This book is for shy lips.
I’ll have you back by sunrise…
Truth
You have brown hair
But you already know that
And it’s true
I checked the other day
In class
With that pink cap
Trying to Conceal
Long flowing strands
Never tell a lie
You have olive skin
But you already know that
And it’s true
I checked the other day
In class
With your vest and jeans
Obscuring
Soft amber skin
Never tells a lie
You use a pink pen
But you already know that
And it’s true
I checked the other day
In class
In between your fingers
Veiled
Gentle hands to hold
Never tell a lie
You have a nice smile
You might have known that
And it’s true
I checked the other day
In class
Disguised
Full blush lips
Never tell a lie
You’re beautiful
You might not have known that
But it’s true
I checked the other day
In class
When you stared at me
Not very concealing
But I knew
Because 16 weeks of knowing
Never tell a lie
At First Sight
When I first saw you
I had to know who you were
Your smile brightened
My usual miserable tone
A purple ribbon
Played around your neck
And I wanted
My lips to join in
You sat with your
Head in between your knees
And I was amazed
At the comfort you displayed
I repeated your name
Over and over again
The great goddesses
Are always remembered
Like Houdini
You have gotten my attention
Afraid to take my eyes off you
Or I may miss your secrets
Speechless
There’s a dimly lit corner
Where you speak
Where verbs and adjectives
Flow quickly
From parting lips
Gentle reminders
Of why sometimes it’s better
To remain speechless
Shoulder length hair
Invades my mind
You smile
As wispy strands
Drape about
A lovely face
Those striking eyes
Make me think
Sometimes it’s better
To just remain speechless
I sit here and wonder
If I could whisk you away
To hear you speak
For another day
Say what you want
Because I’ll be watching
Those wispy strands
Drape about a lovely face
Just many more reminders
Of why it was a good idea
To remain speechless
I can’t help but wonder
Could I whisk you away
To hear you speak
For just another day
You could say what you wanted
Because watching those wispy strands
Drape about
Your lovely face
Are just more reminders
Why sometimes
Its better to remain speechless
The Iris
Opening herself to me
The dark void expands
Pulsates open and closed with passion
Encased in pure white
With veins of power running through
Like a newly birthed star
The colors explode
Around the center
The nucleus
The iris
Acoustic
It's like a reigning melody
Or a four star modeled tragedy
Your accent whispers hauntingly
Come here and hold onto me
We’ll share the things we did foresee
Did you know I still do care
While distant mountains sit and stare
I miss your blonde brown canvas hair
I have not seen
When it comes to you I am for broke
My selective wit froze as you spoke
I never thought this was a joke
And to your bed I did not wake
For reasons known to be mistakes
I wish I were yours to take
Make this future not a mess
Give me your hands to caress
This comet falling is a stress
But to your mouth I found duress
Like Robin hood's to a nest
I braved the storm headed west
You lived so close on a hill
My heart ignored this bitter pill
I loved you more I love you still
Make me prove I can I will
Why’d you have to leave
Jealous
The stars showed me
Their glow tonight
And said they were
Brighter than you
I knew they were lying
But I watched them all the same
They darkened the sky
And brightened themselves
And said that they
Were your eyes
Of the billions of stars
None of them
Came close to you
The constellations danced
With a rhythm all their own
Stories older than time
Yet, with all their grace
They stumbled where you would not
I think they are jealous
The wind whispered sweetly in my ear
And brushed about my hair
But it brought me none of the pleasure
That your voice and hands do
Doing the same
The stars hid among the clouds
Rode on the wind
And played with the raindrops
All the while watching me
For a change of mind
The heavens danced for me
Because they were jealous of you
And my answer was the same
For the splendor of the jeweled sky
I need not look farther than you.
Tawny
Tawny skin
Teaming with tiny flecks of sand
Catches the sunrise
Along with hazel eyes
Gleaming globes of delight
Reflects back
Wishing the wish less
They had sight
We sit delicately
With amber hair gently flowing
Along an angelic face
I still cannot place
There are rumors
Of beauty so lush
And lips this blush
That could curve into a decadent smile
I guess we’ll never know
You walk the shores
A halo gently hovering
Your sweet
Warm
Funny
Another side to disguise
Tiptoeing along
On dainty feet
Always hiding a coy grin
I hear your succulent kisses
Are quite devilish
And I’m on my way
To find out
Pouring
This girl talks to me
I hear not her words
But her rhythm
Her vibrations bounce off her bones
Flesh
And Skin
That bounce off her lips
That bounce off the air
That bounce off the rain
That bounces onto me
I can only hear her through the rain
Like a thousand of Poseidon’s tridents piercing my flesh
Like the fingers of a thousand lovers caressing me to sleep
Like the fires of Hell storming down upon me
Like her heart pounding with mine all over me
Like the gods have decided to cleanse my soul
Like the baptism of a new life
Like the icy grip of Hades and the warming gaze of Apollo
All these things I hear
But I cannot hear her
Her rhythm hits me
Stings, cleanses, and rolls off me
Collecting my soul at her feet
She continues to pour onto me
Her woes sting
Her voice cleanses
She rolls off
My life collecting around her feet
As she continues to fend it off with her momentum
She moves forward with me
But I cannot move forward without her
Each step stings until she recedes
Taking her cold words with her
The rain stops pouring
And so does she
The sun starts rising
And so does she
My soul rises with her
Dissipating across the sky
Awaiting another rain.
