Two Pillows

There’s a reason

I sleep with two pillows.

One’s for you

when finally you rest your head

next to mine as we lie awake

each lost in the other’s eyes

til night draws the curtains

of our eyelids closed.

There’s a reason

I sleep with two pillows.

When my heart aches,

when I’m lonely,

when I can’t stand

staring at the ceiling anymore

I pretend one is you.

There’s a reason

I sleep with two pillows.

One is the place

where I do all my dreaming

and the other’s for the ghost

of love yet to come.

There’s a reason

I sleep with two pillows.

One is for me.

The other’s for you.

Some Day Soon

Love, I bet Cassandra never cared much

for the stories of her day

I bet instead she was looking ahead

and smiling at our fate

I’m not supposed to

be dreaming about you

and what you’ll look like

on our wedding day

I’m not supposed to

already know our children by name

I don’t care if somehow

it makes me less of a man

some day soon, with you

I’ll be so much more

Love, I have to confess

even though we haven’t met

I’ve known since I learned to read

you and I are written in the stars

I’m not supposed to

be dreaming about you

and what you’ll look like

on our wedding day

I’m not supposed to

already know our children by name

I don’t care if somehow

it makes me less of a man

some day soon, with you

I’ll be so much more

Love, if someone is out there

spinning the threads of destiny

I bet they’re proud of the work

they’ve put into our tapestry

I’m not supposed to

be dreaming about you

and what you’ll look like

on our wedding day

I’m not supposed to

already know our children by name

I don’t care if somehow

it makes me less of a man

some day soon, with you

I’ll be so much more

Lightswitch

She was always off and on

like a little girl

playing with a lightswitch

I don’t think my eyes ever adjusted

and now it seems her bulb burnt out.

She left the room, her hand hung back

to catch the switch on the way out

she left me, a ship out to sea

wondering what happened

to the lighthouse

She pulled the clouds

like a shade ‘cross the sun

then ripped them away

just when I looked up

to see where it had gone

She coaxed the moon

into hiding her face

at the right wrong time

when I needed a friend, just

when I thought my ship was coming in

Though I miss her light

I’m not sitting alone in the dark

I still have the stars

to keep me company

Though I miss her light

I won’t lose my way

I still have Polaris

to get me through the night

I’ll steer by the stars

to get me through the night

I'd Make Sinatra Sing This

If only I could play jazz/swing music, I would make this my crooner song. The situational is fictional. . . but I wish it wasn't.

Convince Me

I thought it’d take a while

‘fore I dared to love again

I would’ve said

I wasn’t ready, but Lady

your kiss is so convincing

The calendar claims

my day has not yet come

Aphrodite forgot

to schedule me in, but Lady

your kiss is so convincing

I would have sung out

I won’t dance, don’t ask me

the minute hand’s sayin’

it’s not time for song, but Lady

your kiss is so convincing

Orsino said, music is

the food of love, play on

I wanted to tell him

hey, I’m not hungry, but Lady

your kiss is so convincing

Hey Lady, I wasn’t ready

but your kiss is so convincing

Hey Lady, today wasn’t my day

but your kiss is so convincing

Hey Lady, I wasn’t going to serenade

but your kiss is so convincing

Hey Lady, I didn’t want Hershey’s

but your kiss is so convincing

Ok, Lady, you got me

I’m convinced

your kiss is so convincing

Hey Lady, I won’t mind

if you want to convince me one more time

Missed Connections

 Poem: 10 minutes. Setting it to music: 20 minutes. Awesome.

Missed Connections


The second hand slips by
so quickly
measuring out moments

clips them off like Fate

trimming the strings of destiny

I saw you, I caught you

falling for me in between

tick and tock

You saw me, you caught me

staring at you

It happened in the grocery line

in the parking lot

at the Dollar store

I'd give a hundred more 

to catch a glimpse of you again

All I have of you is a fading

memory of that smile

though all the might-have-been

last me all day

the second hand it stole

our possibilities away

There was that one last

chance we didn't seize

I should have said hello

you should have said, don't go

Roots

I've been forgetting to post lyrics and poems as I write them recently. My apologies.


Roots

I’m tired of playing

at being a tumbleweed

I want to put down roots

and grow into a tree

Reach into the sky

til my leaves turn blue

and I will only fall, my love

when I fall for you

When the sun is hot

I will be your shade

When the wind blows strong, my love

I will be your break

When the sky falls down

I will guard you from the rain

I’m softer than an oak

harder than a pine

ever young and ever green

somewhere in between

Come and play beside me

entwine your roots with mine

when you’re tired lean against me

and I’ll sing you a lullaby

When the sun is hot

I will be your shade

When the wind blows strong, my love

I will be your break

When the sky falls down

I will guard you from the rain

We’ll be a pair of apple trees

let our flowers bloom

when our fruit is ripe and sweet

send them out into the world

they'll down their own roots

how they'll them sew their own seeds

and when its time to move on, my love

we will go in peace 

I’m tired of playing

at being a tumbleweed

I want to put down roots

and grow into a tree

Reach into the sky

til my leaves turn blue

and I’ll only fall

when I fall for you

When the sun is hot

I will be your shade

When the wind blows strong, my love

I will be your break

When the sky falls down

I will guard you from the rain

Stay (Alice)

This song comes from the lines at the beginning of the post "Love Dreamt, Love Lost".

Stay (Alice)

I fall, I fall

I fall for her

wandering in Wonderland

maybe this time

the rabbit hole

will feel more like home;

Alice never stays.

I see her through the looking glass

a window pane away

a figment of her imagining

a dream from which she'll wake

Alice she never stays

I fall, I fall

I fall for her

wandering in Wonderland

maybe this time

the rabbit hole

will feel more like home;

Alice never stays. 

I'm always right here waiting

Tum tum tree and tulgey wood

Watching the toves gimble

and gyre in the wabe

for Alice to come and stay.

I fall, I fall

I fall for her

wandering in Wonderland

maybe this time

the rabbit hole

will feel more like home;

Alice never stays.

I fall, I fall

I fall for her

wandering in Wonderland

maybe this time

the rabbit hole

will feel more like home;

Alice never stays.

Alice won't you stay

Alice say you'll stay

I fall

I fall

I fall for her

Alice never stays