Wanting

The stars found me again tonight
Peeking behind the moon they beckon me to come out and play
I wanted to stay in my covers
The pillow holding my head
Waiting for my tears
The darkness covers me instead as I tip toe through the night
The crickets sing my song
The trees want me to swing on their branches
Play with me, they say
but my thoughts are somewhere else
Sing with me, they cry
but my song is hidden with you tonight
My arms reach up
Kissing the moon with my fingertips
I reach for you
My yearning pulls my heart and stings my eyes
My cheeks are pink with flush
My lips are wet with dew
My tongue waits to speak the words
The moon wraps me up
The stars kiss my skin
The trees hold my head
and I sleep
and I dream
and I want

On Your Wings

I feel the breeze kiss my skin
Glowing in the rays of my beautiful sun
Winking from above
He keeps my face warm
He keeps my eyes open
And I sing my song for Mother Earth
Pure and lovely
She cradles me in her arms
And I feel joy

Simple

Live to laugh
Laugh to live

Sailing

I have been lost for so long
Without even realizing how lost I was I set off to sea
Not knowing I was already sailing
I had no map
Where am I going
I know not
I look back on the old pages I once turned
Slowly
and I am reminded of what I was searching for
Simplicity
Ah....where did it go
I had forgotten to keep searching
because I was lost
I am slowly finding my heart again
Lost in the cobwebs of complication, shaded by dark words and tight constriction
She is still beating
She is still waiting for comfort.....freedom
Why have I given up on inspiration
Life
It can be lovely
Simple
The waves, the salty air
The wings on a blue bird
The laughter of a child, the smile on a face
Honey on my tongue
Daisies on my porch
The music in my soul
My feet dancing to my song
naked
free
peaceful
I am on my journey
once again.....I am sailing

Heartbeat

Your gentle words slide across my beating heart
racing with your fingertips
breaking these walls built steadfast between us
New meaning in the words you tell
I have never read these words in your dictionary
never held this clever truth
What is this secret you try to whisper
Where does this path lead us
There is strength in your hands
I hold you close
I keep you far
This laugh, this smile, this heartbeat
Familiar but different
I have neglected the moon for so long
keeping my eyes open
but your sweet lullaby
rocking me to sleep
holding my dreams
a note for my heart
keep beating
keep living
keep loving

O, sweet heartache
my arms welcome you
dreaming with my eyes open
walking through nightmares
as life passes through me with one quick heartbeat
I cannot breathe
I cannot love
I cannot live
I see nothing
only the tears that drop from my empty eyes
a ghost as I walk the quiet earth
I tiptoe through the grass
the blades tickle my toes
I breathe in the earth
I love with my hands
I live with my soul
I see the sun awaken before my sleepy eyes
My words are weary
my thoughts are dusty
my kiss is lonely
O, lovely heartache
you haunt me with your solitary dreams
have mercy on my heart
I beg of you
have mercy on my damaged heart

Life is so busy
Time rushes by in a blink- eyes shut for a moment- and you miss it
I breathe faster
My heart beating-thump, thump, thump
My lips move constantly
Spewing out bits of worthless information
Not food for my soul
No warmth for my heart
It is just time
Rushing, moving, sinking, ticking
I am so busy
And for what?  I cannot say
I miss writing so much that I sit here with tears burning my eyes-right now
With no words to come out....yet I yearn to write
I long to write.....
So I do
Meaningless, harmless, frivolous words
and it feels so good
Letting them flow
To empty my mind
Not caring who reads them
grasping to this moment where I stop
I stop and I breathe
Slowly
My lips part- yet nothing is spoken
My canvas is blank- my moment is still
and I write