Cool Kids Give In
Quickly etching your skin
Ashen eyes draw a map
Of your rosy cheeks
I was foolish
But can you blame me
Your lips taste so vengeful
And I’m alone tonight
Words carry easy
Like mountains with no destination
The weight in the world
Lies in your tongue
Forget the past
Time is so abusing
End this silly drought
Come within reach
I gave into riddles
That fooled me
Just let yourself like me
Unlock what I seek
Light the forgotten spark
We’re all out of excuses
Forget what they say
Let taste cover your skin
Breathe deep and dive in
Drag me down below
I’m yours to use
Thoughts
I think
If you think
About thinking
About me
Because I know you try not to
But I think
You are
I think about you
Thinking about me
And I think
About us
I think about you
As much as I hope that you’re
Thinking about me
Which is a lot
I think that
I’ll think about you forever
But that’s just a thought.
Whispers
I whisper
You listen
What comes out
Of parched lips
No matter how dry
You still love to kiss
Stumbling out of sharp corners
You catch me off guard
And no matter how hard
I might fall
A soft hand
Always reaches out
To cradle my own
My eyes might tear
From frustration
All I need
Are two pupils
To reflect into mine
You calm me
When I need it most
My ears will ache
From discouraging thoughts
From off colored remarks
Then you whisper
Listening
While moist lips
Reassure me
They soothe my parched
Counterparts
My knees bend
When you walk beside
I want to fall
Please promise me
You won’t disappear
There are ways around this
I’m still trying to find a way
To get this straight
I’m still trying to find a way
To meet you
I’ll see you soon
Now Or Never
I can feel it starting
My mouth becomes that nauseating sticky dry
Sweat beads on my forehead and lower back
My breathing becomes that of a trapped cat
This is it
My last chance
Its now or never
Now
Or
Never
I watch the seconds
Turn to hours
She turns to rise
Now or never
She looks back and gives me that same smile
The one that keeps me sane when she’s not around
The one that I’d always hoped to get for all these years
Now or never
Her hair tumbles down across her face
Like children down a hill
Across her eyes
Her eyes that I can feel on me even when I’m alone
She makes them sparkle at her will
She opens the door
Now or never
Damn it
Tell her the things you want to say
Whether she wants to hear them or not
Now Tell her what you’ve wanted to say
For what seems like an eternity
Never Keep this feeling quelled within you
Fading when she’s not around and burning when she is
Like a dying star
Now or never
Wait- the words fall flat into my lap like a lead balloon
Now
Inhale, blink, beat, breathe, beat, blink, inhale
Now
The air around me tastes like that of a zombie movie
Now I turn to her
Now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now
I love you
The words float away like bubbles
Pop, pop, pop
She looks back at me
Never
She sits back down
Never
She shuts the door
Never
My night is plunged into darkness
Never
She looks at me
Never
She comes in close
Her eyes glowing in the moonlight
If I weren’t so scared, it would be beautiful
Never
She kisses me
I love you too
Never?
I kiss her back
Now seems like the right time.
Midnight
There’s a center of an unpacked closet
In between leather coats
Two individuals
Nameless
Lightless
Are ready to play
For the name of the game is fun
And the clock
Just struck midnight
His hands scout pitch-black pockets
While her sweat echoes raging sonnets
Their eyes lay useless
Touch is king
Taste is but a pawn
The name of the game is fun
Its 12:01
We've only just begun
Her body shivers, draped with delight
His hands approach
Deftly and without hesitance
Breathe escapes
Molecules of oxygen bounce
Atoms of hydrogen giggling
Dancing in between
Where
Reservations and excuses would have been
They’ve recently been killed off
By the silence of night
Don’t you wish this were you?
The name of the game is fun
It’s 12:02
He inhales perfume
Hands find moist skin
Glistening and afraid
Goose bumps meet eager flesh
She exhales her last breath
Inhaling something different
Such a feeling rarely endures
They rush together
Towards each inch
The gap slowly closing
Clothing senses its demise
It’s getting easier to see
For the name of the game is fun
It’s far past midnight
12:03
Tongues empower with taste
Meet and greet in quick fashion
Eyelids vacantly closing fittingly
Pupils roll back to accept defeat
Each nerve recently electrified
Yearn to feel
Sweat falls
Hosting thunderous beasts
While her skin reverbs
Underneath a panting breathe
Inhaling much quicker
His fingers juggle
Encircling bare skin
Imperfections disappear
They grasp onto seamless Ecstasy
Don’t you want more?
