Insatiable
Don’t stop.Don’t ever stop.The cup has a holeAnd whatever you pour inDribbles out of the chaliceYour effort lost to the agesAnd spilt on the grass.Keep pouring and somedayYou’ll fill me upAnd I’ll believeThat I deserve you.
Anticipation
“I can’t wait” is what you sayWhen you will waitWhen waiting is all you haveAnd what you wake up for every day.I’m waiting to graduateAnticipating my prom dateWaiting for my weddingAnd all the love and blessingsExpecting the baby any minuteThe settlement of the lawsuitCertain the job offer will comeFor more disposable incomeKnowing the best part…
All of you
Stand naked before meGive me your flawsAnd everything good about you tooLet me see you as you areThe way you share your mind and soulBecause I want to haveAll of youAnd touch youAs you are.
The Sound of You
To listen to you singIs the sweetest joyThe tone so warmA new art formDrawing me up to fly alongAs a bird takes to wing. To listen to your storyIs the sweetest sorrowCompassion aboundsMeaning compoundsHope for tomorrowAnd a new found glory To listen to you breatheIs the sweetest soundJust to know you are aliveBelieve you’ll surviveAt…
Crawling
It’s been a long timeSince I crawled inside your mindGot a blanket from the memory closetCurled up on the bed of your joyDrank the wine of your poetryAnd fell asleep safe and warm and loved.
Pure
A firm mattressWith crisp white sheetsSharply tucked inAnd feather pillowsGoose down comforterCotton duvetFresh.Clean.Pure. Beggingto be unmadeRuffled,Then thrown,Rolled, crushed.Maybe ripped.Discarded.For the passionOf the momentForgotten.
Nothing
There’s nothing you could saythat would drive me away.There’s nothing you could doto keep me from loving you.There’s nothing you could giveto get more of my love.There’s nothing you could findto change how I spend my life. I’m yours.
Honey, are you awake?
If you were in my bed,I’d whisper “Honey, are you awake?”With a slight little squeezeJust enough to seizeYou from slumber to hearMy thoughts on days ahead. If you were in my bed,I’d slide my arm inside your embraceGently hold your bodyPut my face near your faceIn hopes of waking my sleepyhead. If you were in…
Share
I am an only childA single motherA sole proprietor I’m very generousAnd I give things away all the time. You make me want to share.
Two
ShareI want to spend my daysThinking of what I haveThat I can give to youAnd then give more. CompromiseI want to give inAnd not dig in to get my wayAnd then give more. SacrificeI want to lose somethingAnd have you gainBecause it’s better this wayAnd then give more.