i’ll kiss your nose
i’ll **** your toes
my love still grows
even though i’m banished

i’ll take your hand
i’ll understand
and place no demands
even though i’m famished

fulfil your heart
it’s both end and start
fulfil your heart
that one can’t outsmart

in this union
there is communion
and our reunion
is all i’m seeking

there’s always a choice
just use your voice
and tune your ears
to the words i’m speaking

fulfil your heart
it’s both end and start
fulfil your heart
that one can’t outsmart

i love your company
i love your energy
i love your presence
i love listening to you
i love talking to you
i love sharing with you

i love looking in your eyes
i love the warmth of your soul
i love the touch of your hand
i love holding you
i love comforting you
i love reassuring you

i love your aura
i love your attitude
i love your humour
i love stroking you
i love kissing you
and i love your smile

i forced myself
to turn away
thinking you were gone
torturing myself
in the process
until finally i allowed myself a backward glance
and saw that you were still there
but i’d taken too many steps
i was at a loss
and could have rent myself in two
leaving you the pieces
that belonged always to you
momentarily i was fooled
into thinking you may have some use for them

you can keep me at arm's length if you want to
i'll be right here by your fingertips
and you can ignore what is and always has been
i'll still be waiting for you

this is truth decreed and arranged
though i've wandered my own paths of sorrow
ever more i know that this is what's real
and that nothing has or will change

so you can set me adrift if you want to
and i'll eke out an existence alone
but the message in this bottle won't fade
and one day it will return to you

her anguish breaks my heart
cracks it open
as though a walnut were a pistachio
i bleed for her
i want to rush to her
reassure her that she’s just reached another step along the way
and not a destination
not the end of the line

my bittersweet baby
your path is still open
any obstruction is yours to sweep away
or wait for the soothing rains
to wash clear
my hand is here to steady you
as you negotiate this terrain
on the way toward your dream

it will draw your soul to itself
the eventuality clear
sometimes it seems so far away
but believe it’s always near

breathe
and whisper
your sweet lips parted
ever so slightly
come hither
i am there already
and never wish to leave
so breathe
and hear my whisper
brush against your ear
i am here
i will always be here
it’s you who holds
the soul i sold
entrusted
to your safe keeping
let it breathe
upon your wing as you take flight
hear it whisper
like a zephyr in the night
always here
forever near
always
always

my everything
words spoken and meant
it’s just you
who you are
that holds my heart
the only time i’ve professed
words of love
in their purest form
despite my wishes and desires
it’s just you
who you are
that i adore