Breathe
In
Out
Hold on tightly
Don't let me go
Breathe
Slow
S l o w
Slip beneath
The starlit sky
Greet Orion
With your eyes
To sleep
I send you
To sleep
Perchance to dream
S l o w
Slow
Breathe
Don't let me go
Hold on tightly
Out
In
Breathe

It begins
With one breath
And ends
With one hundred
One hundred hearts
Beating as one
Thunder in our blood
Lightning in our lungs
Notes fell like rain
Down
    Down
        Down
Onto our parched and thirsty tongues

Feast your ears
Close your eyes
And let bass notes hum through you
As the sopranos soar above
Let the altos
Catch your heart and squeeze
Just a little
Just a little
As the tenors serenade you

Come and join us, friend,
Come and dance with us!
Drink with us
Of Melody
And be quenched
By Harmony
Let your heart be freed
Fly high, oh soul!
Soak up our joy, friend,
Let us lift you up and then
Gently
So gently
Set you down
With a whisper
With a prayer

With one breath
One hundred souls
S i g h
And, so, they sleep
To wait for the rain
To come again

Today
The world is gray again
Today
The sun hides its face
And the windows cry for sadness
Today
The hills are blue with cold
Today
The roof, cloaked in snow,
Melts into the wool white sky
And today
Y hoy
Et aujourd'hui

Yesterday
The world was bright
Yesterday
The sun shone merrily
And the windows glinted and winked in its light
Yesterday
The hills sparkled like a fish's scales
Yesterday
The blue of the sky was all I could see
And yesterday
Y ayer
Et hier

But tomorrow?
Who knows but God?
Not I. Not thou.
Tomorrow
Manana
Demain

I turn to you in suffering
I turn to you in pain
But once the road is smooth again
I simply turn away.
How, I ask, does this happen?
Why am I so weak?
The answer is such that I hide my face in shame.
But you take my hand again
And brush my tears away.
You remind me that you're so much
Bigger than anything I fear...
And since I fear my own heart
And you're still there
I know you speak the truth.

You never leave me
And I know you'll never fail me
I admit, sometimes I stumble
But I'm convinced somehow you knew
That all this time I was gonna
Come running back to you.

I could ask how,
But I know I'll never understand.
I could ask why you'd do all this
Even if I was the only one...
But this is just so beautiful
Why ruin it with doubt?
So, I laugh and come running back to you.

I know I'm far from perfect
I know it's hard to change
But I also know your promise
And I've memorized your love...
So even though I wander
And though I'm blinded by the pain.
No matter what happens
I'll always come running back to you.

I am
Wearing the shirt you let me
Steal from you
(Probably just for one
Night. But, gosh, what
Must your mother think?)

I am
Breathing in the scent
Of your skin
(Why is your smell so
Comforting? So
Familiar?)

I am
Warm and cozy in this
Red shirt's long sleeves
(A little too long for me
But who am I
To be complaining?)

I am
Surrounded by your shirt
And it feels like your arms are wrapped around me
(I find myself
Craving your hugs sometimes... it's like
I'm addicted to your strong arms. I think I am.)

I am
Having trouble getting to sleep because
Not even my dreams are safe from your face
(I don't know what's
Gotten into me! It's as if
You've permeated my skin. Permeated me.)

I am
Being. Here. Now.
Breathing.
(Maybe if I inhale your
Warm smell enough you'll
Just become a permanent part of me)

I am
Seriously considering never
Ever giving this shirt back...
(Because darned if it doesn't
Make my heart feel
Fit to burst!)

I am
. . .
Happy :)

Jack and Jill
Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water
Jack fell down
And broke his crown
And Jill collected the life insurance
And is now a rich ***** with plumbing!

Black inside
But no one can know
Because black is unacceptable.
So I paint myself with bright colors
Sunny Yellows
Grassy Greens
Rosy Reds
Sky Blues
I am a mirror
I feel what you are feeling
Or is that just how it seems?
Sometimes I can't tell.
WHO AM I?
And sometimes? a crack
Appears in my painted shell
And black leaks through
Smearing the colors that you want to see.
But when you see the black
You are confused,
Don't quite know what to do.
So I found out
That which I wish wasn't true;
People don't want to look at blackness.
So, maybe if I slather enough color on the outside
The brightness will start to bleed through
To my insides too...