do you miss me

tell me, do you miss me?
as you look for yourself out there
was I the sun that warmed your day
and the moon that lit your night?
was I a perfect mountain breeze
a soft whisper in your ear?
tell me, do you miss me?
as you look for yourself out there

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fate runs late

you looked left
as I turned right
it lasted much longer
than just one night
we were up and down
playing blind man's bluff
was I way too much
or just not enough
either way we make a mistake
fate runs late,

fate runs late

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Linger

Linger just a little while
Before you have to go
I don't know where the time went
But it did not go slow

Linger just a little while
Make our loving long
It seems each time you’re leaving
A longer time you’re gone

Linger on the nape of my neck
And the places you know best
Caring, sensitive, ardent
Until our love does crest

Linger just a little while
Set my world on fire
So I can lock it in my soul
The fervor you inspire

Linger just a little while
One long passionate kiss
Make it a really good one
One I’ll really miss!

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over the wall

over the wall and past the sentries
at their posts fast asleep
undetected in you slip
resurrecting an alien dream

defenseless is this state I'm in
things kept in check by day
seeping from an unguarded heart
you erode them slowly away

moonlight through the window
a kiss on moistened lips
hands that elicit passion
all that I have missed

stirring softly, moans escape
continuing without demands
eyes can't see behind the lids
closed tightly to hold this in

the sun arrives and I open my eyes
wonder takes its place
not a dream, you are next to me
a smile on your sleeping face

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margin call

the piper makes a margin call
you pay with purest silver
a Judas kiss placed on the lips
of dreams that leave you quivering

shadows stretch across the lawns
the traffic lights are red
thoughts race through a busy mind
as you downshift into dread

nothing that was promised
has come forth to fruition
going past the mountains
with all of their superstitions

on you drive past sleeping valleys
nestled in open ranges
the sun sinks low--night settles in
but the crescent moon looks strange

damn the piper and the devil's dues
the deck was always stacked
you paid out with heart and soul
and it's too late to turn back

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a place

there's a place I look for
the only shadows from trees
open windows and doors
you right next to me

there's a place I look for
where the sun is your smile
the stars are your eyes
the sky the limits of your love

there's a place I look for
a place in your thoughts
a place in your soul
a place in your heart

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long lost fantasy

I told the thoughts goodbye

waived them adieu 
as I put them all away
I won't go back and visit

nor do I wish to relieve
that long lost fantasy

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Inner Peace

Another day, the sun is low
Setting in the west
All is as it should be
No different from the rest

Listening to my mp3
And thinking about you
Sitting on the patio
Nothing I need to do

Smiling about the things you say
I’m happy and at ease
My days didn’t always end this way
You have this affect on me

You’ve restored my inner peace
You’ve restored my repose
You’ve restored some things I lost
You’ve restored much more

I know that you are thinking of me
As I am thinking of you
Watching the same sunset
Each sunset that now seems new

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the fog

the fog rolls in
blanketing my soul
there’s something I’ve lost

I had it yesterday
when the sun filled my sky
when I was at peace

you were here yesterday
is that the difference?
where you the sun that filled my sky?

all I know is
now you are gone
and something has changed

when will my sun shine again
and remove this fog
that surrounds my earth?

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lost

the water deep, cold
I’m in way over my head
flailing, sinking, lost

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no end

you always thought there would be no end

that like the willow, I would always bend 

but there comes a point, like it did for me

when you've had enough and have to leave

like your favorite jeans that have started to fray

you remember my eyes but my scent now fades

when you think there's no where that I'm gonna go

I've paid the piper for all that I owed

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