Tuesday, June 26, 2007

holding hands

the wounds inside are hard to heal
but when we stand beside our childs crib
then the hurts seem to fall away
I always want to hold your hand
please hold mine for ever too
the skin outside is hiding more than
the organs that feel and do
if you smile then I touch your soul
I always want to hold your hand
please hold mine for ever too
lessons are there to be learnt
even when the message is hard
I try never to hate those who teach
I always want to hold your hand
please hold mine for ever too
it is important to me to be true
some people never learn to resist
the easy path to betrayel and mistrust
I always want to hold your hand
please hold mine for ever too.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

shopping

You push the shopping cart,
and I watch your easy slow stride.
Reaching out, cornflour, beef jerky,
and wild rice, with porcini mushrooms:
tossed into the cart, like a salad.
At one point you reach for my arm
and stroke the inner fleshy part.
I feel that sexiness that comes
from wanting you.
Your arms fold me into you
like a warm towel after a shower.
We kiss down the aisle
where I can see the pepered tuna
and tinned artichokes.
I steal a white grape
as you squeeze my shoulder,
waiting to pay.
Then loading the goodies Save Now
into the back of your motor,
as I climb in and
struggle with the weight
of our unborn child.
You reach over and kiss me,
and I think
this is how it will always be.
No kisses
were as loving
ever again.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

pnce and again

once again you kissed me
you know I wanted to be kissed
so you kissed me
thankyou
once again you wanted me
you know I wanted to be wanted
so you let me know
you felt it too
once again
again and again
I asked you once again
you said 'yes, it is true'.
I smiled,
I had always known.
It could be only you,
back once again,
I smile.

wishin'

I am sitting in McSorleys
old ale house,
and you are propping up the bar
waiting for the beers.
you carry them over to us
and I ask for your pen.
I scribble the details of the man
I have met,
before I forget them.
I am thinking of his muscular torso
all the time that you look at me.
His powerful hands crossed
remind me of his strength.
I keeping thinking of him
and wanting him.
You are talking,
and I am looking past you.
What is he doing now I wonder?
You dont seem to care
even though you say you are trying to.
I see the woman you were
with these past years
in your eyes even now.
I cant stop thinking of him,
and I suppose
we are the same
you and I.
Are we too far
down this road
to make it work now?
I am staring at the tiled floor
and wondering what to do.
You are wearing that ring
I gave you
on your pinkie.
I have taken all my rings
from you
off my fingers.
You notice
- take my hand
and kiss my ring finger.
Yes I will wear my wedding ring again -
but not quickly.
The man at the bar
alone
has wide hips,
as wide as mine.
I see him turn to smile at me,
and I return his look.
He wants me,
but I love you
yetdesire another.
We leave there
and start up the street
passing others less confused.
Wishin' we could start over
but knowkng
too much has passed before.

full circle

I was solemn
when you said bye bye
I was feeling guilty
because it had to be my fault.
we came full circle,
and here we are.
There was a time delay
for a moment
you were still a part of me.
I prepared myself
for those final goodbyes,
we came full circle.
you contributed to the pain,
I caused most of it.
You were stunned,
I was stunned
but it made no difference.
tears fell again and again,
over me and over you.
we were mismatched -
I knew it from the start,
we came full circle.
Every day was the same,
I was angry,
you were avoding me.
Every day was the same
I was accusing you,
and you would not defend you.
All those wonderful experiences
we shared
gone suddenly,
we came full circle.
Sweet nuthin's
that you whispered to me
I still remmebered.
You remmebered
only the parts
that suited you.
Where is the closure,
where is it?
I never felt
or found it,
we came full circle,
but you seemed
to have so easily.
Lying in her arms,
where you are now,
I feel sick thinking of it.
But what difference does it make,
I cant bring you back.
You will always be the same,
wherever you are,
never changing.
I dont trust you anymore,
we cant change things.
it was inevitable,
we came full circle,
it was hopeless,
it was finished.

