The years we've known one another Almost as long as the years between It's strange when time doesn't bridge a gap As we expect with bricks and mortar We both grow older, the years between Become relatively few And yet, I still look up to you Looking at your view From below
I'd rather be in love
In a ghetto
Than alone
In an ivory tower
Persistent yearning
Year after year
Suddenly released
Catapulted
Stomach unravels
Tenacity and grit
Bracing for landing
Into oceans deep
Where I longed to be
Floating, not drowning
Ebbing with the tide
Doused in freedom
Heartache suppression
Released tonight
I'm still standing
At all the places
You said goodbye
Waiting for another
And another...
Tears over you
Honestly
All I can do
In the heat
Of a moment
Hope melts away
Things you'll say
But wind changes
Devastated face
You hid one minute
Stays with you
Hours weeks decades
Hold a space
On the brink of
Knowing dreams fade
Accusations done
Unrequited love lives on
Another year gone
Shall we start again?
Each time we meet
Let it be
As if the first
Bathe in my love
Wash over with words
Eyes caress
Where waves meet
Warmth soothes
All the ache
We've ever known
Begging for footnotes in the story of your life
Tolerate it ~ song by Taylor Swift
How could one possibly
Be taught to scorn
Longer days
When sunshine's warm
Rare endemic flora unfolds
Windows of blue sky
Open over able peaks
Shrines in the sky
Faithful wanderers
Climb for the high
While dark corners
Cinema, pub, theatre
Empty except for me
Wonder how it came to be
Nocturnal creature
Tucked away
While restless legs
Search far away
Home is where
Burrow keeps
Drifting heart
Returns to sleep
Count the stars of heaven 