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    September 14

    Something Happened


    Written: August 13, 2009
    Edited: September 13, 2009

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    I have not seen same thing twice
    In this life once is more than some will ever get
    My intentions rarely change I know what I'll do each time I get the chance
    Your affections I've embraced without the slightest touch
    My recollection of our time is picture perfect
    Echoes build within the walls of my body
    I want to tell you something meaningful, I want to show you something real
    If I let you in on this little secret, will we ever be the same?
    If I hold you tighter, will we ever love the same?
    Will we ever know what and why caused us to follow our emotions through to the very end?
    Did I imagine half of it, your kiss following your extended embrace?
    Maybe the secret is already out, we were just the last to know
    Goodbye friend, hello love
    Tonight something happened here
    July 20

    Experience


    Written: July 20, 2009
    Edited: July 20, 2009

    I have a lot to learn, but thankfully I have a lot more to be thankful for, so hopefully that tips the balance of things in my favor.
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    To the life encased in the safety of blissful ignorance, I pray that you will know better someday
    To the all knowing "been there, done that" international globe trotter, I hope that you'll get lost in something unfamiliar
    And for the fallen, I know that you'll rise again to push at the invisible walls that dare to limit the limitless

    To the few that are truly content,
    I'll laugh with you in hopes that your infectious peace will break into me in ways that robbers never could
    Could I be like you?
    To the friends who have become family and my family that has befriended me continually, I need you to know who I am
    With you I have a chance to be a better version of myself, a chance to actually live my life
    I've lived through your hopes and dreams and I can only hope that I'll have some worthy of your company during my journey
    To the forgotten, I've known your face all along, but your name became a mystery to me that I'm still trying to solve
    To the past, present and future incarnations of my life, I have nothing to say except try
    Someday I'll know where I've been and hopefully I'll have covered enough ground to recognize every inch of the world I've walked endlessly internally and I won't be scared of what I've found
    And to you the reader who so vigilantly searches for a shred of truth and inspiration,
    I hope that I've served you well and have given you something that you can make use of
    Thank you and goodnight

    The Other Side

    Written: July 5, 2009
    Edited: July19, 2009
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    Under the ever clear gaze that holds on to me
    Now I see that you are never going to let go of me
    You said no all those times when yes was the answer, not because it's the right one, but because it would have been yours
    Just once that one word could have ended it all by beginning our life together
    But no decision cuts more than the one you didn't make
    This is the other side of your decisions
    I've tried to be there for you, but you keep pushing it
    Don't sleep on it, don't even think about it, the second you do I'll be the one for you

    I've paid for listening to myself and I'd pay to have somebody listen to me
    You either want or wait, but the moment you let those two chemicals mix you are in for trouble
    I wanted to love you and it's a shame that I didn't take that chance whole heartedly
    It's funny that I can be so fearless and certain of a future in you before you even knew my place in your heart
    And yet seconds after you admitted the pain I've caused by distancing myself from you and your uncertainty that wanted to be certain in me,
    I realized that you did love me
    But your love, like your pain went unsaid all the while I was listening for something
    that could only have been seen in your person
    Is it wrong to think that such persistence in wanting to experience your love
    through the tremblings in your voice could remedy this impatience of mine?
    I always wanted you, but I needed you to want me right then and there with such immediacy and urgency, that was selfish I know now

    I was a warrior and these words were once my war worth fighting
    I know that the strength of the human heart relies not solely on the blood that pumps through each vital organ,
    but also the intentions and convictions that rush through every time the thought of having someone all your own hits you
    So I swung, I missed and somewhere along the way I got tired of trying to prove my case
    At some point not knowing where I was with you led me to forget who I was with you
    To have suffered such amnesia is frightening
    Suddenly triumph and tragedy mix so easily like the coke and rum in my glass
    The other side isn't always so easy to see when you're intoxicated with what you'd like to see
    This is the other side of my decisions
    No line blurs more than the ones you've forgotten

