broken clock

bring me home
from this place
far away from you
take my heart
make it yours

no more darkness
no more fear
no more fading away

bring me home
wrapped in love
safe and warm with you
take my hand
make it yours

no more darkness
no more fear
no more fading away

bring me home
to fix the clock
days pass too slowly
take this time
make it ours

no more darkness
no more fear
no more fading away

fever

sheets wet
soaked through
with our lust
back arched
velvety skin
causing my delirium
gliding touch
anointed by your lips
voice low
unable to speak
above a whisper
eyes transfixed on you
fingers tangled
in your wet hair
arms and legs
tied in a lovers knot
slipping ever further
deeper into you
biting and scratching
feverish with hunger
tasting the need in your kiss
we move in unison
bodies lubed with desire
harder and faster
we rise and fall
crashing again and again
out of our control
we fall over the edge
collapsing
breathless
hands clasped
eyes stinging from sweat
gaze and lips locked...
as I breathe my love into you

angel

my view endless
horizon meets ocean
wide and blue
I see dreams
floating among the clouds
the sky wide open

flying high
no effort
above it all

on fragile wings

stronger with every beat
of our heart

my angel whispers to me...

painless...(sort of)

love
creeps in
slowly taking over
replacing all that came before

beautiful parasite
surviving and thriving
on a deeply buried host
cowering in the darkest corner of my heart

feeding off fear
sated by indecision
foraging a nearly dead soul
for the smallest broken pieces of me

digging in my debris
soaking up my wasted tears
feeding on the residual damage
slowly devouring all that would do me harm

weak but stronger everyday
your love slowly starving the pain...

watching it burn

flames lick the night sky...
I stand, with bloodshot eyes
stinging smoke obscuring my vision
watching the life I've known
burn to the ground

smoldering words and wasted time
damage makes perfect kindling
...the flames begin to flicker
waiting for the winds of change
to ignite the embers buried deep within

your heart...a lightning strike
giving the blaze purpose
slowly, the flames build
dancing and teasing my darkness
tasting the fuel, ready to explode

this beautiful wildfire
now raging out of control
incinerating everything in it's path
all that came before reduced to ashes
it won't be missed

help me burn it down...

beside you

tattered
under repair
words (or emotions)
never minced
lost...again
in thoughts of you
raging hard
against the night
knowing
in my heart
that when the sun rises
you will be lying beside me

missing
everything
about you
dreaming
as hard as I can
wanting only to touch you
to taste the sweetness
of your kiss
to feel the warmth
of your skin on mine
knowing
in my heart...

taste it (insatiable)

night falls
stealing the light
from the sky

my appetite stirs

want (you)
becomes
need (you)

desire rises
impossible to contain
the beast within cries out for...

touch
taste
scent

I crave
trembling hands
fingers that melt the flesh

drawing you to me
inside isn't close enough
we become one to ease the hunger

after dark

in dreams
I see you
in the distance
shimmering
through waves
of dancing heat
so close
so far away

my hands
have memory
they can't forget
the warmth
I can feel you
lying beside me
my fingers tracing
contours of you

electricity
in your touch
delicate danger
on your wet lips
sweet as wine
eyes shine
dark as night
I come undone...

I can taste your sweet kiss even in my sleep

wandering (on the mountaintop)

at the top
looking down

the trail winds and meanders
lost in waking dreams of you

the weather doesn't seem so beastly
nor the distance so great

there's a piece of me
that refuses to believe

clever
I may be
magical
you are

we...are...mythical

there's a fire that burns inside me
and only you know how to fan those flames

burn baby burn

the cusp

horizon
dead ahead
looming large
drawing me
ever forward

behind me
darkness
casting a pall
trying to mute
this (screaming) heart

horizon...dead ahead

my life
on the edge
twisting in the wind
in the distance
I see the light

dizzy, laughing
I run, propelled
faster and faster
a thousand lifetimes
awaiting me in your arms

small hours

darkness

breath
comes fast

imagining
your eyes
and the way
your body
fits (perfectly)
against mine

the taste
of your lips
the touch
of your hand

my mind
running wild
unable
to form
lucid thought

as your kiss
has it's way
with my soul

all is right

when the wind is right
I can hear your voice
echoed in my thoughts
whispering like an angel

when the light is right
I can see your shadow
float through my window
dancing across the wall

when the night is right
I can hear our footfalls
as we spin across the room
your hip beneath my hand

when my mind is right
I can feel you next to me
the warmth of your skin
haunting my fingertips

when the time is right...

