center Love is a simple thing, but we complicate it. We muddy it up with doubt and fear… Doubt in ourselves.
center the tear stained faces staring up at dark ceilings contemplating life
In my eyes I see us, standing side by side, nothing can come between us, no matter how hard people try. In some eyes they see him,
I see your face. Lifeless and pale, resting on a pillow of white silk. I try to pretend you’re sleeping, but the tears in my eyes betray me…
Cousin. Brother. Best friend. All one person and now he’s dead.
I saw him, standing alone in the rain, crying for someone to love him. Hungry, lost,
Peace comes: When laying under the stars. When wrapped up in his arms. When listening to bird song. When speaking to God above.
center Two years ago, I lost my brother, my friend. Although he wasn’t perfect,
I say it with my time. I say it with a rhyme. I say it when I touch you and tell you that you’re mine. I say it with my kisses.
center There once was a time when I was… Happy and bright. Not a care in the world. Just going through life,
I walk around, feeling whispers. Avoiding the eyes that prosecute m… The stares. The glares.
Waking up in darkness, the moon shining through my window… With tear filled eyes I sit up and remember what I was dreaming. His smiling face shining.
center When I’m with you, I have no worries, but then I don’t see you, don’t talk talk to you,
Tapping fingers on a keyboard, writing directly from my mind. Stuck in the numbness of detachmen… not noticing the hours that tick b… Tracks from tears made slowly,
It’s a partly cloudy but terribly cold day. I’m running late for school and still have to scrape my truck windows of ice. I finally get there about five, maybe ten, minutes late to my U...