    July 19

    Quiet Covers


    Written: July 14, 2009
    Edited: July 19, 2009
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    Every day is someone's first and surely someone's last
    How does a mother breathe again after her child stops?
    How does a father feel after his hero falls?
    If today was my first what would I take from it?
    And if today was my last, what would you choose to remember?
    I can not run away from my weakness
    Somewhere deep, past the dark that we've all grown used to there is a light
    Such brilliance comes in the quiet moments that only the soul knows how to translate
    Into words, touches and stares is where our persistence to fight transfers
    It's too quiet to burn, too loud to scream and too much to hold back

    Did someone live a life worthy of dying for?
    My experiences colored my world from birth to death and whatever was in between
    To view this life in reverse one first has to play through it
    No instruction is clearer than the ones we've missed along the way
    Don't go, speak up, look out; These are the things everyone talks about after the fact
    Today carries the kind of quiet that I've rarely had the pleasure of knowing
    When you look at today as the past, will it be days away or lifetimes apart from your heart?
    I know now what I had no way of knowing then
    There is no time for you like the present
    Although we forget, we should still remember the enormity of the little things that touch us

    May 31

    Solid Direction


    Written: May 31, 2009
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    These poetical sketches of my internal origins are just shy of being observations of insanity
    I think I know just what I'm feeling
    I'm sure I think what I'm doing is right
    I'm right to feel the way I do, but it's also true that sometimes I know not what I do
    I am selfish and scared to change my ways since there is no clear cut path to follow
    I can be so sure of what's right for you because I've been wrong before

    We might as well all be strangers if we're not gonna be anything meaningful
    Blink and you'll miss it
    Everything's breathing, beating; turn your head and you'll hear the sound
    There's always something looking for an open dream
    Shaping thoughts into words solidifies them, makes their existance real to others
    When the right words seem to run and all the feelings start to flow
    From your head down to your feet you are the one
    For me there is no other worth the time or energy
    It's all a blur again
    One more season has come and gone and who we've become is worth remembering

    To experience the innocence of my youth you only have to ask me what I think
    If my voice doesn't give me away, surely my conviction will
    I have become the sum of my beliefs that bleed through the cracks in my speech
    I have birthed many stories and truths before their marriage was even an option
    Truth blessed truth, tie me down and set me free, so that I may be free to be my own person
    There is no natural progression to follow, none aside from the ones we've already set in motion
    Put in all you've got and you will see your words follow through in the right direction

    May 26

    Rest

    Written: May 24, 2009
    Edited: May 26, 2009

    Late night writing as usual.


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    Like a dead celebrity, I'm worth more dead than I ever was alive
    I'm a whisper of the past falling
    Freedom always comes with a price; yours was paid with the pain I caused
    There is no currency for change like redemption
    I may be weak, but that's something that I know you'll never be
    Though I'm embarrassed to admit it, the only thing you're guilty of is being innocent
    You put yourself in danger with every test that you put me through
    Love was never supposed to be a game

    Apart our hearts part like red seas
    Standing worlds apart in the same room
    It’s clear to me that avoiding this feeling is getting us nowhere
    It was so much easier to breathe with you next to me
    I don't expect the impossible
    I don't speak in guarantees and now you know why

    In my dreams I'm helpless to turn away from your silence
    Say anything; should I go or should I stay?
    Whether it's to hold back tears or to keep your bright smile from escaping
    Anything is reason enough to close these eyes tonight
    I keep waking up without you even though I don't sleep anymore
    I've never slept with you but I've felt rested with the best of you in my mind

    You'd think that I'd know my nature enough to walk away before starting another fire
    But my nature draws me to cross the line time after time
    There ain't no happy ending worth reading about if it's not about you and me
    Selfish I know, but at some point I had to put my dreams to bed
    What makes me take such drastic steps to distance myself from you?

