Number 12

Galaxies

Let’s go on an adventure.

I want to travel the universe with you,

Let’s take a walk on Mars,

Where there air will be thick with love

And have tails with the sun

As our constant companion.

Let's swim from planet to planet,

Languidly constructing time

As we dance to the music

Of our happy silenc,.

And kiss under a billion stars,

Shining just for us.

I want to take you to Venus

And pray on the soil that brought you to life,

Thanking Gods I don’t believe in

For your existence.

See, I think you’re exquisite,

Gentle in your touch,

Fragile in your love

And I want to show you more than the world.

I want to show you the universe,

Because I believe there are galaxies inside you

If

If,

For Today,

We Could Do

Anything That We Want

Would You Dance With Me

In The Middle Of The Storm

And Kiss Me Like I’m Yours Only?

In My Deepest Dreams, Late At Night

I Can Feel Your Tender Touch

And I Don’t Feel Alone

In My Empty Bed.

You’re Right There

Holding Me

Always

Tell Me

Tell me about the first love you had

The first time you felt your heart race

In your stillness

How up was down, in was out

And your voice betrayed your calm.

Tell me how it felt when he held your had

How a single touch became electrifying

How it felt when he held you

And you dreamt of sinking into

That forever.

Tell me what it was like to first bare

Your soul to another person

Showing him scars in corners

Where your deepest fears festered

And how, when he told you he loved you,

You weren't so naked in your vulnerabiliy

You felt safe.

You felt whole

You felt home.

Tell me about your first heartbreak

When you started wondering if this was enough

If you were enough

When you realised that once tender kisses

Had now been filled with ...

Childs Play

I've reached that point 

Of blushing when I talk about you

Fits of giggles starting from my core

And radiating through my entire body

As warm as the echo of your touch

On my skin

That moment when it feels as old as it is new

And as new as it is old

Of rolling on the bed like children

And talking about how we're going 

To pay off our bills 

Together.

Because with you

It never feels to childish 

Or too serious

It's always 

Just right

You make me feel safe

And that matters more to me

Than anything.

I want to sit

Cross-legged on the grass

Next to you

Watch the clouds slowly drift

Across the sky

And marvel at the beauty 

Of silence bathed in love.

T/L

I thought of you today,

Number 12

My friends often ask me if I was broken hearted

By my last break-up

And I respond that I was

But I never fully considered what it meant to be broken hearted

In a world in which hearts are mere pawns in a chess game

So, herewith I present the broken-hearted confessions

Of a Romantic in a Cynic’s World

I no longer have a firm grasp of what the future holds for me

Because the moment you walked away

I lost sight of what I had prayed for

A broken-heart is nothing more than a broken dream

My future now sails on rough seas,

Victim to the waves of doubt

And monsters of the deep that come in

Fear and Rejection

But even with all the danger that lies in sailing

With no direction, there in the dark

In patterned blinks of yes and no

Lies possibility,

It’s light illuminating the dark recesses of gri...

Number 32

"I love you" stopped being powerful words

The day it was uttered out of necessity

Out of habit

"I need you" lost it's sincerity

The day our desires overided our impulses

and we chose the sweet sting of sexual release

Over the calm embrace of love's gentle touch 

The politics of love came to play

And we started fighting our hearts and their attachments

Violently scrubbing away the imprints

Of our souls on their chosen homes

And pissing on Cupid's often crude,

always beautiful illustrations

of happiness

Broken hearts take time to heal

And heartbreak is not losing what you had

Heartbreak is losing the possibility of a future you thought possible.

 I want to hate you, but I can't

We can't control it - much as we may want to

Man bears no strength compared to God's will

Nor knowledge ...