Tell me how You might be brave When you run away At the first glimpse of danger Tell me how You'd make me a slave You demand your way But you're not my maker Tell me how To ignore this wave When love is not a game I play I cannot help but feel this anger Tell me how I can but leave Sequestered, I can't find a way And I was not born to be a faker
Category: poetry
Different Love
You may know so many things, be attuned to my mind... But do you know the depths of love? Why stop a feeling that is so kind? Why stop a lover's heart? Why end a love before its time When it has barely had time to start? What river's course would you dare tame When all of life survives therewith? So, why, when love behaves the same Would any heart leave and claim the Fifth? I love, and love, and love again And not but one has dared to claim My heart as deeply as he has, Though I and he've not come to pass... And, what on earth's a girl to do When I love others differently than I love you?
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Tender
Tender is his heart, Tender is his love, The one who reaches me, Plucked me from skies above; Tender is his touch, Tender is his kiss, And tender is my heart for him; And all I am is his.
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Love In Rainbows
Love me in rainbows, Not just red, blue or green, Love me with whispers of the Agean Sea Love me in rainbows, Not with some smattering, Love me with fervor of mosquitos' biting Love me in rainbows More than red, blue and white, Love me and hold me with all of your might Love me in rainbows, Love with all of your sight, Love me with such heat we lift up in flight Love me in rainbows Ends piled with gold Love me with such love our love can't be sold Love me in rainbows With colors so bold Your love and my love can never grow old Love me in rainbows 'Til we reach the sun Love me and love me 'til we become one Love me in rainbows, Silken touches you've spun And I'll love you forever, 'cause I won't be outdone
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Whispers
Tuck your nose behind my ear Speak so softly I cannot hear Lips pressed gently to my skin Murmur nothing again, again Slip your fingers up my throat Utter hushed words so remote Speak into my eager mind Words my heart may only find Whisper luscious words so sweet About how much you've wished to meet Soft skin brushed across my lips Plaintive words with fingertips Speak as though your eyes were blind Your wish for love, deep to my mind Trailing touches 'cross my heart Murmured words in silent art
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Bending Time
What's left when a kiss is o'er and through, When limbs once-woven unfurled? I can still see the kinks left from me-and-you, Can still feel the gravity of our world — And yet, you dare take a simple love, Compare it to an ill-fated time, Withdraw from this curious treasure trove, Would treat you-and-me as a mere past-time? Words fail Emotions fail Love fails Time fails There is The World, And then, there is the world: Control versus freedom Love... and nonsensical rhyme The sense that makes sense makes no sense to you; Though I follow your thinking, the logic's askew — And I'll suffer while you do as you do, And I'll love even while your love you will eschew, And I'll love, remain in love when you bid 'adieu'... And I'll help you acquire yourself a wife, anew... While I hold the days close When you held me so close When words won And hearts won And love won And time won And I won time with one Whom I always loved
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The Way of Intimacy
Lost in the heart of One Too Few Or One Too Many, who never knew The rhythms of a soulful heart, The need of love that could barely start Lost in the minds of More Than One Who called to mind when love was done, Who feared love's loss more than its life I need love more than to be a wife Why do I hide from another's fear? Why slink away for another year? Why withdraw my love because you do? I am not one to love so few To fear openness, fear honesty? How can you consider this to be The way to true intimacy When this, the way to love's simplicity?
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A Sonnet of Me
You asked that I to write a song of me And, humble, I could never think to be So bold, so arrogant - if yet true; But this is me, and of me, just for you: A soulful one, am I, depths fathomless To most, currents lost in my soul's progress; And, losing most while wand'ring through my life, Alone, I find myself, at times in strife And so, seeking for still a better way, Beyond culture's customs, I'm known to stray More pleasure, perhaps, I earn than peers; Stirring sometimes, unwittingly, human fears Chafing often at such consuetude, Exam'ning life's and love's true magnitude - My mind and heart swelling with all I've found: That love and life and beauty yet abound When willing parties will dismiss affray, When expectations dispelled today, When we let live and grow our hearts' true bliss, When we dispense the fear of two souls' kiss You asked that I write a song of me; And song I write, impassioned wish to free My heart, my mind of cloistered walls of time, Released into romantic seas, sublime! With all my heart and mind, I love; it's true Some paradox of love: Many, and you — Always my heart and soul munificent, Yet I find, still, a mind's predicament: How may one prove such a love is true When love is shared by many, not by two? When love is bound by only truth and trust? When love is love, and lust is merely lust? A poet's words flounder when love is lost; A lover's words decline, if you accost Her alimony, disesteem her way; So, suspend all your fear, let love allay An uninhib'ted life; let love be free: I've found this truth proffered most sensibly The depth at which I founded through my life; The core of me, infused with love, is rife
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Birds of Love
Aching heart and rattled mind, I seek a friend, and few I find With open hearts and willing soul I remember times of old When love was easy, love was kind And we were friends, all lives entwined And we could live our lives half-blind It behooves me yet, to see That you're yet coming back at me That you're yet coming hard and fast That you yet want some love to last When you cannot begin to know That it's not lust that lets love grow That it's not ours to find and search When we're not left on that high perch
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Simple Breaths
It was simple, A breath, And I slipped from now to then, And I saw your face again, And your face remotely yours, As we stood before the doors... It was simple, A breath, My voice catching on the past, My voice catching on the pain, And I saw your eyes again, And the feeling grown, fondness at last It was simple, A breath, Two friends holding hands, at last, Two hearts still held from the past: I found myself, now, kissing you, Kissed in ways I never knew It was simple, A breath, All the time, it would not cease, Two hearts yearning for release, Seeking confirmation this was real, Two souls seeking love to heal It was simple, A breath, And your arms around me stayed; On your chest, my fingers splayed... Must it always go this way? Must I await for days and days...? It was simple, A breath, I don't want to watch this death, Don't want to bear another flight When such simplicity feels right, Can't switch off this feeling like a light... It was simple, A breath, A needed breath, no wasted time, And I was yours and you were mine... Please give simplicity its due; It's only me and only you.... It was simple, A simple breath....
