To Melt Away

I stare longingly at the dark shadowy corner, 

waiting, wondering, 

slowly allowing the breath to slip past my lips the way smoke

 

curls from a cigarette.

 
If only I could melt into the darkness the corner holds, 

letting the past

 melt from my mind, 

bringing the future to my hands.

Waiting

Alone I sit and wait for you

as many times before

just to hear your foot steps

is all I'm longing for

To feel your arms around me

the gentle whispers that you speak

entwined within your confidence

are the memories I shall keep

The chance to hear your voice once more

or feel your presence close

to tell you that I love you

and it's you my heart has chose

Change

Change you brought into my life

when first love had arose

unsure of what the future held

still you I would have chose

So many days ahead of us

as I had wished there would be

I longed for solitude to go

and with you let me be

You've given me far more than love

a reason to believe

that someone wants me as I am

now loneliness can leave

Unsure and timid from the start

but you were always there

your arms were open waiting

when I needed you to care

The Darkness

A velvet blackness soft and smooth

descending

covering all and everything

Shadows behind shadows creeping

giving only glimpses of dreams that hide

beneath my fears

Watching as velvet fades to satin

sending visions of warmth to all beneath

restoring the life that had been taken

Senses

A gentle breeze that blows throughout

a warm September night

the full moon casting dancing shadows

until dawn brings new light

A sparrow singing nature's song

to ears that stop to listen

a rose that blooms from springs first rain

the stars at night that glisten

So many wonders fill my mind

as all around I look

the only joys left in my life

that heart break never took

A Soul Understood

A soul unchained and given freedom

In you is what I've found

Emotions shared and yet controlled

Dreams no longer bound

Freedom to be who we are

And soar through skies of blue

Never asking for the moon

A truth I've found in you

Sensitive in many ways

When others  aren't concerned

Reaching forth a helping hand

To calm a heartaches burn

How is it that you understand

The feelings I had hidden

And loneliness from other's eyes

To see had been forbidden

Of me you understand much more

Than you may realize

The truth of what is in my soul

Lays just behind me eyes

A Friendship Deep...

A friendship deep I have with one

who gives her love to me

it's worth is more than gold or gems

a replacement there won't be

Her voice flows as a summer's breeze

so calm in soothing ways

and lifts me high above the clouds

back to my childhood days

two hands that have a feather's touch

so many tears they've felt

a single sweep of magic 

and the sorrow seems to melt