speed of sound

your voice
floats
taking me over
a magic act
emotional puppetry

missing
all of you
time and space
knows only
the longing in my heart

waiting
for the kiss
lips that will never know another's
a touch
that sends me

in every direction...at once

your voice
full of beauty
pulling me in
it's sound and fury
calming my demons

hours alone
pass so slowly
days seem never to end
wishing you were here
to stop the world

making love

silently
we enter into
this wonder

hopelessly
we wander
into this love

cautiously
we give away
all we are

magically
we trust again
to rise above...

torn by pain, numb from fear
scarred, seeming never to heal
lost in this moment, wanting to give...

breathlessly
we explore
this sacred place

wondrously

beautifully

perfectly...

painted

sliding
quietly
into my mind

taken
easily
into my arms

wet lips
so hot
to the touch

fingers
dancing
brushing ~ sliding

circling
aimlessly
that spot...(you know the one)

losing
control
wanting only more

savor
your taste
madness in skin

feeling
you push
against my love

driven
together
by primal need

we rise
to meet
our perfect rapture

in nothing more than the thought of you...I am transported

raining (love)

one
drop
falls

landing
softly
on my skin

a sudden coolness

I stand
out in it
feeling the joy

...nothing like a soaking rain on a hot summer day

living
(or something like it)
in this desert
rain (love) a distant memory

you bring joy back to my life
refreshing me like a summer storm
cooling the air, washing over my parched soul...it's you

hair plastered to our heads
hand in hand, dancing like children
laughing, with our faces to the heavens

(de)construction

breathe
deep

make your wish

taken apart
(so many times)
put back together
(over and over)
using fewer and fewer pieces
splitting at the seams
left to bleed


orphaned
by hope


life is a reality day trip
night brings the big empty
pain is an attentive lover
faith...an ever-present stranger

but wishes come true...

waited countless lifetimes
for the thunder and lightning
to hear the kindness in your words
to feel the peace in your hand

looking forward to the fight
to see the world through your eyes
to watch the debris of our past burn
from our spot high on the hill...so far away

sweltering

clouds form in my mind
as I slowly fade into you
dancing waves of heat
a dream that almost wasn't

more than a mirage
swaying in the distance
dancing on the horizon
part earth, part sky

come closer

angel...apparition (or both)
hovering above me
lips wet and parted
inviting me in

driven by need
devoured by beauty
owned by longing
perfectly overwhelmed

I'm yours

out of my control
taken beyond the edge
bound by your passion
burnt by your touch

praying for rain
to fight this fire
as the night falls
taking us down

craving (a disjointed rant)

bathed
in stark light
felt
more than seen
never far
never close enough
thoughts
aged and worn
taken
out of context

a heart...
long dead and forgotten

I want to...

hold the hand that holds my heart
taste the lips that whisper my name
touch the skin that makes me hunger
know the heart that stole my breath


you kissed me hard
made love to my soul
screamed my name
turned me inside out
in the most perfect way

I (need ~ want ~ beg) you to feel this badly bruised but still-beating heart


it's yours now

don't stop

...a ghost
you haunt me
like a vision
you float/dance
across my minds eye

a slow waltz
our hips keeping time
whispering softly
in your ear
"don't be afraid"

sliding silently
across the worn floor
of a dimly lit dance hall
our pounding hearts
keeping perfect time

music fades
as we slowly turn
legs worn from revelry
souls torn by time
don't stop dancing

(finally) able to see

blind...
snakebit
afraid
bracing for the fall
like a man
on a train
ready to jump the tracks

standing
on the edge
hoping
these wings don't fail me
screaming
as I tumble...
you catch me mid-fall

broken
but healing
brought
back to earth
holding us close
(finally)
revived and so alive

(loving the fall...)

I'm coming
you feel/know
waiting impatiently
we face the world
back to back
hand in hand
eyes wide open

words

words fall
landing hard
leaving a mark
a drop of blood
on a clean white sheet

they rise
from the deep
born in darkness
seeking the light
searching for understanding

love's voice
beckoning softly (shhhh...listen)
we are ruined
not by deaf ears
but by broken hearts

...sshhhh...listen...

