2020 Poetry

I skipped ahead

I didn’t wait for you. I ran ahead. Skipped to the next section in my blue book. Jumped the gun. Failed to toe the line. I let you lag behind and I didn’t slow down or stop to smell the roses. I dove into the deep end and find myself far from the shallows. I…

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I will run to your fire

I’ll drown in your SorrowAnd dreams of tomorrowTil they fade from a nightmareAnd lose your fearsI’ll drown in your sorrow. I’ll breathe you new lifeAnd fill your sails and your kiteAnd the future will find a wayTo be bright.I’ll breathe you new life. I’ll build you a wayDig deeper and say thatYour troubles are mineAnd…

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Watching You

I love to watch you moveJust the way you doSo please don’t learn to danceOr change the way you walk.I love to watch you move. I could watch a crowdOf a thousand facesFar away, a thousand pacesAnd I could find you. I can find you in a momentNot by your hair or clothesNot by your…

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Plus One

I believe the words you speak with every breathEven when you’re lying to yourselfEven when you lie to yourself She’s not your girlfriendBut shes always been your plus oneDoes she know she’s not the only one? When Greg said she was your girlfriendWe laughed it off because she isn’tbut she wants to beYeah she wants…

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Buoyed

The sail billows in the currentOf waves instead of windBuffeted by the heat and cold feeling taut against the line. The current drafts and pulls the jib to tangle around the bowAnd return him floundering in the seaHe’s got to tack as soon as now A buoy holds him upKeel pointed to the sunDrifting out…

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More

SomedayI want to climb in bed with youComplete and whole and certain.And give all of meAnd have all of youAnd become more. Keep the part of you that makes me whole.To see myselfthe way you see me. And give you what you needTo find the best of you.And heal what’s lost. I don’t want to…

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You Deserve

You deserve a wife to care forYour daughter with youAnd a fire to tendA driveway cleared,To smile with (or without) tears You deserve what you desireThe best table and wineClothes that are stylishStained shiplap and drapesA quiet street without tents And, my love,You deserve the best dishwasherIn a perfect kitchenTo make magic for your familyEvery…

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On that day

On the day that you knowThat you love someone elseOr you look in my eyesAnd realizeThat you’ll never kiss meThe way I want you to.On that day,Either one,You have to tell me. Because even though it will hurtAnd I may never speak to you againOn that dayAnd only that oneThere’s a chance if you tell…

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when

When you scratch the bottom of the riverTurned upside down by current’s tossTrying to find the waves and surfaceand catch your breath of air When you follow a lonely breezeTo climb a mountain without a trailAnd stumble through the brushLosing your footing, laid quite bare And you stay up late at nightDivining right from rows…

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My safe place

Your hobbit holeLying on your couchWith my head in your lapCrawling into your great big bedOr dancing with an anteaterMaking a dandelion wishIn my cottage in a magical forestOr anytime I crawl into your head.

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