frankincense and myrrh

From Afar

I write line
After line for her 
I don’t even know her
I have this strong urge to show her
What her words mean to me
I have risen out of dreams
To craft lines about her mind
And a pair of brown eyes 
I have yet to even see
I read word after word
Then get trapped in a world 
Where my sun and my moon
Both kneel at her feet
Her poetry is deep
Every verb feels urgent
Each syllable important
God wouldn’t dare critique
She is poetic perfection to me

SunDaze

While laying bare among the nothingness the day will bring
I wished you were here
Bodies intertwined, flesh upon flesh 
Priorities at rest
Our beautiful lazy mess
A marathon of us 
Love in minimal movements
Soothing, the way your presence 
Always calmed me at the core

- Ellis Perry 

frankincense and myrrh

I fell victim to her
The moment I arrived in her presence
Unbeknownst to her I was dead upon arrival
She rivaled the appeal of women
I’ve seen in dreams
Mirroring silhouettes existing between planes of fantasy and reality
But she was real 
I could breathe, touch, feel her
I closed my eyes and began to dream her
Despite the fact we shared the same bed
Blanked by cloud of frankincense and myrrh
I reeked of her, her aroma pleased every sense

- Ellis Perry

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MITM

​I know she loves me but I don’t know why
 I stare in the mirror and see a regular guy
 An irregular heart paired with a clouded mind
 Flawed from head to toe without a fix in sight
 I wish I could meet the man she sees
 I’d love to ask him a couple of things
 Like how does he smile in a world so cursed
 How does he laugh when he’s filled with hurt
 What makes him confident the spark will stay when the flame he loves burns miles away
 I’m lost, searching for an answer
 My insecurities spreading like cancer
 I wish my confidence matched my height
 I’d be the person I always hoped to be tonight
 Face the man in the mirror with my head held high
 Without the urge to question why she’s in my life
 

SOS

Lured into her sea
 Hook line and sinker
 My shoreline felt empty
 I knew I would need her
 The lighthouse shined brightest the nights she called
 I wish I could foresee the engine stall
 She took the wind out my sails when her thunder fell
 Down on me like a cloud of hail
 Now I’m lost at sea
 Above her coral reefs
 Mocked by the beauty her presence brings
 SOS sirens erupt from my chest
 I guess loves compass was incorrect
 My heart has gone overboard
 Without a second guess
 It’s only fitting that my mind be next

I’m sinking
 Going down with the ship
 Life’s fleeing
 I wonder if I’ll be missed

Now I’m sitting here on her ocean floor
 Surrounded by her matter
 I no longer matter anymore<...

Golden

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Ode

They kiss you passionately

You have the uncanny ability to bring women to their knees

They praise you for all you’re able to do

The spots you’re able to reach

The allure your presence brings

Sometimes I feel like I only know love because of you

I’m jealous of the attention you receive when they’re introduced to you

She always seems to open up and let you in

You’re able to take her places she has never been

Like to the stars and moon without leaving my room

eMinor

I know what you’re capable of

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