The race of my heart beat....
The throb of my pulse...
The pounding of my blood thru my veins....
It's you....
It's you every time....
And the words just don't come out...

E.J.M.

Life changes. ..
Life changes you and I....
The hardness of your body has softened. ..
Your earrings are gone....
There's more pepper in your hair...
More lines around your eyes...
Another job...
But you still have her...
And years ago I had hope...
of something else. ..
I'm softer...
and smarter...
and harder now...
we've changed yet remained the same...
Life changes us...
we are still here in our place despite the changes...
and I still lose my breath when I see you...

E.J.M.

Just hearing your voice makes my day...
That simple... hi baby
I smile at the sound of your voice....
The how are yous?
The I miss yous and love yous....
That conversation that we never have any more. ..
I miss these conversations....
i miss you...
how i wish i could awake to the sound of your voice. ..
instead I'll wait for the next time you call....
E.J.M.

Why do you keep me here?
Here in this box, on a shelf...
To take down when you want...
To play with me..
To tell how miserable your life is...
And when your done..
You put me back here until the next time you need me...
I can't fathom why you keep me here...

I suppose the better question is why I stay?

E.J.M.

Love has to be tended....Like a garden...
Without watering, it dies...
As the weeks pass and I don't see you...
I don't speak to you...
I don't know you anymore. ..
Time pulls love apart...
I miss you but mostly miss what we had...
What I thought we had...
You continue living your life and I get farther away...

Will you notice when I'm gone?

E.J.M.

In a world of dreams and might have beens...
You are the door that shuts out all future wishes...
The slamming door that locks me here in futility

E.J.M.

At the end of the day...
I simply wish things were different. ...
That I didn't love you. ..
Maybe that you loved me more...
That we were at a different time...
Maybe that they didn't exist. ..
I'd change it all...
I'm not sure I can love you like this...
Yet I do...
Here's where wishes get you...

E.J.M.