Poetry


                         




                                             Breathing

I breathed you in today

With every thought

You wrapped your arms around me

Held me close

Didn't let go

I breathed you in today

With every mile

You smiled at me

A gentle caress

Made the miles disappear

I breathed you in today

With every wish

You touched my heart

Made me yours

                                        And you mine             

I breathed you in today

With every breath

You were like

A rush of fresh air

Completing me in every way.

True Love

And then she said,

"I will love you forever."

As she tore off

Another piece of his soul

And devoured it

With the sharp fangs

Of her love

                
                 

                Dreaming

         I thought I had a dream once
       A shadow in the back of my mind
              A song unsung
             I ran toward it
               It receded
          I reached out to touch it
            Fingertips pleading
       It stepped out of the shadows
                Briefly
     Taunting me, teasing me, laughing
           Then receded again
       I thought I had a dream once

              Was it you?


   

I Heard You Calling

I heard you calling to me

last week

I walked on, not sure I had heard correctly

I saw you wave to me

yesterday

I ignored you, thought you were a stranger

I felt you reach for me

today

I brushed you aside, thought you were a dream

Now

I find I can't breathe without you

Today

Tomorrow

Always.

I Walked On

I walked on

going further into the darkness

yet still within my own walls

too tall to climb, too thick to dig through

I walked on

not knowing if I could return

The trees continued laughing

The shadows whispering

Relentless in their callings

Until finally I succumbed

Enveloped in their whispers

captured by their laughter

and now

I am

simply

drowning

Still Here

i watched you sleep without me

dreaming of things i'll never reach

wanting me to be someone i can never be

i long to be a part of that dream

one where i matter

one where we count as two working toward one

i watched you play without me

holding onto thoughts i'll never be a part of

feeling warmth that will never touch my heart

i long to be a part of those thoughts

ones where i matter

thoughts that keep us together - two as a whole

i watched you live without me

capturing a life that i can never reach

playing with stars too bright for me

i wish to be a part of that life

one where we can touch and be as one

one where we both matter

i watched you leave today

felt the shadow that enveloped me

i struggled to travel with you

tried to run to be at your side

i wanted to journey as well

to a place where i matter

you didn't look back as you left me behind