Do what you want
Jump on the tableAnd I’m already thereClimb under it to cryAnd I’m by your sideYou needn’t performWhen you do I’ll applaudMake love in an arenaPlay Shakespeare aloneYou won’t make me blush.
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…
Teach Me
Teach me to love youLike you want to be loved.Like you need to be loved.Your blank canvasExpecting nothingNeeding lessWanting moreHoping you’ll havethe patience to createIn me just exactlyyour perfect mate.Because I’ve neverDone this beforeAnd I don’t know the rulesThe boundariesWhat to sayWhat never to sayTeach me, and I’ll learn.
Blank Canvas
Your blank canvasExpecting nothingNeeding lessWanting moreHoping you’llCreate in meEverything you need. Unformed clayWithout shapeSeeking purposeTo serve youHowever I canHoping you’llJust ask. Uncut marbleAs I was carvedReady to beBeautifulTo give you joyHoping you’ll cleaveMy flaws. Undyed yarnWaiting to weaveAnd find a patternTo be what you needHoping you’ll knitMe for you.
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…
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…
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…
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.
Prayer
Heavenly Father and my own fatherWatch over me and those I love.And the ones I hate.Give him the strength to become a good man through all his trialsAnd an easier path to a new life as he has passed your temptations.Give my children total assurance that they are loved and deserve it.Give me and all…
Cocoon
Talking for hoursLife and death and sexAnd all the important thingsLike Russian Seuss storiesAnd shoeless daughtersDefending what is rightAnd a Scout’s honorFollowing your lifeHanging on every wordUntil I play houseAnd sleep under your roofIn a warm cocoonOf your love