The name of the game is fun
12:04
Pounding necks
Lay victim to rampant
Sucking
Gentle skin
Melts easily
Her fingernails scrape
Broad shoulders extending
Pain and pleasure
Find something in common
Erase the fine line
It disappeared long ago
She whispers infidelities
Vowels and verbs escape
Into thick musty air
Crying out
Words of pleasing despair
Proper loses form
Turning to lust
Hair flowing
Strands turned loose
Mixing colors
While saliva flows rampant
Down ravaged necks
Two bodies masquerading as one
One force
Invading each other
Powerless to resist
Nails slide down
Inviting themselves
to places far south
Her head snaps back
She waits for more
Envious eyes watch them leave
We stare at each other
Want to go in?
It’s after all 12:01
Just a game
And so much fun
Other You
My mind wanders and I think
About what lead me up to this point
I think of where you would be
In the big scheme of things
The choices we’ve made
Separately
Lead us here
Together
If I’d done something different
In my life
And you in yours
Would we still have met?
If I’d never bit my tongue
And approached you to say “Hi”
Would you have moved
Your shy eyes to mine?
Have our long talks and laughs
Been fated by the stars?
Or just something to keep us going
Until we find when they are?
Where else could you be?
Across our town, state or country?
Or you could still be here
Just without me
Would you miss me if I weren’t there?
Would you feel emptiness
And not know why?
Like the one I would feel for you
I wonder who would take my place
And you yours
If we did the same things
Could I feel you through them?
Would that life be better?
Could I be braver, stronger, and lovelier
With this new you in my life?
The Esmil
The Esmil
It creeps.
Slowly at first
With a foreign stickiness native to itself.
The wetness bonds to the flesh as it
Twists and turns exploring its mobility and momentum.
Once it has fully extended itself, we find out its purpose.
We can see a hairline crack
Begin to make its way across the surface
Starting from right to left
Once the sticky carapace is divided,
the two sides pull back to reveal the captivating inside.
This is a once in a millennia event.
It seems that its flesh is puckering back
There are pearls lining its inside
And it's willingly exposing them.
This is quite a startling revelation.
I think it likes you.
Numbers
One plus one
Means two
Two misses one
But can get by
It skips on
Onto three
Two likes three
But three's a crowd
So it moves on
Missing one and three
Skipping along
Until two meets four
Four scares two
It is not ready for that many
And already given up one and three
Two asks four for some time
They fall in love
But something is missing
Thinking about one and three
It decides to keep going
It won’t forget four
While it goes to meet others
And skips along
Until two meets five
Number Five
Greets two with much pride
Curiosity makes it ask
What happened to four and three?
Two didn’t have an answer
And wondered what came of one
Five asked
Why two kept skipping
And why four was so sore
Five reminded two
I was still in love with you
And two skipped no more
Snuggles The Bear
Approves This Message
The view from underneath a cloud
Is beautiful
You should try it sometime
I do
Everything seems to flow in unison
And you’re left wondering
What could be left to see
Touching the ground takes skill
Falling gently for hours
Picking a perfect spot
It’s all natural science
Landing next to another
Frigid air holds no surprises
You’ve been warned
As I watch her
Lazily smiling next to me
I can see what you love
It’s hard not to
Her eyes sparkle
With a twilight
Reminding me of home
What an oddity
How you act around her
There’s a shuffle to your step
Words pop out of nowhere
Don’t be nervous
Second chances are like storms
They come and they go
And you’re always left
With a gentle reminder
Of what was
I’ll be gone soon
What will you do
Without imprinted steps
To trace her path
We have a saying
Melting with another
Is better than staying here alone
You should try it sometime
Slowly fading
One last look
Her lips mix with yours
Heated gasps dissipate
From long drawn out sighs
I’m glad you took my advice
I guess this is goodbye
The view from underneath a cloud
Is beautiful
You both flow in unison
And I’m no longer wondering
What could be left to see
I’ll take Love in G Minor
Designed for convenience
Brunette hair sways down
The gentle slope
Of a gentler neck
I love dearly
Like piano strings
To the moonlight sonata
Your skin curves
In a bit of a shadow
And I’m left
With blueprints
To a perfect face
Can I tell you now
Should I tell you now
We are so close together
But seven feet
Is too far apart
Would you
Be a good teacher
Could you bring me there
Could you bring me there
Your voice soothes
In kind of a whisper
And carries
Right to my ear
Please sing
So I can just hear it
We’ll be close then
Oh we’ll be so close then
Could you
Let me just say it
Take my time
Let you not fear it
Come close
Be my own sunlight
I’ll wait for you
Oh yes
I’ll wait for you
Pants Are Overrated
Let the petals fall
In a soft draping spectrum
Massaging your curves
While my hands caress the nape
Of your neck
Just think of June
Nerves shadow our every step
Reminding us of bits and pieces
We stop to admire a lamented path
The chorus pauses to switch sets
Come
Let’s escape Oblivion
Run into darkness
Cascading with potential
And bare skin
Unable to resist
We collide
With your heart I am gentle
And our cells and molecules
Dividing along with much contempt
I let the spirits trace your sketch
To a shape rivaling perfection
Giggle with innocence
Release this sin
Allow my crude imprecisions
And leashed lust be a reminder
That all roads
Lead straight to you
Hear them whisper
They know but sight and sound
An accurate tapestry they weave
And within raised stalks
Lay you and me
Discreetly bare
And ready for it all
Yes
Hear them whisper
Lest our ears be ignorant
Of unneeded warnings
Discarded in the name of..