in a moment

In a moment, you threw it away.
Like the toys you tossed aside
to reach for your keys when you left.
Like the quick look you gave me,
as I watched you make that last call.
I knew I had to get myself together again,
and stop bubbling inside with emotions.
Pure anger, confusion and the thoughts that confused me.
I wanted to tell you all this but you were gone.
I looked around for the childs socks,
and knew you had taken one by mistake.
I looked around for my lipstick
and found that the lid was crushed under your leaving foot.
I can't leave the kids, even if you can.
I see your aftershaves are missing,
she will enjoy your smell as I did.
I put away the laundry knowing,
this will be the last time for you.
I fold, I iron, and I feed the kids,
whose faces remind me of you forever.
I finally lay down in the bed that you left,
and look up at the ceiling alone.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

piano plays

I watched a man play a music scale
the piano was off key
he seemed to be alone inside
I watched his eyes glance over it,
he looked up at me and we smiled.
I pushed my plate away and frowned.
Why did yu decide today to leave me.
I watched the beautiful couple,
as they danced around together,
she glanced over to me and smiled.
I envied their mutual love.
Can I ever find the same myself.
When it was there, i threw it away.
I don't blame you for not wanting me.
I find the words seem to hurt me,
words that find their voice inside.
Remember that restaurant we went to,
and you tipped so generously,
I held your hand really tightly,
you kissed my forehead softly.
I looked into your eyes and laughed.
Now here you are, not showing up.
I am looking nervously around,
others are looking back at me.
Will I think back to this evening,
and wonder how I could have survived?
I know it isn't going to be easy,
I tell myself I am better off now.
Why did it go wrong, I ask myself,
you didnt love me, I said aloud,
you never gave us a chance,
You quit somehow so quickly.
The music from the piano is bliss,
I want to laugh but instead I cry,
somewhere, you are with a new girl,
forgetting me and it hurts me,
knowing that we broke ups so painfully.
The pianist is leaving now,
he nods at me and smiles softly.
I want to leave with any stranger,
who might desire me as you did.
I hesitate, and choose loneliness.

alone

today I knew as I knew all week
that you wanted to finish it
i couldnt find the words to say
what it meant to me to know this
i cried inside all day, all night
even in my dreams i was lost
what does it matter, i was always
so alone

fractured promises are broken now
i cant stop weeping over you
you wont worry, you dont care
only guilt keeps you with me
what can I do to change things?
I ask this question all the time
what does it matter, i was always
so alone


who were you all along
didnt you know this is how
you would let it end
you know it, i hoped not
you never tried, not at all
I was tired from trying
what does it matter, i was always
so alone


when I watch my lonely shadow
it stretches out to hug yours
but yours is so far away
and has its back to me
everything is empty
even my heart
what does it matter, i was always
so alone

say goodbye

go on say goodbye
you know you want to
what do you care
how much it will hurt me
go on just walk away
pretend I never existed
just act strong
I will too.

go on leave me quickly
don't make it easy for me
tell yourself this is better
dont stay and work it out
just go and find
someone else to forget me
just act strong
I will too

go on be with her
she who knows you not
who you will never
let inside you
whilst we both die
a little inside ourselves
just act strong
I will too

laughing

you were so funny
all the time
finding a joke
to mask your tears
your awkwardness
your mislaid fears.

you were so lazy
all the time
finding no way
to make it to me
your akwardness
your mislaid fears


you were so rare,
all the time
finding nothing
to hold onto
your awkwardness
your mislaid fears

Monday, June 18, 2007

feeling we are parting

i feel we are parting I feel we are parting,
blue dreams wrapped in gold.
the fact is that it is a cauldron of emotions
I look for advice on how to get by
needless, of any growth inside me,
lacy curtains hide my eyes behind them.
even my common sense is needless.
I feel wellbeing is hopeless.
I can smell the fresh cotton shirt I iron.
Yet there are places I can escape to.
If only you would reveal to me
I would always pay heed.
A bite of an apple reminds me of the fall.
On the one side there is my family,
yet I feel weak in reaching my dreams,
and inside I conceal how deep I feel
for you.
Green and red ribbons unravel,
around a gift for you, you wont get.
A love that is binding but hurts.
I throw out dried daffodils today.
It is true that it was a fantasy,
I didn't need to finish it but I did.
I could almost taste you.
I was faking being happy for so long,
because I was such a fraud in love,
yet we were strong together and fresh,
always new, and full of surprises.
Yet being alone was unchanging.
Whilst, common sense was changing
for the better.

something inside

Something inside me

something inside me is aching

aching for you to be inside of me

something is inside of me

it isnt you but it should be

something inside of me is part of you

it is your touch that I feel inside of me

something about you is real

it is that realness that is a part of me

something you did felt like steel cut into me

something I did meant more than what you did to me

your words hurt me inside

like cold steel they cut the heart right outta me

maybe sometime I will find that love right here

it should be inside not outside of me

but I feel like i am shut in and maybe

someplace soon I will find myself inside of me

something inside of me wants to be free

maybe it is when I cast you aside from me

I want the best to be what is inside of me

someplace, someway I will find it all

it is a part of me

something inside of me

was you, but no more a part of me

even if you leave a part inside of me

and i hope I leave a part inside of you...

