
Beside you
Your body close to mine
Is this moment an illusion
Of a love so hard to find
Your skin
Bathes me in this sleep
Dream
Dare I dream of
Your body next to me
Green eyes
The windows to your soul
Take comfort in my blanket
I'll keep you from the cold
And the quiet moments, too,
I think of all the things
So unique to me and you.
And though the many smiles
Make it seem we're far apart
Warm memories like these
Keep you ever in my heart.
There's a rare kind of friend
Who knows just what to do
When to talk, when to listen,
How to be there for you.
A friend who inspires you
To grow in new ways,
A friend who'll be there
On both good and bad days.
There's a rare kind of friend
Who makes life worth living
By encouraging, praising,
sharing, and giving.
Am I that friend to you?
Do you know what you do
when you make me laugh?
You give me butterflies
in my stomach.
You set my troubled mind
at ease.
You give me chills
all over my body.
You make the sun shine brighter
in my life.
Do you know what you do
when you make my feel loved?
You set off a flame
that burns deep within me.
You give me the confidence
I thought I'd never have.
You show me the way
through life's endless maze.
You teach me
the most important lessons.
Do you know what you do
when you do all these things?
You give me new hope
for the future.
You give me more than
I've ever dreamed of.
You give me the greatest gift of all;
you give me yourself.
Beautiful soft spoken words, that touch
the very essence of my soul.
Embracing my private fantasies, transforming
them into reality.
Finding and releasing my hidden passions,
leaving my skin yearning for your touch.
Impassioned eyes, that sear into my soul,
and melt the world away.
Bestowing upon me a love, that with
every fiber of my being, I have longed for.
Filling this void, this emptiness, with your
everlasting presence.
Looking beyond the physical, and seeing
into the core of my spiritual being.
Amiable, loving memories that I locked
into my heart, to which you hold the only key.
This dear is what you have given me.
With this ring I promise ...
to give you love, honor and friendship.
I vow to be strong, no matter what the hardship.
To worship you ... throughout your life,
in good times and bad, through all of your strife.
With this ring I promise ...
to show understanding, compassion and care.
whenever you need me ... I will be there.
Throughout both our lives, I will light your way,
I will hold you my Angel, til my final day.
With this ring I promise ...
to cherish our children, with a endless love
To love and protect them, by the heavens above.
To save them from hate, or bumps in the night,
to make them feel guarded until mornings light.
With this ring I promise ...
to respect, honour and adore.
I'll treat you as gossamer, til I am no more.
I will hear and fulfill every want, every dream,
watch as you sleep, veiled in glistened moonbeam.
With this ring I promise ...
to embrace you as soulmate, as lover, as friend.
To give you my self, til life's end.
To be basking, flawed and mortal, in your raptured glow,
as your angels wings envelope, may my time on earth slow.
With this ring I promise ...
to be valiant, fearless and true.
against all ... that may hurt you.
To risk life protecting your heart and soul,
for your love is the essence that makes me whole.
Star light star bright
Let me love you
With all my might
I'll make your wishes
All come true
I want to say
I love you
Just make a wish
Your wish I'll try to grant
Tell me that you love me
And take me by the hand
When I make my wish for us
I will find a star so high
Then send our love shooting
All across the sky
How I'd wish to hold her near
my thin blood turns to clear
instilled trust, never fear
the lonly nights I shead a tear
I close my eyes to see her face
never to her will I disgrace
to the end of earth I would chase
being distant slows my pace
She whispers to me in the night
she takes aways all my fright
she is the star that shows me light
now my noose is really tight
the tears boil from my head
I give onto her all I've said
she is my wine and my bread
God help me now, without her I'm dead
Thank you for being there
lending a helping hand,
Thank you for staying
and helping me stand,
Thank you for listening
and showing you care,
Thank you for holding me
when no one was there,
Thank you for the smiles
so warm and sweet,
Thank you for a love
that sweep me off my feet,
Thank you for the kisses
that got me through each night,
Thank you for your embrace
that made everything right,
Thank you for loving me
just when I needed you,
Put hand to my heart.
Do you feel it?
This pulse that races
only for you.
Touch eyes with mine.
Do you see it?
Starlight that shines
only for you.
Put lips to mine.
Do you taste it?
Desire that wants
only for you.
Put heart to hand.
Do sense it.
Warmth that protects
only for you.
I look at your pictures,
all over my room,
remmebering as I look at them,
how you saved me from doom
The hell that I knew,
that I once called "life."
Before you came in,
relieving me my strife.
Each day was regarded,
as another painful thing,
Lamenting the sorrow and loneliness,
I knew tomorrow would bring.
Then you came along,
speaking words of a similar nature,
and together we formed a bond,
that only grew in stature.
