I wait for the words to flow through my fingers
I have nothing more to write, I have told everyone how I feel today
Everything makes for little sense, the words form without me even seeing the page
I am alone in my thoughts, a tainted land where I have offered few to traverse
The weather changes faces every time I change places
Every time I change faiths, and every time I change who I am
Sink down deeper, the mud is thick
I catch a wing of feathers that glow like shimmering pearled teal
Corrupt, I drown - I stand to face the train in a subway
I am Superman: I can hold back the car with superhuman strength
I summon the power from within and whisper your name
And that’s all I ever have to know forevermore
It protects me from all of life’s dangerous juxtapositions
Furor for what is new, I’ll never fit in
But it doesn’t matter, I keep looking at pop-up books
I drive a car, I live in a house; I am a simple man
But released I can be like nothing you have ever seen before
Reach up to the rage, to the bellowing of the fire drum
The music skips tracks as a I throw a brick through the window frame
I never have been this bold before, it is your name I whisper that affords this strength
I am Superman, wearing a blue cape
I jump off the tallest building just to see how fast my heart will race
Before I hit the bottom
And then I think that I’m wasting all my time
Trying to impress myself by such worldly endeavors
Automatic feelings of excitement all boil into a dissipated soup
By comparison to the compassion I feel with you
I know I’m not a strong man, but I am Superman, nonetheless
The world closed down, I lost the key
Until you came one day on a silver tray
And released all of the box I have forgotten for so long
I want to be the man for you, I want to be your Superman
But little is ever as we desire, so I just try to keep away from the kryptonite
And close to you
What should I think? What should I do?
Is it all the same without you?
No, I know the answer to that one
Without you I am just Clark Kent, and a lonely man is he
The will to survive is a strong one
I am now sane
My corners are jagged, have you noticed my harshness?
It is nothing to fear; I know you dislike what I have to say
My character demands that I be so rough
The need to give my mind is a strong one, I am opinionated
But don’t you even think twice that I wouldn’t bite the big jaded bullet for you
I may stand behind you most of the time, but I surround you always with my love
I emanate my feeling for you
I have only two hands to show that work, and only one set of lips
I wish I had more, but I am only human after all
Even Superman is flesh and blood
Have you ever felt passion before?
Never like this
It’s mostly you and it’s mostly me
Caught in this tornado of fury, of heart-bridge fury
Your name lifts me up off the ground
Another day dawns to meet us, I wait until the hour when I can first pronounce
Your syllables that mean so much to me when I see your face
I want to make it known that I loved you all along
But I never knew how much I could feel from you
I bend, but I am steadfast
Nothing is going to shake me from your hands
No one could ever do that
Superman has only one love, and he will see her name and his some day
I will remember all the sunny days you give me
Because your sunshine is the fervor that fills my body
My hands may be cold - it is only so because they long for you to fill them with your warmth
No other heat will suffice in their appendaged minds
And no other heat will suffice in mine
Reach in and take what you like
Have you discovered me yet, or are you still on the journey?
It is a long one, my love, for you realize who I am
And when you do, it is all you’ll ever need to know
What heartfelt emotion I feel when I profess my love
Don’t misinterpret my guidance, I wish not to overwhelm
Superman the Poet cannot ever stop writing
So until I can, you’re name is my inspiration
And my joy