Touch
Taste
Warmth
Left alone is cotton
And thrown aside is silk
For a softer entity lies
Concealed below you
Pull Those Riffs
Pull those strings with meaning
Get the lyrics straight
I hope you’re listening
For I’m one six note praise
From getting your attention
Could I sing in the rain?
A melody for your enjoyment
My consonants travel for miles and miles
Only to reach one person
Don’t worry
Your ears won’t let them fall
You’ll be mine
Whisper it at first
Test the waters with
Audacious strings
Maybe they'll take
But it’s not just your hands
I’m holding onto
Maybe some magic
Blasting the Ben Folds
Before we get too old
Throw me down
Teach me how to play
Embrace this cliché
Like fairy tales
And hospital dramas
Never had a happy ending
Place this under lock and key
To later whisper
And open for our dreams
It’s not too hard
Getting this right
Soon you’ll see
Waterfalls
Staring into Transparency
With shapes and sizes muddling
A detail immune to precision
It lacks importance
For pupils are such
A small piece
Of what makes you so sweet
Your hair lays drenched
Clinging with desire
Meshed around my skin
Like leeches recently confined
The cave walls
Echo bits and pieces
Reflecting words I have already heard
And just in case you’ve noticed
Your smile is still the loveliest
Reaching towards
An unknown destination
My hands break the barrier
And reach beyond a flowing abyss
I feel a gentle softness
Like similarly dampened skin
Pressing and caressing
Try to touch
What I have not seen
But only wanted
Only in dreams
Remembering what's been said
The mosaic comes to life
An artist’s rendition
Of how beautiful you are
Drapes around my mind
Read into disparity
Glare back at assumptions
Soon to be found guilty
Of contempt and presumptions
But right now
As how I feel
Comes into view
All I see is lovely
And all I want is you
The Cat Burglar
Breaking into the beige headquarters
With her diamond lips
And precise smile
Quickly she moves through
Intoxicating the grey matter guard dogs
And blending into the dark recesses with skill
The only one to explore them
She stumbles upon
A drafty humid shaft
Dimly lit with a washed out pink
Radiating from her prize
She unravels a silk thread from her tongue
And descends, bathed in crimson
Shining greedily against her exposed hazel eyes
A solid uncut ruby with a single, hairline-crack that
Crests through the middle
Without hesitation she hoists her prize to her chest
Grasping with all her might as her stride breaks
Her great escape goes unnoticed
The alarm sounds long after she is gone
And Then Something Changes
The dissonance of your spectral kiss
Haunts my sleeping nights
Like a swarming sphere of chaos
Calm these aching thoughts
And fulfill what is
Merely translucent
Disappear onto me
And remind my senses
What a lucid fantasy
Is like
Contact
As we twirl in our ship
Amidst the stars
Using the pull off the planets
To guide our course
Every twinkle of the limitless beyond
Is in our grasp
I hold onto you
Knowing you cannot
Control us either
And that gives me comfort
As you sweetly sing a song
Just for me
As we drift towards eternity
Together
The Beast
I want to stand next to you
But even then I don’t feel the same
Welling up
In the pit of my stomach
Some primal beast wishes to escape
Crawling up my ribs through my chest
Lashing at my heart with its spiny tail
Crushing my lungs with its mighty paws
Gnawing at my throat with its clenching maw
Rampaging its way through me
To try and get to you
I have to protect you from it
I swallow
I choke
I gag
I cough
I breathe
The beast subsides
Viewing you with my eyes
You look at me
And I can feel it screaming
Reverberating against my skull
Rippling my cheeks
Grinding my teeth
Its desire to be released
The beast that wants to hold you
To lie with you
To touch you
To kiss you
The beast needs a master
And it chose you
I can’t stop its passion
I can only contain it with my will
The same will that wants to give itself to you
A Legible Rant of flying Skates
Don’t you ever wonder what’s out there
I don’t.