dig

under my skin
way down deep
the sound of rain
soft and almost silent
beneath the surface
broken hearts heal slowly

echoes of pain
remind us of our humanity
fight or flight rules the day
living in our self-imposed exile
the distance between what we want
and what we need...growing so fast

fear...
worried
one day
I'll wake
from this slumber...
I never want this dream to end

distance

whisper
in my ear
tell me
what you want
imagine
how I feel

your skin
makes me
cry out loud
your soft touch
soothes
saving me

unafraid

hungry

finally feeling

seeking redemption

so far away...and closer every day

collision

hush
baby...
kiss
my lips
taste
our breaking dawn

defying
the odds
no past
to reconcile
life laid out ahead of us

we are
inexplicable
a beautiful accident
like waking up
in the eye of...the perfect storm

evolution
no hesitation
growing symbiotic
searching for our sunrise
at last...

we are one

what I know

touching...lightly
a ballerina's silken slipper
on an ancient, worn wooden floor
hands gliding across your skin
soft, smooth, delicate and quaking

moving through time
never in a straight line
don't leave me lying here alone
I still feel your touch, like hot wax
running down the side of my soul

I feel you take me
under the weight of y(our) love
god damn the life we've lived
tortured and repaired by our love
flying over it all with broken wings

your touch...healing and forgiving
I feel the rust on my love fall away
stolen hearts and purloined kisses
memories of pain caused (and endured)
I know...you are where I am meant to be

crystalline

vision

crystal clear

wandering through dreams of you
water running clear
like reflections
of the devil you thought you knew

perfect circle
poison in, beauty out
mind made up
no risk, no reward
conventional wisdom
out the window (SO out the window)

eyes locked
on a prize
(you've come to take me away)
that yesterday
didn't exist
at least not the yesterday I was living...

dodging madness
life's ever flickering light
leaping in and out
walking away
ready for the change
exposing life's sleight of hand

eyes closed

hot breath
back of my neck
fingers tracing
a lazy path
down

whispers
reverberate
hair standing on end
skin tingling
electricity

I fight...futilely
hands searching
unseen
landslide of tactile
sensation

touch me
(please)
release me
(please)
take me to that place
(please)
open...
my eyes

right now

mental
friction
causing heat
frenzied touch
agonizing in it's urgency
dizzy and punch drunk
reeling from the rush of blood
wanting nothing (nothing) more than you
right
now
days of grace long gone
I take you down
tasting your soul
body convulsing
beautifully
perfectly
melting
like a candle
on the window sill
at every kiss
cover my mouth
to muffle a scream
tongues tangled
bodies
crashing
unable to speak
connected
collapsing
wrecked
dreaming
in your arms

in the moment

you enter...

from far beyond

dropped from a darkening sky

inhaling deeply

still left breathless

slowing my pulse by sheer will

dreaming myself

hope(fully)lessly tied to you
longing for the crushing depth of us

time passes
ripping open limbo
waiting to wake you with a kiss
-----------------------------------------------------

"I've never prayed, but tonight I'm on my knees, yeah"

The Verve

sun(shine)

warm sun
shining
frozen heart
yielding
slow steps
on thin ice

dancing fast
to keep my feet
sliding into you
eyes and hearts
off to the races

living for
times like these
dreams in the offing
floating on the horizon
promise of an sapphire sky
as I learn to breathe (again)

between us

darkness
I feel
pressure
building
long time coming

downward
spiral
sinking
praying
for so long

save tonight
drink me in
by candlelight
we touch
lost in the here and now

sipping
wine
tasting...you
finding us
lost and found (finally)

catalyst (we are)

chemical
reaction
ingredients unknown
randomly measured
sublime
mixture

breathe
feel the connection
sin and acceptance
a wonderful concoction
osmotic
blameless

formula
deviation
elements combined
generation of heat
perfect
chemistry

memory

gasping
as my hand
brushes against you
tracing a meandering line

quivering
as my lips
softly touch yours
tasting your hot breath

feeling
my body on yours
overwhelming our senses
pounding out a primal rhythm

screaming
a feverish pitch
crashing and burning
in a perfect blend of lust and madness

mask

something in the way
love strips away our masks
the space between filled with desire

I keep watching you
dreaming of touching your lips
imagining words that soothe my soul

all I want is to feel
weight lifted as we rise above
gravity pulling us closer and closer

I love the way
chemicals between us dance
reflected in the pool of our moonlight

barefoot and running
forgetting what's in pursuit
outrunning all our fears (safe from harm)

this house is on fire
shackled and chained to you
let's take this life as it comes...together

voices

voices
in my head
silently
screaming
every word
breaking my heart

ghostly
heavy thoughts float
weightless
knowing
forever there
crossing my mind

memories
an angel's wings
ethereal
immaculate
always present
guarding my soul