Thick Skin

Sun-kissed skin & strawberry lips Water up to my chin So much bliss I could drown in it And it surrounds me It is abounding between you & me There are glances to sow and kisses to reap And I will keep Hope alive In your stunning blue eyes In the comfort of arms That hold and do not harm But accept and know That there is nowhere to go Nowhere to be Nowhere to be understood more perfectly Than with your head against my chest Than me laying to rest On your shoulder and falling asleep Where two hearts leap And joyfully beat Chests rise and fall And represent the inevitable Me falling for you, and you for me And I find such serenity In the moments between breaths When the world stands still Waiting for you to fill Your lungs with air And breathe Or sigh Or speak Or sing And bring your purpose To the surface A smile which finds its place On your beautiful face And floods this world with light You are a sigh...

I look at you and my heart bursts Like the first Bite into a nectarine Sudden and sweet And you melt into me And suddenly I am elsewhere I’m there With you wherever you are Wrapped in your loving arms Is this what it feels like To like someone so much To feel such Warmth and energy To feel so free And yet so captivated I am on fire With eyes that never tire From looking at you And I’ll run my mouth until my face turns blue Until my lungs beg me to breathe But I’ll tell them I can’t yet Because you leave me breathless Speechless This fuzzy feeling makes me think of peaches Peaches make me think of you It might seem strange, but I want to be your favorite fruit.

Sometimes I think about you as a little girl Wide eyes full of wonder looking at the world Wild and free Throwing sparks In the dark Borne from pools of sapphire Catching star fire Clutching to it Holding it close to your chest begging that you can keep it  These shooting stars you’ve caught In a metal bucket This light that you’ve brought To everyone You hold it in the palm of your hands Whether a spark, a flame, or the sun itself You shine but never burn You are warmth and hues of gold Bright and bold I imagine that you would romp and play That you would run and chase The light from which you came And that’s how I know you’ll be okay That’s how I know you’ll stay  In the glow Of your own radiance And have all you’ll ever need from it And feel secure in it With stubborn persistence And child like innocence You will never be far From who you are

Like shooting stars Exploding and falling Through the air Turning night into day Your heart lights the way To mine Like flowers blooming Turning their chins up toward the sun To bask in the glory Of the warmth it brings That is what you do to me Like waves that crash Beating again and again Against the sand Kissing the shore So sweetly Yet so fiercely Your kiss sends an entire sea Washing over me And it’s the greatest feeling  I’ve ever known Like branches on trees Hanging just above me  Like steady, hopeful hands Reaching out Covered in leaves That show That there is new growth I hope your hands always reach out for me And I will happily Stand in the forest of your love And never long to be anywhere  But there with you 

Sometimes I wonder  If the paintings On the ceilings Of those cathedrals In Italy Were all of you Because when you send me a picture When I can study you I wish that I was Michael Angelo That I could look at you and paint the masterpiece That you are I wish my fingertips Were paint brushes  And that I could litter the streets With graffiti That was only of you So I could look at the world And see the most beautiful things Everywhere I looked All these priceless works Imitations of the real thing But if it meant all the world could see How beautiful you are to me How important it is that you feel free Like a bird with readied wings If I could paint If I could capture you  The way that I see you To give it back to you I would I would show all the world Shouting in hues of pinks and nudes That you are a work of art That the masses must see And then maybe they would understand the jaw dropping Breathtaking...

Freckles on the face of the sky Stars reflecting in your eyes As street lights pass by Draped over the sky light Of your car And we could shut down every bar In this town And it still wouldn’t slow us down Riding on the waves Of this stereo, burying fears in little graves That drift out of the window and away From us as we speed down the interstate And I look over at you to find That the only thought that occupies my mind Is how nicely your hand fits in mine And it sends shivers down my spine The way you fit me Like a piece That has been missing You look at me the way I’ve always wanted Someone  To and you Are the light that shines on me You are sunshine on a freckled cheek You are the moonlight in the dark You are every star In that sky And as I ride In this car with you by my side I can’t help but believe In things like destiny How could I feel something so intensely And not feel more alive than ever before Smilin...

I come up behind you And wrap my arms around you And I rest my head on your shoulder You turn into me and I want to be the holder Of your heart forever I will be your saccharine soldier Both strong and sweet Willing to fight and also willing to meet You with patient understanding And promise that you are never standing Alone And I have known That I have been falling Like your eyelids when they are tired, stalling The inevitable look that you will give me That tells me in my precious reverie That those eyes were meant to look at me This way And when the twilight Feels still and when the light Is refracted on the walls of your apartment And you are laying in my arms I am more aware Of my heart than ever, more willing to dare To leap to fall To never mind at all That days have burned on without notice Days when all we know is us Reading the poetry of your body Of our legs intertwined, of perfection embodied And the truest sentimen...

The best things I know Need space to grow And if I believe you to be A wildflower, then you must be free To expand To withstand The coldest winters The careless sinners Who plucked you from the ground Thinking that your love would abound Though your roots had been severed And weathered By the exposure of making someone else happy Even though you were dying But I want you to survive I want you to thrive In the garden of your own mind And I know it needs some tending to And I want to honor you And your decisions So I’m typing with precision To keep my hands busy So I don’t pick up this phone and call Know that this takes all The strength that I’ve got Which doesn’t feel like a lot Right now But somehow I haven’t broken yet Because I keep this thought in my head Your favorite flower is a hyacinth And I remember this Because you told me Specifically That they are so fragrant But they are useless once picked because thei...

The Sweetest Sound

The magic of Christmas morning The smell of rain on a summer day The sound of your favorite song The embrace of a loved one The first breath upon waking You. -things worth waiting for

I find myself humbled By the beauty of this world By these landscapes I can’t help but see A mirror reflecting The broken things in us that we try to fix We root ourselves in our most precious places With arms that stretch outward Growing and reaching Forging new relationships Making new memories With those around us And we have scars That tell a story about how we have survived In the face of insurmountable odds We tell the story Of being reborn from the ashes Of wildfires  That have ravaged us That have left us empty And afraid And somehow hopeful That we would come up from the forest floor That we might make room For something more beautiful and more sacred And before long A mossy ground cover emerges that shows us that even when we feel stripped bare When all of our mistakes are visible On display for everyone to see Something new and green Will come to us and make us believe That everything will be okay ...