My heart beats for you. My mind yearns for you. I want to walk by your side. My hand longs to be entwined with… My lips wish for the sweet kiss yo…

Deep roots push through the earth Tearing old soil Spreading wide Searching for moisture Its life fuel

Out of sight Out of mind, they say. But they who say it Must not have been in love And lived with distance.

Weakly, I twist and I turn The handle. Pushing with all my might Against the heavy wooden door. Knocking and shouting,

My heart is tangled In a state of confusion Is love what I think? Is it what I feel? My head spins

My heart is a locket That I keep upon a chain. Close it is forever,  And forever it shall stay. I keep you in there with it

The machine, Pulling and tugging at the squares… Each one individual, But molding to one another. The ch-ch-chugging of the needle s…

And I stop. A river perfected by breaks aloft… Depthless; passing fragments. And so the cascades fall, Saving my desire that any can main…

Smooth and slow, And inch by inch Far away we seem no different But soon we’ll all transform Maybe for a greater good

Dot to dot A rhythm of dots From here to there All for what? How are we satisfied by the

She looks up at the moon. Though it is far away, The glowing orb looks closer than… The gentle glow of the stars Gives the earth below a dim cast.

Glass tears shatter. Plastic teeth grin. Rubber lips frown. Our society smiles at the glass, The plastic, the rubber.

They breathe, But are they truly living? Little muscle, Stretched skin tight against the b… Their hips protrude,

Never stopping Always growing Aging slowly Stretching gently Young buds

As quiet as a whisper And as sudden as time Just as thorns upon a flower Are as sneaky as a crime A never-knowing anticipation