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Acquaintanceships by Night and by Day
I have been one acquainted with the night. I have been lost in the depths of a vast universe, Lost beyond the reaches of his highest height - And whence his words rippled from kindly to terse - Where were you? Where were all of you who feel cause to judge Whilst I searched the covens of all space and time, Whilst I sloughed off all that you all begrudge, Whilst I delved into depths of my heart and mind? I have become one with the night, Taking fireflies and monsters to become my friends, Learning from cats to see with a feline's sight That my soul and my heart could see my paths' ends - And where were you? Were you shielding rays As family, friends, children from far and wide Came to embrace you in light of day Whilst you did hold to your ego's pride? I have become acquainted with the night, With the darkness of my soul, and with others' too That I may face with a whole heart my fright, That I may learn to forgive and to love even you Who judge. Where were you when my soul was alone? Did you come to my aide? Did you reason to give? Or did you only miss what was given, well-known? Did you think to reach out, give me reason to live? I have become one with the night and the day Breaking reasons, unfettered by common restraints, That I may find reason to live well, as I may; That I may find life without common complaints - And where, pray tell, where do your judgements lead us Whist I, on my own - my heart oft torn asunder, My life and my mind leaving you in nonplus? I find myself, day and night, filled naught but with wonder — For I have become acquainted well with the night, And I break, at last, into dawning of days; And I find I shan't run, though my wings take to flight As I find myself, now, understanding your ways.
(First line borrowed from “Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost, http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/poems/detail/47548 )
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Fire & Water
Fire at your fingertips Fire that leaps from your perfect lips Fire that heats all of what I am Fire that burns in your epigram At length, you and I are endlessly drawn You of the sun and I of the sea Slipping through sunsets and rising at dawn Flames crave to be quenched only by me Water drips from my eyes every night Water cleanses each burning, every harm, every slight Water connects me to all beings that are Water surrounds us, no matter how far Roil and boil in our yearning to grasp Groping to touch as hearts at distance clasp Fire and water barely meeting, and then Into the ether, we rise again Fire at your fingertips Fire that leaps from your perfect lips Fire that heats all of what I am Fire that burns in your epigram As soft as I am when I wash over you As hard as I come when my fury's released I fall every day as the morning dew Wash back again, back again, passion unceased Water drips from my eyes every night Water cleanses each burning, every harm, every slight Water connects all the beings that are Water surrounds us, no matter how far Can you claim what is mine with all your soul's heat? Can a sun claim an ocean and neither retreat? Can two beings so strong make a life that will last? Can two such hearts meet, make a love unsurpassed? Fire at your fingertips Fire that leaps from your perfect lips Fire that heats all of what I am Fire that burns in your epigram Heat me, embrace me with fires that burn I'll cool you with kisses, none sweeter than mine I hope and I wish and I want and I yearn Fire and water make a love genuine Water drips from my eyes every night Water cleanses each burning, every harm, every slight Water connects all the beings that are Water surrounds us, no matter how far
In The Beginning
And then, the flow began: The life that was their own, The life that was her own That urged a broad wingspan; No longer words, alone No longer friends outgrown.... She found true love without a man; Won lands afar without a throne; Traversed where none had ever flown - And all of this, without a plan, Without a soul yet to condone The very life she'd only known With only whispers of "I can...!" She lifts her eyes, will not bemoan The very life, love some'd disown; Though from malaise he'd said she ran, Through heartaches, breaks come on full-blown, She'd come to now, to but intone, To sing like ancient Solomon Her heart's truth, life, love depone In psalms, her soul's brilliant lodestone; To find in sweet, attentive span And unfailingly true touchstone Her life, her love ne'er to atone... And then, and so her flow began....
