We live complicated lives Unbound by expectation Unfettered by conventional ties Living lives of our own creation We love in complicated ways

Our souls fit together like two pu… When we’re together we do that whi… When we’re apart we sometimes forg… But, when we’re together we’re eac… We are connected eternally

Open heart, open mind Expecting nothing, all I find Scars reopened, piercing pains Flirtatious banter, cute pet names Anxious jitters, chest explodes

Precariously balanced, I live on… The view is better here Sometimes I slip from a rocky led… Falling from grace and consumed by… Then comes pain and healing

Challenging angel, you are my matc… From every angle, you’re quite a c… Brilliant and beautiful, you’re qu… Hard working and accomplished, you… Loving and kind, your heart is ope…

At this moment I am not in danger. I’m not too cold and I’m not too hot. I am not hungry or thirsty. I’m not tired or in pain. I am not suffering. I’m not lonely. I’m not worried....

Mind racing on a circular track. Can’t see ahead, can’t see aback. Forever turning, turning on a dime… Turning in space, repeating in tim… Familiar patterns and shapes. Pre…

A tearful memory of dreams unreconciled in our present-day reality

Hateful celebrate demise Drunken boasters contrive Airways spreading lies Putrefied flesh-consuming flies Ignorant glee condemning tries

Suffering adheres to Eight-fold fears Pleasure, pain Loss, gain Praise, blame

Inferno burning, contained inside the oven of our temperance.

Hastily packed bag, suddenly escap… Safely in route, inventory taking What did I bring, what did I forg… What do I like, what do I regret Detour around a faulty track

Alone together Joined in crowded solitude Birds of a feather Quiet introspection Ignoring each other’s pain

She came into my life with a broom… and swept me off my feet - right w… She swept away my yearning heart’s… with strangely familiar words and… She swept away sad loneliness,