self-hypnosis

walking here at night
watching passers-by
i see your face in all
and then i realize
it was not so sweet
as once i may have thought
was not long a part of me
maybe indeed too hot
too much to contain
too much a step inside
feeling like you run from me
and need a place to hide
i wish i could walk away
as easy as you make it look
i wish i could hide a bit
and let me off the hook
and i would like to take a moment
just a bit of your time
to let you know that this work
has been a self-told lie
the first lines are true
i see you everywhere
up till "realize"
and the lies begin there...

here i am

when you find yourself drifting 
out in the world, alone
i should hope that you call me
that's one thing you should know
above all else we can laugh
we can smile and cry
we can sit down in the valley 
or soar through the sky
if there is ever a time 
where you need to be free
just think of all those times
alone on the sea
carry my smile
for you bear it so well
and if you listen
so calmly
and still feel that you fell
know that the heartbeat you hear
is not just yours so loud
but that beat is so strong
because mine you allowed.

can you see over me

dancing in the rain
snuggling by the fire.
knowing that with him
there is always that desire.
seeing the seasons change
knowing they all stop
when the end is near
it's always near the top
you stick around to see
what it's all about
you have to make the curtain call
so there is never doubt
these things all have a place
and some take much more time
but i am here to tell you
as you listen to my rhyme
that time is not an enemy
unless you let her play
she'll hold you back tomorrow
with the promise of a new day

too true to be true

the moment of contact such an amazing difference

the touch and reception giving groundbreaking deliverance

a breath, oh so warm, tracing across the shape of my lips

my hair entwined, and swept though by your blind fingertips

i sit and i ponder if you could just tell

that your touch is something into which i had fell

you stop, pull back oh just a perfect pause

your whisper giving every sensation just cause

a smile, a glance and back into my space

you orbit, just right, such an expert pace

i feel the want and the need to say

things, but i know better i am in your sway

too early? too late? too much? too soon?

life being short i should feel its a boon

to be gifted so open this time we have spent

and not waking tomorrow wishing i had just bent

so i wait and toil until another sun rises

to bring you to me and your endless surprises