doubt sometimes whether
a quiet & un-agitated life
would have suited me -- yet i
sometimes long for it.