Thursday, March 27, 2008

any night any day...

caught with
pencils between
my ear
a story
not forgotten
a feeling
reminded
in your eyes

ice outside
times are
fast
with moon
glows and
an icy breeze
barren brown death
under the clouds
in two thousand
and eight

but then you
appear
your eyes
and your face
and your body
radiated in the
sunlight
as the clouds clear
as there is no
roof
there are no
boundries
there is nothing
keeping our thoughts
sane
we are
overtaken
with glow
as the barren maples
and oaks turn back
to lush
palms
and the
dead grass
turns to
warm
sand
and the ice
melts to
clear blue
oceans
and you and i
are every bit
of nineteen-forty-nine
once more
for a moment together
and an eternity in though
there are no boundries
here
there are no stops
i've kept to myself
back there
but here
when i'm with you
i feel it
the warmth
in my blood
our skin together
hot and soaked
and moving

a slight breeze blows
the sun never sets here
the love
never
ends
the magic
remains
months after
suddenly i feel it
in the soft bed
the hard floors
the crinkle of the
quilt
and brushing of
the sheets
the connection
the movement
and i need
not reminder
of my madness
is love madness?
does it matter?

no

there are no boundries here
only love
only hope
only you
and i
and whatever
music we set
our lives to

whatever
island
calls
you...

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

for you, glow

silent passings
quiet understandings
running
out
of words

loud stares
short calls
minutes
questioned
and moments
left behind

if walls
could talk
they would
tell us their stories
and
they will
with those
that lived them
that kissed them
that bled them
that paid for them

and you

will it
kill
you?

so many decision
i see the tension
i hear
too many of those
wanting
to feel the life
without living it
everything
so
quick
so
foggy
so
industrial
yet so alive
so un-programed
so creative
so organic
and beautiful
and tall
and strong

think
not of it
as your doom
think
not of it
as your destiny
think of it
merely as
your
blank
canvas

and
make
your
art

paint the pictures
dance the routines
act the scenes
sculpt the statues
sing the songs
and bring light
shine to
believe

and if you
show it
a fraction
of the love that
you've
shown
me
then it will
be the finest
of it's wine

and when
its finished
let us enjoy it
or let them have it
so we
may run
away
and watch
blue eyes
for you
glow

"I remember every detail
of the day we met"
-s&c bowman

i love you
every time

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

i can smell the grease-paint

electricity runs
through their
veins
the smiles
the laughs
the hope
the questions
the introductions
"what are you selling?"
someone asked
"nothing, but wait until you hear this..."
i replied
there was such
an ethereal
energy
that has finally
been sparked
such a rebirth
for the mind
finally
the seed of hope
planted today

wading through the
rain and puddles
i saw the sun
in their eyes
the best
was one man's
yell...
i explained to him
the matters
and his first
reactions were
eyes lit on fire
arms flung in the air
and hopping
up and down
while giving a very
loud piercing
yelp for joy
"WHOOOO"
a call to his wife
who soon met us
"the best news i've heard"
they jumped
and danced around
"back before modern advances
in stage make up
we used greasepaint
and i can still smell it"
he told me

"i can smell it already"
he left me with...

the energy
of this place
the energy
of town
the energy
of our universe
the energy
of this day
the energy
of the people
of their lives
of their joy
the energy
only EVER
matched and
duplicated
by the energy one feels...

...on stage

"follow every rainbow
till you find your dream..."
-r&h

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

it must be summer time

something feels great
things feel swell
i can't explain it
maybe i can
everything shimmers
everything glistens
it must be
summer time
in this bedroom
which i write from
spring must have
gotten a head start
today
the groundhog
missed his shadow
my body changes with
the seasons
i feel completely different
when in the summer time
as opposed to
the winter
i suddenly
feel like
i am in
the summer time
these moments
must give us
hope
faith

i am
smitten
with our summer time

"truly this is what heaven must feel like!"
-SA

Friday, February 15, 2008

The day the world went flat and bankrupt

If i had a penny
for every time
i missed you
the world
would go
bankrupt

if i had a mountain
for every time
i wanted
to kiss
you
the
world
would go
flat.

it was yesterday
when i realized
that i had all the
pennies and
mountains
for missing
you
and wanting
to kiss you
they were some
nice pennies
and mountains.
but it was nothing
without you to
enjoy it
with me

if you
could ever
know how much
i love you
how i would
never try
to be
selfish
to be distant
to leave you
with some
great task
as i take a
field day
if i had looked
at it through
your eyes
i suppose
i'd feel your
feelings.
so i apologize
if i had looked
at it through
your eyes
i would have...
i would have..
...well...
if, through your eyes,
the world looks as
beatiful as you do
i'd look through
your eyes anyday

but looking into them is
just fine for now.
i love you
happy valentines day

Thursday, February 7, 2008

my lightning

a king once wrote
"many women do
noble things
but you
surpass
them
all"

i love you
yet i'm
so
frustrated
with myself
i havent
the words
the songs
enough
to be able
to express it.

but today the
weather was
so warm
and if i could
compare
how i feel
to anything
it's the perfect weather
we had today
when we were together
it was so warm
and if you are
ever in
february
and wondering
how much i love you
think of today
the warmth
and thats how
i feel when we
are together
and if you want
to know how i feel
when we aren't
together...
look outside
and take notice
of the thunderstorm
and rain
and know as you're
looking outside
i am also
gazing
out my window

you are my
lightning
out in the
distance

i love you so much

Thursday, January 17, 2008

You are not a star

We can
separate
from our
lives
we can
go foward
we can
go back
but i take
my time
slow and steady
does not always
win the
race
but i need
what i need
and i know
what that
is now
i have
my plans
i
have
my goals
and i
will win
and no one
will stand in
my way
like i said...
"I know this will happen"
just be
patient
im not saying
stop
im not saying
wait
get everything
done!
get it done as
efficiently
as possible!
we will
i know
we
will

and i love you
so much
but not
because
you are
my star
i dont see
you as a star
a star is so
small
and it's light
takes forever
to reach me
dont be the star
be the sky
the vast expanse
of everything
when i look at the sky
i see all of the stars
and when i look
at you
i see
the
sun