    If it was anybody's guess, your touch would be the source of my unrest
    The city sleeps; I wish I could say the same for me
    I don't know how much more I can take before I begin to call myself a thief
    The police aren't the only ones searching for the truth
    The only difference is that they actually have a clue
    If anything, my uneasiness is proof that I wasn't right
    I was wrong to think and now I have no right to feel at all
    I want to lose consciousness, but even more than that I want to lose my life to you
    In life a sentence can be a sign of the end, but in most cases it's where things truly begin
    My single-mindedness has finally passed its expiration

    May 20

    Compass


    My head is swimming while my heart is drowning in this intense emotion
    Sometimes hope can be so destructive
    Misguided intent leads one in directions with no moral compass
    You’d think that your sensible heart would know better
    But you’re no better than you were a year ago
    See I have no problem trusting you like I do, but ask me to extend that same faith to myself and my belief loses its ground
    With no intention of asking for a light I continue to blow all my chances at seeing things for what they are
    Realists never imagine what dreamers dare to see and I’ll never dare to be more than I’ve come to know
    Living in the past tense only gets you so far
    It’s easy to love what’s lost because nothing’s distracts quite like the past



    Traces


    I'm still learning my way around your mind
    So excuse me when I look lost in you and the things you say
    You aren't the problem; it’s my imagination's sense of direction
    I'll follow close the guidance you've given me
    If you'll follow the trust I've instilled in you
    Believe me, I know your ways and I should back away from that fire in your eyes
    But I need a little warmth; I won't touch, I just need to feel some heat
    You've got plenty to spare, your touch is proof of this

    No one admits that deep down we're all like glass
    Tangible and strong to a point - We're all filled
    I don't know all that you go through
    But I know what I can do to understand you a little better
    Let me get closer before you close your doors
    It’s alright to not feel alright tonight
    But for a moment let’s forget about the pressures of living
    Let's just be ourselves, like before we knew any better

    Another chance to start up conversation, don't hesitate to say anything around me
    We don't have to see eye to eye, you don't have to be into the things I like
    I'm into you; you make everything worth while
    By the light in your eyes I can tell that you're coming around
    There's not much I can do to help you, but I can listen to your breathing
    Beating me to the punch, every utterance is profound
    Simply put each line is walked upon ever so lightly

    Your grace leaves traces of joy all over my face
    Your heartbeat moves the world
    Don't turn away from the eyes that see you for who you really are
    Every move is a promise worth keeping
    Every once in a while I fall into you when I know that I can only love you
    I can't be the one you want to love, but I can still love you

    Maybe someday you'll completely get why I look at you the way I do
    For all the right reasons and maybe one that flirts with being borderline wrong,
    daily we confess our love for one another
    Brother, sister, companion or lover alike, they all love, each a little differently
    Each love builds towards a cause and we have to handle it like a glass
    We don't choose the ones that mean the most to us, they choose us
    Before we knew what we were, we were close

    May 14

    Second Thoughts


    We all fall in and out of love
    Were we so distracted with each others needs that we forgot about what we ourselves wanted?
    Is it selfish to think that I could do better, when you're already giving me your best?
    I know that you love me somehow, but something just doesn't leave me needing you that way
    Is your desperation deserving of my heart's attention?
    Am I being dishonest with you by staying with you?
    I don't want to hurt you, but it hurts me to stay when I've had so many opportunities to leave
    I'm not looking but that doesn't mean that I don't want it
    I'm not waiting, but I'm still here debating what it'd be like
    Is it wrong to want what I can't have?
     
    I could find another love interested in keeping me company
    Daily I'm surrounded and approached by suitors, but none truly suit me
    Take care while I take care of myself
    I need to rest my head worry-free with someone who'll watch out for me
    Life has not been easy for me, so take it easy on me
    You got what you wanted; you've got a part of me
    We rushed into this thing way too fast and I'm just starting to feel it now
    That rush to my head I get when I think of you is giving me a headache
    I don't know why I feel the way I do
    When you can't be what I need
    I try to imagine a better day that doesn't go the wrong way
    At a day's end I want to be sure that we won't meet our end
     
    I'm in this thing for you, so why do I have to put up with everyone else in your life?
    I'm always defending our love and my place in your world
    This up hill battle is relatively inexhaustible; it always starts anew with each and every person I'm introduced to
    I just wanted to be yours, not his or hers or theirs; Is that so wrong?
    I belong to you and you keep lending my patience to their needs
     
