locked

I wander through the skeleton 

of what used to be your life 

days when you were happy

now emptiness fills the space

your past now a vacuous hole 

the things that you cast off

the things you no longer need 

splatters on once white walls 

weeds have grown where flowers grew 

remnants of yesterday

pristine silence 

echoes in the dark

locked now, 

like this door

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lover's script

too many in this room
open the window so I can breath
I've been here way too long
watch me pack and leave

I need to find the key
to release me from this chain
the skin that now is chafed
a mark that causes pain

the message that is clear
I can't embrace it all
written in lover's script
flowing across the wall

close the door behind you
don't even leave a crack
let me slip away
instead of pulling me back

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this Christmas

to share all with you
welcoming in tradition
starting something new

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winter comes

the weather turns cold
I am warmed from the inside
ready for the change

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light my dark

light my dark
steal my heart
steal my soul
damage control
remove the thoughts
the hurt they brought
erase the pain
sing your refrain
bury the past
as you hold fast
erase them all
replace them all

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Affair

A once brief encounter, that lasted 

For over a year

Far from being over, or maybe the end is near 

And if I face the facts, overlook the fiction 

Illicit though it may be, you have 

Rewritten all of my dreams

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not afraid

you're not afraid to say

the things that you are feeling 

not afraid to show me

that all of it is real 

not afraid to display 

obvious affection 

not afraid to hold it up 

observing our reflection 

I am not afraid to say 

that I feel the same way

not afraid to add 

a verse to your refrain 

not afraid to show you

all that I have in here 

not afraid because I know 

what we have is real 

we're not afraid to talk

about starting a new future 

not afraid as we stitch 

this love with strongest suture 

not afraid cause what we have 

is written on our faces 

not afraid as both our lives 

entwine and interlaces

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bring on the rain

bring on the rain 

let it beat against the panes 

bring the lightning and thunder 

as we snuggle and settle down 

we have no other thoughts 

nowhere else to be 

as searching lips explore 

where warm hands were before 

you feel the quivers 

but it isn't from a chill 

and candlelight shines 

on the treasure you seek 

with each moan and whisper 

with a quaking surrender 

the monsoon that rages outside 

is nothing like the passion 

in this room

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second look

sometimes it turns around
wanna take a second look
slowing down this time
jotting thoughts in a notebook

studying the angles
trying to make a plan
doing the equation
start back where you began

erasing the mistakes
using all you learned
knowledge gives you power
as you plot your return

sometimes it turns around
you can take a second look
many shades of truth
when you reread the book

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wind

when the wind calmed
I knew I could hold on
dust stopped blowing
I now see where I'm going
sun is climbing high
in my blue desert sky
every now and then
we all need
a little wind

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dreams

finally, I dream
dreams of you
dreams of the beach
sweet, prophetic dreams

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Santa

Hello there Santa
what is in your bag?
can you make this
the best Christmas
that I have ever had?

I don't ask for much
winning the lotto
could be nice
maybe that's extreme
or too high of a price

how about some happiness
some peace
some trust
some truth
all wrapped
in one person
it's all I want
from you

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what I need

what I want and what I need
when it floats to the
top, is it all the same thing?
when the sun lifts the fog

and it's finally crystal clear
like looking through the glass, 

the reflection in a mirror
what I want and what I need
just this once;
let it be the same thing

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happiness

what price happiness
if my cup runneth over
theirs will be empty

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revered

the sound of a voice
far and yet near
whispered words
and thoughts I hear
hold me close
till you appear
love holds fast
and is revered

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Fantasy

Fragrant memories in an
Abstract frame
Nourishing pleasures and
Tastes of yesterday
Amber glow of candles lit
Shadow play on moistened skin 
Yearning to begin again

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truth of love

the clouds disappear
the sun now shines
I hear your voice

I hear a promise
of what can be
nothing but the truth

the truth of love

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plenty of time

late in the evening
in the glow of the moon
as we lay our love down
hearts once in tune

we locked it away
there was plenty of time
to get what we wanted
that future that shines

somehow we missed it
the flags and the signs
now boards on that window
it unraveled like twine

now each with another
as it fell to the side
the "what could have been"
dissolves in our pride

those hopes for the future
now dreams of yesterday
the "what should have been"
a fantasy decayed

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deja vu

it's not deja vu
though I've been here before
this is new

this time I go slowly
this time I will look
this time I will know

the walls come down
no longer needs fencing
my feet on the ground

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teach me

teach me how to feel
teach me the secret of hope
teach me how you love

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tell me

a bedtime story
a story about your love
so my dreams are sweet

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a

a cowboy's wild dreams

a sophisticated mind 

in a poet's heart

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for keeps

what you have given me
something I can hold on to
a dream I can keep
a love I can look back on
it belonged to you
for a short while
now moving away
as life gets in the way
savoring in my heart
what could have been

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the jury still out

a future alone
or a future together
only time will tell

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a year

almost a year 

since we connected 

matched wit and will 

were implicated 

several times 

almost disconnected 

changed direction 

and communicated

sometimes was really complicated 

ups and downs 

friendship perfected

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