(2013)
Just when I get back on my feet you pass on by and I lose my footing Again
I’ve kept my eyes closed most of these past eighteen years because I find it just as dark
So much time passes without feeling a single thing that I think I would give anything
I awoke in the dark next to you and more alone than ever I was amazed to hear your heart beating from
I awoke from a deep sleep and knew the reason was to write I love you
I would write a sweet poem and title it with your name if I loved you at all
I have whispered your name into the air so many times it has become the breeze that blows
I spend my nights wishing on every star in the sky that you are alive and well
Life is an uphill struggle Nothing comes easy and only hard work pays off I don’t like hard work was my 5 word protest
I see no joyous rebirth in spring for autumn will bring another death I see no joyous rebirth
To put it simply each beat of your heart is a gift that I receive with the anticipation of a child at christmas
If I was once the tallest mountain your love was the wind that eroded me to nothing
My heart was paper now folded six times over to make it harder to tear I only hope that
You asked what I knew about you and I thought up a list of twenty things
I grew up in a house built in 1937 long before codes and regulations and sometimes