Not since I met you
With your framed glasses
With your blonde brown hair
Dangling as you twirled around
Like a ballerina with some skates
Save a strand for me
Just one please
I’m afraid I’m still addicted
Because your laugh
So gorgeous
And so rare
Repeats gleefully
Inside my head
I knew
And I had not a clue what to say
My pen has more answers
Than these tattered lips
So read some more
Just a little please
We met long ago
Within a nameless party
With faceless attendants
Only you stood out
Flying around seamlessly
I never caught you then
And yet we spoke
I suppose it’s okay
Because the way you snort
Always made me smile
I was a sucker you know
Such a sucker
Just for you
I’m glad you found the ropes
How to drive in style
Just don’t let the high speeds
Rip away those gorgeous wings
We all have our flaws
But I never meant to let you go
Your lips still drive me speechless
In a silent memory
I was a lot better at this
When we were just beautiful dreams
My mistakes made it real
I always said
I’d apologize if I fucked up
Or one day lost touch
We all have misguided dreams
Once again, forgive me please
It was just all so new to me
When I saw your gorgeous smile in 3-D
Enjoy what you can
While you can
That’s the answer
I’d like to think
I did
But knowing
Is so not fulfilling
When I can draw out
What I remember
To keep the rest
My own mirage
You struck deep
I’m sorry
Without warning
This is so important
Thoughtlessly relentless
I miss you
I know it’s easy to forget
Just read it once
And fly away again
Just once
And you can fly away.
Of You
Your remembrance spreads through me
Like a disease
I just can’t get it to stop
It’s out of my hands
It’s in them now
It’s in each stroke
As they tremble to form these words
It’s in them as they mimic
The acts you did to me
They uneasily run through my hair
Getting tangled where yours never did
They touch spots on my face
My body yearns for that gentle touch
But my hands are hard and aggressive
They’re no substitute for you
My hands clutch the pillow you slept on
Hoping to absorb some of your essence
As it quakes against my chest
Trying to soothe me into sleep
It’s no substitute for you
I look in the mirror
My eyes and face look withered with age
It’s just sorrow
From the part of you left in me
Trying to find you again
It will never return to you
I can’t let it leave me
Because it’s all that I have left
Of you
Letting Go
Letting go
of you’ll be easy
once my gut stops feeling queezy
at the thought...
Did you know
I still wait for you
Like I’ve got nothing else to do?
But you’re not...
One hello
Sets my head spinning
one more hope for wanton sinning.
...You forgot.
Hopelessly Confusing
I had a picture drawn of you
Waking
Yawning
In my bed
We rolled over
Did all those things
Promised
Long ago
That isn’t happening now
And I’m hopelessly confused
You have this sly little smile
Used without remorse
It dragged me along
In mountains with colors
Never before seen
I fell asleep watching
You breathe so peaceful
Our story was written
Chapters aptly named
A title and a publisher
In speech designed for only
Us to decipher
The language was stunning
It mirrored you perfectly
Oceans like diamonds
It’s all we can see
As our destination was forged from nights
Planted from fairytales
With talking pumpkins
And a moonlight that told us
We were for real
Then we kissed
There’s always something to say
To describe
I’m at a loss for words
One moment we were
And I was smiling
Now we’re not
The taste of fruit
Still covers my lips
A story made simple
It’s what I miss
I still have this picture
Where you’re beside me
The sun bathes us
Gliding along silky skin
My arms squeeze yours
Our noses gently touch
Your eyes reflect mine
Rough sheets lay around
I promise to make breakfast
Then fall back asleep
Try not to wake me
When you disappear
I don’t want to stop
This reoccurring dream
Dance the Night Away
I write about your eyes
Everything else
Is just a lovely daydream
The sand’s so soft
And the moon’s so bright
Please join me
For a dance tonight
Cup my hand
Give a gentle squeeze
Drape your arms around my neck
Sending me soft shivers
Six minutes and six seconds
To sway so slow
Let cellos and violins dictate our pace
We’ll move patiently
While my heart begins to race
But the sand’s so soft
And the moon’s so bright
I’m glad you’re joining me
For a dance tonight
Heads collide
Locked lips
Absorb gentle lust
I kiss you
Like silk to skin
Legs still move
Your arms
Massage into pure bliss
There’s a pause
You giggle
As my knees stumble
In front of a face so beautiful
Like crystals to sweet lace
You stare back without intent
Our lips lock again
For the last time
I tell myself once again
That you were once mine
Again we move
Chords slowing
Flutes play their last notes
Trumpets fade
Soon the music will end
You will be gone
Like our imprints in the sand
But my thoughts include you
Underneath a secluded tree
Where we lie
Just you
And just me
If you happen to catch me gazing
With gem encrusted eyes
You know what I’m seeing
An encore of goodbyes
The sand’s so soft
And the moon’s so bright
Thank you for joining me
For a dance tonight
One Night Stand
Satin sheets
Softly cover
Legs intertwined
I beg the sun
For more time
Urge the moon
To circle
Just once more
And the moon
The blinds leak contempt
My face squirms trying to evade
Pretending
That for each minute
Of every day
I never saw light
Cover your soft cheeks
And I would just know
That every freckle
On your skin
Matches my own
Only a couple hours remain
This is our morning
Kiss me
Just once more
I want to memorize
How sweet they taste
You stir
Your legs wrap
Even closer
I plead
Maybe everything else
Has been a dream
Maybe what I’m seeing now
Has always been
My fingers caress your hair
I gently put strands back in place
Back to when I met you
Hours ago
Before you wake
I hold you close
Tired eyes blink
Watching you wake
Auburn lips
Curve into a slight smile
Your hand touches me
With lovely audacity
Ten fingers
Caress my chin
I had you once
Ignore time
This memory grows dim
Like the time I saw my favorite constellation
Etched on your skin
Disappear
I loved once
But keep it to myself
Holding my tongue
Like I held you
I’d utter your name
But all goes silent
Kids
Just a bunch of kids
In grown up clothes
Playing catch with our hearts
And tag with our bodies
Wishing to be taller
To get the cookie jar booze
Your friends got up laughing
After you shot them
Passing notes
Requires a credit check
Taking out leases
For our power wheels
Nobody wants to
Swing the highest anymore
Our lullabies are longingly sung
To us out of a speaker
Recess has been reduced
To a 15 minute coffee break
Girls’ cooties are coveted prizes
Bragging by the water fountain
Passing the tooth fairy on the street
While she begs for those quarters back
Spending spaced out weekends
Tripping on cloud nine
Slipping through snow days
While moaning and groaning
Hide and seek is a mind game
And names will always hurt you
4 am infomercials
Are your only nightlight
Tucking yourself in
With the boogeyman
Remember when you
Wanted to grow up?
