i and you

i and you

sweet,
i'll show you sweet.
strong,
i'll show you my strength.
soft,
i'm smooth to the touch.
challenging?
you've never met such.
agony,
you'll cry for me.
heart,
i am in love with love.
life,
i am full of it, alive.
want,
i and you.

sorry

sorry

your busy by the looks of you,
the thoughts run loose
conjuring ways to use me.
build off me, amused you i did.
only with affection and not neglecting?
promising, places to go
and a person to be.
i've got to go
and dance the night away.
sorry.

only to mend you

only to mend you

can love tear you down,
and lift you up,
restless, and holding you in it's arms.
invisible love, unexpected affection
can you learn to love again.
new ways, loved ways and earning potential
every second its alive.
can it push and pull, rip you to shreds
only to mend you in the best ways.
no pinpointing, no understanding -
just being.
it is and will be.
rushing thoughts, wild dreams
it helps you breathe?
and wake anew.
like a vision in the far distance
that you cannot touch, nor shall you.
only dream a little dream,
just because.
just because it is.

i hold on, i do

i hold on, i do

things seem a bit stale,
tasty, but been on the shelf too long.
the summer's sun may help.
expectations seem like buzz killers
... or is that wisdom?
sunny side up or half glass empty?
each day i decide,
sometimes the wrong side of the bed i wake.
thank god, always, for another day.

the heart of a child
... holding on,
praying not to be left behind.
the pureness those eyes see,
the simplicities they love, constantly
and it's freshness remains.

i awake in your arms,
with hope, i hold on, i do.
these new nerves are starting
to build a fortress and
bridge throughout,
frantically;
calm me
help me to see peace
encircle it around me.
i want my eyes to see it,
my hands to hold it
so that my heart may give it.

still shining

still shining

radically have i changed

acrobatic, somersaults 

i have danced loudly,

on my toes.

bent over backwards

OR

arms stretched out 

to god.

i have crawled on my knees

wept, cried, sulked, sobbed.

chuckled, giggled ...

vivaciously lived through

my laugh.

the branches have grown

from the tree.

sun has shown on my path.

the light and darkness,

sit with me, 

each on a shoulder.

i see them both

but can only hear one.

the decent always firm,

always stands strong.

a cartwheel, twirl,

skipping still glimmers.

it always still shines.

what i know

what i know

life is big.
the world round.
the universe vast.
my hands small.
my heart without restrictions.
god's love boundless.
god's way mysterious.

birds, migrating, they sing.
we love the birds,
as we love the morning dawn.
the moon comforts
as the day slows down.
rest we love,
adventure we seek.
our spirits forever sing
for we know our song.
harmonizing in every pitch
while we run along.

one complete heart

one complete heart

we love like friends have always loved
we know each others' way.
we've seen into each other eyes a thousand times
and still wish to see them each new day.
we forgive so easily,
for we are the other half of heart.
     if you fall, i will carry you.
     if you sit, i will wait.
we love like friends have always loved
for we each have found and fulfilled;
one, complete heart.

say a little prayer

say a little prayer

though god gives me great strength,
he gives me great trials.
even though my back is burdened
and my feet are weary
he lifts my soul as if
it floats like a feather.
my redeemer, my merciful, my all.
our all.
he is the light in the black night,
the sail in the sea,
the rain for the barren ground.
he shall strengthen me more
through the trials,
the mercy,
the forgiveness.
he is the great teacher
for we are to take heart
all that is taught,
all that we burden,
all that we feel,
all that we give.
for he giveth to us
everything.
and we shall thank him
for this constant abundance!

forgiveness

forgiveness

shouting and turmoil,
consistent threads in the blanket we have woven.
you on eggshells, in your world.
me, clueless on how to make it better.
years and years of hope lost,
dreams vanished,
i understand your pain.
i forgive you,
though you may not know what you do.
it's hard on me,
to see this,
feel this...
but life deals these hands often
and i pray, i pray, i pray
for god's grace and understanding
so that i may learn to deal,
and to forgive over and over again
easily in my heart.

unbridled

unbridled

vividly, i go unto the night.  

i wander down the streets, 

unbridled, 

unpaved.  

the faces i know, 

the faces i may not know, 

stare back at me.  

reconciliation. 

hunting.  

wandering.  

the uncharted waters 

are ours to sail,

so i hope the wind 

will catch me.