poems+writings

in your arms
for a moment
and the years
they melt away
and there we were
almost home
and i felt you
like you’d never gone
in my mind
i kissed you
for a moment
as my heart
opened again
for a moment
and my mouth
swallowed words
that shouldn’t be
but in your arms
for a moment
i’ll cherish
while i know
it was only
for a moment
we had our
lifetime
in the sun
and now you stand
in the doorway
smiling sweetly
like the sun
for a moment
and i catch myself
and swallow words
that don’t sound
like goodbye

bouncing back
but the impact
sudden
and she went
sideways
into the clouds
while i fell
looking back
its hard to tell
who suffered more
for the way
it fell apart
or on who’s heart
was left a mark
imprint of who
in the life of you
i make my mark
on my own
these days
happy in the sun
riding along
and alone
bouncing back
how about that
how i’ve grown
touching stars
all my own
as memory fades
of you and me
the love and hurt
symmetry
ours was off
before it was on
and now i’m gone
bouncing back
from just beyond
the right girl
who did me wrong
showed me
my own world
bouncing back
and bouncing along
happy
and alone

hillside sitting
under a tree
counting the ways
you touched me
and staring
into the sky
clouds go by
and my heart
flies
like the butterfly
grass under foot
and soft breezes blow
as you
dance in my
imagination
just beyond
what could be
you and me
oh, the possibility

carry me not
through fields of sage
the ground should touch
my skin
the weight of me
the stones i hold
are mine to own
and never can begin
to join your stones
and curse your fate
to a bottomless sea
drowning
in spite of me
do not carry
the weight of me
even in your mind
for love will surely
falter as you try
to walk the line
unbalanced
though trying
to be kind