I love you cos

Loved one

I love you and you should know it

I love you and you should feel it

I love you and you should sense it

I love you and you should keep it

I love you and you should weep too

I love you and I weep for you

I love you and know you

I love you and am moved by you

I love you and it is all that

I love you and am all cos of you

I love you and want you

I love you and need you

I love you and do for you

I love you and you are ALL for me

I love you and will for you

I love you and no-one else will do

I love you - JUST....

friends and lovers

Meantime here is one for Friends and Lovers:

You are my friend and you are my lover,

but for you there is no other

tenderness is easy to feel

when you look at me, i am real

when you are away, the light is gone

I cry in my pillow until morn

You are my friend and you are my lover,

but for you there is no other.

Take away the daffodil

without you I have no will

to see, to smell or to eat

my life is shattered in bits

You are my friend and you are my lover,

but for you there is no other.

I want to hold your hand forever

I want to be tied by loves tether

I dont know about spiritual love

that may only be for angels above

You are my friend and you are my lover,

but for you there is no other.

magical love

Loves magic

Magical love is always easiest to feel

when it deepens it feels harder to keep

I hear music that feels magical

when your love for me is so deep

I smell your skin and know its scent

I wish all words were meant

for me alone but I somehow sense

that when we are apart you find another

and that that I fade into your memory

I want always to be fresh in your mind

For even when it is magical and sublime

I know that for us to feel real

you have to want more than you do

and in your eyes there is more to you

than even your words can share with me

Magical love is always easiest to feel

when it deepens it feels harder to keep.

distance

Distance

I'll do whatever it takes to close the distance

whatever it takes I'll do

I'll take whatever measure to be with you

being with you is all

I want to be close to you, nothing else matters

nothing at all

being a part of your life is my goal

you are a part of my soul

I want to keep you always near

even if you are faraway

take me with you to your hideaway

I take you with me to my safeplace

I honour you with my confidence

you honour me with your trust

I want you to do whatever it takes

to close the distance and be with you

don't let me down, i hold my ground

waiting for you to make distance no object

Cos you know I'm waiting for you.

Don't let me down baby - sitting on the couch

Maybe even then the distance is so faraway

I put you first, you put me last

is that the way baby?

I try my best and sometimes it seems the rest

are more than me to you my love

But I'll do whatever it takes

to be with you

being with you is all

I want to do.

hints

HINTS

I drop hints all the time and hope you catch them

To remind you I am here for you

I want to make your skin feel awake

by tapping softly on your shoulder gently

as I drop hints to catch your breath when I am near

I drop hints all the time and hope you catch them

To remind you we are together

I want to make your eyes smile wide open

by tapping your lips with soft kisses

as I drop hints like raindrops my tears on you.

hurting

You are tight again

You are tight again

the drinkin' never stops

when will you learn

that it hurts us

you are tight again

the boozin never ends

when you learn that

you hurt you

I am trying again

your drinking never stops

when will I learn

that is hurts US

I am trying again

each time, it never ends

when will I learn that

I hurt again

believing

I thought you were loyal to me and true to me

I just dont know but never guessed it wasnt so

I wanted that you to have been the one for me

but i suppose you never felt the same way

I wanted you to be always by my side

it never occured to you to think the same

I kept putting you first beyond everyone else

we were so special in my mind but not yours

When you finally revealed your true self

I was already searching rainbows for signs

but all I saw were colours that never melted

you saw nothing in US, and threw me away

Why did you say those words to hurt me

all I wanted was to be closer to you

I really believed in you, and your dreams

you shattered mine with a gimpse into yours.

