Solitary

This is the kind of love that scares people out of bed. You look at me like I have given you something important, And maybe I have, But this is the kind of love that lasts a lifetime. And I never thought I would find you this young, But I did. I’ve been running and …

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Falling Leaves

My great-grandmother used to tell me, That if you caught a falling leaf Before it touched the ground, You could wish on it. She used to say that fall leaves Were God’s way of sending down his wishes. When I was a kid I would spend hours in the yard Trying to catch as many …

Things I Am Afraid Of

You know that feeling after you jump, right before you’re about to land back on your feet? That feeling that you’ve been flying for so long, that earth misses you, that gravity is pulling you back to safety? I’m afraid I’ll lose that someday. I’m afraid that if I get comfortable enough with myself, that …

What it Feels Like

Love sounds like rain hitting the umbrella above your head, Sounds like a single cicada calling for something. Love sounds like the school bell calling you towards freedom, Feels like a good run, A nice meal, And a handwritten letter. Love will remind you of childhood, While showing you a maturity That you’ve only seen …

Praying For A Future With You

When I pray, I imagine myself talking to my closest friend, as if no one could ever come near my relationship with God.  When I pray about you, it feels like I'm telling my best friend about my heart. It has never felt like love was separate from me. Telling God about you, and asking …

Meeting Love. Again.

I wasn't lying when I said That a date sounded like fun. I wasn't lying when I thought That at least for right now Love had to be out of the question. I just hadn't seen Love yet. See, I imagined Love as pain Just as she was all those months ago. But Love has …

Endlessly

My bed feels so big now that I've imagined you here.  The things I want to show you and the places I want to take you seem so empty and worn now that I've imagined your face lighting up in my city.  Missing you has always been painful-- Now it is agony on the worst …

Better This Way

Let my tears flow down  And bring us both to sea.  For even when we are apart We can't help but be together.  Maybe we were naive.  Maybe it was ignorance  That got us in the end.  Whatever the killer was, He had beady eyes And a heart of ice.  Living in the heat without …

How Can I Love You?

How can I tell you That I know exactly how you feel Without telling you about her? How do I connect your heart to mine Without bringing up my heartbreak? How do I cherish your vessel  Without showing you the broken bits of mine? And how can I love you now, After all that has …

What Is This?

But what is our love If I can't be there when the joy overtakes And if you can't be here when the panic attacks? And if you are stuck in the mud While I am crawling the city floor What is this? What does this mean If I can never be close enough to hold …