Friends we started out as,
later our relationship deepened,
as we took the tentative steps,
and our hearts were opened.
We both new the downside of love,
pain was a constant friend.
But you and I found each other,
each allowing our hearts to mend.
Mystified by your words,
and enchanted by your care,
my heart called out to you,
loosing you it could not bear.
So I asked if you would mind,
traveling alongside of me,
and to my astonished surprise,
you said how happy you'd be.
Someone who will watch out for me,
and help me through trying times,
as he pledges his life to the same,
and waits for us to combine.
To join in that special way,
as only true loves can do,
that physical, emotional, and spiritual love,
that we share through and through.
My journey is now looked upon
with anticipation instead of dread.
And my life will be spent with yours,
until my heart is stopped dead.
So now I will bask in the glow,
of the love that is shared between,
and forget the journey ahead for awhile,
knowing that upon you I can lean.
For our love is to large for words,
between us much crying and laughter.
To delight in the fairy tale love we share,
and how we'll live "happily ever after."
My dreams fall soft upon the bed
And dance so oft inside my head
The visions come to play with me
Most often one that cannot be
My distant love, and future plans
A picture of divine romance
So far away but yet so near
Your heart must stay and so I fear
Though in my heart we are lovers
Society warrants other
What fools we were to ever think
Their hate and fear would ever shrink
So back to sleep, to dream of you
And softly weep a tear or two
And wonder how our world might be
If fate smiled down on you and me.
Simple Words
have come to amaze
to keep your love
to block your gaze.
Simple words
to win your heart
to keep us together
to keep us apart.
Simple words
to marinate your soul
to seduce your senses
to simplify your role.
Simple words
so you'll stay here with me
to make you dream
to make you fly free.
Simple words
to complete your mind
to show you that
Love is blind.
Simple words to awake
a new morning you will make
to the path you wish to take
Sometimes it's hard to find the words
even though my heart longs to speak
all these feelings bottled up
inside my heart I keep
But when I take my pen in hand
the words just seem to flow
all of my feelings and emotions
on paper now they show
Everything I couldn't say
I can now reveal in ink
my heart is now an open book
my sadness becomes extinct
Could you take just a minute
from your busy world
to listen to me
I need to be heard
If you'd take just a minute
and listen to me
you'd find out I'm not happy
with things as they be
I'f you'll take just a minute
and read between the lines
you'd find out that everything
is not just fine
If you would take just a minute
and hear what I have to say
you'd find out I want something more
and not just for today
Could you take just a minute
and listen to me,
I want something more than this
can't you see?
There's a voice in my head
and a voice in my heart
These voices are slowly
tearing me apart
The voice in my head
tells me it's wrong
the voice in my heart
is the feeling so strong
The voice in my heart
the voice in my head
the battle goes on
till all is said
Then the voices are quiet
it's time to decide
the voices have spoken
I can not hide
Who will win
the voices of my head or my heart
right or wrong
be happy or be smart
Broken promises
and shattered dreams
Life is not always the way
we want it to be
Broken hearts
and wounded souls
Life can be tough
lonley and cold
Tear stained faces
eyes that have cried
Life is hardly
an easy ride
So keep your chin up
and hold your head high
hearts can mend
and broken wings heal to fly
Broken promises
and shattered dreams
now a part of the past
and all that it means
I see the world
through misty eyes
my tear-stained face
shows I've cried
My heart, my soul
taken from me
through misty eyes
the world I see
Through misty eyes
all looks sad
remembering a love
I never had
Through misty eyes
the world I see
remembering a love
that could never be
As far apart
Never deeper than my heart
Something I hold dear
I wait to be near, you
As hot as fire burns
My heart yearns
To be closer
To yours
How much more
Must I give?
How far do I have to go?
Anywhere I go to
Anywhere I come from
No matter where I am
I know that you will
Be there waiting for me
Something deep inside
Something we can't hide
Something that brings me
Drifting back to you
Drifting back slowly
Something holy
Something sacred
Sometimes my heart aches
But I know
You are there
Something magic with you
Something I know you feel too
Something that makes us whole
I'll come running
Leaping, flying and crawling
But in the end you know
I'll just come
Drifting back to you
Don't you know you're special
Like a captain to vessel
That lights the fire inside
At night when I'm alone
I scream for you
I dream of you
I only want to be with you
As far apart
When all equals not
I'm not afraid
I have no fear
Because you'll soon be near
When I come
Drifting back to you
And the quiet moments, too,
I think of all the things
So unique to me and you.
And though the many smiles
Make it seem we're far apart
Warm memories like these
Keep you ever in my heart.
There's a rare kind of friend
Who knows just what to do
When to talk, when to listen,
How to be there for you.
A friend who inspires you
To grow in new ways,
A friend who'll be there
On both good and bad days.
