(2013)
I awoke from a deep sleep and knew the reason was to write I love you
Forever seems like so long until I think of all the times spent waiting
I wish you had told me that on the good days kissing you would make me think that I knew what happiness was and on the bad days
To put it simply each beat of your heart is a gift that I receive with the anticipation of a child at christmas
All that I know how to do is write about death without dying and write about life
Loving you was never sweet like the taste of vanilla the way I thought it was supposed to be It was more like
I grew up in a house built in 1937 long before codes and regulations and sometimes
You asked what I knew about you and I thought up a list of twenty things
So much time passes without feeling a single thing that I think I would give anything
Life is an uphill struggle Nothing comes easy and only hard work pays off I don’t like hard work was my 5 word protest
Autumn sneaks in preceding dormancy Leaves take on new beauty with nothing left in them but a fa… Individually insignificant
I say hello and you say nothing You may hear me you may even think of a response
I feel empty unceasingly until you come along and fill my heart to bursting
The hands of this watch haven’t moved since the last time you did and I’m not sure if I’m ready to hear the ticking
There is something to be said of a true friend One who will pull the knife from your back One who will stitch the wounds