    I try to see us making it past tomorrow, but that vision isn't always so clear
    What's the point in working so hard for something we can't enjoy to the fullest?
    Love shouldn't require so much sacrifice
    This struggle that I've managed to mask with silent smiles is wearing thin
    And somehow I know that I'm wrong to feel this way, but I can't help it
    All of these regrets are nothing new; I could use a new beginning too
    As indecisive as I've been lately I know that I want to follow through with you
    Each and every day my affection for you changes
    It’s strange that I can love you one minute and forget about you the next
    You've been my strength and I've been your reason and your resolve
    Some live to love and I'd love to live like them, if only for a moment



    Disaster


    My love is a disaster

    Please tell the survivors that the worst has passed now that my touch lacks it fire

    My misguided passion has stopped taking aim at every heart

    Why is it that where we ended is such a far cry from the way we chose?

    Leave it up to me to retract my attention's attraction to your being

    I left my heavy-handed heart with my regrets which were few

    I refuse to pass it on in its current condition

     

    Decode


    I've got an opening that you could fill
    Like air in my lungs you give me another chance to live
    When my faith is broken and my heart is beat, its you that gets me to my feet

    I've been saying everything except what really matters
    I always thought that you had something on me
    By the way you were always checking me out
    I want to keep you guessing so I keep close everything thats at the tip of my tongue
     
    After sending my ego and swagger home for the night I'm not sure how to operate
    Hiding behind enemy lines, am I in the mood for skin deep existence or soul searching life living?
    When I'm real, do you believe in me?
    Ignore all the pretty words and just listen to what I'm feeling
    My words are few while my actions are many, it seems that I can't be completely still
    There's not much that I can say when I know that you have so much going on in your life, so I just listen
    Our time together has become a memory that my soul won't soon forget
     
    March 13

    Ties

     
    Okay is all I've ever been and fine is my description for everything
    I'd like those words to be true for everything, but everything doesn't always work like that
    I never thought that I'd lean on you so much
    Dependency is the end of me when you are what I need simply to be
    Where do you see yourself in me?
    Why would you want to be anything like me?
    You tell me I'm an angel when I feel like hell
    and when my hell has frozen over you thaw my veins so that my joy can flow free again
    Yes I'm exaggerating, but you always were one to enjoy drama
    So tonight you won't be the only one putting on a show

    I know that I'm not very entertaining when I'm put on the spot
    So don't ask me to do anything
    I'm out of character when I'm myself and when I'm not myself I don't know who I am at all
    I laugh because you find it funny that I'm so serious
    I don't know why you need me, but knowing that you do is all the reason I'll ever need
    You're rarely questioned when I answer your call
    I get it even though I can't express it immediately

    I have to see you again just to reaffirm that you're everything that I think you are
    I know what you should be and what you could be is what excites me
    I mean I'm excited for your progress but my anxiousness is holding me back
    I just can't shake that feeling, I need to see you for myself,
    just to keep everything in check
    Checking my list against everything that I've never said
    I'm just saying that I'd rather keep some things to myself
    Especially when it comes to you

    This attachment of ours is rare
    Its been so long that anyone has come to know me so quickly
    Did your head spin when our smiles met?
    I bet that you couldn't go a whole day without saying my name
    I know this because I constantly fail to do the same when I feel your presence lacking
    I find it funny that you, like me can't see what the fuss is about
    We do love each other, we just never defined how
    Does the definition really matter?
    Maybe someday we'll know why we were drawn together
    But for now I just want to follow the leader that's been beside me before they were before me
    We never did care for competition, we already know that we've won first place
    Some ties break conventions, while other hold things together
    Luckily the ties that bind us just happens to do both
    So thank you for holding on to me
    If I have my way I'll never have to let go of you

    The Morning After - PT. 2


    You do it to me every time you move towards me with that flirtatious intention
    I’d pass out if I didn’t laugh off the nerves that you get off on touching
    As if reading my mind, your finger traces down my arm setting me off
    My system shocked by your finger’s brazen invitation to return the favor freezes in place
    Finally when the alarms in my head die down I come back
    To touch, to hold, to kiss you quickly before my courage takes leave
    Such a simple thing to do, I ask you a question with one longing look
    Now you get where I’m going with this
    Call me selfish, but I’ve wanted you in so many ways that I couldn’t even begin to list