There's a rare kind of friend
Who makes life worth living
By encouraging, praising,
sharing, and giving.
Am I that friend to you?
It is the dawn and the sun
glistens through the raindrops
on the windowsill.
I feel warm and calm,
like the puddles after the storm,
like ripples of windbreath
making their images quiver and pulse,
like a mirror on feelings
that well up in my singing eyes.
Sparkles of lightning
whisper distantly
and I sigh my love as I lay
melted under you.
Here we are together,tho I'll see you soon
on this our special day, it's a little after noon
I love you more than ever, missing you is true
I love you more than I can say, Im on my knees for you
We've stayed together,
distance couldn't keep us apart,
joined together by love,
joined together at the heart.
I don't care what others may think,
I know now you are the only one,
you are my evening moonlight,
you are my morning sun.
I love you for who you are,
and not for what you've got.
I love you. Full stop.
No matter what.
I just want you to know,
(and pride does come before a fall),
that I love you now and for always,
and I know that our love will conquer all.
Puppets that have short strings
what always counts are the little things
and we accept what fate will bring
two lonly hearts, took day by day
never will either of them stray
They are for each other, never another.
So many thoughts race through my mind.
The right answer I seldom find.
I don't know what to do,
Or who to turn to.
I don't know how to speak.
I don't know what it is I seek.
Why can't I understand?
I feel like I'm walking on hot sand.
I know there is someone who cares.
Someone who will listen to the thoughts I want to share.
I spend hours thinking about the problems I will face.
I feel like I'm losing less and less space.
I don't know how to free myself of this torturing state.
I have to leave everything up to fate.
I clutch the last of my childhood and try to hold on.
I dread the day it will be gone.
Sometimes I just want to burst out and cry,
But I can't find a reason why.
Growing up is much scarier than I had assumed.
For hours I stay shut up in my room.
It didn't used to be this way.
I used to know what to say.
I can only hope that I will someday understand,
And that the happiness, instead of lessening, will expand.
I'm walking on a thin divide,
Not knowing on which side to decide.
Everything is rushing forward,
And steady ground is hardly found.
I'm losing footing, it's falling fast,
On either side still rushing past.
"Does it have to be this way?"
I hear a voice inside me say,
Whichever path I am to take,
It is my fate I have a stake.
I'm unusually unsure of it all.
Where I land is where I fall.
Whenever near the water
Underneath a pink sunset
I shall perform this duty
To prove I won't forget
I will pick a wild flower
Covered with evening dew
Place it on the water
And send it off to you
It will cover endless miles
Over countless brooks and streams
To serve as a reminder
That you're always in my dreams
I will send it on this journey
To fulfill one fantasy
That if ever you do find it
You will think of me
So late some summer's evening
As you're walking on the beach
If a crashing wave beside you
Places a flower within your reach
Know it is a token
That rests there at your feet
Proof of my word unbroken
Its journey now complete.
This time won't be like all the other times before,
Because now, I just dont want to live anymore.
The knife is against my small wrist; The metal is very cold.
In the darkness the knife looks almost gold.
I leave a note only addressed to one.
It says live your life well, don't regret it, mine's done.
I cut my wrist, the blood's so red.
It soaks my clothes, my sheets and my bed.
I would have given anything to you, but you just didn't care.
Now, I don't want this life anymore, if it cannot be shared.
The blood's now brown; The sheets are dry.
I hope, just once, you'll remember me, care, and cry.
Problems arise once again
this time with another friend
Wanting to solve, who is right
another day ends with fight
I don't care if I right or wrong
this pattern apparent for so long
I thought my mother and me were doing great
This time I feel its too late.
I've pulled my chips I'm done with this
masked again, I dident miss
Puppet me, the bad son
trying, hopeless
or
hopelessly trying
either way I'm done.
they asked to me, how is it so?
I replyed to him, hell, I don't know
I place the stick upon my hand;
with a forceful blow, all fifteen explode
A grid across the table, the geometry now shown
another I make, hearing my opponent's groan
I decide to relax my streak, giving them a try
but for some reason they miss again, my oh my
I set them up a shot, to easy to miss this time
oh for heavens sake, to miss that should be a crime!
Ok its time to play, ending all the pain
Once again the 8 drops, putting my opponent to shame
Her laughter brings my heart around,
to a place it longs to be,
when ever my sweet Angel face
comes to visit me.
The dearest thing I'll tell you
and it's oh so very true,
is to hear her joyous giggles,
at something that I'd do.
What more a noble thing
ever could there be,
than to make an angel laugh,
and share that laugh with me?
I write and express to you
Just another thing I do
showing you whos on my mind
where and why the sun does shine
The confusion of this scattered poetry only helps portray the kaos that is around us all...read them carefully--and wait for more to come.
---------------Matthew W.