I’m Rome
You beg for something real?
I offer reality
It’s a mixed bag
And you’re out of touch
Out of time
I’m out of my head
Like over quoted 80’s songs
Forgive me
But you leech originality
And run my patience thin
Please realize
Beauty runs deeper
Than rose makeup and candy touches
Desire is more than one kiss
Where sweet found bitter
You were a muse
Whose well ran dry.
Just wait
This image will sharpen
All you wanted
Was right here waiting
For the point
Like a dagger
Twice used
Or your warm breathe
So many boys have bathed in
Like sweet sin
You considered once
Giving me a chance
I'm not the lottery
One-dollar attempts
And loose change collected
Won't earn my interest
Your vain regards
Turned my heart to shards
Leaving me here
Emo songs
Describe you so well
Sing along in ignorance
Melancholy blisters
And venomous whispers
Light you up in shame
Play along
Like its all a game
You dare to continue
Filling up verbs
With malicious intent
This is a waste of time
Because in the end
My callous friend
You’re just a fish in the sea
Save up some change
Maybe you’ll win
Because the grass is always greener
Large ego and all
But those candy lips
And your curvy hips
Paint a portrait of shame
So feel free to ignore me
While I rant and defy
You’re just the save up that change
Maybe you'll win
Grin in that sweet sin
While I try to defy
But you’re a sour girl
And I’m just the smarter guy.
Wine
A smile worth
Dozens of roses
One for
Every time
I’ve ever wanted to kiss
Those lips
Coated in Cabernet
Those I quickly miss
May every soul know
This is for you
When indigo outlines your smile
And amber tickles your toes
Moonlight hits you gently
In ways altogether foreign
Word starved
We haven’t talked in days
In another language
I’m slowly deciphering your skin
It’s all kinds of cryptic
I’m sure you could deceive my ears
Please don’t touch me
A soft shiver could be distracting
Sending pleasure down my spine
I’ll be back at square one
Still in love
These are confessions of a saint
Desiring a sinner
We ponder thoughts similar
I know you’re thinking
Of the same licks
And the same caresses
While removal of draping dresses
Runs rampant in our mind
Fantasizing
Our eyes wander to the same spot
Like snowflakes
You tease and tickle
Up and down my skin
While on top of trees
I flee the scene
Leaving
Not Fleeing
It’s all a little scary
Discovering what was
And what should
What can
And what will
This sketch outlines
A great imagination at work
Where we’re always kissing
But sometimes
In between your sentences
Written like sweet poetry
I realize
Compromises brought us here
And blushed stained lips
That I’ve enjoyed and kissed
Still wait for coming months
When the sun angles bright
Upon our legs intertwined
Our time is nigh
Let us make love forever
I’d love to kiss red wine
Lawyers Have all the Fun
We struck a truce
Written in soul
Previously kept
For those unwilling to compromise
Held within lies a simple truth
I enjoy you
And you enjoy me
There is no reason to stop
Complications might arise
Rented onto you and me
There are brands for this
Your hair once flowed in my hand
While I smelled fruit yet discovered
And then there’s your smile
The eighth wonder uncovered
We can’t forget
The time we met
I had asked you to come along
Sometimes I think
It would have been easier
If you just refused
Then I wouldn’t have known
That you want me
We may go our separate way
Break this agreement
I know I’d miss you
I think about your hips
And I know I’d want you
There should be a way around this
Let’s sit and figure out
How to compromise
How about
When raindrops fall
Lazily on your skin
I tell the truth
Unveil our painting
There’s little to fear
But I’m not ready to let go
I'd whisper in shadow
I miss you
To pray you could hear
But lost in darkness
I need you
With nothing to grip or steer
To the abyss
I want you
To fall on near blind eyes
And in the void
I love you
As I learn to say goodbye
She Stares Out the Window
She stares out the window
At the spot where the dogs would’ve played
In the house where her father grayed
In this place she’s forever stayed
In the bed that was never made
Near the forests where she often strayed
And the room where she laid in dismay
The day after they sat in their graves
Where her parents eternally lay
Which is the reason why from the rafters her body sways.
