My Place By The Water

I think back
To the little house
When times seemed simpler
But realize it wasn't simple then either
So my mind wanders back even further
And I can't recall a time
When life was without its problems
So I'm going to find a place by the water
A place where
My mind can be free
And at peace
A place where
Life stretches into the horizon
And a gentle rocking soothes my soul
There will be warm breezes 
Sand under my feet
A salty tang in the air
And I'll be able to go there
Whenever I want
All I will have to do
Is close my eyes. 

Good Things

 

We sat at the bar

You put your hand on my thigh

And drew little circles through my jeans

I buried my head in your neck and breathed you in

My world started to tingle again

And my heart did little flips

All of a sudden

I felt the possibility of good things.

Feeling All Fingers And Thumbs

 

I came to your home

I was nervous

So were you

I didn’t know what to say

So I said too much.

Because Of Him

You remind me of my first love

A love from another world

One I’d set free 

He had loved me

Worshiped me

For who I was
And who I was not

Wanted it all

Nobody has loved me so completely

I tell myself he would have cherished me

Till the end of eternity.

Winner Takes All

He told you he loved you
He told you he didn't want to live without you
That it pained him to put you through this

He said he'd never known a soulmate
Until you
He said he never felt the need to share feelings
Until you

He talked about leaving his family
Of abandoning everything for you
To start a new life with you
Because life without you would mean nothing

I want to tell you about all the others
He said those same words to
I want to laugh at you because
You are the worst kind of thief

I want you to know I told him to go to you
I told him I didn't want someone who
Wanted someone else
I want you to know I gave him my blessing

He told me he couldn't leave me
Because I was the love of his life
He begged me not to make him go
So I didn't

I didn't win
Because being loved by him isn't simple
It comes with a price
A price I am never sure is worth it

But I didn't lose either
I wanted a family
I am his home
And he is mine

The Graduate

You say I don't love you
But you know I do
You are thunder and lightning
Fireworks on the fourth of July
You are part of my heart
A part I will never give away


You don't remember when
I loved you so much
I didn't want to share you with the world.

There's Something

He was larger than life

I knew it the first time I saw him

It was the way he made me feel

The way he picked me up on a tidal wave

And carried me into his world.

I Told You So

Everybody said 
I should have left you sooner
And maybe they were right.

The Hug

I run to you

And fall into your arms

They are stronger than a year ago

I bury my face in your neck

You smell like another world

Of oil, and minerals, and dust

Your breath in my hair

Steals the breath from my lungs

I squeeze tighter

And we both know this hug

Means more than hello

More than thank God

And so much more than a marriage

It acknowledges everything good and right

Even when so much has gone wrong.