    My attention to your every detail has become a full time job
    It takes almost every ounce of energy to stand my ground and oppose the urge to hide
    As you approach me I can’t help but to lose my cool
    You say, “You look lost.”
    And all I could say was the truth
    There is no map that could guide me away from your gaze
    If ever there was one weakness worth exploiting,
    I’d see no shame in displaying the way you make me feel

    You feel so real wrapped in my arms under the layers of discovery we’ve come to find
    Now I feel as though my existence has a purpose as your eyes follow me around the room
    I can see the words running through your expression as I draw closer to you
    I listen to the words that you seek and simply say, “You love me.”
    Now you’re the one that is shocked for once
    In your hurry to sort through your feelings, one slips out
    Before you know it a shy smile grows from end to end on your face
    May you have something about which you can smile?
    May I be that thing, if only for a while?

    The Morning After - PT. 1


    Awaking, thoughts flood your head about the night before
    and the morning after that you've found yourself laying in
    Wrapped under the sheets of your brand new discovery
    Never in your wildest dreams could I have been that person that you met last night
    To have known me all your life and to have never seen me in this light before now,
    you have to wonder what else you’ve missed

    “Where are my clothes, where was my head?”
    Quickly following after your panic comes calm
    Somehow you know that you are missed by my touch
    Soon, like the memories of our actions, I’ll be coming back
    Satisfied with the time you’ve had, you smile at your reflection in the sun graced mirror
    As you lay back down you begin to wrap your head around the possibility of us repeating our mistakes until we get it right

    You’ve never been one to flaunt yourself like a store display with something to sell
    Your understated elegance was bare and present on display for my heart’s eye to see
    First time fears fell away as we fell
    Your head rested where mine so often lay
    We traded spaces in ways that we had imagined but never dared to try before
    Just when we thought that all our stories had been told a new one unfolded beneath us
    We tried to get under each others skin
    Pulling back our joys and pains with each piece of covering we lost and by morning
    there was nothing left

    As I enter the room your view changes with each motion I take to get closer to you
    Following me with your eyes you can’t deny it
    We couldn’t become what we were meant to be as we were, something had to change
    In the quiet afterthought of everything we’ve said and done,
    it’s our new found closeness that you’ve found balance in

    February 07

    Short Synchronicity


    Written: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 @ 6:57 pm
    Edited: Thursday, February 5, 2009 @ 1:20 pm

    This would have been posted earlier today had my computer at work not crashed right before I was finished submitting it.
    Anyway, this is just my way of saying thank you to a friend that I spent some time with last night.

    There is a story behind this (aside from the obvious quick building friendship).
    I was waiting for my friend to finish doing what they had to do and I wrote this along with another poem.
    They apologized repeatedly for leaving me alone so long and all I could say in return was "Thank you".
    Had I been at home or anywhere else I most certainly would not have written this.

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    I know that you’re leaving soon
    And I can deal with that given enough time
    But what will I do without you to bring me back down to Earth daily?
    You’re the closest companion that I’ve made in a while
    But honestly you’re the one that made me
    Under your command I’m ready to fight for you
    Give me the signal, fire a flare
    The sparks still aren’t half as bright as you are
    I speak so highly of you because your affection and reflection never ends
    And you just can’t medicate that kind of addiction
    You’ve grown so much in the short time that I’ve known you

    When was the last time somebody looked at you
    as if their day just got better as soon as you arrived?
    You could hear the smile on their face as they called out to you
    You make my day go by faster, even though all I want to do is take it slow
    You’re so good that I can’t figure out what I’d do without you
    Don’t give me even a second to consider the possibility
    We’re just counting the days now that everything feels so near
    Tell me what our chemistry has taught us
    When did we get so deep?
    Talking with you gets me farther than walking ever could