Family
I have no shoulder to cry on
No one wipes my tears away
Completely alone I sit here
As each priceless azure crystal
Slips through my grasp
And tumbles down
I watch through streaked glass
As they shatter on the ground
Never collecting the pieces
Never becoming whole again
Like us
Compromises
Dreamily
You appear in spectral attire
Curving perfectly like I’m used to
And that smile
Evading only the blind and folly
Haunts me radiantly
Please don’t stop
I crave sleepless nights
Where periphery can only give in
To a passing chance
All alone and staring up in space
Remembering when
Just remembering when
There’s a vacancy inside
I wish you could fill
But four letter words
Could never rhyme with happiness
Nailed in
And everything I meant to say
Remains coursing through my veins
Many nights will sign
Along the dotted shoreline
And many tears will fall
From long dry aqua eyes
Your perfect face
Never more displaced
Sadness rightly reigned
And it’s driving me insane
On our own we could not mend
But I won’t try and keep you here
As smart as I thought I was
There’s nothing as bad
And it’s ending all too soon
I’m a little scared
And It’s ending all too soon
So Much Fun
Please never lie
I don’t want to betray perfection
Even if it means
Putting our hearts in a sling
To avoid being hurt
I’ll go ahead and pretend
I haven’t memorized your smell
Because learning it over again
Would be so much fun
And one more night
To hold onto soft fingers
Playing with them in childish amusement
Lay together
Pretending we intersect perfectly
Completing our imperfect symmetry
One more hour
To give you that smile
Kissing in between every giggle
We’d stare at the stars
Look back at your eyes
Where there lies a secret
And ill be forever gazing
Trying to find the answer
A few more minutes
Spent at the nape of your neck
Wishing I could hold on
No one ever thinks the last kiss
Is the last kiss
Don’t let go
Let my hands go to your curves
I’m hastily trying to re-memorize
Because learning them again
Can be so much fun
A few more seconds
Wishing I had
A few more seconds
A last thought
The love songs make sense
But I’m left with a silent film
Where my memory feeds the reel
There’s this one capture
Where you’re laying in bed
Coyly smiling
Wrapped in a soft quilt
Eyes closed and dreams conquering
That’s when I knew I loved you
I'll be forever trying
To memorize that moment
Because learning again
Can be so much fun
Cinderella
Do you hear the whisper?
Flowing gently in the air
It has passed by countless earlobes
In a foreign dialect of tongues and rambles
Making it hard to understand
These four simple words
Like a child
Swimming around the trees
Like little kids with their huge hopes
Tickling each green leaf or white stemmed rose
And leaving behind a sketching of your hand
A sketch I’d love to hold
Passing by Victorian houses
It wisps by onto my field of dreams
Where Julie Andrews had her song
And I have my kiss
I’ve wanted all along
It gently knocks at your window
Careful not to wake a sleeping Cinderella
Mindful of the time
It’s half past twelve and
Though one slipper less
And without your silver crown
There is no prince to wake your dreams
Just a gentle whisper
Carrying more than it seems
It skittishly encircles your white sheets
Reporting back wide-eyed incantations
Of your entrapping lips
Trying to find a way
To convey those four simple words
You awake to morning
Unaware of what was said
To ignore a whisper takes little
And it passed by without pause to share
But give me a night
Where we’re in my field of dreams
And telling you these four words
Is not as hard as it seems
Maybe then I’d recall
These words to say to you
Maybe in more than a whisper
I love you too
A Swing and a Miss
There are pictures of your smile
Lodged in my brain
Random thoughts and concrete wants
Render me obsolete
Your soft crimson lips were always better in person
I miss the spring
My steps awkwardly circled
A dreamily created hardwood floor
We danced around and around
In all ways foreign
Learning steps and routines
Bad shoes and ripped jeans shed like chaffed skin
And still those lips
So much sweeter in person
I miss the summer
We walk the still stale sand
Annoying enough to merit a chuckle
Too much distance between our hands
While I’ve never more desired
To grasp five fingers
This is a daze to the senses
My nose smells bitter seawater
But my tongue confirms an infinite ecstasy
Confined to those sweet lips
I miss the fall
You gave me a second chance at the future
And nothing will take that away
There is a bitter regret
For getting less than asked for
Never more than bargained
But between the random thoughts and concrete wants
Wedged inside an infinite space
Lay those lips
And I may miss the summer
And I will miss the fall
But ask me up close, I’d say
I miss you most of all
Mix Tape
We have reached the intersection
Where colors are defined
Like your eyes so azure
And your lips like red wine
Pale skin glistens like moonlight shining
And a smile reflects gently
Reminding me how to fall in love
We were once buried in a sea of grief
Lacking clarity
An acoustic guitar highlighting emblazoned words
Strings guided by your beauty
Still bitter like old champagne
I miss running my fingers through your hair
I don’t know if I can come back
Now so bitter like old champagne
Don’t you forget me, don’t you dare
Summer comes too soon
Where nights highlight the sky
You showed me the inner workings
Cassiopeia has been replaced
By an immortal with greater merits
Given a ring
Playing your favorite song
Leaving on the Jimmy Eat World
I just spoke of Greek goddesses
Rivaling your smile
Im sick of the complexities
So hear you me, believe in what you want
Just tonight, you’re my love’s savant.