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Star-Crossed
Into the stillness of a dream The day had been what it'd never been Wide swing, warm coffee, chilly day; Words flowed from fingers, come what may When up I glanced, to a tattered blue And a stylish shirt; it was only you They say that clothes can make the man Though I'd say you made those jeans all you can! And I'd say, instead, that clothes can portray The heart of a man and, perhaps, his way For, when you peered from behind the frame And spoke of what sets your mind aflame I knew we'd be friends forever-more Even if we knew not what life had in store Some star-crossed loves are but passing friends Who yet share a connection that never ends And you, who shares so much of his eyes' deep sight Shall have coffee, deep chats with me one long night Words and life may have limits, true But star-crossed friendships never do
For my dear friend, Terrell Clark, on his birthday
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Clichés
Please don't tell me how great I am If you're just gonna walk away Frankly, I don't give a damn I'm here and now, let's live the day Don't let's wait another year Before we dare embrace again Falter to love and not to fear Spread wide your heart, let love begin Please don't waste another word In lieu of love, then run from me They're all the same; they've all been heard Don't tell us both I'm best left free When it's excitement in your ear And rambling thoughts that sound like fear In the stillness of your heart's rush Is still the shadow of joyful blush You found a soul with a widespread heart Embarked with a mind whose life is art So, come back, now, into widespread arms Let me thrill you with feminine charms Don't tell me, please, how great I am If you're going to walk away Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn Carpe diem, love; sieze me today
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Haunted
It's never "I don't love you" And it's never "I don't care" It's always "I crave you" "I need you" "I want you" Forever "Please, baby" "C'mon, baby" "Why not, baby?" I'd do so much more for me and you I've done so much for me and you I'm just asking that you do This one thing for us, too And it's hard, But I will dare And it's hard, Much more than "maybe" But, step out of comfort, baby We'll have much more than "maybe" Love's far deeper than just caring And those close to me are daring I'm just asking that you do This next thing for me and you I can't keep pulling you along Can't keep up this lonely song But if you force this solitaire Please release me from this snare And I'll step out of comfort, baby We'll have so much less than "maybe" Love's so much more than wanting So much more than two souls' haunting
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Silhouettes of You
Waving just beyond the window Swaying just beyond the blinds I sense your sensual energy flow And I can't, for all of me, reach you And I can't forgive myself For I can't and I won't make do I won't put life on a shelf Waving just beyond the window Swaying just beyond the blinds I can't bring myself to go And tomorrow won't be different And tomorrow won't ever do For tomorrow, you won't think to repent And I'll still be missing you Waving just beyond the window Swaying just beyond the blinds I can't reach you; I can't know If your voice, my heart will cling to If my voice will sing to yours All I want is to be near you All I want is mine and ours Waving just beyond the window Swaying just beyond the blinds Still, we flow, we love, we grow
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Running In Circles
So, the obvious 'comes apparent; Does this change 'nything in truth? For our friendship leaves the aberrant ‘Fore I come home to Duluth And I found another lover And your soul and mine depart And my freedom, I recover And I find again my heart There was never any answer in the minds rejecting love There was never any truth in those blue skies, so far above There was only I and you, two lonely souls stood, side-by-side There were only two hearts calling, though but one love could abide And I found this other lover And your soul and mind depart And my freedom, I recover And I offer him my heart So, the obvious 'comes apparent, And all life is changed, in truth And a friendship dies, inherent, For each choice made in Duluth But, I found my only lover Ne’er his soul and mine depart And our freedom, we’ll recover As I share with him my heart There was never any answer in the minds rejecting love There was never any truth in those blue skies, so far above There are only I and you, together: souls here, hand-in-hand There are only two hearts ‘twining, exploring love and life, unplanned
Prisms of Love
Don’t you know? I long to feel the skin upon your face, The brush of whiskers nettled on your chin And when I reach to touch, you to embrace I find that I am forced to reach within For - don’t you know? I tremble all the day and all night long My body eager, vibrating as you strum The heartstrings of such a familiar song Your fingers not yet on flesh; still, for you I thrum And I cannot foresee another way Than dancing deeply in a world unknown So I will live and love another day That one day, maybe soon, this depth be shown That, maybe one day soon, I will be yours And you’ll be mine, in body too; That one day soon, we’ll dance through doors In ethereal worlds we’ll live, both I and you So, don’t you know? My heart is bound to yours and lost to me It’s yet my mind you kiss, that you must woo And I, lost forever in this fantasy Somehow made real, this life, by your love true And - you must know! Forever, in this time That you are yours, and also I am thine; That I belong to me, and you are mine! That we are ours, forever-love sublime
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“Be Good”
"Be good," And I am filled with confusion Singed with pain Filled with fear For what good Is implied in that allusion When your stain I hold so dear? I was good! T'was not delusion: Did I not return again, And without a sneer? We were good! And, in conclusion, My tears fell like summer rain And no one to hold me here It is not good - This old contusion Held a mem'ry in my brain, I must let go of this arrear So I'll be good And find some fusion Such that this loss does not me drain, Such that love is my engineer
Oceans of Mine 