    Throw me a line or better yet don’t say anything at all
    I’ve read your body language many times before and this time is no different
    Your eyes say all that’s on the tip of your tongue
    I know that you’re leaving now
    You’ve got some nerve to come here while I’m down on the floor
    Instead of picking me up, you decide lay low with me
    I appreciate your patience with me and your company equally

    We can’t retrace the steps we’ve taken to get here
    I’ve held on to my ways and I don’t want to regret this days from now
    The breaths escaping me offer no air worth taking
    And no release has ever held me tighter than yours
    Timing is everything as is every moment that follows
    So I’ll follow you my friend
    At least we won’t be apart tonight



    There's Something Here


    Written: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 @ 11:57 pm
    Edited: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 @ 11:57 am

    I couldn't sleep until I finished writing this poem.
    *Smiles* Some things are worth losing sleep over, I'd like to think that this was one of them.

    "Young Love was meant to be untamed..." - Gavin DeGraw
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    To this very day
    I never knew that I was surrounded in such a way
    I try not to lose my head because you’re no threat to my every day
    It’s nothing short of a modern miracle that you found me when you did
    Don’t let me go another day without you

    When we give way to honesty in its rarest form
    You don’t have to question a thing
    The best way to say this is without any words at all
    And oddly enough I still feel like I’ve said too much
    But too much isn’t half enough any more
    I pray that I’ll never finish and that you’ll never grow tired of this

    You can’t medicate this kind of addiction
    Such intimate friction never felt so good
    As soon as one falls, all the rest must give way
    To the powers that be inside of you and me
    Step one is always the hardest
    Never knowing what will happen next
    Like a fire cracker set to go off

    Once more my mind wanders where my heart yearns to go
    If this feeling is so natural than why are we fighting the feeling?
    What don’t we get yet as we watch these sparks fly?
    With your love so near I can’t quite tell how much time has come and gone
    There’s something here my dear, if you’d care to look on with me

    When we see eye to eye
    Don’t let me go until you know
    What you are, I am and what I know now can’t wait to escape to you
    Don’t run, let me come closer
    There’s something here I believe, do you?

    January 31

    Definition


    This is a pleasant surprise.
    I'm not sure why, but there's a certain quality to this piece that I really enjoy.
    It's like the last dance of the night; you're glad that you're dancing with your partner,
    but you know that as soon as that song ends, so will the both of you.
    From those first steps to the last, its a bittersweet symphony,
    but that doesn't have to be a bad thing when you can still look at that person and know that you're still okay.

    "We could just stay there forever..." - NLT
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    I don't know what this means, but the definition has never been important
    For the second I understand what we are is the second that this freefall is over
    We've done everything possible to ignore the itch to touch, to kiss
    And yet with a touch of her hand she answered my questions
    There was no denying what she thought of me by the way she carried on
    She's feeling me even though I haven't touched her once
    Her every word, her only word was my name and in return I said hers with ease
    Her name carried by my voice sounded right as it trailed along the room

    The titles may change, but our reasons remain the same
    Even in your silence I can hear you calling me just the same
    And even in your absence I can feel you leaning against me
    With your head on my shoulders we're going back to basics
    If I thought for a second that I'd felt like this before I'd be wrong, dead wrong
    It’s obvious that you know your position, but are still willing to learn a little
    You make me stop at the drop of a dime just to listen to the sounds you make

    I've known you my whole life but never like this
    When we were different people did you look at me the same way?
    Even though we roamed in different circles, did you look out for me all the same?
    With the last days of our love drawing to a close
    I can't help but to hold you closer and I won't stop until our time is over
    If life is lived in the subtext, than I will live my life beneath the surface of your thoughts
    Our love has come and gone and found its way back to the beginning again
    Sure we're different than we were when we were younger
    But our passion still burns the same and every time you turn around you're nineteen again
     
    December 14

    Burning Islands


    You burn up every single second
    Standing still, earning the right to be in every moment
    No man is an island, so why try to go it all alone?
    You work from a dangerous place in your mind
    The whispering winds remind you not to be careless again
    Swept away only to be brought in by the tides
    You've survived the waves; the yin & yang of hope and fear that washed over you
    Shadows can't see past me because I stand before them
    Blocking the sun from my eyes I see the light bathing everything with intense purpose
    And I see only what the light wants me to see - Where I want to be
    Repeat after me I am following in my own footsteps
    Take me there before day breaks with me in tow
    With a million grains of sands for each one of my questions I know that falling is not an option