I'm Just
There’s only so much claim
And I swear I'm meant for fame
Reach into sand
Pull out my name
I'm not cut out for this
Dizzying self-proclaimed
Existential wannabe
Role I've been put in
How can I keep up
With whispering jests
Buried deep in space
This is fading
Like a comet calculating
Pass by fast without a pause
I'll just wave
I'll just wave
Expect nothing but the best
And I'm falling
Read into what I’m saying
Like an open book without a page
Search in and out for some meaning
I don't know how to think
And we're heading to the sun
Melting in each other’s arms
Slipping down and from it all
Events set like bombs in motion
Explosively ready for devotion
Diffuse me and fly away
You’re a one verbed peace
Timely swaying into thin air
I reach like mountains hit the shore
A shadow overpowering
Enveloped you much too fast
A rain like soothing meant to last
You need something for protection
And I'm distancing
Slowly Distancing
There’s this overwhelming designation
Qualifying me for expectations
I'll be back like Obi Wan
Episodically misplaced
Until then
Sell what's left
I'm deaf and deft
And just not ready
I just wasn't ready
Paper Cut
You smell like diamonds
Freshly cut
The product of greed
I stare like addicting
And crash into emotion
Do not make a scene
I'm a little tired
And your jagged edges
Are oh so comforting
Priceless with no value
Our hips gently touch
Careful not to remove the tag
My hands make an appraisal
There’s little known
Of black market vendors
But they see something special
And who am I to argue
Men prod uncomfortably
You stare with incredible distance
At the stars where we kissed
Special like constellations
Meaningful and infinite
Now you are given extra shine
Smoothed out
Packaged for resale
Drifting away
They put you in the market window
Prettied up
A model's definition of snappy
Your lips pucker with devotion
In a taste one could never get enough
I wish you a second chance
At hiding shallow grace
Lawyers are busy copyrighting your smile
And I still miss your face.
An Optical Illusion
My concerns are rendered moot
From the
Warm
Breathing
Touch
Of your voice
With it I am powerless
Happily complying
A boyish grin
Nods with a smile
Wanting a never ending story
An oh so perfect ending
And only you will know
What I'm talking about
Memories of our kisses
Melding with caressing
Your soft back.. shoulders
Tickle my neck
Make my ear quiver with
A lick
All it takes
Comply with my wishes
Indulge me
Moan for me
Pant
I demand it and
Your voice echoes
Sinful pleasure
Trickling sweat
drip...drip .. drip
Slide down your smooth skin
They feed my hunger
Won’t you
Cant you?
Will you
Kisses for your naval
Wet and informally disheveled
Your hair sways with wild abandon
Torture me
With licks
sway my grins
Suck
Pant
Wont you
Cant you?
Will you
We dance around the subject
Ballerinas in your bed
Tiptoeing
Tantalizing
Grip my shoulders
Bite my chest
Your teeth marvel me
I need more
Vivid innocence thrown to the wind
Thighs taunt me
Eyes roll back
I hear you giggle
More
Angels turn their eyes
Trickles of you dance
A sonnet around my skin
Bounce together
My hands grip tightly
Legs lock around each other’s
Sink in
Tight
Pretend to squirm
You won’t last long
Kiss me
Tongues swaying
Mute flicks of affection
I want more
Wont you
Can't you?
Will you
Eyes close
Resistance is suppose to be easy
But you make me so hard
So close
Faster we dance
Delivering me an encore
Bounce
Hastily cover
Every inch
Your body
My prison
Don't let me out
Suspend time
An oak room whispers
Material so envious
Of such angelic lips
Never to enjoy the trappings of a kiss
Shout
Joyously
Exhilaratingly
Let them hear
In a
Breathing
Breathtaking
Breath
You are mine
To be mistaken
An imposing challenge
Leaves me willing
And able
Such fine lips
Such fine hips
I cup your face
Endlessly chasing
Big brown eyes
To survey conquered territory
To see them
staring back into mine
Come with me
We'll suspend time
Tick-tock
Tick-tock
Do you hear it?
Soon
The world is our playground
I'll have you back by sunrise
A face
A chase
Hands
Your waist
I've lost my mind
And have never felt so coherent
I kiss your hips
Hands slide down
Tonight
Kneel
Breathe me in
Rapture dons a face
Our eyes slide inward
Come
Lets conquer the earth
I'll have you back by sunrise
