Tribute to Your Past

I want
To play
Old records
On your back-

I want
To hear
New Orleans jazz,
To see
New York City traffic,
To be
Everywhere
You've been,
Everywhere
You are.

Impending Fall

An exhale is all you need,
An inhale can be too much-

For I see the snow in the distance
And feel the needles among the brush.

You could lay with me,
Count the colors and the leaves;

Oh dear, come lay with me,
And exhale sweet as our branches touch.

Broken

A ray of light
Reaches out
From the darkness
You call your soul.

And I'll reach
Not for the light,
But for the shadows
From which it came-

For I will not let you
Let yourself go.
I will drag you out
Of this hell, feeling
Every flame you feel-

Seeing every moment
You let go.

Restless

If the power of will
Is so strong,
Won't you come?

Be fearless and swift,
Come kiss my lips...

Tell me I won't drown
Alone, in these sheets.

Muse

As you sleep,
My moonlit hands
Discover new galaxies
Along your ribcage.

Come,
Let yourself
Between the darkness
And the light, sharing
Your body and soul
In a collaboration
In love, for life.

Beginning With an End

In our last goodbye,
I wondered if
I do love you
Far too recklessly.

'A kiss at what cost,'
They speak not
From my own heart-

'How far would you go,'
They suggest places
I wouldn't venture?

My heartbeat will pound,
On until this world
Carries you back to
My wet seashore arms,
Like a wild flower
Floating river to meadow.

My Young Years are Yours

Why do we doubt the bed in which we lay? I will never leave these cherry blossom, white sheets-

Our heaven is more than I deserve.  And I would lay alone a thousand years to hold you like I did tonight.