    You may be invincible, but you're not fearless
    You're afraid to close your eyes, only to open them to a reality full of whys
    There's that feeling again, buzzing in the air
    Who am I now that I'm alone?
    Am I what I see in the shifting waters or am I what the flames tell me I can be?
    I've put everything into you with no expectation of ever getting it back
    You can keep my identity, just let me hold onto my certainty
    Because I fear that I'll go too far too fast with no compass to guide me
    And in my desperation for your company I'll call you even with no sign of a signal until my battery gives way
    Give me an answer, a sign that's true
    One day I'm going to start a fire that can't be ignored
    Near and far they'll all see my heart and maybe someone will find a reason to come save me
    Look out for me

    Magnetism


    Some say that marriage is the only war where you get to sleep with the enemy
    In my mind that just doesn’t sound right, but here in my bed that’s what you look like tonight
    Turn me on, tick me off, flick off the lights because we don’t seem to see eye to eye tonight
    But when neither of us can’t stand to sleep alone in the same bed anymore
    somehow our bodies draw closer and say all the things that we’re just not willing to say
    Out loud I could say that I love you with ease, but in my silence my love should speak volumes all the same

    I’m just throwing this in the air and you can leave it on the floor if you feel like
    The chase should gain intensity the closer you get and not lose steam while she's at arms reach
    Your persistence should rely on more than just the distance
    But let’s be real, it’s never her person that you miss
    It’s her energy, her magnetism that pulls you into her range
    Sure attraction puts you on the radar but commitment keeps you locked on target
    So ready, aim and fire while she's still in your sight

    You can shake your head all you want but some dealings are best handled under the table
    If you want to keep her in your custody without all the cuffs & media circus court cases
    make sure that you handle your business in and out of the sheets
    Excuse me, but excuses have no place in your conversations when she really needs your strength
    to help her stand straight with her head held high
    You can’t deny that you’ve denied her of the thing she needs most
    And that thing would be you if only you had a clue
    Truth be told there was no mystery until your history of complicating simplicity reared its head
    Remember when you're thinking of her, that it was you that let her go
    If you knew all this before, you wouldn't be without her right now
    So commit this to memory before the night is through
    And maybe when you awake this time, her absence from your life will have been nothing more than a bad dream
    December 06

    Ache


    I guess I'm not the fighting kind
    When my courage takes the back seat
    to the shadows of doubt in my mind that sweep the world from under me
    As I swallow my pride and apologize for thinking that I was right to do wrong by your side
    Passing from one to another, emotions build like clouds ready to release
    Something heavy rests on my heart and my shoulders were the first to give out

    I ache when you say my name expressing everything you've felt
    I collapse at the sound of your name
    And for all the good it does me, I feel like fighting back the tears
    These eyes are more honest than I'd ever admit
    And your memory flows down my face as I think about those days
    I do love you, just never the way you wanted, when you wanted it
    When you had your way things were so much easier
    Who I was and what I knew came to me while I was with you

    Enough of your time has gone into hiding what I already know you feel
    But you seem so adamant about holding on to holding it in
    What's the worry, where's the fire?
    Don't retire from this relationship
    I ache when you tell me that I have to trust myself before I can let you in
    Like the air filling my lungs or pen to paper
    that makes these thoughts clearly known as line by line becomes more defined
    Like a countdown to a new year or a sunrise telling us that it's a new day
    I simply can't stress this anymore

    We both know where I'm heading
    The question is will you let me go?
    There was a time when I could care less about love
    My pride and privacy couldn’t even begin to consider someone actually needing me for once
    Some things turn around for the better and I’d like to think that this was one of them
    When I met you, I felt something different and as I got to know you I became someone different
    For all the good that losing myself in you does, I just can’t help but to catch myself smiling
    And in time living with this feeling won't seem so odd