Your love hit me
like a bullet in the dark
it came from nowhere
but it’s surely left its mark

Well done!
You won
You got me
Bullseye!
arrow
straight through
my heart.

You said your burden was too heavy
as we trudged through the
deep December snow
you had to lay it down now
the winds were too high
too harsh
too cold
I didn’t see you go
I was too busy trudging through
my own deep December snow.

My love
is such a burden for you to carry
it is filled with fury
childhood grief
undried tears , years of no belief
my love
is filled with never speaking
learning to whisper
never shout
a bundle of miscommunication
my love is full of  loud words
never reaching their mark
like wounded birds
my love always too stark
never quite smooth enough
my love is such a burden for you to carry
upon your  open honest heart

my heart
is buried deep
in yesterday

There are so many words
inside me
dormant
To light a match
might ignite
and burn
the whole world
down
tonight

There is a whole village
waiting for your return
and within that village
a whole family
praying that you burn

You burn me
not so much that anyone can see the
scorch
on my palm
my hand
my face
my soul
pain that leaves no mark
is a true artist’s
greatest work

I have burnt my bridges
and the heat
from those  flames
marks my skin
everyday

Thanks
lovely but
honestly
not  quite enough

we flit around
like  butterflies
feelings
like circles of smoke
disappear upon touch
emotions
like breath on a freezing morning
visible but unwelcome
we flit around
from table to table
words
like confetti at a wedding
abundant but never heard.

These words mean nothing
Unless read
By you

Listen to me now
I may say same words tomorrow
But not in the same way
Listen to them now
The cadence
The flow
Listen to them now
Their rhyming deep and low
Listen to my words
Beating deeper
Deeper
forever slow

the last time you called
you said you missed me
the last time you missed me
was when you called.

If you ever get the point
or even come close
call me
can’t promise I will answer
but still
call me
real is always worth a try.

The bits I love about you  
are the little
grey bits
that fall from your designer suit
as the cameras shine
your eyes in mine
as you smile on time
I know I am playing too
but in all honesty
only for
you

Can I fall in love with you
again
can I turn the last page back
again
can I take last night back
again
can I rewrite tomorrow
again
can I unsay my words
again
can I play happy ever after
again
can I remember who we are
again
can I see you anew
again
can I be me for you
again
can I fall in love with you
again

can I let every little thing
that makes me me
flow out of me
naturally  
or do
I have to check myself in at the door?

I cannot breath
because the pain
you cause
kills
my will
and my spirit
my grit
I cannot breath
because your boot
is bigger
and louder
and way more important
than my
life

You cannot hate me
For what I believe
Just because my believe
Is different to your believe
You cannot break me
For the words I speak
Just because my speak
Is different to your speak
You cannot judge me
For the way I live
Just because my live
Is different to your live
You cannot hate me
When you can’t even see me
You cannot
You cannot
Because in the end
You cannot fail to see
that  I am just like you
Doing what I can
Passing through

My eyes can’t quite see you
my ears struggle to hear you
my arms can’t quite reach you
my lips cannot speak to you
my heart can’t quite love you
my sister never quite liked you.

Let the slow hand of
tomorrow
catch you in the palm of her
hand
because I can’t
anymore

I can’t apologise
for being me
but I can feel sorry
that you ever
ever ‘ ever fell in love
with me
I can do that
for you.

Can we
hang on
can we
be good
can we
hold on
can we
be strong
can we
breathe on
can we
feel on
can we
live on
can we
against the odds
still believe
can we
still  breathe
on?

Can you honestly
still love me
when you don’t quite get the point
of me
anymore

You are careless about
my love
yesterday you left it in a carpark
while you shopped
today you forgot all about it
while you golfed
while you dined and whined
and laughed out loud
last night you dropped it at the door
of a club
You are careless about my love
you are careless
about
my
love

Someone like you
was never meant for
someone like me
it was always meant to be
a casual affair

I have walked so many miles
for your smile
I just need to catch my breath
now
for a little while

I will only ever
fall back
as  far
as you
you can
catch
me

The words
I love you
flow from me
gushing from the heart of me
freely
Yet
sadly
catching
just the side of you

There is an unbreakable chain
between your heart
and mine
sometimes it strains
beneath the pain
then shows us out loud
the meaning
and power
the glory
of owning
the world  renowned
always sought after
unbreakable chain

This house is way too big
for love
Our life
is way too busy for love
We need a place
smaller
Where we can
maybe find each other
a place
we feel safe
enough
To take a chance
on each other
again

In-between  the time
I think the thought
and feel the thought
and write the thought
everything has
changed

when you tell me
you are happy
I will close my eyes
until them
I am wide awake

You remind me
of who I should
have been
before life
got in my way.

You ask if I really see you
In all honesty
No
With you
I will always be blind

You
were
born
to save

If  I could paint your sunrise
in the colours that you choose
trust me , I would
except I know
you haven’t paid quite enough
attention
to blue, yet.

I don’t know the answer
I don’t know if I should
I know the world will wound you
like I knew it always would
I want to run ten feet before you
Clear the way
Slay the scrub
But I don’t know which path you’re taking
Would you tell me if you could

I will forget my words for tonight
the heavy in my heart
for at least one night
I will dance with you
barefoot
although it feels like broken glass
still
for at least one night
I will dance with you
tonight

You are the love
I never knew
I had inside my heart
until
I met you

Nothing
enrages me
or engages me
quite as much as
you two
I suspect
you feel the same way
too

You slip though my fingers now
like fine sand
although you grew to be you
beneath my hand
you are everyone
I ever wanted you to be
just better
than I hoped you could be
and you wear yourself
so easily
like you are exactly who you
were meant to be
you inhale the day
like it’s here to stay
or not
you make me smile
with pride
by living out loud.

How did I get so lucky
what in the world did  
I do
to have such beautiful humans  
love me
as you do.

I am getting older
and you are too
I might not be around
to know the older you
but you
got to know
the older me
which I suspect will look
a lot like
the older you
and
I got to know
the younger you
which I know
although you won’t agree
looks a hell of a lot
like me!

Tonight
Right here
Right now
I miss you
Probably more than I will miss you
yesterday
more than I missed you
tomorrow
right here
Right now
I miss you
I miss you
but
I quieten my screams

If there was anything I could do twice
Anything I could rewrite
It would be you two
because next time
I would be cool
er
ish!

You grew up
in a haze of yellow sun
champagne glasses
and endless fun
and then you
painfully
excruciatingly
became
You,

I love my boy
I love my girl
Just not sure who I am cheering for
tonight!