You never felt more than lust,

you never felt more than that

I always felt more than lust

I never felt only that

never

You would never be strong enough

You never tried to be loyal to me

I always held your heart close

I never felt we were apart

You could always have reached out

you never thought to hold me

I always tried to close the gap

I never felt you pull away

You will always leave me as now

you never try to do more

I always reach out to you

I never reach you at all.

knot

A knot held us

I try to untie it

when I do I cry

nothing saves me

no-one knows

I hurt, and hurt

when I push

you push away

when I pull

you pull away

A knot held us

A knot held us

I try to untie it

when I do I cry

nothing saves me

no-one knows

I hurt, and hurt

when I push

you push away

when I pull

you pull away

A knot held u

A knot held us

I try to untie it

when I do I cry

nothing saves me

no-one knows

I hurt, and hurt

when I push

you push away

when I pull

you pull away

A knot held us

I try to untie it

when I do I cry.

s

I try to untie it

when I do I cry.

it

when I do I cry.

reject

You told me you wanted me to have someone else

it was your way to release us

you told me you wanted me to be with someone else

it was your way to tell me you were free

you told me to go enjoy it and do it, anyway

because you were and did and now I know

you said you wanted to find the real thing

but that was me, but not for you

whatever 'real', you will find it for sure

but by then I will be outta the door

you wanted it all and a little more

I wanted less than I asked of you

I will find someone else who wants me alone

I will know him and he will know me

it will be more than you and have now

it may not be what I wanted with you

but I will have the peace I dont have now

when you told me you wanted to be free

you only put yourself in a safe and lost the key

I cant find a way into your heart

it seems so obscure to me

Somehow I will find a way to be free

and it wont be because of you

but despite you, and inspite of you.

You will be as you are now

I will be someone elses

I wont say it serves you right

because it isnt your fault you see

I just wasnt the one and

I couldnt tell at the time

perhaps because I was in love

and you were not, and will never be.

mirrors

Mirrors

Mirrors were always on the wall

but I avoided my eyes in each

our lasting love was my goal

a journey that would teach

but i never planned for

you turning your back

the shutting of the iron door

wondering what I lack

Mirrors that held you and I

when you seemed to care

my eyes seem to lie

pretending you are there

Images seem to overtake

any I might had had

I would try for your sake

to overcome the bad

But mirrors wont let me

where can I hide my pain

But for now, I feel none

may see me smile again

Thrown away

You threw us away

Come and walk outside with me

and whenyou do think of what happened

did you for a moment wonder if I hurt?

the fields were wet and the grassy dew

left my socks cold and sodden

but did I care that I forgot my shoes?

come and walk ourside with me

all is quiet in the small woody place

that I always remember thinking

how we would be together

flowers that trembled

I tremble now, that you know

that I am hurting and will

very soon walk away too

months of trying

Months of trying

For months I tried to find ways to bring us closer and closer

but for months you seem to have ways and escape closeness

silence that I cannot fathom

when you threw down your coat, and pretended to smile

I knew then that you were lying to me still

privacy that I cannot fathom

you always had her to run to, and leave me alone to want you

you never thought how you were treating me as being cruel

loneliness that I cannot fathom

Months of trying and look where we are still...

nowhere near

Today I found a post it

it said just the words

'see you later'

I held it for ages

it meant so much

so you will?

that would be neat.

I love those post its

they always lift me

sweet words from you

showing me you care

sometimes short

sometimes long

i save each one

in a biscuit tin

here they are

so many to count

post its from you

thankyou for each


disappearing

The earth is soft under my naked feet

Spring reminds me of my life in colour

Striving for the cool breeze to wake you

And watching your eyelashes flicker

I laugh when you talk in your sleep

And now your eyes open and warm me

My lips yearn for your lips

I want to touch you, and I do

"Oh give me a kiss", I ask softly

When you do, I know it is true

What they say about being in love.

You nestle your head in my bosom

I pull you closer still and you want to

Then you tell me all over again

What makes you want me so much

I sigh, and no longer wonder why

My world is a happier place

I listen to the birds and it seems

That all their songs are just for me

I watch a cat walk along a wall

You watch me staring out at it

As you play with my hair,

I ask about 'her', and you reply,

'Only you, always only you'.

I know you lie but I am forgiving

Until, I can find my own way too

Your drowsy face seems unfamiliar

I can see that you are disappearing

As each day you turn more to her

I know it wont be long now,

It will all be over very soon

Until it is I will keep hoping

That Spring doesn't remind me

Of you sleeping in my arms.

chewing cud

You chewed the cud, and stared at my face

i pulled you close and lifted your chin

kisses warm, wet and deep.

