The Walls I've Built

The walls I've built

used to be sturdy and strong

I built them to be that way

they kept out everything that was wrong

The walls I've built

are becoming old and worn

full of cracks that have begun to spiderweb

I'm beginning to feel weak and torn

These walls I've built

I thought they'd be everlasting

and never let me down

now they're filling up with everything

and I feel like I might drown

These walls I've built

are busting at every seam

maybe if I tear them down

I'll be okay enough to dream

-October 2013

Lost

I feel lost inside of myself

I'm not even sure which direction to search

I don't even know if it matters

I don't even know if I care

Where did that spark go

Did it follow my ambitions

into the darkness

Down into the hollow hole

I find so comforting these days

Sometimes I think I see her

twisting and writhing in self doubt

I can't seem to find a hand to lend

A simple hand . . . 

Mine feel so weak these days

-August 2013

Weeping Willow

Oh, willow tree

Do you weep for sorrow

Do you weep for me

Do you weep for the tomorrows

that you may never get to see

Who do you weep for

little willow tree

Are your bending branches too weak

for all your tiny leaves

-August 2013

Tiny Dweller

I'll be your tiny dweller

living in the hollow 

of your heart

I'll make believe 

I'm the only one

that's lived there

from the start

I'll fill in all the cracks

and smooth it out like clay

and then you'll see

no one else but me

has ever loved you

this way

-June 2013

I Am Here

I am finally here

and it feels so good

to have you near me

it feels so good

 to have you see me

to be seen 

by your dark warm eyes

I am here

where you can touch me

how I've longed to be touched

by the soft hands that know me

the hands that know me well

I am here

to feel you 

to know you

to love you 

to love you 

to love you

-June 2013

Inhabit

My heart beats

with each breath of you

oh baby,

look what I let you do

to me

I want to melt into you

and become a part of your bones

I want to hollow out your heart

and make it my home

I'll swim through your veins

like a fish out at sea 

and no fisherman's net

will ever catch me

-2013

Time

Time keeps on passing

when you’re not looking

Even the crowded city streets

seem to be provoking

All the city lights

and on the oceans shore

come tiny waves of flickers

that keep us wanting more

-2011