The morning sun still hits wrong.
And for a second, I think long.
I catch myself about to say your name,
Then realize the world is not the same.
It’s hard to let the days keep moving fast,
When all I want to do is hold the past.
My feet feel heavy, stuck in yesterday,
While everyone else just walks away.
But then I hear your voice inside my head,
Remembering the gentle words you said.
You never wanted me to hide in gloom,
Or let the shadows take up every room.
You’d tell me, "Go outside and see the sky,
Don't spend your time just asking reasons why."
You loved me, and you'd want to see me smile,
Even if it takes a little while.
So I will take a breath and take a step,
And try to keep the promises I kept.
I’m carrying your love as I move on,
Because you live in every brand new dawn.
Ever felt suffocated?
You open a window,
and still the air refuses you.
The walls feel like they’re closing in on you,
drawing nearer with every breath,
and you can’t breathe.
You stare at the ceiling,
but it becomes a mirror,
showing everything
you’d rather forget.
You want to cry,
but even tears are too heavy to lift.
Something is eating your belly button,
pulling at you from the inside,
but you cannot speak it.
You’re the one they speak to
when they have problems,
I never knew my desternation
That is untill you came about
It was a feeling of elevation
I've never been so blissed out
But that feeling of frustration
As if what we had ever did count
The thought of a reconciliasion
Seems l am now forever in doubt
As l am looking for explanation
But l now know less than nout
Thought was a joint celebration
That what we had was heartfelt
Bits taken from poems shadow of doubt 2001
And poem desternation 2014
.
first 'twere
thuh down
slide
them stairz
thar
mine eyne
shock'd
"edvard
up boy"
here
hern strip
did
thus mine
uhp uhp
yuhp
each mine
tread
bulge'n eyne felt
climb'did
uhp
*yuh can't make this vision up
it 'tweren't mine ,)
I still recall how I once felt,
a young boy, as I knelt.
There were pigs, cows, and chickens.
I laughed like the dickens
before a board of felt.
And this time, let's just pass like two black holes,
without gulping each other's peace,
like other species,
unknown, abandoned two souls.
And if we ever meet,
let's not argue about defeat,
we shall not recreate any view.
If eyes meet, we will just look through.
Love is felt, like a belt it fits tight, making me feel loved and complete.
Love you make me feel happy, lifting me to a place of awe and satisfaction.
Love just like a flower, you make me feel pretty and colorful, with your affection.
Love when you speak all of me pays attention, waking up parts of me that were sleeping.
Love you are like medicine, you make me feel alive and healthy all through the day.
Lifting prayers to God, today and always.
You never felt the Loneliness—
that followed after Me—
As distant Stars keep quiet Watch
above a silent Sea—
I thought that you would wander back—
as Moon returns to Night—
I kept the Door of Waiting wide—
till Hope forgot its Light—
You never felt the Loneliness—
that Absence builds in Air—
The Cactus learns no Prayer for Rain—
because it blooms in Care—
I thought that Love—a River—
remembers still the Sea—
But Rivers too—may lose their Way—
and wander endlessly—
Everyone experiences some sort of pain we are all human
I felt your love and passionate dart,
in my lonely and loving heart.
I felt like I was being watched
Looked to my right, my left, down on the ground
Saw nothing
Walked another step
finally looked up
there was an enormous leopard watching me
high in my oak tree
a smug look on his face
I wanted to ask “comfy up there?”
but I didn’t.
Each step you take before my eyes
sets my restless heart adrift.
The world bows softly to your rhythm,
and I draw my breath from your presence.
You addressed my name — gentle, effortless,
a smile like dawn across your face.
The sound enfolded me,
a whisper I feared would fade.
Your hand found mine and the earth tilted,
a pulse skipped, tangled within my ribs.
Blood surged like sudden flame,
my gaze held captive by the curve of your lips.
I clutched my chest,
to cradle that wild, racing beat.
Each thud beneath my palm
asked softly if I could remain unchanged
I struggled when I had a cold
As urine my bladder can't hold
I piddled quite a bit
During one coughing fit
I'm upset, as I'm not that old!
When I wake up, I can’t bear we’re not together,
For making a promise is hard if it’s not forever.
When I see your eyes—brighter than skies,
More beautiful than stars, where my true hope lies.
Gentle as the wings of a butterfly’s flight,
While I am just leaves, waiting to fall from height.
Yet my love stays true, carved deep in my heart,
A bond unbroken, never forgotten apart.
the first time i felt it
was not a word but a hush
between leaves and the bluest sky—
a breath of you
inside the trembling air
(oh how small i was
with the world rushing by
and softer than reason)
your hand—
or was it light itself—
touched my chest
and opened a door
where no walls had ever been
the first time i felt it
i learned silence could sing
and forever could fit
in a single heartbeat.
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