You leant over the side of a steep cliff

i touched your arm, you stared to sea

I want to hear your dreams.

You throw a stone into the greenblue sea

i take a shell and carry it safely home

hand in hand we know love.

No plans

Waiting

You keep me waiting always waiting

Sometimes it makes me cry

I make the plans you rarely do

I hold my knees close to my chest

As swallows fly away and I watch,

I try to close my eyes and imagine.

I am thinking even they have plans.

I feel I have no right to expect.

If you would just once say lets go,

Even a soldiar is less loyal and true.

I would follow you to the earth's end

Even into quicksand and dense fog

If you would just say once take me

I hide my tears from your eyes

I would be wherever the road takes us,

But you are lettingn the years pass by

I see your face in sunlights and shadow

but it is always the same, no plans.

no secrets

One kiss doesnt make summer

if I can wait than luck may open doors

your things seem to take up my space

don't close a door you cannot open

if you are brave you win my respect

I keep the friends who pay their debts

webs that keep us caught in them

being rich shows all our vices

being poor may hide them

You are always unhappy

so you will never feel satisfied

I am naturally just being me

whereas you are not.

There should be no secrets

not between us - none at all

but you are never near me

I feel so far away beside you

there should be no secrets

not between us - none at all

but you take your time

to answer and even then

it feels like nothing was said

there should be no secrets

not between us - none at all

but you will never come here

as an equal it will always be

you and I out of balance

There should be no secrets

not between us - none at all

as if time stands still forever

but everything does end

Still...

There should be no secrets

not between us - none at all

ALL I could be

Posted: 6/9/2007 3:10:10 PM

You never felt enough towards me

i felt too much

you always said I wasn't enough

I felt it too

why couldn't I have been ALL?

I tried to be

why didn't you try to find US?

I was lost to you

Even in the few dreams you had

of us I was weak

So you threw us away for her

and didnt care

nothing seems to work for US

should we part?

If only you could have felt more

we could last.

Aaah the possibilties of a new lover

someone to be closer to than any other

I can only wish and hope he feels the same

it is always the way I want to gain

little by little steps in the right direction

see what happens a new occasion

what I want is for him to want me

like I feel sometimes deeply

I think of him all the time

does he wonder too - can he be mine?

I want to kiss him deep as an ocean

feel him, pull out all kinds of emotion

climb onto him and be tender

enjoy him for all his pleasure

aaah the possibilities of a new lover

someone to be closer to than any other.

.

bubbles

Bubbles and dreams

Posted: 6/13/2007 11:43:07 PM

Tepid water clings to my skin

I feel the way I cling to you

Kisses are warmer

Hug me and get to know me

want me and get to need me

I see the soapy bubbles

surrounding me, wishing

If you could be there instead.

Take the flannel, wipe my face,

squeeze out the water, I smile.

I want you but you want her.

So why are we together?

This is the way of triangles.

I see the soap bubbles float,

Some will float high,

I wish I could float to you.

Will you stay with her tonight,

I wait for your call, nervously,

Why cant you love me passionately

It is always ending the same,

She is sinking in your eyes.

I see the soap bubbles burst,

my dreams seem to be tearful,

As tearful as you were today

inner demons

I hugged my inner demon

Hugging my demon

I hugged my inner demon

I chose not to despair

I hugged my inner demon

It was always alone in there

I hugged my inner demon

Though it never smiled kindly on me

I hugged my inner demon

I felt its anger and misery

I hugged my inner demon

Knowing it needed tender care

I hugged my inner demon

Although its pain I could not bear

I hugged my inner demon

I knew somehow it would hide

I hugged my inner demon

I tried to seek it inside

I hugged my inner demon

Sometimes it was in silence

I hugged my inner demon

I could not make any sense

I hugged my inner demon

Truth and experience were lost to me

I hugged my inner demon

I could find no peace or clarity

I hugged my inner demon

I hugged my inner demon

Wishing someone else would share

I hugged my inner demon

The pain would rip and tear

I hugged my inner demon

Always wishing for something more

I hugged my inner demon

Never knowing its depth for sure

I hugged my inner demon

In nightmares and in daylight

I hugged my inner demon

Wishing it would leave my sight

I hugged my inner demon

Pretending we were friends

I hugged my inner demon

Praying to find an end.