Heartstrings

She slips in quietly and brings you to your knees
This insatiable hunger, that only she can ease
The pull is strong and you don't fight it anymore
You never expected this chance to explore

What will you find, if you look close enough?
A hard edge, from years of acting so tough
Probably a soft spot, somewhere deep inside
Behind the decorations, where the naked things hide

But you see she is strong, with out a doubt
Because life has weathered her, through hurricane and drought
Yet here she is, as content as a butterfly
in an overgrown garden, with flowers gone awry

Maybe she sees in you, the balance she needs
A reason to continue to pick through the weeds
There's just something so comfortable between you two
and without speaking a word, you both kind of knew

These things have a way, of sticking around
The awareness is there, even if method can't be found
Because now you're tied together, by your heartstrings
and she feels your soul, every time your heart sings

Heal or be free with me

I can feel it turning me inside out,

this force that can't be tamed.

Stealing every breath you take...

making my heart inflamed.

Fear wells up deep inside me

and I try to hide it from you.

But my increasing dread is loud,

like a deep hum, through a kazoo.

How much time will you have,

to bask in this sun?

How much bliss will we know,

before the easy part is done?

Because reality is hard

and we both know it well.

These vehicles are fragile,

like a delicate egg shell.

I stay just close enough

to feel like I'm of some aid.

But really I'm no healer,

so I end up just afraid.

Afraid of what could happen,

to someone that I love...

All those dreadful things,

that I prefer not to think of.

Feeling caught up in fear

is a horrible way to be,

so I release you to the Universe

and hope you stay right here with me.

Chronophobia

Some think time will last forever

their connections in life, never to sever.

But you and I, we know better than that

and the Universe will choose to take us back

Why then, are we so hesitant to live

so very careful about how much we give

What are we afraid of, that hasn't already begun

is it prudent, to think we can run

I've seen life vanish in the blink of an eye

so it isn't hard for me to understand why

when something so meaningful shows its face

I let it take me to a higher place

Love is this thing, so abundant and free

but I hold on tight when it comes to me

For life can be gone, just as quick as it started

no more time to say 'I love you', to the dearly departed

Image by Ryan McGinley