tipsy night

the two am hour and we're tipsy
and our front gate click
is a puzzle
it's getting late and tomorrow
is linking us to a corner
nook
when we were younger
and the night devoured our passion
but now youth has vanished
and the moon is smiling
orange
as it memorizes us
a scratched 45 vinyl record
stuck between grooves and
being bounced like the
sprout of salad leaves in summer rain
the arm of the needle has
five more memories to go
before it drags us to rest

teach me to dance

will you teach me i said
how to dance
how to hold you close enough
to span the moon

let me hear the thunder in your veins
that's addicted to music
let me move with the swirl
the pattern of your feet
like magic never touching the floor
teach me i said ,  teach me once more 

how do i lean into the heat and see
euphoria at its best shining like silver
in your eyes

teach me the lifts and the safety 
of a fall
imprinting the day with the melody of
our laughter

take me to a red ball
where sweat
is beauty formed into a dance
let me be your mirror
i don't want to be just a face
i want a chance

teach me church without form of
books or oaths
show me the depth of the woman i am
in love
show me how to touch you sacredly
like the love that formed you

let me be close enough to see
the boy with dreaming eyes
sees only me
lips are poems
yours are mine

souvenir

i kept the paper plane you made
when you visited twenty years ago
i kept the picture of you in your old hat
in the meadow
i memorized the song you wrote 
and the way you sang the words
the boy you were with your 
summer girl
with ease you walked, your happy laugh
the late night never ending talks
morning continued the day and you
were never tired
scarlet skies, southern winds that
perfumed our memories
i keep you in the deepest, safest part
in the heart of me

no one knows where to find that key

who we are

its cold but don't let it touch you
just let the rain wash away your blue
its no ones fault we made it this far
i thought we were too weak for love
i was wrong 

the night sky is never lonely
so come lay here beside me
this is all we've got

you worry cause love scares you
but you've got a little bit of faith
i'd give you the moon boy
if i had a ladder
then i'd reach the part of you
that can't touch the heart of me
before its too late

the night sky is never lonely
come lay here beside me
this is all we've got
this is who we are

speechless

sunlight
through a dirty window
somehow that light
never feels the same

and the wind blows
disturbing silence
as I wait for your voice
to call my name

cardboard boxes
well they hold everything
except regret

all those bright rooms
full of pretending people
everyone but you
to me they're empty

and the shadows come to
play hide and seek
and even they can't find me
I know tomorrow is a
dark horse

I'm glued in speechless
inevitability 

snow break

the world disappeared in white settled silence
he sat so close yet so distant
his thought had already moved on
the voice i had fallen for had fallen out of its awe of me
time had no meaning , it did not move
neither did i
the snowflakes were louder than our breath
silver wonderland, a world for lovers to create
snow angels, misty laughter, and snow mingled 
kisses
breath of wonder but my breath with held
i would not make it easy for you to break the heart
of me
my love believed in you before you did
now words of ice formed
emotional knives
severing the dreams of us
the snow will bury alive